Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Medical and Health Sciences / Biostatistics Highly Cited Researchers 3.045 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list highlights the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 211 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively and with real-time updates by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced and dynamic perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers — particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This real-time methodology addresses the unfair advantage researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others, ensuring a more equitable evaluation. Furthermore, real-time citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community by continuously monitoring citation behavior.
For more detailed and up-to-date citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
meta-research
clinical epidemiology
evidence-based medicine
research methods
meta-analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
606,495
342,669
0.565
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237,042
76,188
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217,710
43,190
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Medical statistics
Biostatistics
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217,253
112,047
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Biostatistics
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology
Statistical Methods for Public Health
HIV/AID
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,641
114,433
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Statistical and computational human genetics and genomics
complex traits
type 2 diabetes and related traits
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,650
78,802
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Biostatstics
Clinical Trials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,459
57,103
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Bayesian Statistics
Public Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,344
96,862
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Air Pollution
Biostatistics
Climate Change
Environmental Epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,101
128,147
0.795
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156,614
58,654
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Biostatistics
epidemiology
cardiovascular disease
nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154,647
58,864
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
computational metagenomics
human microbiome
biological data mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154,380
110,393
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
statistics
medical statistics
pediatrics
growth
nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,238
27,808
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,090
32,554
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Bioinformatics
Human Genetics
Biostatistics
Systems Biology
Network Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,443
70,942
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Analysis of Categorical Data
Measures of Agreement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,141
41,883
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,974
44,175
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Statistics
Biostatistics
Data Science
Genomics
Epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,444
41,158
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
biostatistics
public health
environment
precision medicine
Bayes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,444
25,933
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Biostatistics
survival analysis
prediction and classification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,112
40,721
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Biostatistics
Public Health
Drug Discover
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,338
94,637
0.793
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
biostatistical methods
clinical trials
diabetes
epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,802
35,465
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Developmental epidemiology
Trials
Latent variable model
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,257
38,179
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Biostatistical modelling
statistical genomics
meta-analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,357
39,765
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Biostatistics
Clinical Trials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,866
48,864
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
John PA Ioannidis
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
606,495
342,669
0.565
meta-research
clinical epidemiology
evidence-based medicine
research methods
meta-analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
561
222
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
L Adrienne Cupples
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237,042
76,188
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
697
279
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nan Laird
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217,710
43,190
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
701
51
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jon Deeks
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217,253
112,047
0.516
Medical statistics
Biostatistics
Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
852
342
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Philimon Gona
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,641
114,433
0.570
Biostatistics
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology
Statistical Methods for Public Health
HIV/AID
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
919
373
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michael Boehnke
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,650
78,802
0.409
Statistical and computational human genetics and genomics
complex traits
type 2 diabetes and related traits
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,249
536
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Joseph Massaro
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,459
57,103
0.347
Biostatstics
Clinical Trials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,293
558
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kyle Foreman
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,344
96,862
0.600
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Bayesian Statistics
Public Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,295
34
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yuming Guo
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,101
128,147
0.795
Air Pollution
Biostatistics
Climate Change
Environmental Epidemiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,366
6
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Thomas Lumley
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156,614
58,654
0.375
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,409
20
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Demosthenes Panagiotakos
Harokopio University of Athens
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154,647
58,864
0.381
Biostatistics
epidemiology
cardiovascular disease
nutrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,410
608
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Curtis Huttenhower
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154,380
110,393
0.715
computational metagenomics
human microbiome
biological data mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,966
160
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tim J Cole
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,238
27,808
0.214
statistics
medical statistics
pediatrics
growth
nutrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,027
921
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Richard Gelber
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,090
32,554
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,082
951
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Steve Horvath
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,443
70,942
0.561
Bioinformatics
Human Genetics
Biostatistics
Systems Biology
Network Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,118
972
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
J Richard Landis
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,141
41,883
0.335
Analysis of Categorical Data
Measures of Agreement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,121
974
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Frank Harrell
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,974
44,175
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,280
1,063
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Rafael A Irizarry
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,444
41,158
0.342
Statistics
Biostatistics
Data Science
Genomics
Epigenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,395
1,120
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Scott L Zeger
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,444
25,933
0.221
biostatistics
public health
environment
precision medicine
Bayes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,456
55
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Eijkemans, Mjc
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,112
40,721
0.351
Biostatistics
survival analysis
prediction and classification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,314
35
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ashish Awasthi
Public Health Foundation of India
Gurugram, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,338
94,637
0.793
Biostatistics
Public Health
Drug Discover
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,605
1,221
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
John Lachin
George Washington University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,802
35,465
0.314
biostatistical methods
clinical trials
diabetes
epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,636
205
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Andrew Pickles
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,257
38,179
0.340
Developmental epidemiology
Trials
Latent variable model
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,726
106
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Joseph Beyene
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,357
39,765
0.360
Biostatistical modelling
statistical genomics
meta-analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,742
1,282
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mithat GöNen
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,866
48,864
0.445
Biostatistics
Clinical Trials