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Medical and Health Sciences / Biostatistics Highly Cited Researchers 3.045 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
meta-research
clinical epidemiology
evidence-based medicine
research methods
meta-analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
621,816
356,683
0.574
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237,042
76,188
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Medical statistics
Biostatistics
Statistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222,106
116,548
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219,216
44,329
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Biostatistics
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology
Statistical Methods for Public Health
HIV/AID
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,641
114,433
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Statistical and computational human genetics and genomics
complex traits
type 2 diabetes and related trait
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,645
81,662
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Air Pollution
Biostatistics
Climate Change
Environmental Epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168,575
135,437
0.803
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Biostatstics
Clinical Trial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,028
58,970
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Bayesian Statistics
Public Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,182
100,053
0.606
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
computational metagenomics
human microbiome
biological data minin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,733
114,682
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Biostatistics
epidemiology
cardiovascular disease
nutritio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,164
61,684
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,858
59,739
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
statistics
medical statistics
pediatrics
growth
nutritio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,317
28,667
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bioinformatics
Human Genetics
Biostatistics
Systems Biology
Network Analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,829
74,225
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Biostatistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,472
33,727
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Analysis of Categorical Data
Measures of Agreemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,757
43,315
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
biostatistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,734
45,779
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Statistics
Biostatistics
Data Science
Genomics
Epigenetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,870
42,472
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Biostatistics
Public Health
Drug Discover
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,338
94,637
0.793
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
biostatistics
public health
environment
precision medicine
Baye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,476
26,760
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Biostatistics
survival analysis
prediction and classificatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,695
41,716
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
biostatistical methods
clinical trials
diabetes
epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,014
36,450
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Developmental epidemiology
Trials
Latent variable model
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,257
38,179
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Biostatistics
Clinical Trial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,763
50,569
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Biostatistical modelling
statistical genomics
meta-analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,279
40,563
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
John PA Ioannidis
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
621,816
356,683
0.574
meta-research
clinical epidemiology
evidence-based medicine
research methods
meta-analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
589
232
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
L Adrienne Cupples
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237,042
76,188
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
691
51
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jon Deeks
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222,106
116,548
0.525
Medical statistics
Biostatistics
Statistic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
711
285
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Nan Laird
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219,216
44,329
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
876
351
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Philimon Gona
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,641
114,433
0.570
Biostatistics
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology
Statistical Methods for Public Health
HIV/AID
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
921
372
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michael Boehnke
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,645
81,662
0.417
Statistical and computational human genetics and genomics
complex traits
type 2 diabetes and related trait
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,223
33
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yuming Guo
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168,575
135,437
0.803
Air Pollution
Biostatistics
Climate Change
Environmental Epidemiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,240
530
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Joseph Massaro
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,028
58,970
0.353
Biostatstics
Clinical Trial
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,272
546
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Kyle Foreman
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,182
100,053
0.606
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Bayesian Statistics
Public Healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,359
589
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Curtis Huttenhower
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,733
114,682
0.722
computational metagenomics
human microbiome
biological data minin
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,374
20
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Demosthenes Panagiotakos
Harokopio University of Athens
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,164
61,684
0.390
Biostatistics
epidemiology
cardiovascular disease
nutritio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,375
6
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Thomas Lumley
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,858
59,739
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,997
162
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tim J Cole
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,317
28,667
0.218
statistics
medical statistics
pediatrics
growth
nutritio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,043
927
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Steve Horvath
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,829
74,225
0.572
Bioinformatics
Human Genetics
Biostatistics
Systems Biology
Network Analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,055
934
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Richard Gelber
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,472
33,727
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,121
969
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
J Richard Landis
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,757
43,315
0.342
Analysis of Categorical Data
Measures of Agreemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,122
970
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Frank Harrell
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,734
45,779
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,287
1,059
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Rafael A Irizarry
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,870
42,472
0.349
Statistics
Biostatistics
Data Science
Genomics
Epigenetic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,403
35
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ashish Awasthi
Public Health Foundation of India
Gurugram, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,338
94,637
0.793
Biostatistics
Public Health
Drug Discover
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,438
1,136
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Scott L Zeger
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,476
26,760
0.226
biostatistics
public health
environment
precision medicine
Baye
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,461
55
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Eijkemans, Mjc
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,695
41,716
0.354
Biostatistics
survival analysis
prediction and classificatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,626
1,227
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
John Lachin
George Washington University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,014
36,450
0.320
biostatistical methods
clinical trials
diabetes
epidemiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,700
210
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Andrew Pickles
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,257
38,179
0.340
Developmental epidemiology
Trials
Latent variable model
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,728
1,275
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mithat GöNen
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,763
50,569
0.452
Biostatistics
Clinical Trial
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,749
106
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Joseph Beyene
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,279
40,563
0.365
Biostatistical modelling
statistical genomics
meta-analysi