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 Rankings
Rankings

7
World Rank

1
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Medical and Health Sciences / Cardiology
Atrial fibrillation | hypertension | thrombosis | heart failure | strok
Atrial fibrillation | hypertension | thrombosis | heart failure | strok
Citation Metrics
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Total646,186
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Last 6 Years264,316
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Last 6 Years / Total0.409
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

11
World Rank

2
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Others
evidence synthesis | meta-analysis | systematic review | health technology assessment | biostatistic
evidence synthesis | meta-analysis | systematic review | health technology assessment | biostatistic
Citation Metrics
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Total611,304
-
Last 6 Years369,859
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Last 6 Years / Total0.605
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

19
World Rank

1
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Infectious diseases | cancer | epidemiologic method
Infectious diseases | cancer | epidemiologic method
Citation Metrics
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Total559,557
-
Last 6 Years297,685
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Last 6 Years / Total0.532
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

21
World Rank

3
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Medical and Health Sciences / Cardiology
Heart failure | Cardiology | Diabetes | CKD | Clinical trial
Heart failure | Cardiology | Diabetes | CKD | Clinical trial
Citation Metrics
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Total541,170
-
Last 6 Years228,561
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Last 6 Years / Total0.422
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

26
World Rank

1
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Citation Metrics
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Total529,541
-
Last 6 Years338,574
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Last 6 Years / Total0.639
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

28
World Rank

1
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Public Health | Epidemiology | Diabetes | Cardiovascular Diseas
Public Health | Epidemiology | Diabetes | Cardiovascular Diseas
Citation Metrics
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Total528,900
-
Last 6 Years149,251
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Last 6 Years / Total0.282
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

30
World Rank

2
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Citation Metrics
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Total512,266
-
Last 6 Years147,822
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Last 6 Years / Total0.289
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

32
World Rank

2
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Citation Metrics
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Total505,731
-
Last 6 Years201,220
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Last 6 Years / Total0.398
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

38
World Rank

1
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Citation Metrics
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Total481,223
-
Last 6 Years190,013
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Last 6 Years / Total0.395
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

41
World Rank

1
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Citation Metrics
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Total475,853
-
Last 6 Years241,819
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Last 6 Years / Total0.508
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

44
World Rank

5
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Citation Metrics
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Total471,452
-
Last 6 Years135,470
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Last 6 Years / Total0.287
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

45
World Rank

6
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Citation Metrics
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Total468,747
-
Last 6 Years264,362
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Last 6 Years / Total0.564
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

46
World Rank

3
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Citation Metrics
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Total467,773
-
Last 6 Years192,335
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Last 6 Years / Total0.411
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

43
World Rank

4
Country Rank

2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Epidemiology | genetics | history of scienc
Epidemiology | genetics | history of scienc
Citation Metrics
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Total471,650
-
Last 6 Years212,457
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Last 6 Years / Total0.450
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

52
World Rank

1
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Natural Sciences / Physics
density functional theory | first principles calculations | many body theory | condensed matter physics | materials scienc
density functional theory | first principles calculations | many body theory | condensed matter physics | materials scienc
Citation Metrics
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Total445,529
-
Last 6 Years205,582
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Last 6 Years / Total0.461
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

58
World Rank

1
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle Physics | Statistical Data Analysis | High Energy Physics | Data Science | Physic
Particle Physics | Statistical Data Analysis | High Energy Physics | Data Science | Physic
Citation Metrics
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Total437,680
-
Last 6 Years148,121
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Last 6 Years / Total0.338
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

55
World Rank

4
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Citation Metrics
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Total440,586
-
Last 6 Years191,266
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.434
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

64
World Rank

1
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
biology | computational biology | systems biology | bioinformatics | evolutio
biology | computational biology | systems biology | bioinformatics | evolutio
Citation Metrics
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Total423,492
-
Last 6 Years192,109
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.454
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

66
World Rank

7
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Citation Metrics
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Total422,020
-
Last 6 Years148,443
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Last 6 Years / Total0.352
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

71
World Rank

2
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Citation Metrics
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Total416,135
-
Last 6 Years278,639
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.670
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

77
World Rank

2
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Citation Metrics
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Total405,222
-
Last 6 Years107,905
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.266
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

86
World Rank

1
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Citation Metrics
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Total394,788
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Last 6 Years128,897
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Last 6 Years / Total0.326
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

95
World Rank

2
Country Rank

2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Citation Metrics
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Total388,268
-
Last 6 Years222,606
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.573
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

99
World Rank

8
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Citation Metrics
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Total385,607
-
Last 6 Years296,560
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Last 6 Years / Total0.769
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

104
World Rank

3
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Citation Metrics
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Total383,178
-
Last 6 Years149,166
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Last 6 Years / Total0.389