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United States 3,153 Scientists H-Index Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
323
198
0.613
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Epidemiology
Cancer Prevention
Health Outcome
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
317
123
0.388
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
291
167
0.574
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
medicine
cardiology
atherosclerosis
immunolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
266
137
0.515
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Professor of Epidemiolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259
133
0.514
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Health Metrics
Population Health
IHME
Global Health
Epidemiolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254
201
0.791
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
IHME
Health Metrics
Global Health
Public Health
Epidemiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248
201
0.810
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Cancer Epidemiology
Genetic Epidemiology
Nutritional Epidemiology
Global Healt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248
132
0.532
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
air pollution
metals
health
statistics
epigenetic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
123
0.532
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Atrial fibrillation
Faculty Development
Diversity-DEIA
Cardiovascular epidemiology
Inflammatio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218
131
0.601
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Biostatistics
Human Genetics
Statistical Computing
Genetics
Complex Trait
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
148
0.685
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Medicine
Epidemiolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206
106
0.515
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
social epidemiolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
107
0.527
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
82
0.404
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Child nutrition and infectious disease
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202
106
0.525
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
osteoporosis
aging
fracture
hormones
breast cance
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198
96
0.485
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Clinilacal and epidemiologic researc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190
86
0.453
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
epidemiology
genetics
nutrition
biomarkers
cance
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181
103
0.569
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Epidemiology
genetic epidemiology
obesity
public health
metabolic diseas
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
125
0.723
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Eating behaviors
physical activity
and weight-related problems in adolescents and young adults
family and other correlates of these outcomes
preventio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170
90
0.529
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Epidemiology
medicin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
86
0.509
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Cancer disparities
Cancer treatment and outcomes
Cancer surveillanc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
132
0.795
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
94
0.573
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
epidemiology
cancer
genetics
diabetes
cohort studie
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
92
0.568
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Epidemiology
Clinical Trials
Implementation Science
Cardiometabolic Disease
Dementi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
104
0.650
Frank B Hu
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
323
198
0.613
Graham Colditz
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
317
123
0.388
Epidemiology
Cancer Prevention
Health Outcome
Paul M Ridker
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
291
167
0.574
Peter Libby
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
266
137
0.515
medicine
cardiology
atherosclerosis
immunolog
Eric Rimm
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259
133
0.514
Professor of Epidemiolog
Ali H Mokdad
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254
201
0.791
Health Metrics
Population Health
IHME
Global Health
Epidemiolog
Simon I. Hay
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248
201
0.810
IHME
Health Metrics
Global Health
Public Health
Epidemiology
David J Hunter
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248
132
0.532
Cancer Epidemiology
Genetic Epidemiology
Nutritional Epidemiology
Global Healt
Joel Schwartz
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
123
0.532
air pollution
metals
health
statistics
epigenetic
Emelia J Benjamin
Boston University
Boston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218
131
0.601
Atrial fibrillation
Faculty Development
Diversity-DEIA
Cardiovascular epidemiology
Inflammatio
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Goncalo Abecasis
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
148
0.685
Biostatistics
Human Genetics
Statistical Computing
Genetics
Complex Trait
Paolo Boffetta
Stony Brook Medicine
Stony Brook, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206
106
0.515
Ichiro Kawachi
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
107
0.527
Myrna Weissman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
82
0.404
Robert Black
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202
106
0.525
Child nutrition and infectious disease
Jane Cauley
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198
96
0.485
osteoporosis
aging
fracture
hormones
breast cance
Hans Olov Adami
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190
86
0.453
Clinilacal and epidemiologic researc
Wei Zheng
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181
103
0.569
epidemiology
genetics
nutrition
biomarkers
cance
Ruth Loos
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
125
0.723
Epidemiology
genetic epidemiology
obesity
public health
metabolic diseas
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170
90
0.529
Eating behaviors
physical activity
and weight-related problems in adolescents and young adults
family and other correlates of these outcomes
preventio
Alberto Ascherio
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
86
0.509
Ahmedin Jemal
American Cancer Society
New York, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
132
0.795
Cancer disparities
Cancer treatment and outcomes
Cancer surveillanc
Arturo Casadevall
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
94
0.573
Xiao Ou Shu
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
92
0.568
epidemiology
cancer
genetics
diabetes
cohort studie
Jiang He
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
104
0.650
Epidemiology
Clinical Trials
Implementation Science
Cardiometabolic Disease
Dementi