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Top Health Researchers

Jost B. Jonas ranks first, out of 4,507 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 Jost B. Jonas Germany · #12 worldwide 7.7k citations · 243 works
  2. 2 Ronald C. Kessler United States · #14 worldwide 9.8k citations · 232 works
  3. 3 Graeme J. Hankey Australia · #15 worldwide 7.2k citations · 205 works
  4. 4 Aziz Sheikh United Kingdom · #17 worldwide 5.8k citations · 274 works
  5. 5 Christopher J L Murray United States · #23 worldwide 13k citations · 158 works
  6. 6 Mostafa Qorbani Iran · #41 worldwide 5.9k citations · 166 works
  7. 7 Ziad A. Memish Saudi Arabia · #58 worldwide 5.3k citations · 162 works
  8. 8 Nelson Alvis‐Guzmán Colombia · #62 worldwide 7.7k citations · 138 works
  9. 9 Josep María Haro Spain · #63 worldwide 6.4k citations · 180 works
  10. 10 Simon I Hay United States · #67 worldwide 12k citations · 134 works
  11. 11 Mika Kivimäki United Kingdom · #69 worldwide 6.7k citations · 266 works
  12. 12 Déborah Carvalho Malta Brazil · #71 worldwide 5.5k citations · 142 works
  13. 13 Ali H. Mokdad United States · #76 worldwide 10k citations · 131 works
  14. 14 Martin McKee United Kingdom · #78 worldwide 5.4k citations · 369 works
  15. 15 Maarten J. Postma Netherlands · #90 worldwide 4.6k citations · 251 works
  16. 16 John J. McGrath Australia · #105 worldwide 5.3k citations · 193 works
  17. 17 Theo Vos United States · #113 worldwide 12k citations · 121 works
  18. 18 Salim S. Virani United States · #125 worldwide 3.9k citations · 163 works
  19. 19 Carol Brayne United Kingdom · #131 worldwide 3.9k citations · 167 works
  20. 20 Philip B. Mitchell Australia · #134 worldwide 3.7k citations · 146 works
  21. 21 Till Bärnighausen Germany · #139 worldwide 5.4k citations · 123 works
  22. 22 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom · #144 worldwide 7.2k citations · 486 works
  23. 23 Peter J. Hotez United States · #152 worldwide 5.1k citations · 122 works
  24. 24 Paul Elliott United Kingdom · #187 worldwide 3.5k citations · 214 works
  25. 25 Michelle L. Bell United States · #210 worldwide 5.1k citations · 114 works
  26. 26 Neil Pearce United Kingdom · #220 worldwide 3.2k citations · 152 works
  27. 27 Ted R. Miller United States · #233 worldwide 8.1k citations · 108 works
  28. 28 Peter C Gøtzsche Denmark · #238 worldwide 6.7k citations · 107 works
  29. 29 Valery L. Feigin New Zealand · #390 worldwide 7.9k citations · 101 works
  30. 30 LG Mantovani Italy · #392 worldwide 2.3k citations · 127 works
  31. 31 James F. Sallis United States · #427 worldwide 2.5k citations · 136 works
  32. 32 Igor Rudan United Kingdom · #430 worldwide 3.6k citations · 161 works
  33. 33 Marjolein Visser Netherlands · #439 worldwide 2.1k citations · 154 works
  34. 34 Michael Marmot United Kingdom · #451 worldwide 2.5k citations · 226 works
  35. 35 Hermann Brenner Germany · #461 worldwide 5.8k citations · 356 works
  36. 36 Wayne D. Rosamond United States · #522 worldwide 2.2k citations · 111 works
  37. 37 Jeanne Brooks‐Gunn United States · #523 worldwide 2.9k citations · 132 works
  38. 38 Don C. Des Jarlais United States · #628 worldwide 4k citations · 101 works
  39. 39 Angus Deaton United States · #639 worldwide 3.4k citations · 105 works
  40. 40 Ai Koyanagi Spain · #669 worldwide 5.6k citations · 96 works
  41. 41 Ronan A Lyons United Kingdom · #837 worldwide 2.8k citations · 98 works
  42. 42 Terrie E. Moffitt United States · #884 worldwide 2.7k citations · 120 works
  43. 43 Seyed Moayed Alavian Iran · #920 worldwide 1.8k citations · 116 works
  44. 44 Richard Peto United Kingdom · #990 worldwide 2.9k citations · 93 works
  45. 45 Salim Yusuf Canada · #996 worldwide 4.3k citations · 292 works
  46. 46 Greg J. Duncan United States · #1,034 worldwide 2.7k citations · 117 works
  47. 47 Scott B. Patten Canada · #1,125 worldwide 2.5k citations · 148 works
  48. 48 Mark Petticrew United Kingdom · #1,143 worldwide 3.1k citations · 89 works
  49. 49 Valerie Beral United Kingdom · #1,170 worldwide 2.4k citations · 90 works
  50. 50 Amanda G. Thrift Australia · #1,203 worldwide 4.4k citations · 85 works
