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Top Anatomy Researchers

Cyrus Cooper ranks first, out of 2,047 ranked researchers.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 15 works, and an institution the snapshot can resolve.

The ranking

  1. 1 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom · #144 worldwide 7.2k citations · 486 works
  2. 2 René Rizzoli Switzerland · #500 worldwide 2.1k citations · 124 works
  3. 3 John А. Kanis United Kingdom · #770 worldwide 2.3k citations · 104 works
  4. 4 Sidney Udenfriend United States · #957 worldwide 2.3k citations · 119 works
  5. 5 Tim D. Spector United Kingdom · #1,390 worldwide 3k citations · 224 works
  6. 6 Vilmundur Guðnason Iceland · #1,496 worldwide 2.9k citations · 194 works
  7. 7 Luigi Ferrucci United States · #1,649 worldwide 5.3k citations · 345 works
  8. 8 Olivier Bruyère Belgium · #1,874 worldwide 2k citations · 442 works
  9. 9 André G. Uitterlinden Netherlands · #1,968 worldwide 4.4k citations · 288 works
  10. 10 Victor A. McKusick United States · #2,172 worldwide 932 citations · 90 works
  11. 11 Anthony E. Lang Canada · #2,244 worldwide 2.3k citations · 193 works
  12. 12 Anthony D. Woolf United Kingdom · #2,311 worldwide 3.4k citations · 71 works
  13. 13 Tore K Kvien Norway · #2,696 worldwide 957 citations · 120 works
  14. 14 John B. Mulliken United States · #2,921 worldwide 794 citations · 90 works
  15. 15 Bart W. Koes Netherlands · #3,085 worldwide 1.2k citations · 121 works
  16. 16 Gillian Hawker Canada · #3,258 worldwide 1.2k citations · 85 works
  17. 17 Bernard B. Brodie United States · #4,312 worldwide 1k citations · 64 works
  18. 18 Volkmar Falk Germany · #4,350 worldwide 2.2k citations · 217 works
  19. 19 J. C. Houck United States · #5,055 worldwide 1.5k citations · 107 works
  20. 20 David T. Felson United States · #5,057 worldwide 1.7k citations · 172 works
  21. 21 H. Hécaen France · #5,085 worldwide 901 citations · 64 works
  22. 22 Frank Caruso Australia · #5,248 worldwide 1.4k citations · 109 works
  23. 23 Fernando Rivadeneira Netherlands · #5,779 worldwide 1.6k citations · 139 works
  24. 24 Marshall R. Urist United States · #5,895 worldwide 675 citations · 79 works
  25. 25 Hans Selye Canada · #8,053 worldwide 1.6k citations · 283 works
  26. 26 Charles Webster United Kingdom · #8,394 worldwide 315 citations · 67 works
  27. 27 Deborah Doniach United States · #8,922 worldwide 781 citations · 61 works
  28. 28 A. M. Parfitt United States · #9,148 worldwide 1.2k citations · 55 works
  29. 29 Robert J. Gorlin United States · #9,235 worldwide 538 citations · 90 works
  30. 30 Herbert Edelsbrunner United States · #9,591 worldwide 1k citations · 107 works
  31. 31 Harvey Cushing United States · #9,604 worldwide 576 citations · 55 works
  32. 32 Gunnar E. Carlsson Sweden · #12,040 worldwide 516 citations · 54 works
  33. 33 Vivian Nutton United Kingdom · #12,444 worldwide 220 citations · 141 works
  34. 34 Ya. B. Zel’dovich Russia · #12,497 worldwide 1.1k citations · 142 works
  35. 35 Francis H. Glorieux Canada · #12,950 worldwide 742 citations · 61 works
  36. 36 James A. McNamara United States · #13,538 worldwide 519 citations · 50 works
  37. 37 Evarts A. Graham United States · #13,572 worldwide 309 citations · 54 works
  38. 38 Thor Aspelund Iceland · #14,985 worldwide 657 citations · 77 works
  39. 39 Melvin L. Moss United States · #16,343 worldwide 596 citations · 62 works
  40. 40 George B. Wislocki United States · #16,606 worldwide 507 citations · 47 works
  41. 41 Валерий Анатольевич Рубаков Russia · #17,630 worldwide 379 citations · 72 works
  42. 42 Hans Lassmann Austria · #19,193 worldwide 1.6k citations · 147 works
  43. 43 John A. Jane United States · #20,004 worldwide 558 citations · 104 works
  44. 44 Tirone E. David Canada · #20,120 worldwide 356 citations · 59 works
  45. 45 Joanne M. Jordan United States · #20,905 worldwide 513 citations · 83 works
  46. 46 Paul B. Beeson United States · #23,710 worldwide 351 citations · 41 works
  47. 47 DuPont Guerry United States · #23,805 worldwide 273 citations · 44 works
  48. 48 Seymour Diamond United States · #24,934 worldwide 338 citations · 44 works
  49. 49 Dmitry Domenyuk Russia · #25,099 worldwide 193 citations · 57 works
  50. 50 Leonard F. Peltier United States · #25,296 worldwide 273 citations · 61 works
