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Top Biotechnology Researchers

Bert Vogelstein ranks first, out of 4,717 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 Bert Vogelstein United States · #173 worldwide 7.1k citations · 114 works
  2. 2 Adi F. Gazdar United States · #308 worldwide 3.3k citations · 164 works
  3. 3 Drew M. Pardoll United States · #597 worldwide 2.9k citations · 108 works
  4. 4 Hans Reichenbach Germany · #1,039 worldwide 1.6k citations · 111 works
  5. 5 Antoni Ribas United States · #1,198 worldwide 2.9k citations · 171 works
  6. 6 Ralph H. Hruban United States · #1,314 worldwide 2.9k citations · 212 works
  7. 7 Darell D. Bigner United States · #1,411 worldwide 2.9k citations · 168 works
  8. 8 Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg Australia · #1,610 worldwide 2.9k citations · 99 works
  9. 9 Erko Stackebrandt Germany · #1,625 worldwide 2.5k citations · 132 works
  10. 10 Anne S. Tsao United States · #1,747 worldwide 1.6k citations · 107 works
  11. 11 Colin Hill Ireland · #1,910 worldwide 2.5k citations · 103 works
  12. 12 Lloyd J. Old United States · #2,278 worldwide 2.1k citations · 145 works
  13. 13 Mitesh J. Borad United States · #2,361 worldwide 1.8k citations · 83 works
  14. 14 David Newman United States · #2,375 worldwide 1.8k citations · 117 works
  15. 15 Henry S. Friedman United States · #2,634 worldwide 1.6k citations · 125 works
  16. 16 Lorenzo Galluzzi France · #2,837 worldwide 2.3k citations · 116 works
  17. 17 Harvey I. Pass United States · #2,896 worldwide 2.2k citations · 186 works
  18. 18 Robert G. Maki United States · #2,963 worldwide 1.2k citations · 101 works
  19. 19 Yusuf Chisti New Zealand · #3,055 worldwide 2.2k citations · 104 works
  20. 20 James E. Herndon United States · #3,159 worldwide 1.3k citations · 98 works
  21. 21 Frances R. Balkwill United Kingdom · #3,263 worldwide 1.5k citations · 88 works
  22. 22 Richard L. Guerrant United States · #3,275 worldwide 1.5k citations · 72 works
  23. 23 Laurence Zitvogel France · #3,420 worldwide 2k citations · 134 works
  24. 24 Guido Kroemer France · #3,612 worldwide 4.2k citations · 265 works
  25. 25 Mark J. Smyth Australia · #4,068 worldwide 1.7k citations · 151 works
  26. 26 David A. Reardon United States · #4,515 worldwide 1.6k citations · 146 works
  27. 27 Allan H. Friedman United States · #4,590 worldwide 1.2k citations · 66 works
  28. 28 Bartosz Chmielowski United States · #4,771 worldwide 1.3k citations · 66 works
  29. 29 Peter Perlmann Sweden · #4,863 worldwide 1.3k citations · 79 works
  30. 30 Roger Marchant United Kingdom · #4,991 worldwide 1.4k citations · 77 works
  31. 31 Christopher S. Williams United States · #5,408 worldwide 1.1k citations · 64 works
  32. 32 Michael R. Hamblin United States · #6,078 worldwide 2.8k citations · 248 works
  33. 33 Daniel A. Laheru United States · #6,317 worldwide 862 citations · 65 works
  34. 34 Poonam Singh Nee Nigam United Kingdom · #6,567 worldwide 1.6k citations · 57 works
  35. 35 Michael T. Lotze United States · #6,734 worldwide 1.1k citations · 110 works
  36. 36 Raphael Bueno United States · #6,767 worldwide 1.4k citations · 56 works
  37. 37 Emil R. Unanue United States · #7,080 worldwide 1.2k citations · 99 works
  38. 38 Steven Μ. Albelda United States · #7,085 worldwide 783 citations · 75 works
  39. 39 Esmond E. Snell United States · #7,171 worldwide 1.1k citations · 103 works
  40. 40 Yuman Fong United States · #7,301 worldwide 965 citations · 151 works
  41. 41 Trinad Chakraborty Germany · #7,439 worldwide 910 citations · 58 works
  42. 42 Gordon M. Cragg United States · #7,619 worldwide 1.7k citations · 53 works
  43. 43 Alois Fürstner Germany · #7,645 worldwide 1.7k citations · 118 works
  44. 44 Richard A. Dixon United States · #7,901 worldwide 1.3k citations · 63 works
  45. 45 Keith S. Wilson United Kingdom · #7,978 worldwide 1.4k citations · 54 works
  46. 46 Michael S. Gordon United States · #8,050 worldwide 1.1k citations · 88 works
  47. 47 Anirban Maitra United States · #8,185 worldwide 1.6k citations · 170 works
  48. 48 Rolf Müller Germany · #8,213 worldwide 1.5k citations · 160 works
  49. 49 Farid Chemat France · #8,239 worldwide 879 citations · 77 works
