Top Hepatology Researchers
Reza Malekzadeh ranks first, out of 5,454 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 Reza Malekzadeh Iran · #24 worldwide 6.7k citations · 167 works
- 2 Maarten J. Postma Netherlands · #90 worldwide 4.6k citations · 251 works
- 3 Fabio Piscaglia Italy · #276 worldwide 2.2k citations · 151 works
- 4 LG Mantovani Italy · #392 worldwide 2.3k citations · 127 works
- 5 Jordi Bruix Spain · #470 worldwide 3.7k citations · 103 works
- 6 Vincenzo Mazzaferro Italy · #588 worldwide 3k citations · 105 works
- 7 Lewis R. Roberts United States · #620 worldwide 2.5k citations · 139 works
- 8 Don C. Des Jarlais United States · #628 worldwide 4k citations · 101 works
- 9 Josep M. Llovet United States · #781 worldwide 3.3k citations · 97 works
- 10 William Rosenberg United Kingdom · #836 worldwide 2.5k citations · 97 works
- 11 Seyed Moayed Alavian Iran · #920 worldwide 1.8k citations · 116 works
- 12 Edward Gane New Zealand · #970 worldwide 1.7k citations · 121 works
- 13 Richard S. Finn United States · #1,317 worldwide 1.8k citations · 96 works
- 14 Mithat Gönen United States · #1,417 worldwide 2.1k citations · 153 works
- 15 André Franke Germany · #1,437 worldwide 2.2k citations · 117 works
- 16 David M. Nagorney United States · #1,479 worldwide 1.7k citations · 102 works
- 17 Arndt Vogel Germany · #1,738 worldwide 1.4k citations · 111 works
- 18 Valérie Vilgrain France · #1,816 worldwide 1.4k citations · 128 works
- 19 Martti Färkkilâ Finland · #1,856 worldwide 1.2k citations · 104 works
- 20 Michel Ducreux France · #1,875 worldwide 1.6k citations · 174 works
- 21 Jean‐Luc Raoul France · #1,877 worldwide 3.5k citations · 76 works
- 22 Luigi Bolondi Italy · #1,918 worldwide 1.7k citations · 83 works
- 23 Felice Giuliante Italy · #1,954 worldwide 1.5k citations · 109 works
- 24 Arun J. Sanyal United States · #2,102 worldwide 1.9k citations · 195 works
- 25 Gian Luca Grazi Italy · #2,153 worldwide 1.4k citations · 87 works
- 26 Peter J. Allen United States · #2,177 worldwide 1.6k citations · 79 works
- 27 Charles M. Rice United States · #2,242 worldwide 1.5k citations · 85 works
- 28 Domenico Alvaro Italy · #2,319 worldwide 1.7k citations · 105 works
- 29 Jeffrey V. Lazarus Spain · #2,377 worldwide 2.8k citations · 71 works
- 30 Tony Mok Hong Kong · #2,523 worldwide 2k citations · 156 works
- 31 Shishir K. Maithel United States · #2,622 worldwide 1.5k citations · 147 works
- 32 Pasi A. Jänne United States · #2,679 worldwide 2.5k citations · 239 works
- 33 Guido Carpino Italy · #2,734 worldwide 1.7k citations · 76 works
- 34 Andrew X. Zhu United States · #2,779 worldwide 1.4k citations · 88 works
- 35 Akram Pourshams Iran · #2,878 worldwide 3.5k citations · 67 works
- 36 Eric Van Cutsem Belgium · #2,907 worldwide 2.7k citations · 284 works
- 37 Winfried März Germany · #2,927 worldwide 5.2k citations · 632 works
- 38 Shukui Qin China · #3,073 worldwide 1.1k citations · 83 works
- 39 Stefan Schreiber Germany · #3,175 worldwide 2.9k citations · 270 works
- 40 Armando Santoro Italy · #3,247 worldwide 2.4k citations · 247 works
- 41 Fernando de la Hoz Colombia · #3,251 worldwide 3k citations · 65 works
- 42 Juan W. Valle United Kingdom · #3,302 worldwide 1.3k citations · 115 works
- 43 Robin Kate Kelley United States · #3,432 worldwide 1.9k citations · 67 works
- 44 Anna Mae Diehl United States · #3,465 worldwide 1.2k citations · 96 works
- 45 Quentin M. Anstee United Kingdom · #3,482 worldwide 944 citations · 92 works
- 46 Rinse K. Weersma Netherlands · #3,503 worldwide 1.9k citations · 67 works
- 47 Rohit Loomba United States · #3,689 worldwide 1.5k citations · 178 works
- 48 Myron Schwartz United States · #3,961 worldwide 1.8k citations · 63 works
- 49 Neil Kaplowitz United States · #3,975 worldwide 1.2k citations · 78 works
- 50 Claude B. Sirlin United States · #3,981 worldwide 986 citations · 103 works
