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Top Biomaterials Researchers

Amirhossein Sahebkar ranks first, out of 5,205 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 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran · #123 worldwide 5.6k citations · 243 works
  2. 2 Darwin J. Prockop United States · #175 worldwide 3.8k citations · 131 works
  3. 3 Hongjie Dai United States · #840 worldwide 5.8k citations · 100 works
  4. 4 Zhuang Liu China · #1,007 worldwide 3.6k citations · 182 works
  5. 5 Marc A. Meyers United States · #1,008 worldwide 3.2k citations · 128 works
  6. 6 Róbert Langer United States · #1,884 worldwide 4.2k citations · 244 works
  7. 7 Chad A. Mirkin United States · #2,755 worldwide 4.6k citations · 236 works
  8. 8 Yusuf Chisti New Zealand · #3,055 worldwide 2.2k citations · 104 works
  9. 9 Edward J. Miller United States · #3,107 worldwide 1.1k citations · 93 works
  10. 10 Alain Dufresne France · #3,187 worldwide 2.2k citations · 140 works
  11. 11 Liangbing Hu United States · #3,205 worldwide 2.3k citations · 105 works
  12. 12 Younan Xia United States · #3,548 worldwide 3.7k citations · 178 works
  13. 13 Rupert Timpl Germany · #3,832 worldwide 1.4k citations · 82 works
  14. 14 Volkmar Falk Germany · #4,350 worldwide 2.2k citations · 217 works
  15. 15 B. L. Mordike Germany · #4,402 worldwide 1.7k citations · 78 works
  16. 16 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski United States · #4,573 worldwide 4.4k citations · 264 works
  17. 17 Frank Caruso Australia · #5,248 worldwide 1.4k citations · 109 works
  18. 18 Michael R. Hamblin United States · #6,078 worldwide 2.8k citations · 248 works
  19. 19 Jacky W. Y. Lam Hong Kong · #6,351 worldwide 3.4k citations · 216 works
  20. 20 Jason A. Burdick United States · #6,622 worldwide 1.2k citations · 73 works
  21. 21 Renu Virmani United States · #6,729 worldwide 2.5k citations · 243 works
  22. 22 Ji‐Huan He China · #7,053 worldwide 2.2k citations · 142 works
  23. 23 Nanthi Bolan Australia · #7,326 worldwide 2.4k citations · 136 works
  24. 24 Patrick Couvreur France · #7,510 worldwide 1.4k citations · 94 works
  25. 25 C. Jeffrey Brinker United States · #8,061 worldwide 1.1k citations · 77 works
  26. 26 Robert O. Ritchie United States · #8,330 worldwide 2.5k citations · 177 works
  27. 27 Matthew Barnett Australia · #8,959 worldwide 1.2k citations · 83 works
  28. 28 Tuan Ngo Australia · #8,999 worldwide 2.6k citations · 151 works
  29. 29 A. Matthews United Kingdom · #9,380 worldwide 1.6k citations · 115 works
  30. 30 Luis M. Liz‐Marzán Spain · #9,638 worldwide 2.2k citations · 139 works
  31. 31 Richard Gordon Canada · #9,923 worldwide 866 citations · 61 works
  32. 32 Ali Khademhosseini United States · #10,147 worldwide 1.6k citations · 142 works
  33. 33 Nicolas Sbirrazzuoli France · #10,544 worldwide 1.3k citations · 73 works
  34. 34 Molly M. Stevens United Kingdom · #10,562 worldwide 899 citations · 84 works
  35. 35 Morteza Mahmoudi Iran · #10,585 worldwide 1.3k citations · 50 works
  36. 36 Adi Eisenberg Canada · #10,661 worldwide 1.4k citations · 94 works
  37. 37 Kristi S. Anseth United States · #11,295 worldwide 990 citations · 67 works
  38. 38 Yajun Wang China · #11,522 worldwide 1.3k citations · 79 works
  39. 39 Paul Börnstein United States · #11,615 worldwide 782 citations · 60 works
  40. 40 Hideto Tsuji Japan · #11,874 worldwide 831 citations · 63 works
  41. 41 Wolfgang J. Parak Germany · #11,883 worldwide 1.3k citations · 84 works
  42. 42 Éric H. Oelkers France · #11,940 worldwide 1.9k citations · 111 works
  43. 43 Stephen F. Badylak United States · #12,474 worldwide 850 citations · 74 works
  44. 44 Ying Liu China · #12,550 worldwide 3.6k citations · 316 works
  45. 45 Thomas J. Pinnavaia United States · #12,777 worldwide 1.6k citations · 69 works
  46. 46 C.N. Tomé United States · #12,905 worldwide 1.4k citations · 74 works
  47. 47 Weibo Cai United States · #13,480 worldwide 1.3k citations · 110 works
  48. 48 Zenji Horita Japan · #14,444 worldwide 2.1k citations · 189 works
  49. 49 Markus Antonietti Germany · #14,681 worldwide 3.2k citations · 190 works
  50. 50 Jason P. Hallett United Kingdom · #14,943 worldwide 3.1k citations · 42 works
