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Highly Cited Researchers 804 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 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.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Vaccinology
Tropical Medicine
Global Health Polic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
279,513
137,338
0.491
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278,594
116,436
0.418
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
heart failure
clinical outcomes
practice guideline
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183,540
93,761
0.511
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Bioinformatics
Cance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,495
56,702
0.532
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
medicine
gastroenterology and hepatolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,370
47,522
0.398
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
drug development
precision medicine
breast cancer
cancer genomics
cancer proteomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,441
40,228
0.431
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
DNA replication
DNA repair
CRC
Endometrial cancer
Cancer biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,204
37,737
0.723
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Epidemiology
child obesit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,288
30,886
0.299
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Statistical Genetics
Genetic Epidemiology
Genomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,086
28,730
0.330
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Data scienc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,449
28,328
0.461
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Bioinformatics
Systems Biology
Cancer Proteomics
Proteogenomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,249
22,935
0.670
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Clinical epidemiology
outcomes
and comparative effectiveness researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,031
20,258
0.595
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Immunotherap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,614
19,092
0.331
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Computational Biology
Parallel programmin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,017
17,352
0.598
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Pulmonary Fibrosis
COPD
Lung Transplantatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,660
17,279
0.730
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Genetics
Neuroscience
Developmental biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,969
17,118
0.329
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Extracellular RNA
Intercellular Communication
Epigenomics
Genome Informatics
Bioinformatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,607
15,954
0.366
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Molecular Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,791
15,836
0.167
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Protein metablolism and kidney diseas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,790
14,864
0.219
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Molecular Pharmacolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,237
14,304
0.331
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
systems neuroscience
computational neuroscience
machine learning
artificial intelligence
NeuroA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,865
14,082
0.675
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Behavioral and family diabetes management
adherence
quality of life
type 1 diabetes
risk and resilienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,825
13,993
0.832
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Limb salvage
Diabetic foot
Endovascular Therapy
Leg Bypass
AA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,878
13,723
0.492
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Cardiovascular Malformations
Viral Respiratory Disease
Population Genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,856
13,546
0.256
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
traumatic brain injur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,053
13,218
0.338
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
225
79
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
432
149
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
878
282
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Biykem Bozkurt
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183,540
93,761
0.511
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,387
927
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Chad Creighton
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,495
56,702
0.532
Bioinformatics
Cance
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,214
1,256
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hashem B El-Serag
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,370
47,522
0.398
medicine
gastroenterology and hepatolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,211
1,660
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Matthew Ellis
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,441
40,228
0.431
drug development
precision medicine
breast cancer
cancer genomics
cancer proteomic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,675
1,840
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Eve Shinbrot
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,204
37,737
0.723
DNA replication
DNA repair
CRC
Endometrial cancer
Cancer biolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,387
2,543
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Theresa A Nicklas
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,288
30,886
0.299
Epidemiology
child obesit
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,140
2,850
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Christopher Amos
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,086
28,730
0.330
Statistical Genetics
Genetic Epidemiology
Genomic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,318
2,922
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
DB Piyarathna
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,449
28,328
0.461
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,253
4,024
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Bing Zhang
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,249
22,935
0.670
Bioinformatics
Systems Biology
Cancer Proteomics
Proteogenomic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,417
4,901
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Wolfgang C Winkelmayer
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,031
20,258
0.595
Clinical epidemiology
outcomes
and comparative effectiveness researc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,498
5,332
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Helen Heslop
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,614
19,092
0.331
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,575
6,131
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Cristian Coarfa
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,017
17,352
0.598
Computational Biology
Parallel programmin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,674
6,178
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ivan O Rosas
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,660
17,279
0.730
Pulmonary Fibrosis
COPD
Lung Transplantatio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,872
6,248
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Hugo Bellen
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,969
17,118
0.329
Genetics
Neuroscience
Developmental biolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,703
6,949
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Aleksandar Milosavljevic
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,607
15,954
0.366
Extracellular RNA
Intercellular Communication
Epigenomics
Genome Informatics
Bioinformatic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,909
7,034
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
David Moore
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,791
15,836
0.167
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,681
7,725
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
William Mitch
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,790
14,864
0.219
Protein metablolism and kidney diseas
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,866
8,151
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Carolyn L Smith
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,237
14,304
0.331
Molecular Pharmacolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,376
8,347
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Andreas Tolias
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,865
14,082
0.675
systems neuroscience
computational neuroscience
machine learning
artificial intelligence
NeuroA
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,591
8,435
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Marisa E Hilliard
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,825
13,993
0.832
Behavioral and family diabetes management
adherence
quality of life
type 1 diabetes
risk and resilienc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,230
8,646
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Joseph L Mills
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,878
13,723
0.492
Limb salvage
Diabetic foot
Endovascular Therapy
Leg Bypass
AA
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,695
8,827
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
John Belmont
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,856
13,546
0.256
Cardiovascular Malformations
Viral Respiratory Disease
Population Genetic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,521
9,141
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Claudia Robertson
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,053
13,218
0.338