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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 18 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
Medicina. Obstetrici
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,712
13,336
0.363
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Epidemiología
MBE
Revisiones Sistemáticas
Salud Públic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,334
10,005
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Public Health - Health Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,971
9,643
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Evidence synthesis
systematic reviews
health technology assessments
cardiovascular disease prevention
infectious diseases e
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,777
4,462
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Public Health Epidemiology Health economics Health technology assessment Economic evaluations Health Policy Cost-effectiveness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,693
2,062
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Library Science
Search Strategie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,483
1,916
0.772
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Public Health
Health Technology Assessmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,903
1,210
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Salud y ciencias sociale
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,138
819
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Health Economics
Applied Microeconometrics
Impact Evaluation
Development Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,099
991
0.902
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
nutrición
evaluación nutricional
epidemiología nutricional
evaluación de la alimentación y el entorno alimentario
salu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,055
621
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Reproductive
maternal and perinatal healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
869
816
0.939
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Epidemiology Health Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
612
609
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Salud pública
investigación en implementació
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525
398
0.758
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Calidad en Salud
Seguridad del Pacient
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
440
244
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
oncologí
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
98
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Salud perinatal. Medicina fetal. Salud sexual y reproductiv
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
24
0.960
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
psicología
psicopedagogía
data managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
3
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,753
22
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jose Belizan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,712
13,336
0.363
Medicina. Obstetrici
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,344
81
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Agustín Ciapponi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,334
10,005
0.652
Epidemiología
MBE
Revisiones Sistemáticas
Salud Públic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,316
87
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Federico Augustovski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,971
9,643
0.644
Public Health - Health Economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,078
332
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ariel Bardach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,777
4,462
0.658
Evidence synthesis
systematic reviews
health technology assessments
cardiovascular disease prevention
infectious diseases e
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
287,099
830
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Andres Pichon-Riviere
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,693
2,062
0.558
Public Health Epidemiology Health economics Health technology assessment Economic evaluations Health Policy Cost-effectiveness
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
396,449
1,340
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Daniel Comandé
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,483
1,916
0.772
Library Science
Search Strategie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
480,467
1,794
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Andrea Alcaraz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,903
1,210
0.636
Public Health
Health Technology Assessmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
659,104
2,879
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Javier Roberti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,138
819
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
671,494
2,939
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Alfredo Palacios
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,099
991
0.902
Health Economics
Applied Microeconometrics
Impact Evaluation
Development Economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
686,499
3,041
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Natalia Elorriaga
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,055
621
0.589
nutrición
evaluación nutricional
epidemiología nutricional
evaluación de la alimentación y el entorno alimentario
salu
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
756,143
3,475
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Veronica Pingray
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
869
816
0.939
Reproductive
maternal and perinatal healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
878,751
4,234
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Federico Rodriguez Cairoli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
612
609
0.995
Epidemiology Health Economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
938,110
4,555
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Karen Klein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525
398
0.758
Salud pública
investigación en implementació
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,012,413
4,820
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Viviana E Rodriguez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
440
244
0.555
Calidad en Salud
Seguridad del Pacient
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,575,244
8,045
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Boris Itkin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
98
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,247,872
12,781
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Vanesa Ortega
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
24
0.960
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,516,355
15,151
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Rocío Belén Rodríguez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
psicología
psicopedagogía
data managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,527,787
15,217
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Elena Lazo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
3
0.600