  51. 51 Shu‐Hong Yu China · #14,986 worldwide 2.1k citations · 135 works
  52. 52 G. Lagaly Germany · #15,546 worldwide 778 citations · 61 works
  53. 53 A. Sanches‐Silva Portugal · #15,691 worldwide 892 citations · 116 works
  54. 54 Ming‐Wei Chang China · #15,723 worldwide 717 citations · 56 works
  55. 55 Joseph P. Vacanti United States · #15,835 worldwide 529 citations · 65 works
  56. 56 Masami Okamoto Japan · #16,445 worldwide 891 citations · 74 works
  57. 57 Bernhard Rieger Germany · #16,682 worldwide 985 citations · 87 works
  58. 58 Yuliang Zhao China · #17,790 worldwide 1.3k citations · 94 works
  59. 59 Hiroyuki Watanabe Japan · #17,975 worldwide 706 citations · 71 works
  60. 60 Jian‐Feng Nie Australia · #18,501 worldwide 998 citations · 62 works
  61. 61 Hao Wang Australia · #18,554 worldwide 1.9k citations · 122 works
  62. 62 Eiji Yashima Japan · #18,775 worldwide 859 citations · 85 works
  63. 63 Andrej Atrens Australia · #19,394 worldwide 1.7k citations · 115 works
  64. 64 Ralph Weissleder United States · #20,050 worldwide 1.4k citations · 187 works
  65. 65 T. Reichstein Switzerland · #20,253 worldwide 568 citations · 98 works
  66. 66 Michiaki Yamasaki Japan · #20,289 worldwide 1k citations · 59 works
  67. 67 Amin Mousavi Khaneghah Brazil · #20,375 worldwide 829 citations · 106 works
  68. 68 Jennifer L. West United States · #20,382 worldwide 751 citations · 47 works
  69. 69 Lifeng Zhang United States · #20,585 worldwide 786 citations · 60 works
  70. 70 W.H. van Riemsdijk Netherlands · #20,841 worldwide 908 citations · 75 works
  71. 71 N. Birbilis Australia · #20,899 worldwide 2k citations · 135 works
  72. 72 Peiyi Wu China · #21,101 worldwide 753 citations · 72 works
  73. 73 Toshiji Mukai Japan · #21,279 worldwide 854 citations · 93 works
  74. 74 Kam W. Leong United States · #21,426 worldwide 1.1k citations · 110 works
  75. 75 Geoffrey W. Coates United States · #21,634 worldwide 1.2k citations · 75 works
  76. 76 Akira Isogai Japan · #21,806 worldwide 1.2k citations · 132 works
  77. 77 Craig J. Hawker United States · #21,834 worldwide 1.5k citations · 150 works
  78. 78 Kenji Hiraga Japan · #22,381 worldwide 738 citations · 73 works
  79. 79 Stephen Mann United Kingdom · #22,748 worldwide 1.5k citations · 133 works
  80. 80 Sean R. Agnew United States · #22,751 worldwide 1k citations · 64 works
  81. 81 Scott R. White United States · #22,825 worldwide 1.5k citations · 117 works
  82. 82 Yoshihito Kawamura Japan · #22,921 worldwide 1.7k citations · 143 works
  83. 83 Graeme Moad Australia · #23,970 worldwide 1.3k citations · 38 works
  84. 84 Vijay Kumar Thakur United Kingdom · #24,224 worldwide 1.6k citations · 103 works
  85. 85 Lawrence T. Drzal United States · #24,243 worldwide 1.1k citations · 78 works
  86. 86 Guang‐Ling Song Australia · #24,525 worldwide 1.5k citations · 86 works
  87. 87 Yoshihito Osada Japan · #25,027 worldwide 1.5k citations · 129 works
  88. 88 Matthew S. Dargusch Australia · #25,234 worldwide 1.1k citations · 99 works
  89. 89 A. Keller United Kingdom · #25,634 worldwide 1k citations · 97 works
  90. 90 Kazunori Kataoka Japan · #25,750 worldwide 1.6k citations · 168 works
  91. 91 Armando J. D. Silvestre Portugal · #25,803 worldwide 677 citations · 79 works
  92. 92 Norimasa Nakamura Japan · #26,160 worldwide 501 citations · 76 works
  93. 93 Steve Weiner Israel · #26,177 worldwide 793 citations · 47 works
  94. 94 Alexander L. Yarin United States · #26,227 worldwide 1.3k citations · 122 works
  95. 95 William M. Abbott United States · #26,386 worldwide 565 citations · 54 works
  96. 96 Robert Mikutta Germany · #26,488 worldwide 948 citations · 41 works
  97. 97 Y. V. R. K. Prasad India · #26,527 worldwide 633 citations · 69 works
  98. 98 Cato T. Laurencin United States · #26,638 worldwide 617 citations · 61 works
  99. 99 Davey L. Jones United Kingdom · #26,693 worldwide 2.2k citations · 206 works
  100. 100 Pingan Song Australia · #26,830 worldwide 1.5k citations · 94 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Biomaterials, 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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