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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,598
Country Rank
35
Institution Rank : 4
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/7358.png)
![Netherlands](/flags/nl.png)
![Arie Pieter Kappetein](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/31/4701032.jpg)
cardio-thoracic surgery
valve surgery
coronary
CABG
TAVI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,971
62,374
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
17,298
Country Rank
313
Institution Rank : 8
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/17245.png)
![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Elie Fadel](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
chirurgie thoracique
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,683
18,261
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
24,150
Country Rank
67
Institution Rank : 27
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9535.png)
![Mexico](/flags/mx.png)
![Oscar Arrieta](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6f/811082.jpg)
Lung cancer
mesothelioma
Thoracic Oncology
immunotherapy
brain metastases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,012
16,880
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
27,160
Country Rank
12,499
Institution Rank : 89
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11551.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Douglas E Wood](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Thoracic surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,885
10,833
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
38,130
Country Rank
17,077
Institution Rank : 375
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11200.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Andrew C Chang](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
cancer
esophagus
esophageal
lung
thoracic surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,460
9,022
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
42,791
Country Rank
1,839
Institution Rank : 35
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10444.png)
![Germany](/flags/de.png)
![Thorsten Wahlers](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,824
6,737
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
40,117
Country Rank
1,480
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6020.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Liang Chen](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c0/700055.jpg)
Thoracic surgery
thoracoscopic anatomical segmentectomy
thoracoscopic sub-subsegmentectomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,735
15,918
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
44,264
Country Rank
19,498
Institution Rank : 187
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10917.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Mark Ferguson](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/61/1850015.jpg)
Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Surgical Risk
Risk Models
Frailty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,341
5,562
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
44,591
Country Rank
19,637
Institution Rank : 116
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5589.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Stephen D Cassivi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6c/1323987.jpg)
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Thoracic Oncology
Outcomes Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,248
8,856
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
44,797
Country Rank
19,725
Institution Rank : 127
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16462.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Gaetano Rocco](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a0/4441124.jpg)
Thoracic Surgery
Translational medicine
Clinical guidelines
Minimally invasive thoracic surgery ...
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,188
9,281
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
54,605
Country Rank
2,103
Institution Rank : 110
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9996.png)
![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Federico Venuta](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2d/1802373.jpg)
Chirurgia toracica
trapianti
cancro del polmone
enfisema polmonare
tumori del mediastino e della pleura
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,708
5,807
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
54,043
Country Rank
23,328
Institution Rank : 386
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11280.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Sunil Singhal](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b0/1721096.jpg)
Thoracic surgery
lung cancer
intraoperative molecular imaging
Minimally invasive VATS surgery
Robotic surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,833
9,271
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
56,900
Country Rank
24,436
Institution Rank : 155
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6547.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Vincent Daniel](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/61/892283.jpg)
Thoractic
Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,225
6,343
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
60,995
Country Rank
258
Institution Rank : 50
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11270.jpg)
![New Zealand](/flags/nz.png)
![Greg Jones](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2a/2142.jpg)
Vascular Biology
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,440
5,459
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
62,700
Country Rank
26,595
Institution Rank : 7
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/25144.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Francis Robicsek](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
cardiovascular surgery
thoracic surgery
aortic valve disease
pectus deformaties
mayan anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,131
2,189
0.155
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
72,216
Country Rank
30,108
Institution Rank : 325
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6317.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Daniel Sterman](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2f/4687783.jpg)
lung cancer
mesothelioma
tumor vaccines
gene therapy
immunotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,681
4,804
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
72,023
Country Rank
30,034
Institution Rank : 1,249
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/3215.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Y Colson](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Thoracic Surgery
Local cancer therapies
Lymphatic mapping
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,707
5,882
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
73,297
Country Rank
3,225
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/17436.jpg)
![Germany](/flags/de.png)
![Evgenij V. Potapov](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7d/4618538.jpg)
cardio-thoracic surgery
mechanical circulatory support
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,523
5,276
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
83,267
Country Rank
3,646
Institution Rank : 74
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10401.png)
![Germany](/flags/de.png)
![Nicola Gagliani](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,274
7,460
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
84,181
Country Rank
1,476
Institution Rank : 4
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/7615.png)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![渡辺敦 Atsushi Watanabe](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
呼吸器外科
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,171
4,155
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
87,190
Country Rank
3,985
Institution Rank : 339
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5838.jpg)
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
![Julian Smith](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/11/129385.jpg)
Adult Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
Academic Surgery
Surgical Education and Training
Surgical Research
Company Directorship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,850
4,326
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
90,602
Country Rank
36,723
Institution Rank : 1,434
