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
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 :3
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 :4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
517,909
227,263
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
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 :6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
490,524
166,887
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
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 :8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
439,030
207,648
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
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 :10
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 :11
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 :12
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 :13
IHME
Health Metrics
Global Health
Public Health
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
373,843
295,881
0.791
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Biostatistics
Human Genetics
Statistical Computing
Genetics
Complex Traits
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
369,912
192,293
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Global Health
Child Survival
Public Health Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
364,133
250,007
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
medicine
epidemiology
coronary heart disease
global health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
357,543
147,004
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
epidemiology
metabolic disease
public health
nutrition
physical activity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
357,056
163,827
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
352,512
216,846
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Cancer Epidemiology
Genetic Epidemiology
Nutritional Epidemiology
Global Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
348,201
123,366
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Social determinants of health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
322,540
105,380
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Professor of Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
320,382
105,292
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306,263
234,938
0.767
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
GRADE
Recommendations
Knowledge Synthesis
Systematic Reviews
Guidelines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
302,358
176,830
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
medicine
cardiology
atherosclerosis
immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300,883
97,369
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Epidemiologia cardiovascular
Epidemiologia do diabetes
Biomarcadores
Atenção Primária a Saúde
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
297,395
210,810
0.709
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Goncalo Abecasis
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
369,912
192,293
0.520
Biostatistics
Human Genetics
Statistical Computing
Genetics
Complex Traits
Zulfiqar Bhutta
Aga Khan University
Karachi, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
364,133
250,007
0.687
Global Health
Child Survival
Public Health Nutrition
Diederick E. Grobbee
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
357,543
147,004
0.411
medicine
epidemiology
coronary heart disease
global health
Nicholas Wareham
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
357,056
163,827
0.459
epidemiology
metabolic disease
public health
nutrition
physical activity
Mika Kivimaki
University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
352,512
216,846
0.615
David J Hunter
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
348,201
123,366
0.354
Cancer Epidemiology
Genetic Epidemiology
Nutritional Epidemiology
Global Health
Michael G Marmot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
322,540
105,380
0.327
Social determinants of health
Eric Rimm
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
320,382
105,292
0.329
Professor of Epidemiology
Yousef Khader
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306,263
234,938
0.767
Holger Schünemann
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
302,358
176,830
0.585
GRADE
Recommendations
Knowledge Synthesis
Systematic Reviews
Guidelines
Peter Libby
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300,883
97,369
0.324
medicine
cardiology
atherosclerosis
immunology
Paulo Andrade Lotufo
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
297,395
210,810
0.709
Epidemiologia cardiovascular
Epidemiologia do diabetes
Biomarcadores
Atenção Primária a Saúde