  51. 51 Charles Wolfe United Kingdom · #1,206 worldwide 6k citations · 84 works
  52. 52 Sanjay Basu United States · #1,229 worldwide 3.9k citations · 85 works
  53. 53 Charles Shey Wiysonge South Africa · #1,242 worldwide 4.2k citations · 85 works
  54. 54 Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi United Kingdom · #1,244 worldwide 4k citations · 86 works
  55. 55 Ester Cerin Hong Kong · #1,276 worldwide 4k citations · 85 works
  56. 56 Juan Á. Rivera Mexico · #1,293 worldwide 1.4k citations · 109 works
  57. 57 Jordi Alonso Spain · #1,304 worldwide 4k citations · 85 works
  58. 58 David Mechanic United States · #1,357 worldwide 1.4k citations · 102 works
  59. 59 Steve Iliffe United Kingdom · #1,469 worldwide 1.6k citations · 156 works
  60. 60 Farshad Farzadfar Iran · #1,476 worldwide 6.5k citations · 80 works
  61. 61 Susan Michie United Kingdom · #1,534 worldwide 2.5k citations · 228 works
  62. 62 Miia Kivipelto Sweden · #1,542 worldwide 1.9k citations · 136 works
  63. 63 Harvey Whiteford Australia · #1,554 worldwide 4.7k citations · 80 works
  64. 64 Oye Gureje Nigeria · #1,611 worldwide 1.9k citations · 102 works
  65. 65 Luigi Ferrucci United States · #1,649 worldwide 5.3k citations · 345 works
  66. 66 Michael Rutter United Kingdom · #1,683 worldwide 2.2k citations · 146 works
  67. 67 Nicola Low Switzerland · #1,728 worldwide 2.5k citations · 79 works
  68. 68 Sı́món Barquera Mexico · #1,734 worldwide 3.3k citations · 78 works
  69. 69 David C. Schwebel United States · #1,741 worldwide 5k citations · 78 works
  70. 70 Kaisu Pitkälä Finland · #1,770 worldwide 1.7k citations · 84 works
  71. 71 Jeffrey Kaye United States · #1,776 worldwide 1.6k citations · 132 works
  72. 72 Kenneth I. Pargäment United States · #1,823 worldwide 1.9k citations · 103 works
  73. 73 George A. Mensah United States · #1,853 worldwide 6.8k citations · 75 works
  74. 74 Dan J. Stein South Africa · #1,863 worldwide 7.7k citations · 620 works
  75. 75 Jack M. Guralnik United States · #1,930 worldwide 1.7k citations · 108 works
  76. 76 Joshua A. Salomon United States · #1,987 worldwide 5.1k citations · 74 works
  77. 77 Rakhi Dandona United States · #2,002 worldwide 9.8k citations · 73 works
  78. 78 Nihal Thomas India · #2,004 worldwide 3.5k citations · 75 works
  79. 79 Rafael Lozano United States · #2,036 worldwide 5.5k citations · 73 works
  80. 80 Roy F. Baumeister United States · #2,038 worldwide 3.6k citations · 181 works
  81. 81 Francis T. Cullen United States · #2,039 worldwide 1.7k citations · 109 works
  82. 82 Francesco Saverio Violante Italy · #2,065 worldwide 5.2k citations · 73 works
  83. 83 Robert D. Putnam United States · #2,224 worldwide 2.9k citations · 72 works
  84. 84 Obinna Onwujekwe Nigeria · #2,261 worldwide 1.4k citations · 87 works
  85. 85 Sheldon Cohen United States · #2,305 worldwide 2.2k citations · 76 works
  86. 86 Mohsen Naghavi United States · #2,316 worldwide 7.4k citations · 70 works
  87. 87 Veikko Salomaa Finland · #2,368 worldwide 3.3k citations · 239 works
  88. 88 Jeffrey V. Lazarus Spain · #2,377 worldwide 2.8k citations · 71 works
  89. 89 Douglas S. Massey United States · #2,384 worldwide 1.4k citations · 100 works
  90. 90 Lewis H. Kuller United States · #2,390 worldwide 1.9k citations · 173 works
  91. 91 Avshalom Caspi United Kingdom · #2,391 worldwide 2k citations · 108 works
  92. 92 Hilkka Soininen Finland · #2,450 worldwide 2k citations · 205 works
  93. 93 Samuel H. Preston United States · #2,470 worldwide 1.4k citations · 77 works
  94. 94 Péter Vollenweider Switzerland · #2,477 worldwide 1.9k citations · 152 works
  95. 95 Michael Phillips Australia · #2,483 worldwide 5.1k citations · 69 works
  96. 96 Robert S. Baltimore United States · #2,505 worldwide 1.1k citations · 98 works
  97. 97 Esben Agerbo Denmark · #2,544 worldwide 2k citations · 75 works
  98. 98 Guilherme Borges Mexico · #2,588 worldwide 1.7k citations · 71 works
  99. 99 Frank B. Hu United States · #2,631 worldwide 3.5k citations · 237 works
  100. 100 Harlan M. Krumholz United States · #2,653 worldwide 4.7k citations · 440 works

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