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Highly Cited Researchers 2.405 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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1,416
World Rank
17
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    167,712
  • Last 5 Years
    148,450
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.885
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Rankings

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9,926
World Rank
88
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Medical and Health Sciences / Microbiology
Microbiology | Immunology | Genetic | Molecular Science

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    56,431
  • Last 5 Years
    53,622
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.950
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Rankings

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10,364
World Rank
90
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Medical and Health Sciences / Nursing and Midwifery
Hemodialysis | Nursing education | Nursing practice | Medical ethic | Nursing ethic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    54,889
  • Last 5 Years
    52,081
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.949
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Rankings

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13,484
World Rank
114
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Medical and Health Sciences / Biostatistics
Biostatistics | Survival Analysis | Structural Equation Modelling | Statistical Learning | Machin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    46,580
  • Last 5 Years
    38,311
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.822
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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14,497
World Rank
122
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Medical and Health Sciences / Immunology
Immunology | Cancer immunotherapy | Cancer biolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    44,618
  • Last 5 Years
    41,764
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.936
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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15,036
World Rank
127
Country Rank
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    43,608
  • Last 5 Years
    41,002
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.940
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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17,593
World Rank
147
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Medical and Health Sciences / Health Sciences
Health Policy Analysis | Health Research Policy&system | Universal Health Coverag

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    39,518
  • Last 5 Years
    38,806
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.982
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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17,856
World Rank
149
Country Rank
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    39,140
  • Last 5 Years
    38,774
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.991
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Rankings

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18,376
World Rank
153
Country Rank
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Medical and Health Sciences / Parasitology
Parasitology | Host-Parasite Interactions | Toxoplasmosis | Echinococcosi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    38,452
  • Last 5 Years
    35,124
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.913
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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18,918
World Rank
155
Country Rank
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Medical and Health Sciences / Biochemistry
Cancer research | Cell signaling | Molecular Biolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    37,695
  • Last 5 Years
    29,714
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.788
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Rankings

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19,731
World Rank
167
Country Rank
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Medical and Health Sciences / Immunology
Immunology | cancer | antibod

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    36,678
  • Last 5 Years
    31,273
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.853
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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20,641
World Rank
177
Country Rank
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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25,628
World Rank
199
Country Rank
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Regenerative medicine | cartilage regeneration | Molecular & cellular Pharmacology | mitochondria | kidne

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    30,933
  • Last 5 Years
    27,954
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.904
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Rankings

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29,373
World Rank
224
Country Rank
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Solubilization techniques | Capillary electrophoresis | Pharmaceutical Analysis | Bioanalysi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    28,276
  • Last 5 Years
    17,519
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.620
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Rankings

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31,973
World Rank
237
Country Rank
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Medical and Health Sciences / Nursing and Midwifery
Medicine | Psychiatry | Neuroscience | Machine Learning | Computational Psychiatr

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    26,677
  • Last 5 Years
    24,431
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.916
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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32,597
World Rank
245
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Smart energy systems | machine learning | uncertainty management | decision making | renewable energ

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    26,305
  • Last 5 Years
    21,599
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.821
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Rankings

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35,089
World Rank
258
Country Rank
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pulmonary drug delivery | Dermal drug delivery | Cosmeceutic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    25,012
  • Last 5 Years
    20,394
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.815
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Rankings

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39,548
World Rank
286
Country Rank
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmaceutical nanotechnology | Smart drug delivery systems | Nanostructured polymeric scaffold

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    22,973
  • Last 5 Years
    16,111
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.701
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Rankings

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40,850
World Rank
294
Country Rank
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Professor of Community Genetics and Epidemiolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    22,457
  • Last 5 Years
    16,659
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.742
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Rankings

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41,314
World Rank
296
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Industrial Electronics | Power Electronics | Multilevel Inverter | Matrix Converter | Z-Source Inverte

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    22,275
  • Last 5 Years
    13,408
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.602
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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47,097
World Rank
322
Country Rank
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Medical and Health Sciences / Immunology
Reproductive Immunology | Infertility Immunotherap

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    20,237
  • Last 5 Years
    17,387
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.859
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Rankings

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50,669
World Rank
334
Country Rank
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Medical and Health Sciences / Health Sciences
Health Promotion | Women Health | Public Healt

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    19,196
  • Last 5 Years
    17,360
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.904
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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58,855
World Rank
380
Country Rank
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Medical and Health Sciences / Nutrition and Dietetics
Non communicable disease (NCD) | Nutritional Epidemiology | Clinical Nutritio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    17,157
  • Last 5 Years
    13,707
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.799
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Rankings

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61,067
World Rank
399
Country Rank
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Medical and Health Sciences / Gastroenterology
Gastrointestinal cancers | Hepatitis B and C | Liver transplantatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    16,692
  • Last 5 Years
    13,409
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.803
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Rankings

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61,588
World Rank
400
Country Rank
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Medical and Health Sciences / Medical Oncology
Oncology | Internal Medicine | Palliative Care | Evidence-Based Medicine | Public Healt

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    16,578
  • Last 5 Years
    16,505
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.996
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