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Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health Highly Cited Researchers 12.959 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
Cancer disparities
Cancer treatment and outcomes
Cancer surveillanc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
891,510
492,446
0.552
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Evidence-based medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
612,656
273,356
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Health Metrics
Population Health
IHME
Global Health
Epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
572,686
342,830
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Infectious diseases
cancer
epidemiologic method
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
552,542
290,939
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
533,949
206,394
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Public Health
Epidemiology
Diabetes
Cardiovascular Diseas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525,802
146,658
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501,366
148,672
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Epidemiology
genetics
history of scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
465,878
206,938
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Epidemiology
burden of disease
causes of deat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
430,237
223,378
0.519
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
IHME
Health Metrics
Global Health
Public Health
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
415,121
310,049
0.747
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Atrial fibrillation
Faculty Development
Diversity-DEIA
Cardiovascular epidemiology
Inflammatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
415,070
166,741
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Equit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
402,604
197,466
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Epidemiology
Cancer Prevention
Health Outcome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
401,442
63,377
0.158
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Global Health
Child Survival
Public Health Nutritio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
389,386
244,532
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Biostatistics
Human Genetics
Statistical Computing
Genetics
Complex Trait
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
385,594
178,089
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
378,921
213,576
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
epidemiology
metabolic disease
public health
nutrition
physical activit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
371,740
148,892
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
medicine
epidemiology
coronary heart disease
global healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
365,638
139,271
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
GRADE
Recommendations
Knowledge Synthesis
Systematic Reviews
Guideline
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
362,815
204,138
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Cancer Epidemiology
Genetic Epidemiology
Nutritional Epidemiology
Global Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
351,624
106,145
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Social determinants of healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
338,744
96,317
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Professor of Epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
329,880
93,313
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Public healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
324,769
231,124
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
medicine
cardiology
atherosclerosis
immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
315,343
92,376
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Epidemiologia cardiovascular
Epidemiologia do diabetes
Biomarcadores
Atenção Primária a Saúd
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
312,582
201,425
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ahmedin Jemal
American Cancer Society
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
891,510
492,446
0.552
Cancer disparities
Cancer treatment and outcomes
Cancer surveillanc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Gordon Guyatt
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
612,656
273,356
0.446
Evidence-based medicin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17
10
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ali H Mokdad
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
572,686
342,830
0.599
Health Metrics
Population Health
IHME
Global Health
Epidemiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Matthias Egger
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
552,542
290,939
0.527
Infectious diseases
cancer
epidemiologic method
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23
14
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Frank B Hu
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
533,949
206,394
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jaakko Tuomilehto
University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525,802
146,658
0.279
Public Health
Epidemiology
Diabetes
Cardiovascular Diseas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32
17
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Paul M Ridker
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501,366
148,672
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45
5
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
George Davey Smith
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
465,878
206,938
0.444
Epidemiology
genetics
history of scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Alan D Lopez
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
430,237
223,378
0.519
Epidemiology
burden of disease
causes of deat
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69
35
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Simon I. Hay
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
415,121
310,049
0.747
IHME
Health Metrics
Global Health
Public Health
Epidemiology
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70
36
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Emelia J Benjamin
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
415,070
166,741
0.402
Atrial fibrillation
Faculty Development
Diversity-DEIA
Cardiovascular epidemiology
Inflammatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Peter Tugwell
Université d'Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
402,604
197,466
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81
40
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Graham Colditz
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
401,442
63,377
0.158
Epidemiology
Cancer Prevention
Health Outcome
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Zulfiqar Bhutta
Aga Khan University
Karachi, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
389,386
244,532
0.628
Global Health
Child Survival
Public Health Nutritio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95
47
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Goncalo Abecasis
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
385,594
178,089
0.462
Biostatistics
Human Genetics
Statistical Computing
Genetics
Complex Trait
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104
2
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mika Kivimaki
University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
378,921
213,576
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Nicholas Wareham
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
371,740
148,892
0.401
epidemiology
metabolic disease
public health
nutrition
physical activit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Diederick E. Grobbee
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
365,638
139,271
0.381
medicine
epidemiology
coronary heart disease
global healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122
11
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Holger Schünemann
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
362,815
204,138
0.563
GRADE
Recommendations
Knowledge Synthesis
Systematic Reviews
Guideline
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
138
64
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
David J Hunter
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
351,624
106,145
0.302
Cancer Epidemiology
Genetic Epidemiology
Nutritional Epidemiology
Global Healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
158
15
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Michael G Marmot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
338,744
96,317
0.284
Social determinants of healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176
80
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Eric Rimm
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
329,880
93,313
0.283
Professor of Epidemiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
186
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Yousef Khader
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
324,769
231,124
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
196
92
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Peter Libby
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
315,343
92,376
0.293
medicine
cardiology
atherosclerosis
immunolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Paulo Andrade Lotufo
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
312,582
201,425
0.644
Epidemiologia cardiovascular
Epidemiologia do diabetes
Biomarcadores
Atenção Primária a Saúd