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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
evidence synthesis
meta-analysis
systematic review
health technology assessment
biostatistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
600,874
360,074
0.599
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Attitudes
Persuasion
Attitude-Behavior Relatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
545,734
204,776
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Burden of Diseases
Causes of Death
Antimicrobials Resistance
Ira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
475,683
297,772
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
422,020
148,443
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Metodologi Penelitian
Evaluasi Pembelajaran
Manajemen Penelitian
Penelitian Tindakan Kela
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
415,149
212,035
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Cardiovascular Disease
Prevention
imagin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
402,310
105,364
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Health metrics and evaluation
NCDs
Health system performance assessmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
394,710
246,501
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
stroke
TBI
dementi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
384,905
241,647
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383,623
205,635
0.536
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Global Health
Implementation Researc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375,236
191,042
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
372,290
111,407
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Aging
vascular disease
dementia
kidney disease
epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
370,573
170,044
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355,859
73,774
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Structural equation modeling
psychometrics
drug abus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
350,444
121,513
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
349,369
149,725
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Technology Acceptanc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
302,219
134,528
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Global Health
Diet & Lifestyle
Cardiometabolic Disease
Polic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300,415
132,907
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
metabolism
lipids
diabetes
cardiovascular disease
biomarker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
290,963
161,496
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
286,372
165,885
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
atrial fibrillation
sudden death
heart failure
cardiomyopathy
electrophysiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
282,719
116,282
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
280,308
73,028
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Vaccinology
Tropical Medicine
Global Health Polic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
279,513
137,338
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
health equity
systematic reviews
guideline
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278,856
199,668
0.716
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278,594
116,436
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278,372
87,412
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Julian Higgins
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
600,874
360,074
0.599
evidence synthesis
meta-analysis
systematic review
health technology assessment
biostatistic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Icek Ajzen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
545,734
204,776
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41
23
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mohsen Naghavi
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
475,683
297,772
0.626
Burden of Diseases
Causes of Death
Antimicrobials Resistance
Ira
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
KS Novoselov|Kostya S Novoselov
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
422,020
148,443
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Suharsimi Arikunto
Universitas Ahmad Dahlan Yogyakarta
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
415,149
212,035
0.511
Metodologi Penelitian
Evaluasi Pembelajaran
Manajemen Penelitian
Penelitian Tindakan Kela
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Valentin Fuster
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
402,310
105,364
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Farshad Farzadfar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
394,710
246,501
0.625
Health metrics and evaluation
NCDs
Health system performance assessmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Valery Feigin
Auckland University of Technology
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
384,905
241,647
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102
8
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
PJ Devereaux
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383,623
205,635
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110
53
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
George Mensah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375,236
191,042
0.509
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gilles Deleuze
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
372,290
111,407
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116
55
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Josef Coresh
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
370,573
170,044
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
137
63
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Robert Putnam
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355,859
73,774
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
141
65
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Peter M Bentler
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
350,444
121,513
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142
66
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jerome Friedman
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
349,369
149,725
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
263
113
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Fred D Davis
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
302,219
134,528
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
264
114
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Dariush Mozaffarian
Tufts University
Medford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300,415
132,907
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
287
28
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Naveed Sattar
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
290,963
161,496
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
305
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Louisa Degenhardt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
286,372
165,885
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
317
31
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Paulus Kirchhof
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
282,719
116,282
0.411
atrial fibrillation
sudden death
heart failure
cardiomyopathy
electrophysiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
326
137
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sergey Panitkin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
280,308
73,028
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
330
140
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
P Hotez
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
279,513
137,338
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
336
21
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Vivian Welch
Université d'Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278,856
199,668
0.716
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
340
143
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Donna Muzny
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278,594
116,436
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
342
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jan Staessen
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278,372
87,412
0.314