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Highly Cited Researchers 841 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.

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Total 841 scientists , Updates every 3 days
* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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10
World Rank
United States
6
Country Rank
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1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Ali H Mokdad
University of Washington Seattle, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Health Metrics | Population Health | Risk Factors | Global Health | Epidemiolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    658,358
  • Last 5 Years
    424,653
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.645
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Rankings

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34
World Rank
United States
19
Country Rank
University of Washington Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Mohsen Naghavi
University of Washington Seattle, United States
Others
Burden of Diseases | Causes of Death | Antimicrobials Resistance | Ira

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    517,113
  • Last 5 Years
    338,969
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.656
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Rankings

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48
World Rank
United States
28
Country Rank
University of Washington Logo
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Simon I. Hay
University of Washington Seattle, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
IHME | Health Metrics | Global Health | Public Health | Epidemiolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    489,658
  • Last 5 Years
    382,893
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.782
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Rankings

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487
World Rank
United States
194
Country Rank
University of Washington Logo
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Evan Eichler
University of Washington Seattle, United States
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Segmental duplication | copy number variation | autism | developmental delay | gene duplicatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    269,747
  • Last 5 Years
    93,455
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.346
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Rankings

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670
World Rank
United States
260
Country Rank
University of Washington Logo
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Bruce Avolio
University of Washington Seattle, United States
Business & Management / Entrepreneurship
Leadership | Leader Development | Individual to Global Strategic Leadershi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    240,967
  • Last 5 Years
    79,300
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.329
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Rankings

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1,058
World Rank
United States
425
Country Rank
University of Washington Logo
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Mohammad H Forouzanfar *
University of Washington Seattle, United States
Others
Health Medicin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    194,464
  • Last 5 Years
    87,661
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.451
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Rankings

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1,286
World Rank
United States
531
Country Rank
University of Washington Logo
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Kyle Foreman
University of Washington Seattle, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Biostatistics
Biostatistics | Epidemiology | Bayesian Statistics | Public Healt

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    177,331
  • Last 5 Years
    111,464
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.629
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Rankings

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1,350
World Rank
United States
562
Country Rank
University of Washington Logo
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Jacob Vanderplas
University of Washington Seattle, United States
Natural Sciences / Physics
Astronomy | Machine Learning

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    173,092
  • Last 5 Years
    143,569
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.829
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Rankings

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1,378
World Rank
United States
580
Country Rank
University of Washington Logo
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Luke Zettlemoyer
University of Washington Seattle, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Natural Language Processing | Semantics | Machine Learning | Artificial Intelligenc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    170,739
  • Last 5 Years
    146,205
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.856
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Rankings

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1,496
World Rank
United States
632
Country Rank
University of Washington Logo
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Joe Felsenstein
University of Washington Seattle, United States
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Evolutionary biology | phylogenetic methods | population genetic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    162,532
  • Last 5 Years
    22,736
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.140
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Rankings

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1,532
World Rank
United States
649
Country Rank
University of Washington Logo
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Carlos Guestrin
University of Washington Seattle, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Machine Learning | Distributed Systems | Artificial Intelligence | Parallel Algorithms | Sensor Network

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    160,905
  • Last 5 Years
    115,141
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.716
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Rankings

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1,785
World Rank
United States
766
Country Rank
University of Washington Logo
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Zeljko Ivezic
University of Washington Seattle, United States
Natural Sciences / Physics
astrophysic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    150,347
  • Last 5 Years
    44,446
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.296
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Rankings

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1,782
World Rank
United States
764
Country Rank
University of Washington Logo
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Joseph Redmon
University of Washington Seattle, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Type Theory | Computer Vision | Machine Learnin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    150,458
  • Last 5 Years
    116,448
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.774
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Rankings

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2,332
World Rank
United States
1,052
Country Rank
University of Washington Logo
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Anthony G Greenwald
University of Washington Seattle, United States
Social Sciences / Psychology
Psychology | social cognition | social psychology | cognitive psychology | methodolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    130,647
  • Last 5 Years
    31,771
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.243
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Rankings

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2,597
World Rank
United States
1,179
Country Rank
University of Washington Logo
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Andrew Connolly
University of Washington Seattle, United States
Natural Sciences / Physics
Astronom

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    123,938
  • Last 5 Years
    31,549
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.255
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Rankings

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2,669
World Rank
United States
1,217
Country Rank
University of Washington Bothell Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Joey Shapiro Key
University of Washington Bothell Bothell, United States
Others
gravitational wave astronom

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    122,338
  • Last 5 Years
    94,025
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.769
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Rankings

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2,705
World Rank
United States
1,233
Country Rank
University of Washington Logo
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Daniel E Furst
University of Washington Seattle, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Rheumatology
Rheumatology | Scleroderma | Rheumatoid Arthritis | Lupus | Vasculiti

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    121,338
  • Last 5 Years
    37,233
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.307
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Rankings

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2,712
World Rank
United States
1,238
Country Rank
University of Washington Logo
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Gail Jarvik
University of Washington Seattle, United States
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
genetics | ethics | medicin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    121,195
  • Last 5 Years
    37,979
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.313
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Rankings

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2,855
World Rank
United States
1,304
Country Rank
University of Washington Logo
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Patrick Heagerty
University of Washington Seattle, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Biostatistics
biostatistics | longitudinal data | surviva

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    118,074
  • Last 5 Years
    37,154
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.315
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Rankings

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2,945
World Rank
United States
1,343
Country Rank
University of Washington Logo
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Richard Szeliski
University of Washington Seattle, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer Vision | Computer Graphic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    116,241
  • Last 5 Years
    24,169
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.208
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Rankings

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3,076
World Rank
United States
1,405
Country Rank
University of Washington Logo
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Dieter Fox
University of Washington Seattle, United States
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Robotics | Artificial Intelligence | Computer Visio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    113,680
  • Last 5 Years
    41,796
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.368
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Rankings

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4,337
World Rank
United States
1,993
Country Rank
University of Washington Bothell Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Jesse Rr Zaneveld
University of Washington Bothell Bothell, United States
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Microbial Ecology | Bioinformatics | Coral | Genome Evolution | Phylogenetic predictio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    93,668
  • Last 5 Years
    66,418
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.709
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Rankings

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4,722
World Rank
United States
2,173
Country Rank
University of Washington Logo
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
David A Stahl
University of Washington Seattle, United States
Engineering & Technology / Environmental Science & Engineering
Microbiology | Ecology | Evolutio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    88,963
  • Last 5 Years
    17,406
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.196
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Rankings

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4,901
World Rank
United States
2,261
Country Rank
University of Washington Logo
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Benjamin O Anderson
University of Washington Seattle, United States
Others
Breast Cancer / Global Health Medicin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    87,012
  • Last 5 Years
    39,999
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.460
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Rankings

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5,456
World Rank
United States
2,506
Country Rank
University of Washington Logo
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Yejin Choi
University of Washington Seattle, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Natural Language Processing | Deep Learning | Artificial Intelligence | Commonsense Reasonin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    81,915
  • Last 5 Years
    69,098
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.844
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