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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 408 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
surgery
pancreas
pancreatic
cancer
Whippl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,667
29,723
0.248
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
molecular biology
cell biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,055
30,175
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Breast Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Stem Cells
Cell Cycle
Oncolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,487
30,664
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Clinical genetics
Genodermatoses
Clinical genomics
Dermatology
Molecular genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,669
14,544
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Proteoglycans
Cancer
Angiogenesis & Autophag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,073
20,720
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Regulation of G protein-coupled receptor signaling and traffickin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,940
6,691
0.134
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Cancer
Carcinogenesis
Angiogenesi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,428
10,975
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Cardiovascular Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,981
13,192
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
mitochondria
calcium signaling
mitochondrial dynamics
mitochondrial disease
ER-mitochondria contac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,094
16,488
0.470
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Cell death
apoptosis
immunogenic cell deat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,468
8,537
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
orthopaedics
spine
Intervertebral disc
tissue regeneration
hypoxi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,229
13,741
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
spinal cord injury
Spine tumors
Cervica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,939
15,982
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Computational Biology
Systems Biology
IsomiRs-tRFs-rRFs
Health Disparities
Repetitive Elements/Pyknon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,046
8,624
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,011
13,414
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Neurosurgery
Stroke
Aneurysms
AVMs
Intra-Arterial Chemotherap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,756
16,254
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Urology
Prostate Cancer
Bladder Cance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,750
7,362
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
cell signaling
cance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,963
5,048
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,337
9,737
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
NEUROSURGER
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,843
9,955
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,044
5,259
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
cell biology
bioenergetics
systems biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,331
3,477
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Parkinson's diseas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,649
4,481
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Proteoglycans
Mitophagy
Cance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,612
8,406
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,022
5,316
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Emergency Medicine
Health Polic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,013
11,386
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,410
1,112
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Charles J Yeo
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,667
29,723
0.248
surgery
pancreas
pancreatic
cancer
Whippl
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,910
1,358
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Emad Alnemri
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,055
30,175
0.277
molecular biology
cell biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,139
1,478
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Richard Pestell
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,487
30,664
0.293
Breast Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Stem Cells
Cell Cycle
Oncolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,303
2,498
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jouni Uitto
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,669
14,544
0.187
Clinical genetics
Genodermatoses
Clinical genomics
Dermatology
Molecular genetic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,471
3,040
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Renato Iozzo
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,073
20,720
0.300
Proteoglycans
Cancer
Angiogenesis & Autophag
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,797
5,096
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jeffrey Benovic
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,940
6,691
0.134
Regulation of G protein-coupled receptor signaling and traffickin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,589
5,911
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Binghua Jiang
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,428
10,975
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,142
7,526
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Xin Liang Ma
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,981
13,192
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,994
8,775
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gyorgy Hajnoczky
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,094
16,488
0.470
mitochondria
calcium signaling
mitochondrial dynamics
mitochondrial disease
ER-mitochondria contac
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,431
9,825
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Teresa Alnemri
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,468
8,537
0.263
Cell death
apoptosis
immunogenic cell deat
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,688
9,946
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Makarand Risbud
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,229
13,741
0.426
orthopaedics
spine
Intervertebral disc
tissue regeneration
hypoxi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,994
10,083
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
James Harrop
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,939
15,982
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,980
10,525
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Isidore Rigoutsos
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,046
8,624
0.278
Computational Biology
Systems Biology
IsomiRs-tRFs-rRFs
Health Disparities
Repetitive Elements/Pyknon
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,014
10,539
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Adam Dicker
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,011
13,414
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,742
13,003
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Pascal Jabbour
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,756
16,254
0.607
Neurosurgery
Stroke
Aneurysms
AVMs
Intra-Arterial Chemotherap
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,753
13,009
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Leonard Gomella
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,750
7,362
0.275
Urology
Prostate Cancer
Bladder Cance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,828
15,123
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Scott Waldman
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,963
5,048
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,306
16,566
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Adam Flanders
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,337
9,737
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,186
18,086
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ashwini Sharan
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,843
9,955
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,415
18,930
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Peter Mccue
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,044
5,259
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,591
19,769
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jan B Hoek
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,331
3,477
0.180
cell biology
bioenergetics
systems biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,950
20,712
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Richard Smeyne
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,649
4,481
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,069
20,754
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Thomas Neill
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,612
8,406
0.452
Proteoglycans
Mitophagy
Cance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,199
21,586
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Judith Ross
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,022
5,316
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,231
21,599
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Brendan G Carr
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,013
11,386
0.632
Emergency Medicine
Health Polic