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Medical and Health Sciences / Thoracic Surgery Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
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
cardio-thoracic surgery
valve surgery
coronary
CABG
TAVI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,370
64,501
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
chirurgie thoracique
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,682
19,202
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Thoracic surgery
thoracoscopic anatomical segmentectomy
thoracoscopic sub-subsegmentectomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,400
24,135
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Lung cancer
mesothelioma
Thoracic Oncology
immunotherapy
brain metastases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,744
17,574
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Thoracic surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,431
11,333
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
cancer
esophagus
esophageal
lung
thoracic surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,805
9,339
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,172
7,047
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Thoracic Surgery
Translational medicine
Clinical guidelines
Minimally invasive thoracic surgery ...
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,626
9,690
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Thoracic surgery
lung cancer
intraoperative molecular imaging
Minimally invasive VATS surgery
Robotic surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,176
9,597
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Chirurgia toracica
trapianti
cancro del polmone
enfisema polmonare
tumori del mediastino e della pleura
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,944
6,036
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Thoractic
Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,478
6,574
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Vascular Biology
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,696
5,696
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Thoracic Surgery
Local cancer therapies
Lymphatic mapping
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,973
6,133
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
lung cancer
mesothelioma
tumor vaccines
gene therapy
immunotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,893
5,001
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,732
7,909
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
呼吸器外科
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,303
4,282
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Thoracic Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,140
5,942
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Lung Cancer
Trachea
Esophageal cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,679
4,888
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Thoracic Oncology
Thoracic Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,653
6,580
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Cardiac Surgery
heart transplantation
heart failure surgery
minimally invasive surgery
imaging techniques.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,552
3,420
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
thoracic surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,265
5,681
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Thoracic Surgery
Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,394
2,935
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Thoracic Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,125
5,314
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Thoracic Surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Pleural Diseases
Lung Cancer
Thoracic Oncology - Cirurgia Torácica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,832
6,939
0.786
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Thoracic Suregry
Lung cancer
Lung transplantation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,424
4,913
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,619
35
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Arie Pieter Kappetein
Erasmus University
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,370
64,501
0.460
cardio-thoracic surgery
valve surgery
coronary
CABG
TAVI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,102
310
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Elie Fadel
University of Paris-Sud
Bures-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,682
19,202
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,907
754
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Liang Chen
Nanjing Medical University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,400
24,135
0.794
Thoracic surgery
thoracoscopic anatomical segmentectomy
thoracoscopic sub-subsegmentectomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,962
69
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Oscar Arrieta
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Mexico City, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,744
17,574
0.611
Lung cancer
mesothelioma
Thoracic Oncology
immunotherapy
brain metastases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,155
12,436
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Douglas E Wood
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,431
11,333
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,377
17,114
374
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Andrew C Chang
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,805
9,339
0.449
cancer
esophagus
esophageal
lung
thoracic surgery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,920
1,850
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Thorsten Wahlers
Universität zu Köln
Köln, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,172
7,047
0.368
Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,613
19,527
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gaetano Rocco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,626
9,690
0.520
Thoracic Surgery
Translational medicine
Clinical guidelines
Minimally invasive thoracic surgery ...
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,071
23,245
386
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sunil Singhal
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,176
9,597
0.593
Thoracic surgery
lung cancer
intraoperative molecular imaging
Minimally invasive VATS surgery
Robotic surgery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,175
2,127
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Federico Venuta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,944
6,036
0.379
Chirurgia toracica
trapianti
cancro del polmone
enfisema polmonare
tumori del mediastino e della pleura
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,334
24,483
155
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Vincent Daniel
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,478
6,574
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,362
257
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Greg Jones
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,696
5,696
0.388
Vascular Biology
Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,124
29,957
1,264
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Y Colson
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,973
6,133
0.473
Thoracic Surgery
Local cancer therapies
Lymphatic mapping
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,700
30,176
325
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Daniel Sterman
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,893
5,001
0.388
lung cancer
mesothelioma
tumor vaccines
gene therapy
immunotherapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,519
3,578
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nicola Gagliani
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,732
7,909
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,328
1,489
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
渡辺敦 Atsushi Watanabe
Sapporo Medical University
Sapporo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,303
4,282
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,833
3,864
151
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Moishe Liberman
Université de Montréal
Montreal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,140
5,942
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,327
36,863
1,451
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Henning A Gaissert
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,679
4,888
0.458
Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Lung Cancer
Trachea
Esophageal cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,587
36,960
383
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Anthony Kim
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,653
6,580
0.618
Thoracic Oncology
Thoracic Surgery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,638
4,271
348
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jaishankar Raman
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,552
3,420
0.324
Cardiac Surgery
heart transplantation
heart failure surgery
minimally invasive surgery
imaging techniques.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,611
773
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Calvin Sh Ng
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,265
5,681
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,774
4,719
200
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Richard Malthaner
Western University Canada
London, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,394
2,935
0.312
Thoracic Surgery
Robotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,321
43,089
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Brendon Stiles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,125
5,314
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,432
1,715
499
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ricardo Mingarini Terra
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,832
6,939
0.786
Thoracic Surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Pleural Diseases
Lung Cancer
Thoracic Oncology - Cirurgia Torácica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,693
2,221
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Toyofumi Fengshi Chen Yoshikawa
Nagoya University
Nagoya, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,424
4,913
0.583
Thoracic Suregry
Lung cancer
Lung transplantation