- 51 Rakesh Aggarwal India · #4,069 worldwide 1.9k citations · 63 works
- 52 John B. Wong United States · #4,179 worldwide 1.2k citations · 97 works
- 53 Leonard B. Saltz United States · #4,183 worldwide 1.4k citations · 145 works
- 54 Michael Torbenson United States · #4,206 worldwide 1.7k citations · 65 works
- 55 Lewis J. Rubin United States · #4,248 worldwide 1.4k citations · 197 works
- 56 Peter Schirmacher Germany · #4,319 worldwide 2k citations · 199 works
- 57 René Adam France · #4,371 worldwide 903 citations · 117 works
- 58 Robert A. Anders United States · #4,389 worldwide 1.7k citations · 63 works
- 59 Michaël Abécassis United States · #4,528 worldwide 753 citations · 93 works
- 60 Michael Charlton United States · #4,741 worldwide 1.3k citations · 62 works
- 61 Leslie H. Blumgart United States · #4,988 worldwide 575 citations · 87 works
- 62 Jay H. Hoofnagle United States · #5,138 worldwide 931 citations · 68 works
- 63 Henry A. Pitt United States · #5,227 worldwide 747 citations · 113 works
- 64 John Bridgewater United Kingdom · #5,239 worldwide 1.1k citations · 65 works
- 65 Werner Scheithauer Austria · #5,370 worldwide 772 citations · 92 works
- 66 María Reig Spain · #5,417 worldwide 905 citations · 61 works
- 67 Valeer Desmet Belgium · #5,782 worldwide 818 citations · 69 works
- 68 Joong‐Won Park South Korea · #5,827 worldwide 2k citations · 56 works
- 69 Scott L. Friedman United States · #5,945 worldwide 1.4k citations · 103 works
- 70 Kenji Ikeda Japan · #6,023 worldwide 715 citations · 73 works
- 71 Cyriel Y. Ponsioen Netherlands · #6,453 worldwide 721 citations · 82 works
- 72 Hiroshi Fukui Japan · #6,486 worldwide 778 citations · 96 works
- 73 Fu‐Sheng Wang China · #6,564 worldwide 1.3k citations · 57 works
- 74 Vincenzo Cardinale Italy · #6,611 worldwide 1.7k citations · 56 works
- 75 Nicholas F. LaRusso United States · #6,648 worldwide 805 citations · 70 works
- 76 Thierry Poynard France · #6,819 worldwide 725 citations · 94 works
- 77 Hashem B. El‐Serag United States · #6,889 worldwide 1.1k citations · 171 works
- 78 Ivan Borbath Belgium · #6,917 worldwide 1.7k citations · 54 works
- 79 William R. Jarnagin United States · #6,924 worldwide 999 citations · 139 works
- 80 Ian Chau United Kingdom · #7,084 worldwide 1.1k citations · 129 works
- 81 Laurent Castéra France · #7,142 worldwide 807 citations · 83 works
- 82 Vicente Arroyo Spain · #7,201 worldwide 1k citations · 156 works
- 83 Pierre Bédossa France · #7,249 worldwide 1.2k citations · 155 works
- 84 John J. Lemasters United States · #7,272 worldwide 1.4k citations · 118 works
- 85 Yuman Fong United States · #7,301 worldwide 965 citations · 151 works
- 86 Ju Dong Yang United States · #7,623 worldwide 834 citations · 58 works
- 87 Naga Chalasani United States · #7,665 worldwide 1k citations · 124 works
- 88 Kwang‐Hyub Han South Korea · #7,851 worldwide 864 citations · 129 works
- 89 Wim C.J. Hop Netherlands · #8,033 worldwide 658 citations · 102 works
- 90 Bernard Fisher United States · #8,060 worldwide 1.1k citations · 101 works
- 91 K. Rajender Reddy United States · #8,082 worldwide 794 citations · 126 works
- 92 Eugenio Gaudio Italy · #8,218 worldwide 999 citations · 101 works
- 93 Peter R. Galle Germany · #8,260 worldwide 3.3k citations · 424 works
- 94 Julie K. Heimbach United States · #8,405 worldwide 987 citations · 53 works
- 95 Giovanni Targher Italy · #8,658 worldwide 1k citations · 93 works
- 96 David Cunningham United Kingdom · #8,703 worldwide 2.5k citations · 313 works
- 97 Elizabeth M. Brunt United States · #8,779 worldwide 922 citations · 52 works
- 98 Hartmut Jaeschke United States · #8,783 worldwide 669 citations · 64 works
- 99 Paolo Angelo Cortesi Italy · #8,858 worldwide 2.7k citations · 49 works
- 100 Deborah Doniach United States · #8,922 worldwide 781 citations · 61 works
authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Hepatology, 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.