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Top Internal Medicine Researchers

Gordon Guyatt ranks first, out of 4,137 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 Gordon Guyatt Canada · #11 worldwide 6.8k citations · 254 works
  2. 2 Graeme J. Hankey Australia · #15 worldwide 7.2k citations · 205 works
  3. 3 Patrick M. Bossuyt Netherlands · #59 worldwide 14k citations · 137 works
  4. 4 Victor Aboyans France · #74 worldwide 4.9k citations · 135 works
  5. 5 Robert O. Bonow United States · #85 worldwide 4.5k citations · 220 works
  6. 6 Holger J. Schünemann Canada · #160 worldwide 3.9k citations · 122 works
  7. 7 M. Hassan Murad United States · #176 worldwide 3.7k citations · 177 works
  8. 8 Marco Valgimigli United States · #295 worldwide 2.8k citations · 191 works
  9. 9 Elliott M. Antman United States · #332 worldwide 3.2k citations · 125 works
  10. 10 Valentı́n Fuster United States · #368 worldwide 5.4k citations · 319 works
  11. 11 LG Mantovani Italy · #392 worldwide 2.3k citations · 127 works
  12. 12 Stephan Windecker Switzerland · #471 worldwide 4.2k citations · 273 works
  13. 13 Paul M. Ridker United States · #502 worldwide 3.4k citations · 191 works
  14. 14 Wayne D. Rosamond United States · #522 worldwide 2.2k citations · 111 works
  15. 15 Héctor Bueno Spain · #612 worldwide 3k citations · 105 works
  16. 16 Jan P. Vandenbroucke Netherlands · #652 worldwide 2.1k citations · 109 works
  17. 17 Gérald Simonneau France · #754 worldwide 1.6k citations · 133 works
  18. 18 Adam Torbicki Poland · #771 worldwide 2.1k citations · 103 works
  19. 19 Ronan A Lyons United Kingdom · #837 worldwide 2.8k citations · 98 works
  20. 20 A. Jamil Tajik United States · #966 worldwide 2.2k citations · 148 works
  21. 21 Stefan James Sweden · #985 worldwide 2.5k citations · 158 works
  22. 22 Salim Yusuf Canada · #996 worldwide 4.3k citations · 292 works
  23. 23 Max Wintermark United States · #1,062 worldwide 1.7k citations · 137 works
  24. 24 David P. Faxon United States · #1,253 worldwide 3k citations · 88 works
  25. 25 Davide Capodanno Italy · #1,266 worldwide 2.1k citations · 125 works
  26. 26 Richard Beasley New Zealand · #1,305 worldwide 1.6k citations · 132 works
  27. 27 Robert F. Storey United Kingdom · #1,379 worldwide 2.5k citations · 110 works
  28. 28 Jeffrey I. Weitz Canada · #1,478 worldwide 1.9k citations · 104 works
  29. 29 Ella A. Kazerooni United States · #1,490 worldwide 1.5k citations · 91 works
  30. 30 Marco A. Marra Canada · #1,551 worldwide 2.3k citations · 174 works
  31. 31 Eugene Braunwald United States · #1,572 worldwide 1.8k citations · 104 works
  32. 32 Karel G.M. Moons Netherlands · #1,578 worldwide 2.2k citations · 85 works
  33. 33 Adnan Kastrati Germany · #1,665 worldwide 2.2k citations · 153 works
  34. 34 Mitchell S.V. Elkind United States · #1,671 worldwide 1.9k citations · 114 works
  35. 35 A. John Camm United Kingdom · #1,692 worldwide 2.6k citations · 214 works
  36. 36 José Biller United States · #1,697 worldwide 1.2k citations · 112 works
  37. 37 Eugene Braunwald United States · #1,705 worldwide 2.3k citations · 182 works
  38. 38 Luigi Tavazzi Italy · #1,723 worldwide 2.1k citations · 177 works
  39. 39 Michael Lim United States · #1,839 worldwide 1.3k citations · 104 works
  40. 40 Elie A. Akl Canada · #1,891 worldwide 18k citations · 74 works
  41. 41 Harold P. Adams United States · #2,067 worldwide 1.5k citations · 79 works
  42. 42 Mary Cushman United States · #2,085 worldwide 2.2k citations · 166 works
