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Medical and Health Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 8.257 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025

Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.

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Total 8.257 scientists
* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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801
World Rank
United Kingdom
59
Country Rank
University of Dundee Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Medical and Health Sciences / General Surgery
cancer | audit | surgery | breas

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    211,334
  • Last 6 Years
    91,799
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.434
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Rankings

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1,047
World Rank
Canada
42
Country Rank
University of Toronto Logo
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Medical and Health Sciences / General Surgery
Sepsis | Innate Immunity | Apoptosis | Clinical Trials | Critical Care Medicin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    184,250
  • Last 6 Years
    76,267
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.414
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Rankings

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1,167
World Rank
United States
488
Country Rank
Mayo Clinic Logo
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    174,568
  • Last 6 Years
    50,263
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.288
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Rankings

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1,609
World Rank
United States
708
Country Rank
Mayo Clinic Logo
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Medical and Health Sciences / General Surgery
Preventive Cardiology | atherosclerosis | coronary artery calcium | metabolic syndrome | electronic cigarette

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    147,565
  • Last 6 Years
    78,527
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.532
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Rankings

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1,620
World Rank
United States
712
Country Rank
Columbia University New York Logo
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    147,025
  • Last 6 Years
    91,738
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.624
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Rankings

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1,775
World Rank
Netherlands
39
Country Rank
Erasmus University Logo
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Medical and Health Sciences / Thoracic Surgery
cardio-thoracic surgery | valve surgery | coronary | CABG | TAV

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    140,722
  • Last 6 Years
    56,034
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.398
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Rankings

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1,812
World Rank
United States
805
Country Rank
University of Colorado Denver Logo
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Medical and Health Sciences / General Surgery
Surgery | Critical Care | Inflammation | Multiple Organ Failure | Coagulatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    139,272
  • Last 6 Years
    45,328
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.325
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Rankings

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1,954
World Rank
United States
879
Country Rank
Brown University Logo
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    133,872
  • Last 6 Years
    50,804
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.379
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Rankings

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2,316
World Rank
United Kingdom
182
Country Rank
Imperial College London Logo
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    122,303
  • Last 6 Years
    53,224
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.435
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Rankings

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2,320
World Rank
Romania
5
Country Rank
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Medical and Health Sciences / General Surgery
Medicine | Surgery | Colorectal Surgery | Pancreatic Surgery | Global Surgery

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    122,185
  • Last 6 Years
    107,580
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.880
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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2,430
World Rank
United States
1,125
Country Rank
Thomas Jefferson University Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Medical and Health Sciences / General Surgery
surgery | pancreas | pancreatic | cancer | Whippl

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    119,667
  • Last 6 Years
    29,723
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.248
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Rankings

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2,926
World Rank
Canada
110
Country Rank
University of Toronto Logo
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    110,082
  • Last 6 Years
    44,281
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.402
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Rankings

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3,067
World Rank
United States
1,442
Country Rank
Pennington Biomedical Research Center Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Medical and Health Sciences / General Surgery
Diabetes | Obesity | Bariatric Surgery | Exercise | Nutritio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    106,175
  • Last 6 Years
    36,210
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.341
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Rankings

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3,254
World Rank
United States
1,535
Country Rank
University of Michigan Logo
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Medical and Health Sciences / Plastic Surgery
Gender-affirming surgery | transgender health | global health | medical educatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    102,839
  • Last 6 Years
    94,152
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.916
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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3,490
World Rank
Italy
201
Country Rank
Università degli Studi di Verona Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Medical and Health Sciences / General Surgery
chirurgia pancreatica | oncologia | tumori del pancrea

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    99,390
  • Last 6 Years
    46,327
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.466
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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3,563
World Rank
Germany
117
Country Rank
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg Logo
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Medical and Health Sciences / General Surgery
Pancreas and General Surger

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    98,144
  • Last 6 Years
    34,603
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.353
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Rankings

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3,680
World Rank
Germany
124
Country Rank
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg Logo
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    96,352
  • Last 6 Years
    26,134
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.271
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Rankings

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3,877
World Rank
China
81
Country Rank
Nanjing Medical University Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Medical and Health Sciences / Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic surgery | thoracoscopic anatomical segmentectomy | thoracoscopic sub-subsegmentectom

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    93,497
  • Last 6 Years
    68,389
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.731
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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4,141
World Rank
Canada
160
Country Rank
University of Calgary Logo
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Medical and Health Sciences / Cardiovascular Surgery
Arrhythmias | Ablation | Atrial Fibrillation | Chagas | Syncop

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    90,980
  • Last 6 Years
    35,327
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.388
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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4,326
World Rank
United States
2,042
Country Rank
University of Pittsburgh Logo
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    87,715
  • Last 6 Years
    26,986
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.308
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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4,522
World Rank
United Kingdom
354
Country Rank
Imperial College London Logo
31
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Medical and Health Sciences / Cardiovascular Surgery
vascular surgery | vascular biology | cost effectiveness | DVT | varicose vein

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    85,359
  • Last 6 Years
    37,461
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.439
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Rankings

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4,579
World Rank
United States
2,164
Country Rank
New York University Logo
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Medical and Health Sciences / General Surgery
Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surger

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    84,843
  • Last 6 Years
    50,353
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.593
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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4,679
World Rank
United States
2,212
Country Rank
M D Anderson Cancer Center University of Texas Logo
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Medical and Health Sciences / Cardiovascular Surgery
lung cancer | gene therapy | drug and immunotherapy resistanc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    83,840
  • Last 6 Years
    17,666
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.211
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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5,025
World Rank
United States
2,378
Country Rank
M D Anderson Cancer Center University of Texas Logo
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Medical and Health Sciences / General Surgery
Melanoma | Pancreas Cancer | Endocrine Tumors | Genetics | Biomarker

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    80,339
  • Last 6 Years
    33,785
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.421
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Rankings

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5,492
World Rank
United States
2,594
Country Rank
University of Chicago Logo
32
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Medical and Health Sciences / General Surgery
transplantation | immunolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    76,420
  • Last 6 Years
    11,131
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.146
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