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Top Complementary and alternative medicine Researchers

Cyrus Cooper ranks first, out of 4,110 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 Susanne Hempel United States · #170 worldwide 4.8k citations · 116 works
  3. 3 Massimo Piepoli Italy · #184 worldwide 3.2k citations · 129 works
  4. 4 Bharat B. Aggarwal United States · #202 worldwide 4.2k citations · 117 works
  5. 5 Piotr Ponikowski Poland · #225 worldwide 4.1k citations · 218 works
  6. 6 Nicholas J. Wareham United Kingdom · #615 worldwide 4k citations · 216 works
  7. 7 Andrew J.S. Coats Germany · #1,017 worldwide 2.2k citations · 148 works
  8. 8 David Löwenthal United States · #1,064 worldwide 1.1k citations · 111 works
  9. 9 Eva Prescott Denmark · #1,112 worldwide 2.8k citations · 92 works
  10. 10 Bernard Chaitman United States · #1,204 worldwide 2.2k citations · 100 works
  11. 11 Stefan D. Anker Germany · #1,311 worldwide 2.5k citations · 165 works
  12. 12 Ileana L. Piña United States · #1,354 worldwide 1.6k citations · 102 works
  13. 13 Ying Liu China · #1,594 worldwide 3.1k citations · 84 works
  14. 14 Barry A. Franklin United States · #1,600 worldwide 1.4k citations · 120 works
  15. 15 Luigi Tavazzi Italy · #1,723 worldwide 2.1k citations · 177 works
  16. 16 Rudolf Bauer Austria · #2,462 worldwide 1.2k citations · 124 works
  17. 17 Hein Heidbüchel Belgium · #2,591 worldwide 1.7k citations · 151 works
  18. 18 Bengt Saltin Denmark · #2,685 worldwide 1.4k citations · 117 works
  19. 19 Steven N. Blair United States · #2,945 worldwide 1.3k citations · 75 works
  20. 20 Denis E. O’Donnell Canada · #3,120 worldwide 809 citations · 97 works
  21. 21 Béla Merkely Hungary · #3,196 worldwide 3.1k citations · 309 works
  22. 22 Yaser Mohammed Al‐Worafi United Arab Emirates · #3,381 worldwide 1.7k citations · 278 works
  23. 23 Ted J. Kaptchuk United States · #3,549 worldwide 888 citations · 70 works
  24. 24 Lixing Lao United States · #3,684 worldwide 685 citations · 77 works
  25. 25 Edimar Alcides Bocchi Brazil · #3,721 worldwide 841 citations · 95 works
  26. 26 Paul Poirier Canada · #3,826 worldwide 960 citations · 80 works
  27. 27 Rik Gosselink Belgium · #3,917 worldwide 796 citations · 98 works
  28. 28 Ewa A. Jankowska Poland · #4,011 worldwide 1.2k citations · 113 works
  29. 29 Greg Atkinson United Kingdom · #4,681 worldwide 773 citations · 85 works
  30. 30 Harald Walach Germany · #4,900 worldwide 973 citations · 117 works
  31. 31 Phillip A. Low United States · #4,966 worldwide 824 citations · 107 works
  32. 32 George S. Stergiou Greece · #5,235 worldwide 895 citations · 96 works
  33. 33 Lucy Yardley United Kingdom · #5,484 worldwide 1.4k citations · 127 works
  34. 34 Benjamin D. Levine United States · #5,571 worldwide 1.1k citations · 142 works
  35. 35 Gerhard Schüler Germany · #5,662 worldwide 1.8k citations · 173 works
  36. 36 Rainer Hambrecht Germany · #5,668 worldwide 1.1k citations · 72 works
  37. 37 James M. Hagberg United States · #5,675 worldwide 944 citations · 78 works
  38. 38 Carolyn S.P. Lam Singapore · #5,994 worldwide 1.4k citations · 110 works
  39. 39 Roger B. Davis United States · #6,123 worldwide 652 citations · 75 works
  40. 40 Paavo V. Komi Finland · #6,182 worldwide 892 citations · 74 works
  41. 41 Jeffrey B. Harborne United Kingdom · #6,462 worldwide 1.8k citations · 196 works
  42. 42 Bartolomé R. Celli United States · #6,466 worldwide 804 citations · 113 works
  43. 43 William T. Abraham United States · #6,561 worldwide 1.8k citations · 188 works
  44. 44 William C. Cho China · #6,759 worldwide 1.1k citations · 82 works
  45. 45 Andrew J. Vickers United States · #6,842 worldwide 1.6k citations · 194 works
  46. 46 Alejandro Lucía Spain · #6,961 worldwide 773 citations · 75 works
  47. 47 William L. Haskell United States · #6,983 worldwide 833 citations · 61 works
  48. 48 Timothy S. Church United States · #7,323 worldwide 521 citations · 68 works
  49. 49 Donna Mancini United States · #7,658 worldwide 1.1k citations · 131 works
  50. 50 Karlman Wasserman United States · #7,752 worldwide 711 citations · 116 works
  51. 51 Jarett D. Berry United States · #7,784 worldwide 1.8k citations · 52 works
