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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 506 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
pancreatic cancer
endocrine tumors
surger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,991
16,442
0.242
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Cardiovascular genetics
pediatric cardiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,727
17,897
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
neuroscience
psychology
neurology
languag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,836
12,357
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Brain Injury
Concussion
DAI
Neurotrauma
Injur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,783
5,931
0.145
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Health Inequalities
Structural Racism
Health Services Research
Diabetes
Mental Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,130
14,611
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
blood and marrow transplant
cellular therapy
multiple myelom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,661
17,241
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
nitric oxide
cance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,881
4,340
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hypertension
renin-angiotensin system
PPAR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,257
6,841
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Biomechanic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,757
5,853
0.246
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,503
9,035
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Head injury
spine trauma
injury biomechanics
spine biomechanic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,428
5,079
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Lymphoma
Myeloma and Bone Marrow Transplantatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,902
14,227
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,697
5,259
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,576
4,573
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Surgical Oncolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,066
7,958
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
neurocirculatory
vascular and respiratory effects of volatile anesthetics. Education and assessment in graduate medical education. Opioid persistence after elective surgery. Environmental impact of anesthesia practice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,908
3,161
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
neuroscience
energy metabolism
cytochrome oxidase
visual system
respiratory syste
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,636
2,796
0.159
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Structural Biology
NMR spectroscopy
Chemokine Signaling
Drug Discover
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,790
6,231
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Hematology
stem cell transplantation
thrombosis
MDS
leukemi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,560
10,141
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Complex disease
Genetics
cardiometabolic disease
rat genomics
Rat Genome Databas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,592
6,256
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
visual neuroscience
retinal imaging
color visio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,920
7,548
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
vascular biology
inflammation
HDL
atherosclerosis
sickle cell diseas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,658
2,617
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Neuroscience
Physiology
Somatosensory Biology
Pai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,114
5,201
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Trauma
acute care surger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,007
7,242
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,609
7,985
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,649
3,119
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Douglas Evans
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,991
16,442
0.242
pancreatic cancer
endocrine tumors
surger
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,869
5,132
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
D Woodrow Benson
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,727
17,897
0.360
Cardiovascular genetics
pediatric cardiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,870
6,494
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jeffrey R Binder
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,836
12,357
0.288
neuroscience
psychology
neurology
languag
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,043
7,030
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Thomas Gennarelli
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,783
5,931
0.145
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,293
11,549
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Leonard Egede
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,130
14,611
0.502
Health Inequalities
Structural Racism
Health Services Research
Diabetes
Mental Healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,365
12,433
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Marcelo C Pasquini
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,661
17,241
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,240
13,635
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Neil Hogg
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,881
4,340
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,225
14,861
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Curt D Sigmund
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,257
6,841
0.282
Hypertension
renin-angiotensin system
PPAR
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,224
15,289
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Narayan Yoganandan
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,757
5,853
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,724
15,501
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Pippa Margaret Simpson
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,503
9,035
0.384
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,076
16,479
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Frank A Pintar
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,428
5,079
0.226
Head injury
spine trauma
injury biomechanics
spine biomechanic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,819
19,089
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mehdi Hamadani
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,902
14,227
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,477
19,329
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jeffrey Jackson
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,697
5,259
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,838
19,470
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
John D Imig
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,576
4,573
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,471
20,117
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
T Clark Gamblin
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,066
7,958
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,652
21,772
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Thomas J Ebert
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,908
3,161
0.177
neurocirculatory
vascular and respiratory effects of volatile anesthetics. Education and assessment in graduate medical education. Opioid persistence after elective surgery. Environmental impact of anesthesia practice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,674
22,176
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Margaret Wong Riley
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,636
2,796
0.159
neuroscience
energy metabolism
cytochrome oxidase
visual system
respiratory syste
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,239
23,522
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Brian F Volkman
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,790
6,231
0.371
Structural Biology
NMR spectroscopy
Chemokine Signaling
Drug Discover
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,226
23,913
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Wael Saber
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,560
10,141
0.612
Hematology
stem cell transplantation
thrombosis
MDS
leukemi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,979
25,721
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Anne Kwitek
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,592
6,256
0.401
Complex disease
Genetics
cardiometabolic disease
rat genomics
Rat Genome Databas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,539
27,036
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Joseph Carroll
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,920
7,548
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,049
27,598
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kirkwood A Pritchard
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,658
2,617
0.179
vascular biology
inflammation
HDL
atherosclerosis
sickle cell diseas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,426
28,839
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Cheryl L Stucky
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,114
5,201
0.368
Neuroscience
Physiology
Somatosensory Biology
Pai
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,100
29,078
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Marc De Moya
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,007
7,242
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,637
29,978
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Bronwen E Shaw
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,609
7,985
0.587