Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

National Cancer Center Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025

Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There is still much work to be done in this area. See also for more specific citation analyses: "last 6 years citation indexUniversities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years Citations)

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Spain
Wagner Erwin F
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,808
23,181
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Spain
Mariano Barbacid
Molecular Oncology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,390
15,698
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Spain
Blasco Ma
Molecular Biology
Telomeres
Telomerase
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,846
29,361
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
China
Siwei Zhang
Cancer Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,571
37,493
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
South Korea
Joong-Won Park
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,961
44,933
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Spain
Hector Peinado
Metastasis
pre-metastatic niche
exosomes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,018
30,978
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
China
Hongmei Zeng
Cancer epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,304
33,543
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Spain
Michael Tress
Proteomics
genomics
computational biology
protein evolution
alternative splicing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,357
20,669
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Spain
Marcos Malumbres
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology
Oncology
Cell Cycle
microRNAs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,392
13,623
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Spain
Francisco X Real
Cancer molecular cell biology
cancer genetics
pancreas cancer
bladder cancer
epidermal tumors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,340
13,247
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Japan
Takashi Kohno
Cancer Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,228
15,925
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Japan
Yuichi Shiraishi
cancer genome analysis
statistics
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,724
18,180
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
China
Dongxin Lin
Cancer Genetics
Molecular Oncology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,824
10,095
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Japan
Kohei Shitara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,545
23,706
0.893
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Japan
Hiroyoshi Nishikawa
免疫学
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,999
16,210
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Japan
Toshikazu Ushijima
epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,522
7,930
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
South Korea
Yw Kim|YW Kim, Y.-W. Kim
gastric cancer
minimally invasive surgery
robotic surgery
translational research
clinical trial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,782
11,358
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
South Korea
Kyu-Won Jung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,395
14,644
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
South Korea
Jeongseon Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,300
15,491
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
China
Yuchen Jiao
Cancer Genomics
Translational Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,191
10,953
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Japan
Takahisa Matsuda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,921
9,356
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
South Korea
Hyunsoon Cho
Biostatistics
Cancer Surveillance
Cancer Survival
Health Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,905
5,551
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Japan
Katai Hitoshi 片井 均
Medicine
Gastric Cancer
Surgery
Oncology
Medical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,567
8,468
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Japan
Yoshikawa Takaki, 吉川貴己
Gastric Cancer
Surgery
Oncology
Chemotherapy
Medical engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,536
11,877
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
China
Zhihua Liu
Cancer Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,715
8,287
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,883
Spain
82
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Wagner Erwin F
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,808
23,181
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,236
Spain
86
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mariano Barbacid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,390
15,698
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,817
Spain
96
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Blasco Ma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,846
29,361
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,544
China
178
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Siwei Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,571
37,493
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,565
South Korea
76
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Joong-Won Park
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,961
44,933
0.833
Hepatocellular carcinoma
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,627
Spain
182
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hector Peinado
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,018
30,978
0.659
Metastasis
pre-metastatic niche
exosomes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,251
China
332
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Hongmei Zeng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,304
33,543
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,061
Spain
214
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Michael Tress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,357
20,669
0.500
Proteomics
genomics
computational biology
protein evolution
alternative splicing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,026
Spain
260
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Marcos Malumbres
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,392
13,623
0.374
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology
Oncology
Cell Cycle
microRNAs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,766
Spain
274
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Francisco X Real
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,340
13,247
0.375
Cancer molecular cell biology
cancer genetics
pancreas cancer
bladder cancer
epidermal tumors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,445
Japan
234
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Takashi Kohno
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,228
15,925
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,493
Japan
330
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Yuichi Shiraishi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,724
18,180
0.656
cancer genome analysis
statistics
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,695
China
900
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Dongxin Lin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,824
10,095
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,114
Japan
367
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Kohei Shitara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,545
23,706
0.893
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,577
Japan
406
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Hiroyoshi Nishikawa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,999
16,210
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,426
Japan
421
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Toshikazu Ushijima
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,522
7,930
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,727
South Korea
295
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Yw Kim|YW Kim, Y.-W. Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,782
11,358
0.499
gastric cancer
minimally invasive surgery
robotic surgery
translational research
clinical trial
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,516
South Korea
302
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kyu-Won Jung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,395
14,644
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,705
South Korea
305
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jeongseon Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,300
15,491
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,791
China
1,411
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Yuchen Jiao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,191
10,953
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,422
Japan
635
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Takahisa Matsuda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,921
9,356
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,468
South Korea
427
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Hyunsoon Cho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,905
5,551
0.294
Biostatistics
Cancer Surveillance
Cancer Survival
Health Data Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,475
Japan
657
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Katai Hitoshi 片井 均
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,567
8,468
0.456
Medicine
Gastric Cancer
Surgery
Oncology
Medical Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,578
Japan
659
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Yoshikawa Takaki, 吉川貴己
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,536
11,877
0.641
Gastric Cancer
Surgery
Oncology
Chemotherapy
Medical engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,506
China
2,111
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Zhihua Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,715
8,287
0.527