  50. 50 Nello Cristianini Brazil · #8,258 worldwide 1.4k citations · 110 works
  51. 51 Peter R. Galle Germany · #8,260 worldwide 3.3k citations · 424 works
  52. 52 Hugh A. Sampson United States · #8,291 worldwide 1.2k citations · 175 works
  53. 53 Christopher T. Walsh United States · #8,334 worldwide 1.5k citations · 121 works
  54. 54 Mina J. Bissell United States · #8,816 worldwide 924 citations · 83 works
  55. 55 Vernon L. Singleton United States · #8,946 worldwide 3.6k citations · 49 works
  56. 56 Moshe Oren Israel · #9,110 worldwide 1.2k citations · 57 works
  57. 57 David A. Tuveson United States · #9,172 worldwide 1.2k citations · 92 works
  58. 58 Adel K. El‐Naggar United States · #9,469 worldwide 1.4k citations · 169 works
  59. 59 Saul Roseman United States · #9,577 worldwide 1.1k citations · 66 works
  60. 60 Gordon B. Mills United States · #9,584 worldwide 3.7k citations · 358 works
  61. 61 Isaiah J. Fidler United States · #9,629 worldwide 1.2k citations · 121 works
  62. 62 Jack L. Strominger United States · #9,924 worldwide 1.7k citations · 153 works
  63. 63 Jann N. Sarkaria United States · #9,972 worldwide 1.2k citations · 103 works
  64. 64 Eyal Gottlieb United Kingdom · #9,983 worldwide 1.4k citations · 53 works
  65. 65 Francesco M. Marincola United States · #10,064 worldwide 735 citations · 83 works
  66. 66 Gary Williamson United Kingdom · #10,486 worldwide 1k citations · 76 works
  67. 67 Fabrice André France · #10,546 worldwide 2.2k citations · 254 works
  68. 68 Wolfgang Wick Germany · #10,888 worldwide 1.5k citations · 175 works
  69. 69 Indra K. Vasil United States · #10,898 worldwide 896 citations · 80 works
  70. 70 Ming‐Sound Tsao Canada · #11,098 worldwide 2k citations · 194 works
  71. 71 Fernando Baquero Spain · #11,156 worldwide 1.4k citations · 114 works
  72. 72 Christian B. Anfinsen United States · #11,240 worldwide 1.1k citations · 73 works
  73. 73 Vijai Kumar Gupta United Kingdom · #11,697 worldwide 1.6k citations · 78 works
  74. 74 Willem M. de Vos Netherlands · #11,817 worldwide 2.5k citations · 198 works
  75. 75 Raymond A. Dwek United Kingdom · #11,910 worldwide 1.1k citations · 110 works
  76. 76 E. J. Corey United States · #12,077 worldwide 3.6k citations · 298 works
  77. 77 Dung T. Le United States · #12,251 worldwide 747 citations · 56 works
  78. 78 Lothar Willmitzer Germany · #12,358 worldwide 1.1k citations · 93 works
  79. 79 Funda Meric‐Bernstam United States · #12,721 worldwide 2.2k citations · 283 works
  80. 80 Olga Martín‐Belloso Spain · #12,731 worldwide 1.3k citations · 104 works
  81. 81 Garth L. Nicolson United States · #12,785 worldwide 1.3k citations · 114 works
  82. 82 Carol Prives United States · #12,853 worldwide 1.1k citations · 48 works
  83. 83 Karen H. Vousden United Kingdom · #12,966 worldwide 1.6k citations · 45 works
  84. 84 Mark T. Hamann United States · #13,004 worldwide 687 citations · 58 works
  85. 85 Ronald L. Crawford United States · #13,054 worldwide 1.4k citations · 47 works
  86. 86 A. M. Pappenheimer United States · #13,423 worldwide 621 citations · 66 works
  87. 87 Patrick Y. Wen United States · #13,478 worldwide 1.3k citations · 198 works
  88. 88 Scott J. Rodig United States · #13,716 worldwide 807 citations · 135 works
  89. 89 Hilary Koprowski United States · #13,802 worldwide 1.5k citations · 193 works
  90. 90 Mei Lü United States · #14,132 worldwide 492 citations · 65 works
  91. 91 David P. Lane United Kingdom · #14,359 worldwide 1.1k citations · 123 works
  92. 92 Otto Westphal Germany · #14,369 worldwide 586 citations · 83 works
  93. 93 Omid Hamid United States · #14,565 worldwide 1.2k citations · 129 works
  94. 94 Kenneth G. Mann United States · #14,584 worldwide 955 citations · 84 works
  95. 95 Mariano Barbacid Spain · #14,663 worldwide 708 citations · 63 works
  96. 96 Da‐Wen Sun Ireland · #15,908 worldwide 2.4k citations · 185 works
  97. 97 Jeff Schell Germany · #16,842 worldwide 783 citations · 86 works
  98. 98 Steven M. Larson United States · #17,165 worldwide 1.3k citations · 194 works
  99. 99 Johannes F.G. Vliegenthart Netherlands · #17,418 worldwide 1k citations · 95 works
  100. 100 Richard J. Youle United States · #17,625 worldwide 1k citations · 44 works

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