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Top Life Sciences Researchers

Alisdair Robert Fernie ranks first, followed by Guido Kroemer and Richard Anthony Flavell, out of 6,036,408 ranked researchers.

Field rank: how many more of the researcher's articles, reviews and conference papers in this field reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected of anyone's. A paper in the top 10% adds 0.9 and any other takes 0.1 away, however highly cited, so many strong papers in the field outrank one famous paper, a long record of ordinary papers does not climb, and work in other fields does not count. A paper in two subfields counts half in each. A researcher with fewer papers in the Nature Index's selective journals than expected has the count lowered by the square root of that journal factor. Floor: 15 works, an institution the snapshot can resolve, and an article, review or conference paper in this field.

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The ranking

  1. 1 Alisdair Robert Fernie Germany · #3,811 worldwide overall 444.3 of 1,188 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2 Guido Kroemer France · #378 worldwide overall 419.2 of 988 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3 Richard Anthony Flavell United States · #1,341 worldwide overall 382.2 of 918 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4 Shizuo Akira Japan · #1,559 worldwide overall 369.2 of 879 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5 Kadambot H. M. Siddique Australia · #3,244 worldwide overall 374.3 of 932 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6 Jian‐Kang Zhu China · #100 worldwide overall 337.1 of 580 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7 Eugene V. Koonin United States · #520 worldwide overall 357.8 of 787 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8 Karl John Friston United Kingdom · #470 worldwide overall 337.2 of 783 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9 Fred H. Gage United States · #884 worldwide overall 322.4 of 678 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10 Robert J. Lefkowitz United States · #154 worldwide overall 308.0 of 562 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11 Solomon H. Snyder United States · #1,189 worldwide overall 316.2 of 710 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12 Matthias Mann Germany · #32 worldwide overall 300.7 of 569 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13 Kazuo Shinozaki Japan · #40,532 worldwide overall 318.6 of 754 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14 Thomas C. Südhof United States · #248 worldwide overall 298.0 of 550 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15 Evan E. Eichler United States · #102 worldwide overall 289.7 of 492 papers here in the top 10%
  16. 16 Rajeev Kumar Varshney India · #14,037 worldwide overall 336.2 of 986 papers here in the top 10%
  17. 17 Mark J. Daly United States · #233 worldwide overall 291.6 of 548 papers here in the top 10%
  18. 18 Hans C. Clevers Netherlands · #12 worldwide overall 285.1 of 506 papers here in the top 10%
  19. 19 Rob Knight United States · #370 worldwide overall 292.2 of 596 papers here in the top 10%
  20. 20 Eric N. Olson United States · #394 worldwide overall 287.9 of 582 papers here in the top 10%
  21. 21 Yakov V. Kuzyakov Germany · #1,822 worldwide overall 290.4 of 644 papers here in the top 10%
  22. 22 Michael Snyder United States · #2,250 worldwide overall 291.3 of 674 papers here in the top 10%
  23. 23 Michael Karin United States · #27 worldwide overall 268.9 of 452 papers here in the top 10%
  24. 24 Karl Deisseroth United States · #40 worldwide overall 263.5 of 420 papers here in the top 10%
  25. 25 Aviv Regev United States · #17 worldwide overall 259.1 of 400 papers here in the top 10%
  26. 26 Eric S. Lander United States · #260 worldwide overall 265.0 of 467 papers here in the top 10%