  52. 52 Bente Klarlund Pedersen Denmark · #7,991 worldwide 1.3k citations · 148 works
  53. 53 İlkay Erdoğan Orhan Türkiye · #8,104 worldwide 923 citations · 68 works
  54. 54 W. Jack Rejeski United States · #8,276 worldwide 861 citations · 59 works
  55. 55 Jerome A. Dempsey United States · #8,544 worldwide 638 citations · 77 works
  56. 56 Gregory D. Lewis United States · #9,554 worldwide 632 citations · 69 works
  57. 57 John M. Jakicic United States · #10,238 worldwide 924 citations · 123 works
  58. 58 John J.V. McMurray United Kingdom · #10,354 worldwide 3k citations · 347 works
  59. 59 Søren Brage United Kingdom · #10,709 worldwide 860 citations · 83 works
  60. 60 Aiping Lü Hong Kong · #10,773 worldwide 954 citations · 89 works
  61. 61 A. Amery Belgium · #11,112 worldwide 454 citations · 66 works
  62. 62 Claude Bouchard Canada · #11,180 worldwide 1.6k citations · 247 works
  63. 63 Alan Nevill United Kingdom · #11,383 worldwide 733 citations · 78 works
  64. 64 Jay N. Cohn United States · #11,504 worldwide 1.7k citations · 193 works
  65. 65 Gregg C. Fonarow United States · #11,541 worldwide 3.4k citations · 404 works
  66. 66 Donald A. Mahler United States · #11,577 worldwide 564 citations · 54 works
  67. 67 John S. Floras Canada · #11,694 worldwide 701 citations · 67 works
  68. 68 David M. Eisenberg United States · #11,785 worldwide 776 citations · 47 works
  69. 69 Jerome L. Fleg United States · #11,820 worldwide 758 citations · 75 works
  70. 70 Maurizio Volterrani Italy · #12,254 worldwide 624 citations · 87 works
  71. 71 Michael Heinrich United Kingdom · #12,313 worldwide 964 citations · 138 works
  72. 72 Simon Gibbons United Kingdom · #12,357 worldwide 830 citations · 61 works
  73. 73 Antonio Pelliccia Japan · #12,581 worldwide 672 citations · 60 works
  74. 74 Klaus Linde Germany · #12,680 worldwide 418 citations · 74 works
  75. 75 Brian J. Whipp United States · #12,760 worldwide 547 citations · 55 works
  76. 76 Stefan N. Willich Germany · #12,816 worldwide 426 citations · 68 works
  77. 77 Giuseppe Mancia Italy · #12,862 worldwide 1.9k citations · 296 works
  78. 78 Christopher M. O’Connor United States · #13,265 worldwide 1.4k citations · 164 works
  79. 79 Emiel F.�M. Wouters Netherlands · #13,485 worldwide 977 citations · 163 works
  80. 80 Rainer Rauramaa Finland · #13,525 worldwide 748 citations · 65 works
  81. 81 Anthony Lin Zhang Australia · #13,733 worldwide 1.6k citations · 43 works
  82. 82 Ulf Ekelund Norway · #14,039 worldwide 971 citations · 110 works
  83. 83 Glenn A. Gaesser United States · #14,074 worldwide 645 citations · 54 works
  84. 84 Adrian Bauman Australia · #14,212 worldwide 1.3k citations · 203 works
  85. 85 B. Chance United States · #14,300 worldwide 857 citations · 89 works
  86. 86 Stewart G. Trost Australia · #14,323 worldwide 673 citations · 76 works
  87. 87 Mohammad Hosein Farzaei Iran · #14,963 worldwide 1.1k citations · 43 works
  88. 88 Maurits W. van Tulder Netherlands · #15,025 worldwide 1k citations · 166 works
  89. 89 Norman L. Jones Canada · #15,528 worldwide 696 citations · 120 works
  90. 90 Hugh MacPherson United Kingdom · #15,736 worldwide 403 citations · 46 works
  91. 91 Daniel E. Forman United States · #15,823 worldwide 719 citations · 66 works
  92. 92 Carl Foster United States · #16,357 worldwide 592 citations · 104 works
  93. 93 Jean Bourbeau Canada · #16,964 worldwide 549 citations · 103 works
  94. 94 Edward F. Coyle United States · #17,552 worldwide 696 citations · 47 works
  95. 95 Yibin Feng Hong Kong · #17,661 worldwide 684 citations · 45 works
  96. 96 Martin Underwood United Kingdom · #18,302 worldwide 690 citations · 91 works
  97. 97 Angelo Tremblay Canada · #18,468 worldwide 839 citations · 109 works
  98. 98 John G.F. Cleland United Kingdom · #18,998 worldwide 2.2k citations · 326 works
  99. 99 Russell R. Pate United States · #19,531 worldwide 937 citations · 124 works
  100. 100 Wilson S. Colucci United States · #19,601 worldwide 819 citations · 85 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Complementary and alternative medicine, 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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