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Engineering & Technology / Biomedical Engineering Highly Cited Researchers 9.052 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
Statistics
data science
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
537,063
209,995
0.391
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Bioinformatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236,747
80,194
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
biomaterials
drug delivery
chemical engineering
hydrogels
biomedical engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232,454
72,608
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
biomedical engineering
materials
medicine
mechanical engineering
electrical engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220,014
95,602
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Cancer
Imaging
Genomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,901
35,641
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Biomedical Informatics
Data Visualization
Genomics
Spatial Omics
Bioimagin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,438
83,984
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,645
64,882
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Tissue Engineering
Regenerative Medicine
Intelligent Polymer
Biomaterials
Drug Delivery System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,565
23,393
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Exercise Physiology
COP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,421
33,059
0.333
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Obesity Energy Expenditure Caloric restrictio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,781
27,990
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Antimicrobial drug resistance
Nosocomial infections
Antibiotics
pneumoni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,343
34,823
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Biophysics & Biomechanics
Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Research
Orthopedic Surgery
PM&R
Physiology & Biomedical Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,955
35,105
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Digital Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,370
36,247
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
medical image processing
MRI
neurology
Alzheimer
multiple sclerosi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,385
33,764
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
medical image analysis
machine learning in medical imagin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,148
45,880
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Human genetics
population and evolutionary genetics
computational biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,581
31,386
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Tissue Engineering&Regenerative Medicine
Bioprinting
Biomedical Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,683
32,116
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
biomaterials
drug and gene delivery
tissue engineering
photonic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,859
26,036
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Systems Mechanobiology
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Adhesion Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,547
24,596
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Chemical Biology
Chromatin Biology
Cancer Biology
Targeted Protein Degradation
Drug Discover
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,779
37,348
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Biomedical researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,558
29,862
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
informatics
data management
clinical and translational researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,690
56,258
0.774
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Migraine
Depression
Endometriosis
Epilepsy
Statistical and Genomic Epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,259
33,733
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
image processing
wavelets
splines
biomedical imaging
inverse problem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,721
20,312
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Biomedical Signal Processing
Neural Engineering
Tensor Decomposition
Analog_Electronics
BC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,494
24,918
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22
13
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Robert Tibshirani
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
537,063
209,995
0.391
Statistics
data science
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
594
234
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mark Gerstein
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236,747
80,194
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
620
244
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nicholas A Peppas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232,454
72,608
0.312
biomaterials
drug delivery
chemical engineering
hydrogels
biomedical engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
704
279
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
John A Rogers
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220,014
95,602
0.435
biomedical engineering
materials
medicine
mechanical engineering
electrical engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,813
805
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Joe Gray
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,901
35,641
0.258
Cancer
Imaging
Genomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,080
951
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nils Gehlenborg
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,438
83,984
0.654
Biomedical Informatics
Data Visualization
Genomics
Spatial Omics
Bioimagin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,228
1,033
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Peter Katzmarzyk
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Baton Rouge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,645
64,882
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,683
28
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Teruo Okano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,565
23,393
0.208
Tissue Engineering
Regenerative Medicine
Intelligent Polymer
Biomaterials
Drug Delivery System
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,423
1,604
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Richard Casaburi
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,421
33,059
0.333
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Exercise Physiology
COP
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,600
1,684
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Eric Ravussin
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Baton Rouge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,781
27,990
0.289
Obesity Energy Expenditure Caloric restrictio
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,768
24
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Matthew Falagas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,343
34,823
0.369
Antimicrobial drug resistance
Nosocomial infections
Antibiotics
pneumoni
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,023
1,894
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Timothy E Hewett
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,955
35,105
0.386
Biophysics & Biomechanics
Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Research
Orthopedic Surgery
PM&R
Physiology & Biomedical Engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,298
2,031
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Steven Steinhubl
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,370
36,247
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,457
172
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
D Louis Collins
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,385
33,764
0.395
medical image processing
MRI
neurology
Alzheimer
multiple sclerosi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,476
2,114
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Christos Davatzikos
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,148
45,880
0.539
medical image analysis
machine learning in medical imagin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,532
2,143
173
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Shamil Sunyaev
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,581
31,386
0.371
Human genetics
population and evolutionary genetics
computational biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,635
189
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Dietmar W Hutmacher
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,683
32,116
0.384
Tissue Engineering&Regenerative Medicine
Bioprinting
Biomedical Engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,353
2,525
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kam W Leong
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,859
26,036
0.339
biomaterials
drug and gene delivery
tissue engineering
photonic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,394
2,551
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Christopher S Chen
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,547
24,596
0.321
Systems Mechanobiology
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Adhesion Biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,605
2,650
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
James Bradner
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
Bhubaneswar, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,779
37,348
0.499
Chemical Biology
Chromatin Biology
Cancer Biology
Targeted Protein Degradation
Drug Discover
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,625
2,654
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
William E Kraus
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,558
29,862
0.401
Biomedical researc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,876
2,762
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Paul A Harris
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,690
56,258
0.774
informatics
data management
clinical and translational researc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,806
230
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Dale R Nyholt
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,259
33,733
0.460
Migraine
Depression
Endometriosis
Epilepsy
Statistical and Genomic Epidemiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,306
100
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Michael Unser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,721
20,312
0.291
image processing
wavelets
splines
biomedical imaging
inverse problem
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,340
71
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Andrzej Cichocki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,494
24,918
0.359
Biomedical Signal Processing
Neural Engineering
Tensor Decomposition
Analog_Electronics
BC