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/3215.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Henning A Gaissert](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Lung Cancer
Trachea
Esophageal cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,504
4,725
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
92,116
Country Rank
37,253
Institution Rank : 183
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5361.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Reza Mehran](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/06/1391199.jpg)
Thoracic Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,355
4,549
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
91,643
Country Rank
4,229
Institution Rank : 343
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11197.jpg)
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
![Jaishankar Raman](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/aa/1829.jpg)
Cardiac Surgery
heart transplantation
heart failure surgery
minimally invasive surgery
imaging techniques.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,400
3,283
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
89,932
Country Rank
3,993
Institution Rank : 155
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10558.png)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Moishe Liberman](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a4/645691.jpg)
Thoracic Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,567
5,390
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
1,598
Country Ranking
35
Institution Ranking
4
Arie Pieter Kappetein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,971
62,374
0.452
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/7358.png)
cardio-thoracic surgery
valve surgery
coronary
CABG
TAVI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
17,298
Country Ranking
313
Institution Ranking
8
Elie Fadel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,683
18,261
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
24,150
Country Ranking
67
Institution Ranking
27
Oscar Arrieta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,012
16,880
0.603
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9535.png)
Lung cancer
mesothelioma
Thoracic Oncology
immunotherapy
brain metastases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
27,160
Country Ranking
12,499
Institution Ranking
89
Douglas E Wood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,885
10,833
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
38,130
Country Ranking
17,077
Institution Ranking
375
Andrew C Chang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,460
9,022
0.441
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11200.jpg)
cancer
esophagus
esophageal
lung
thoracic surgery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
42,791
Country Ranking
1,839
Institution Ranking
35
Thorsten Wahlers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,824
6,737
0.358
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10444.png)
Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
40,117
Country Ranking
1,480
Institution Ranking
1
Liang Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,735
15,918
0.807
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6020.jpg)
Thoracic surgery
thoracoscopic anatomical segmentectomy
thoracoscopic sub-subsegmentectomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
44,264
Country Ranking
19,498
Institution Ranking
187
Mark Ferguson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,341
5,562
0.303
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10917.jpg)
Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Surgical Risk
Risk Models
Frailty
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
44,591
Country Ranking
19,637
Institution Ranking
116
Stephen D Cassivi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,248
8,856
0.485
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5589.jpg)
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Thoracic Oncology
Outcomes Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
44,797
Country Ranking
19,725
Institution Ranking
127
Gaetano Rocco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,188
9,281
0.510
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16462.jpg)
Thoracic Surgery
Translational medicine
Clinical guidelines
Minimally invasive thoracic surgery ...
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
54,605
Country Ranking
2,103
Institution Ranking
110
Federico Venuta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,708
5,807
0.370
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9996.png)
Chirurgia toracica
trapianti
cancro del polmone
enfisema polmonare
tumori del mediastino e della pleura
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
54,043
Country Ranking
23,328
Institution Ranking
386
Sunil Singhal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,833
9,271
0.586
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11280.jpg)
Thoracic surgery
lung cancer
intraoperative molecular imaging
Minimally invasive VATS surgery
Robotic surgery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
56,900
Country Ranking
24,436
Institution Ranking
155
Vincent Daniel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,225
6,343
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
60,995
Country Ranking
258
Institution Ranking
50
Greg Jones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,440
5,459
0.378
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11270.jpg)
Vascular Biology
Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
62,700
Country Ranking
26,595
Institution Ranking
7
Francis Robicsek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,131
2,189
0.155
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/25144.jpg)
cardiovascular surgery
thoracic surgery
aortic valve disease
pectus deformaties
mayan anthropology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
72,216
Country Ranking
30,108
Institution Ranking
325
Daniel Sterman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,681
4,804
0.379
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6317.png)
lung cancer
mesothelioma
tumor vaccines
gene therapy
immunotherapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
72,023
Country Ranking
30,034
Institution Ranking
1,249
Y Colson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,707
5,882
0.463
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/3215.jpg)
Thoracic Surgery
Local cancer therapies
Lymphatic mapping
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
73,297
Country Ranking
3,225
Institution Ranking
2
Evgenij V. Potapov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,523
5,276
0.421
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/17436.jpg)
cardio-thoracic surgery
mechanical circulatory support
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
83,267
Country Ranking
3,646
Institution Ranking
74
Nicola Gagliani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,274
7,460
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
84,181
Country Ranking
1,476
Institution Ranking
4
渡辺敦 Atsushi Watanabe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,171
4,155
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
87,190
Country Ranking
3,985
Institution Ranking
339
Julian Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,850
4,326
0.399
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5838.jpg)
Adult Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
Academic Surgery
Surgical Education and Training
Surgical Research
Company Directorship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
90,602
Country Ranking
36,723
Institution Ranking
1,434
Henning A Gaissert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,504
4,725
0.450
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/3215.jpg)
Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Lung Cancer
Trachea
Esophageal cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
92,116
Country Ranking
37,253
Institution Ranking
183
Reza Mehran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,355
4,549
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
91,643
Country Ranking
4,229
Institution Ranking
343
Jaishankar Raman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,400
3,283
0.316
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11197.jpg)
Cardiac Surgery
heart transplantation
heart failure surgery
minimally invasive surgery
imaging techniques.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
89,932
Country Ranking
3,993
Institution Ranking
155
Moishe Liberman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,567
5,390
0.510