  27. 27 Kāri Stefánsson Iceland · #43 worldwide overall 265.0 of 470 papers here in the top 10%
  28. 28 Paul Greengard United States · #4,675 worldwide overall 290.4 of 752 papers here in the top 10%
  29. 29 Jun Wang China · #60,624 worldwide overall 356.1 of 1,409 papers here in the top 10%
  30. 30 David Julian McClements United States · #50,836 worldwide overall 575.3 of 1,003 papers here in the top 10%
  31. 31 Daniel H. Geschwind United States · #501 worldwide overall 265.1 of 518 papers here in the top 10%
  32. 32 Chuan He United States · #790 worldwide overall 260.8 of 480 papers here in the top 10%
  33. 33 Róbert Langer United States · #654 worldwide overall 273.1 of 614 papers here in the top 10%
  34. 34 Detlef Weigel Germany · #185 worldwide overall 258.4 of 472 papers here in the top 10%
  35. 35 Peer Bork Germany · #127 worldwide overall 260.1 of 492 papers here in the top 10%
  36. 36 André Gerardus Uitterlinden Netherlands · #3,947 worldwide overall 283.4 of 733 papers here in the top 10%
  37. 37 Eric J. Nestler United States · #1,416 worldwide overall 269.5 of 597 papers here in the top 10%
  38. 38 Carlo Maria Croce United States · #8,514 worldwide overall 287.1 of 781 papers here in the top 10%
  39. 39 Pierre Chambon France · #1,058 worldwide overall 259.4 of 549 papers here in the top 10%
  40. 40 Trevor William Robbins United Kingdom · #1,151 worldwide overall 276.9 of 730 papers here in the top 10%
  41. 41 Steven P. Gygi United States · #159 worldwide overall 253.2 of 510 papers here in the top 10%
  42. 42 George Davey Smith United Kingdom · #6,683 worldwide overall 268.9 of 679 papers here in the top 10%
  43. 43 Lewis C. Cantley United States · #300 worldwide overall 247.9 of 513 papers here in the top 10%
  44. 44 Rudolf Jaenisch United States · #1,150 worldwide overall 247.8 of 514 papers here in the top 10%
  45. 45 Mark I. McCarthy United Kingdom · #3,983 worldwide overall 248.8 of 538 papers here in the top 10%
  46. 46 Gordon Brent Mills United States · #2,640 worldwide overall 264.5 of 712 papers here in the top 10%
  47. 47 Gad A. Getz United States · #1 worldwide overall 224.7 of 321 papers here in the top 10%
  48. 48 Cornelia M. van Duijn Netherlands · #5,771 worldwide overall 266.3 of 750 papers here in the top 10%
  49. 49 Eric Boerwinkle United States · #11,988 worldwide overall 271.7 of 804 papers here in the top 10%
  50. 50 György Buzsáki United States · #450 worldwide overall 231.7 of 409 papers here in the top 10%
  51. 51 Joseph R. Ecker United States · #23 worldwide overall 223.1 of 325 papers here in the top 10%
  52. 52 Fusuo S. Zhang China · #2,111 worldwide overall 243.9 of 545 papers here in the top 10%
  53. 53 David Baltimore United States · #4,236 worldwide overall 248.5 of 594 papers here in the top 10%
  54. 54 Bruce S. McEwen United States · #3,557 worldwide overall 254.3 of 654 papers here in the top 10%
  55. 55 Pamela S. Soltis United States · #6,810 worldwide overall 257.3 of 695 papers here in the top 10%
  56. 56 Willem M. de Vos Netherlands · #2,851 worldwide overall 248.9 of 619 papers here in the top 10%
  57. 57 Qirong Shen China · #4,960 worldwide overall 245.1 of 587 papers here in the top 10%
  58. 58 Jiřı́ Friml Austria · #255 worldwide overall 221.9 of 385 papers here in the top 10%
  59. 59 David A. Baker United States · #856 worldwide overall 231.1 of 478 papers here in the top 10%
  60. 60 George M. Church United States · #1,187 worldwide overall 228.1 of 463 papers here in the top 10%
  61. 61 Gonçalo R. Abecasis United States · #75 worldwide overall 221.6 of 399 papers here in the top 10%
  62. 62 Ramnik J. Xavier United States · #187 worldwide overall 221.1 of 409 papers here in the top 10%
  63. 63 Marco Colonna United States · #1,628 worldwide overall 228.5 of 486 papers here in the top 10%
