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World 4,465 Scientists H-Index Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacology Rankings - 2025
Measure your academic influence with the AD Scientific Index 2025 H-Index Rankings.
These rankings provide a comprehensive evaluation of scientific performance by combining total and recent 6-year h-index values, offering insight into both research productivity and long-term impact. The h-index balances quantity with quality, highlighting sustained academic excellence. Rankings are continuously updated in near real-time to reflect the latest scholarly activity across countries, institutions, and 211 academic fields. Premium Membership unlocks deeper analytics, dynamic ranking tools, and personalized trend visualizations.
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Molecular Biology
Immunology
Cancer Biology
Signal Transductio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
283
129
0.456
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Endocannabinoids
TRP channels
pharmacology
biochemistr
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
83
0.464
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Depression
Psychopharmacology
CNS Clinical Trial
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171
86
0.503
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Biolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
50
0.314
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Pharmacology
ion channels
neurosciences
neurological and psychiatric diseases
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
48
0.308
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Neuropharmacology
serotonin receptors
chemical biology
GPCRs
psychedelic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
97
0.638
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
cell signaling
G proteins
GPCRs
cancer
precision immunotherap
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
67
0.441
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Endocrinology
Neuroscience
Stress
Hormone
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
55
0.379
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
pharmacolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
107
0.759
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Physiology
Pharmacology
Cardiology
Biochemistry
Computational Modelin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
64
0.454
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Dementia
nutrition
basal gangli
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
63
0.447
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
drug discovery
pharmacology
cardiovascular disease
GPCRs
oxidative stres
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
78
0.565
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Cancer Biolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
74
0.540
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Vascular Biology
Pharmacology
Nitric Oxid
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
60
0.438
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
cognitive neuroscience
non-invasive brain stimulation
functional neuroimaging
neuropsychopharmacolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
96
0.722
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Farmacologi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
64
0.485
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
neuroscience and neuropharmacolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
39
0.305
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
pain
opioid
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
58
0.457
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Translational Medicine
Pharmacology
Surger
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
58
0.460
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
metabolomics
biosynthesis
chromatography
phytochemistry
ethnopharmacolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
68
0.548
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Apoptosis
Anti-cancer drug
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
54
0.435
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Pharmacology
physiology
urolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
45
0.363
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
pulmonary embolism
cardiovascular conditions
pharmacology of artheriosclerosis
anticoagulant
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
74
0.602
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Pharmacology
Inflammation
Drug Development
Gastroenterolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
48
0.390
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Toxicology
Pharmacology
Immunology
Infectious Diseas
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
73
0.603
Michael Karin
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
283
129
0.456
Molecular Biology
Immunology
Cancer Biology
Signal Transductio
Vincenzo Di Marzo
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
83
0.464
Endocannabinoids
TRP channels
pharmacology
biochemistr
Fava, M
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171
86
0.503
Depression
Psychopharmacology
CNS Clinical Trial
Paul M Vanhoutte
University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam, Hong Kong
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
50
0.314
Michel Lazdunski
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
48
0.308
Pharmacology
ion channels
neurosciences
neurological and psychiatric diseases
Bl Roth
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
97
0.638
Neuropharmacology
serotonin receptors
chemical biology
GPCRs
psychedelic
J Silvio Gutkind
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
67
0.441
cell signaling
G proteins
GPCRs
cancer
precision immunotherap
ER de Kloet
Leiden University
Leiden, Netherlands
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
55
0.379
Endocrinology
Neuroscience
Stress
Hormone
Catapano Al
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
107
0.759
Donald Bers
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
64
0.454
Physiology
Pharmacology
Cardiology
Biochemistry
Computational Modelin
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A David Smith
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
63
0.447
Dementia
nutrition
basal gangli
Pal Pacher
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
78
0.565
drug discovery
pharmacology
cardiovascular disease
GPCRs
oxidative stres
Neal Rosen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
74
0.540
William C Sessa
Yale University
New Haven, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
60
0.438
Vascular Biology
Pharmacology
Nitric Oxid
Michael Nitsche
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
96
0.722
cognitive neuroscience
non-invasive brain stimulation
functional neuroimaging
neuropsychopharmacolog
Salvatore Cuzzocrea
Università degli Studi di Messina
Messina, Italy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
64
0.485
William C De Groat
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
39
0.305
neuroscience and neuropharmacolog
Frank Porreca
University of Arizona
Tucson, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
58
0.457
Walter J Koch
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
58
0.460
Translational Medicine
Pharmacology
Surger
Robert Verpoorte
Leiden University
Leiden, Netherlands
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
68
0.548
metabolomics
biosynthesis
chromatography
phytochemistry
ethnopharmacolog
Scott Kaufmann
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
54
0.435
Apoptosis
Anti-cancer drug
Karl Erik Andersson
Lund University
Lund, Sweden
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
45
0.363
Pharmacology
physiology
urolog
Giancarlo Agnelli
Università degli Studi di Perugia
Perugia, Italy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
74
0.602
pulmonary embolism
cardiovascular conditions
pharmacology of artheriosclerosis
anticoagulant
John L Wallace
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
48
0.390
Pharmacology
Inflammation
Drug Development
Gastroenterolog
Thomas Hartung
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
73
0.603
Toxicology
Pharmacology
Immunology
Infectious Diseas