  51. 51 Ronan O’Rahilly United States · #25,314 worldwide 363 citations · 49 works
  52. 52 Virginia B. Kraus United States · #25,829 worldwide 659 citations · 78 works
  53. 53 Bruce S. Schoenberg United States · #25,891 worldwide 251 citations · 52 works
  54. 54 Meththika Vithanage Sri Lanka · #26,030 worldwide 1.1k citations · 84 works
  55. 55 Michael Doherty United Kingdom · #26,605 worldwide 791 citations · 145 works
  56. 56 Gilbert B. Forbes United States · #26,867 worldwide 332 citations · 60 works
  57. 57 T. Wingate Todd United States · #27,259 worldwide 281 citations · 47 works
  58. 58 Iván Martín Switzerland · #27,444 worldwide 649 citations · 68 works
  59. 59 Alfred B. Swanson United States · #27,717 worldwide 337 citations · 43 works
  60. 60 Henry J. Kaminski United States · #29,542 worldwide 371 citations · 62 works
  61. 61 Donald Reid United States · #31,239 worldwide 249 citations · 126 works
  62. 62 Serge Bracard France · #31,365 worldwide 434 citations · 107 works
  63. 63 Zh. I. Alfërov Russia · #32,824 worldwide 497 citations · 85 works
  64. 64 Pedro J. del Nido United States · #33,044 worldwide 661 citations · 128 works
  65. 65 Shiro Noguchi Japan · #34,040 worldwide 313 citations · 47 works
  66. 66 P. Glees Germany · #34,323 worldwide 274 citations · 69 works
  67. 67 Pierre J. Meunier France · #34,343 worldwide 431 citations · 52 works
  68. 68 Naifa L. Busaidy United States · #34,814 worldwide 304 citations · 44 works
  69. 69 L. B. W. Jongkees Netherlands · #36,295 worldwide 173 citations · 56 works
  70. 70 Jean Bousquet France · #36,774 worldwide 1.5k citations · 344 works
  71. 71 Frederick Naftolin United States · #36,826 worldwide 705 citations · 104 works
  72. 72 John M. Opitz United States · #37,337 worldwide 1.1k citations · 240 works
  73. 73 Herbert J. Kaufmann Germany · #38,124 worldwide 198 citations · 58 works
  74. 74 Donald Guthrie United States · #38,162 worldwide 222 citations · 40 works
  75. 75 Paul Dieppe United Kingdom · #39,078 worldwide 757 citations · 135 works
  76. 76 Elizabeth K. Warrington United Kingdom · #39,381 worldwide 648 citations · 46 works
  77. 77 Joyce B. J. van Meurs Netherlands · #39,934 worldwide 725 citations · 93 works
  78. 78 Emmanuel Mignot United States · #40,202 worldwide 663 citations · 104 works
  79. 79 G Verriest Belgium · #40,463 worldwide 193 citations · 75 works
  80. 80 César Fernández‐de‐las‐Peñas Spain · #40,736 worldwide 620 citations · 161 works
  81. 81 Timothy A. Turvey United States · #41,303 worldwide 225 citations · 43 works
  82. 82 J. Dequeker Belgium · #41,834 worldwide 384 citations · 72 works
  83. 83 E. G. L. Bywaters Canada · #43,829 worldwide 232 citations · 56 works
  84. 84 article Editorial Russia · #44,362 worldwide 125 citations · 749 works
  85. 85 Morris Moscovitch Canada · #45,550 worldwide 688 citations · 63 works
  86. 86 Alexander Tropsha United States · #45,710 worldwide 648 citations · 109 works
  87. 87 Harold Ellis United Kingdom · #47,046 worldwide 586 citations · 201 works
  88. 88 P Tessier United States · #47,180 worldwide 178 citations · 39 works
  89. 89 James H. Dobyns United States · #47,787 worldwide 729 citations · 29 works
  90. 90 Helen V. Firth United Kingdom · #48,379 worldwide 314 citations · 118 works
  91. 91 T. Hayashi Poland · #48,519 worldwide 2.3k citations · 28 works
  92. 92 Ana M. Valdes United Kingdom · #48,728 worldwide 633 citations · 88 works
  93. 93 Anson F. Rainey Israel · #49,657 worldwide 142 citations · 36 works
  94. 94 Gordana Vunjak‐Novakovic United States · #50,842 worldwide 632 citations · 78 works
  95. 95 Xiaogang Qu China · #54,040 worldwide 503 citations · 71 works
  96. 96 L. Dudley Stamp Myanmar · #55,125 worldwide 185 citations · 89 works
  97. 97 Birte Melsen Denmark · #56,542 worldwide 335 citations · 75 works
  98. 98 A. Franceschetti Switzerland · #56,735 worldwide 122 citations · 64 works
  99. 99 Olivier Rieppel United States · #57,800 worldwide 701 citations · 128 works
  100. 100 Dennis R. Wenger United States · #58,004 worldwide 452 citations · 100 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Anatomy, re-ranked on the composite score. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review — it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.

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