  64. 64 Raymond J. Dolan United Kingdom · #3,600 worldwide overall 235.1 of 556 papers here in the top 10%
  65. 65 Mark Stitt Germany · #847 worldwide overall 218.7 of 408 papers here in the top 10%
  66. 66 Jennifer A. Doudna United States · #85 worldwide overall 212.7 of 352 papers here in the top 10%
  67. 67 Jerome I. Rotter United States · #8,006 worldwide overall 247.8 of 706 papers here in the top 10%
  68. 68 Nicholas G. Martin Australia · #24,502 worldwide overall 258.1 of 816 papers here in the top 10%
  69. 69 Howard Y. Chang United States · #69 worldwide overall 209.6 of 337 papers here in the top 10%
  70. 70 Richard A. Gibbs United States · #12,966 worldwide overall 233.5 of 580 papers here in the top 10%
  71. 71 Xun Xu China · #2,327 worldwide overall 221.2 of 457 papers here in the top 10%
  72. 72 John R. Yates United States · #8,561 worldwide overall 247.4 of 720 papers here in the top 10%
  73. 73 Peter M. Visscher Australia · #5,312 worldwide overall 231.0 of 569 papers here in the top 10%
  74. 74 Craig B. Thompson United States · #171 worldwide overall 211.6 of 376 papers here in the top 10%
  75. 75 Mihai Gheorghe Netea Netherlands · #3,810 worldwide overall 240.4 of 666 papers here in the top 10%
  76. 76 Dirk Inzé Belgium · #14,456 worldwide overall 242.9 of 692 papers here in the top 10%
  77. 77 Jay Shendure United States · #83 worldwide overall 205.2 of 326 papers here in the top 10%
  78. 78 Ronald M. Evans United States · #655 worldwide overall 214.5 of 422 papers here in the top 10%
  79. 79 Douglas F. Easton United Kingdom · #2,255 worldwide overall 227.2 of 550 papers here in the top 10%
  80. 80 Josep Peñuelas Spain · #1,488 worldwide overall 236.2 of 639 papers here in the top 10%
  81. 81 Mark Gerstein United States · #3,531 worldwide overall 227.5 of 558 papers here in the top 10%
  82. 82 Stacey L. Gabriel United States · #14 worldwide overall 200.1 of 284 papers here in the top 10%
  83. 83 Kazuko Yamaguchi‐Shinozaki Japan · #1,331 worldwide overall 207.9 of 376 papers here in the top 10%
  84. 84 Michel C. Nussenzweig United States · #92 worldwide overall 203.2 of 340 papers here in the top 10%
  85. 85 Bert Vogelstein United States · #25 worldwide overall 201.5 of 328 papers here in the top 10%
  86. 86 Jean‐Laurent Casanova France · #5,733 worldwide overall 233.3 of 651 papers here in the top 10%
  87. 87 Bernhard Ørn Palsson United States · #4,632 worldwide overall 221.8 of 560 papers here in the top 10%
  88. 88 Florent Ginhoux Singapore · #118 worldwide overall 198.3 of 335 papers here in the top 10%
  89. 89 Douglas R. Green United States · #3,609 worldwide overall 211.2 of 475 papers here in the top 10%
  90. 90 JENS KVIST NIELSEN Sweden · #12,166 worldwide overall 238.7 of 763 papers here in the top 10%
  91. 91 Gerald M. Rubin United States · #207 worldwide overall 191.1 of 301 papers here in the top 10%
  92. 92 Robert E. W. Hancock Canada · #12,041 worldwide overall 220.2 of 598 papers here in the top 10%
  93. 93 Marc G. Caron United States · #9,036 worldwide overall 211.5 of 519 papers here in the top 10%
  94. 94 John Q. Trojanowski United States · #1,186 worldwide overall 214.5 of 550 papers here in the top 10%
  95. 95 Peter Carmeliet Belgium · #11,059 worldwide overall 220.0 of 611 papers here in the top 10%
  96. 96 Ruth J. F. Loos United States · #2,329 worldwide overall 204.9 of 461 papers here in the top 10%
  97. 97 Weihong Tan China · #6,589 worldwide overall 223.2 of 646 papers here in the top 10%
  98. 98 Masayuki P. Yamamoto Japan · #58,048 worldwide overall 251.1 of 928 papers here in the top 10%
  99. 99 Jonathan S. Weissman United States · #81 worldwide overall 187.3 of 299 papers here in the top 10%
  100. 100 Jonathan D. G. Jones United Kingdom · #4,451 worldwide overall 199.7 of 424 papers here in the top 10%

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