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Highly Cited Researchers 1.586 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2026

See how widely and consistently research is cited with real-time citation rankings.
Covering 2.6 million scientists, this list evaluates both total and last 5 years’ citation counts to measure scientific influence and highlight Highly Cited Researchers.
Built on transparency, it also addresses unethical practices and encourages reporting of violations. Compare results across 13 fields and 221 disciplines.

* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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754
World Rank
1
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Medical and Health Sciences / Neurology
Stroke | Neurorehabilitation | Neurogenetics | Non-communicable diseases | Population healt

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    230,321
  • Last 5 Years
    202,036
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.877
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Rankings

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1,558
World Rank
3
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Health Policy and Management | Infection Prevention and Control | Disease Prevention and Contro

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    159,469
  • Last 5 Years
    148,869
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.934
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Rankings

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2,080
World Rank
5
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    139,016
  • Last 5 Years
    81,470
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.586
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Rankings

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3,263
World Rank
8
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Medical and Health Sciences / Neurology
Neurology | Neuroscience | Ageing Medicin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    110,203
  • Last 5 Years
    94,611
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.859
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Rankings

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23,817
World Rank
19
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Medical Statistics | Health Data Science | M&E | Public & Digital Health | Demograph

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    32,518
  • Last 5 Years
    31,655
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.973
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Rankings

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30,487
World Rank
22
Country Rank
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Others
Non-communicable diseases | Health Promoting Schools | Implementation science | Child and adolescent health | women's healt

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    27,576
  • Last 5 Years
    27,294
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.990
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Rankings

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36,679
World Rank
24
Country Rank
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Others
Hypertension mediated organ damag

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    24,266
  • Last 5 Years
    23,011
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.948
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Rankings

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43,866
World Rank
29
Country Rank
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Medical and Health Sciences / Obstetrics and Gynecology
Reproductive Health | HIV and AIDS | Cervical Cance

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    21,370
  • Last 5 Years
    5,377
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.252
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Rankings

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46,701
World Rank
30
Country Rank
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Others
Hypertension | Heart failure | Left ventricular hypertrophy | CVD epidemiology | Atrial fibrillatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    20,379
  • Last 5 Years
    15,977
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.784
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Rankings

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54,969
World Rank
35
Country Rank
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Medical and Health Sciences / Biochemistry
Biochemical & Molecular Toxicology | Chemoprevention | Nutrigenomics | Signal Transduction Mechanisms | Antioxidant Redox Mechanism

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    18,084
  • Last 5 Years
    8,397
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.464
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Rankings

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61,843
World Rank
39
Country Rank
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Health Promotion | Implementation Science | Health Policy Analysis | Noncommunicable Diseases Preventio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    16,543
  • Last 5 Years
    16,220
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.980
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Rankings

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77,879
World Rank
50
Country Rank
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Medical and Health Sciences / Medical Microbiology
enteric bacteria | diarrhoeal pathogens | antimicrobial resistance | microbial sciences in Afric

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    13,825
  • Last 5 Years
    6,986
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.505
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Rankings

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97,802
World Rank
56
Country Rank
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Engineering & Technology / Environmental Science & Engineering
Climate and Society | Disaster Risk Reduction | Flood Hazards | Vulnerability and Resilience | Urban areas and Coastal zone

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    11,446
  • Last 5 Years
    8,607
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.752
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Rankings

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110,632
World Rank
71
Country Rank
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
adsorption studies | isolation of starch and proteins from underutilised legumes | Fuzzy logic mode

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    10,297
  • Last 5 Years
    4,210
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.409
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Rankings

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111,249
World Rank
72
Country Rank
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
Environmental Chemistry | Instrumental Analysis | Waste Management | Climate Chang

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    10,247
  • Last 5 Years
    4,436
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.433
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Rankings

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112,637
World Rank
74
Country Rank
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Others
Medical Education | Maternal Health | Urban Health | Gynaecological Oncology | Surgical Safet

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    10,137
  • Last 5 Years
    6,260
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.618
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Rankings

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137,957
World Rank
99
Country Rank
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Medical and Health Sciences / General Surgery
Neurosurgery | Skull base surgery | low-cost surgical innovations for limited-resource practic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    8,464
  • Last 5 Years
    7,477
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.883
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Rankings

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163,890
World Rank
140
Country Rank
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Medical and Health Sciences / Psychiatry
Global Mental Health | mHealth Mental Health | Maternal Mental Health | Adolescent Mental Healt

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    7,194
  • Last 5 Years
    4,495
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.625
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Rankings

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170,833
World Rank
154
Country Rank
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Engineering & Technology / Energy Engineering
Energy | Energy Conversion | Energy Managemen

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    6,913
  • Last 5 Years
    5,389
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.780
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Rankings

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183,655
World Rank
177
Country Rank
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Medical and Health Sciences / Microbiology
Food Microbiology & Food Biotechnolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    6,445
  • Last 5 Years
    2,805
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.435
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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185,403
World Rank
182
Country Rank
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Medical Statistics | Demography | Public Healt

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    6,383
  • Last 5 Years
    4,763
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.746
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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189,353
World Rank
186
Country Rank
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    6,249
  • Last 5 Years
    3,506
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.561
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Rankings

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204,203
World Rank
206
Country Rank
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
Veterinary pathology | Respiratory pathology | Diagnostic pathology | toxicopathology | One healt

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    5,786
  • Last 5 Years
    3,695
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.639
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Rankings

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204,876
World Rank
208
Country Rank
24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Medical and Health Sciences / Psychiatry
Global Mental Health | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | Forensic Psychiatry | and Psychiatric Service

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    5,766
  • Last 5 Years
    4,389
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.761
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Rankings

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206,248
World Rank
209
Country Rank
25
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Medical and Health Sciences / General Surgery
Breast Cancer | General Surgery | Genetic Epidemiology | Bioethic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    5,727
  • Last 5 Years
    2,694
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.470
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