The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Cancer disparities
Cancer treatment and outcomes
Cancer surveillance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
841,033
506,137
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Atrial fibrillation
hypertension
thrombosis
heart failure
stroke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
612,722
290,071
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Evidence-based medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
593,508
291,745
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
meta-research
clinical epidemiology
evidence-based medicine
research methods
meta-analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
586,885
369,708
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Psychiatric Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
581,824
205,674
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Health Metrics
Population Health
IHME
Global Health
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525,126
331,167
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
517,909
227,263
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Cardiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
516,791
165,677
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Heart failure
Cardiology
Diabetes
CKD
Clinical trials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
512,589
243,436
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Public Health
Epidemiology
Diabetes
Cardiovascular Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
510,557
167,030
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
490,524
166,887
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Endocrinology
Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Disease
Diabetes
Women's health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
481,026
148,914
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Preventive Cardiology
Vascular Medicine
Hypertension
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
481,004
337,680
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
471,229
120,593
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Infectious diseases
cancer
epidemiologic methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
453,565
258,141
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
cardiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
443,271
248,622
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
439,030
207,648
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Epidemiology
burden of disease
causes of death
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
417,567
224,481
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Geriatrics and Gerontology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
402,807
194,040
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Atrial fibrillation
Faculty Development
Diversity-DEIA
Cardiovascular epidemiology
Inflammation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
401,099
177,619
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Epidemiology
Cancer Prevention
Health Outcomes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
395,644
72,468
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Equity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
385,350
207,415
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Stroke prevention
treatment
epidemiology
clinical trials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
377,365
218,183
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Ophthalmology
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375,044
268,577
0.716
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
IHME
Health Metrics
Global Health
Public Health
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
373,843
295,881
0.791
Ahmedin Jemal
American Cancer Society
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
841,033
506,137
0.602
Cancer disparities
Cancer treatment and outcomes
Cancer surveillance
Gregory Lip
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
612,722
290,071
0.473
Atrial fibrillation
hypertension
thrombosis
heart failure
stroke
Gordon Guyatt
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
593,508
291,745
0.492
Evidence-based medicine
John PA Ioannidis
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
586,885
369,708
0.630
meta-research
clinical epidemiology
evidence-based medicine
research methods
meta-analysis
Ronald C Kessler
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
581,824
205,674
0.353
Ali H Mokdad
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525,126
331,167
0.631
Health Metrics
Population Health
IHME
Global Health
Epidemiology
Frank B Hu
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
517,909
227,263
0.439
Salim Yusuf
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
516,791
165,677
0.321
John McMurray
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
512,589
243,436
0.475
Heart failure
Cardiology
Diabetes
CKD
Clinical trials
Jaakko Tuomilehto
University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
510,557
167,030
0.327
Public Health
Epidemiology
Diabetes
Cardiovascular Disease
Paul M Ridker
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
490,524
166,887
0.340
Joann E Manson
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
481,026
148,914
0.310
Endocrinology
Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Disease
Diabetes
Women's health
Victor Aboyans
Université de Limoges
Limoges, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
481,004
337,680
0.702
Preventive Cardiology
Vascular Medicine
Hypertension
Shizuo Akira
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
471,229
120,593
0.256
Matthias Egger
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
453,565
258,141
0.569
Infectious diseases
cancer
epidemiologic methods
Ponikowski P
Medical University of Wroclaw
Wroclaw, Poland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
443,271
248,622
0.561
George Davey Smith
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
439,030
207,648
0.473
Alan D Lopez
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
417,567
224,481
0.538
Epidemiology
burden of disease
causes of death
Luigi Ferrucci
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
402,807
194,040
0.482
Emelia J Benjamin
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
401,099
177,619
0.443
Atrial fibrillation
Faculty Development
Diversity-DEIA
Cardiovascular epidemiology
Inflammation
Graham Colditz
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
395,644
72,468
0.183
Epidemiology
Cancer Prevention
Health Outcomes
Peter Tugwell
Université d'Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
385,350
207,415
0.538
Graeme J Hankey
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
377,365
218,183
0.578
Stroke prevention
treatment
epidemiology
clinical trials
Jonas JB
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375,044
268,577
0.716
Ophthalmology
Epidemiology
Simon I Hay
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
373,843
295,881
0.791
IHME
Health Metrics
Global Health
Public Health
Epidemiology