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 Rankings
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Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Epidemiologia cardiovascular | Epidemiologia do diabetes | Biomarcadores | Atenção Primária a Saúd
Epidemiologia cardiovascular | Epidemiologia do diabetes | Biomarcadores | Atenção Primária a Saúd
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Total318,617
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Last 6 Years207,243
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Last 6 Years / Total0.650
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Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
epidemiologia das doenças crônicas e dos sintoma
epidemiologia das doenças crônicas e dos sintoma
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Total216,011
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Last 6 Years173,191
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Last 6 Years / Total0.802
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3
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Total212,531
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Last 6 Years165,732
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Last 6 Years / Total0.780
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4
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Total279,418
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Last 6 Years114,196
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Last 6 Years / Total0.409
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5
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Total252,519
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Last 6 Years111,792
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Last 6 Years / Total0.443
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Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
epidemiology | cerebrovascular disease | cardiovascular risk factors | neuropsychiatri
epidemiology | cerebrovascular disease | cardiovascular risk factors | neuropsychiatri
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Total117,992
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Last 6 Years106,228
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Last 6 Years / Total0.900
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7
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Total89,244
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Last 6 Years78,507
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Last 6 Years / Total0.880
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8
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Total130,029
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Last 6 Years53,842
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Last 6 Years / Total0.414
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9
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Bioinformatics | Cancer | Genomics | Epigenomics | Gliom
Bioinformatics | Cancer | Genomics | Epigenomics | Gliom
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Total73,727
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Last 6 Years51,961
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Last 6 Years / Total0.705
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10
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Total90,682
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Last 6 Years41,948
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Last 6 Years / Total0.463
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
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Total82,884
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Last 6 Years41,468
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Last 6 Years / Total0.500
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12
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Total80,586
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Last 6 Years40,226
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Last 6 Years / Total0.499
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13
Medical and Health Sciences / Psychiatry
Substance Use Disorders | Psychiatric Epidemiology | Tobacco | Medical Education | Social Psychiatr
Substance Use Disorders | Psychiatric Epidemiology | Tobacco | Medical Education | Social Psychiatr
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Total40,090
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Last 6 Years39,101
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Last 6 Years / Total0.975
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Medical and Health Sciences / Medical Oncology
oncologia molecular | neurociências | biologia molecula
oncologia molecular | neurociências | biologia molecula
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Total47,235
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Last 6 Years38,262
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Last 6 Years / Total0.810
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15
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Total50,904
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Last 6 Years37,575
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Last 6 Years / Total0.738
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16
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Total68,258
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Last 6 Years35,974
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Last 6 Years / Total0.527
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Total54,841
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Last 6 Years33,307
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Last 6 Years / Total0.607
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Total51,178
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Last 6 Years31,560
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Last 6 Years / Total0.617
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Others
non-invasive brain stimulation | repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation | transcranial direct current stimulation | major de
non-invasive brain stimulation | repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation | transcranial direct current stimulation | major de
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Total42,444
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Last 6 Years29,350
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Last 6 Years / Total0.691
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Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Bioinformatics | Data Science | Data Integration | metabolomics | metagenomic
Bioinformatics | Data Science | Data Integration | metabolomics | metagenomic
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Total30,450
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Last 6 Years28,379
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Last 6 Years / Total0.932
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Others
Cirurgia de Vias biliares e Pâncreas | Saúde Pública | Cirugia Ambulatorial | Regulação em Saud
Cirurgia de Vias biliares e Pâncreas | Saúde Pública | Cirugia Ambulatorial | Regulação em Saud
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Total33,453
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Last 6 Years28,336
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Last 6 Years / Total0.847
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Total47,296
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Last 6 Years27,292
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Last 6 Years / Total0.577
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Total41,020
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Last 6 Years27,771
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Last 6 Years / Total0.677
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Total42,833
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Last 6 Years26,783
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Last 6 Years / Total0.625
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Engineering & Technology / Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Atmospheric aerosols | Amazonia | global climate chang
Atmospheric aerosols | Amazonia | global climate chang
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Total74,228
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Last 6 Years26,423
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Last 6 Years / Total0.356