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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 39 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.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Family Medicine
Primary Care
Evidence-based Medicine
Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Education and Instructional Desi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,894
17,172
0.719
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
health services research
health systems science
healthcare transformatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,534
2,688
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Interventional Endoscop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,556
933
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Drug Discovery
Clinical Researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,477
631
0.141
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Pulmonary Medicine
Critical Care Medicine and Sleep Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,806
2,361
0.841
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,829
592
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gastroenterology
Hepatology
Interventional Endoscopy
Inflammatory Bowel Diseas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,519
856
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
palliative medicine/nursing
advance care planning
ethics
moral distress
pain managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,475
1,193
0.809
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Psychiatr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,321
1,233
0.933
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
psychopharmacology
MBC
addiction
research educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,253
490
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia
Clozapine
ECT
TMS and Addiction Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,239
1,012
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Cardiology Electrophysiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
792
261
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
677
318
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
infectious disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
532
221
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
473
186
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Emergency Medicine
Wilderness Medicine
Mountain Medicine
Sports Medicine
Critical Care Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
394
274
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
pediatrics
public health
history of medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
374
18
0.048
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
general psychiatry
child and adolescent psychiatry
mood disorder
public healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
327
303
0.927
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Diagnostic Radiology
Nuclear Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244
194
0.795
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Psychiatry
anxiety
depressio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
191
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Psychiatry
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Slee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181
163
0.901
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
gynecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
70
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Emergency Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
113
0.825
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
31
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Psychiatr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
108
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,729
15,079
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
John W Epling Jr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,894
17,172
0.719
Family Medicine
Primary Care
Evidence-based Medicine
Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Education and Instructional Desi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,384
43,286
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Robert Trestman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,534
2,688
0.282
health services research
health systems science
healthcare transformatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
195,563
70,381
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Paul Yeaton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,556
933
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,315
83,561
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Francis X Farrell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,477
631
0.141
Drug Discovery
Clinical Researc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
358,592
117,101
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Edmundo Rubio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,806
2,361
0.841
Pulmonary Medicine
Critical Care Medicine and Sleep Medicin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
491,476
153,024
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Eduardo Lara-Torre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,829
592
0.324
Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
554,609
169,540
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Parth Parekh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,519
856
0.564
Gastroenterology
Hepatology
Interventional Endoscopy
Inflammatory Bowel Diseas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
564,688
172,185
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Phyllis Whitehead
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,475
1,193
0.809
palliative medicine/nursing
advance care planning
ethics
moral distress
pain managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
603,429
182,124
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Archana Rao Adikey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,321
1,233
0.933
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
622,341
186,885
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Anita Kablinger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,253
490
0.391
psychopharmacology
MBC
addiction
research educatio
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
626,263
187,910
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ahmad Rehan Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,239
1,012
0.817
Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia
Clozapine
ECT
TMS and Addiction Medicin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
786,815
226,114
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Soufian Almahameed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
792
261
0.330
Cardiology Electrophysiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
841,333
237,943
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ahmet Burakgazi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
677
318
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
929,093
255,260
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ekta Bansal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
532
221
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
978,264
263,674
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Osa Emohare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
473
186
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,053,511
275,934
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sanjeeb Bhandari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
394
274
0.695
Emergency Medicine
Wilderness Medicine
Mountain Medicine
Sports Medicine
Critical Care Medicin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,075,565
279,411
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Hugh Craft
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
374
18
0.048
pediatrics
public health
history of medicin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,131,083
287,812
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ching-Fang Sun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
327
303
0.927
general psychiatry
child and adolescent psychiatry
mood disorder
public healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,265,141
306,463
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mohammed Bermo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244
194
0.795
Diagnostic Radiology
Nuclear Medicin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,385,516
322,454
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ehsan Samarbafzadeh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
191
1.000
Psychiatry
anxiety
depressio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,414,414
326,195
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Abhishek Reddy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181
163
0.901
Psychiatry
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Slee
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,470,615
333,420
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
James Casey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
70
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,559,052
344,615
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Brian Meier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
113
0.825
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,583,702
347,584
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
William Rea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
31
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,676,857
359,059
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mounica Reddy Thootkur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
108
1.000