  43. 43 Peter M. Rothwell United Kingdom · #2,113 worldwide 1.7k citations · 187 works
  44. 44 Johann Bauersachs Germany · #2,125 worldwide 1.9k citations · 136 works
  45. 45 Werner Hacke Germany · #2,130 worldwide 1.2k citations · 114 works
  46. 46 Margaret M. Parker Belgium · #2,158 worldwide 1.1k citations · 87 works
  47. 47 Pamela L. Lutsey United States · #2,171 worldwide 1.2k citations · 101 works
  48. 48 Jonathan L. Halperin United States · #2,186 worldwide 1.8k citations · 80 works
  49. 49 Leonardo Roever Brazil · #2,197 worldwide 4.7k citations · 72 works
  50. 50 Paulus Kirchhof United Kingdom · #2,258 worldwide 2k citations · 145 works
  51. 51 Felix Mahfoud Germany · #2,260 worldwide 1.6k citations · 137 works
  52. 52 Mark A. Creager United States · #2,287 worldwide 1.5k citations · 84 works
  53. 53 Bernard J. Gersh United States · #2,299 worldwide 4k citations · 324 works
  54. 54 Sam Schulman Canada · #2,308 worldwide 1.2k citations · 112 works
  55. 55 Philip W. Kantoff United States · #2,324 worldwide 1.5k citations · 156 works
  56. 56 Christian Mueller Switzerland · #2,439 worldwide 1.6k citations · 115 works
  57. 57 Hölger Thiele Germany · #2,502 worldwide 2.3k citations · 205 works
  58. 58 Eric Bates United States · #2,546 worldwide 1.1k citations · 84 works
  59. 59 Hein Heidbüchel Belgium · #2,591 worldwide 1.7k citations · 151 works
  60. 60 Andrew M. Demchuk Canada · #2,593 worldwide 965 citations · 107 works
  61. 61 Mitchell M. Levy Belgium · #2,615 worldwide 1k citations · 92 works
  62. 62 Yi Zhang China · #2,641 worldwide 3.6k citations · 268 works
  63. 63 Harlan M. Krumholz United States · #2,653 worldwide 4.7k citations · 440 works
  64. 64 Harry R. Büller Netherlands · #2,806 worldwide 1.1k citations · 84 works
  65. 65 Michael H. Criqui United States · #2,976 worldwide 927 citations · 96 works
  66. 66 Álvaro Avezum Canada · #2,977 worldwide 1.9k citations · 68 works
  67. 67 Victor F. Tapson United States · #2,986 worldwide 1.5k citations · 69 works
  68. 68 William H. Harris United States · #3,148 worldwide 1.1k citations · 105 works
  69. 69 Béla Merkely Hungary · #3,196 worldwide 3.1k citations · 309 works
  70. 70 Allan S. Jaffe United States · #3,233 worldwide 1.6k citations · 126 works
  71. 71 Juan Tamargo Spain · #3,267 worldwide 1.2k citations · 87 works
  72. 72 Peter Verhamme Belgium · #3,274 worldwide 1.4k citations · 138 works
  73. 73 Kent R. Bailey United States · #3,311 worldwide 1.3k citations · 124 works
  74. 74 Peter Sandercock United Kingdom · #3,313 worldwide 1.3k citations · 75 works
  75. 75 Álvaro Alonso United States · #3,431 worldwide 1.4k citations · 154 works
  76. 76 James S. Forrester United States · #3,447 worldwide 1.3k citations · 81 works
  77. 77 Anton Vonk Noordegraaf Netherlands · #3,525 worldwide 848 citations · 105 works
  78. 78 Nazzareno Galiè Italy · #3,573 worldwide 1.1k citations · 142 works
  79. 79 Pierre Théroux Canada · #3,577 worldwide 1.5k citations · 69 works
  80. 80 Douglas K Owens United States · #3,701 worldwide 1.3k citations · 190 works
  81. 81 Gregory W. Albers United States · #3,800 worldwide 1.2k citations · 140 works
  82. 82 Marc S. Sabatine United States · #3,808 worldwide 1.9k citations · 146 works
  83. 83 Franz‐Josef Neumann Germany · #4,188 worldwide 1.3k citations · 65 works
  84. 84 Keith A.A. Fox United Kingdom · #4,254 worldwide 1.8k citations · 186 works
  85. 85 Lars Køber Denmark · #4,451 worldwide 2.6k citations · 265 works
  86. 86 Michael L. Blute United States · #4,554 worldwide 1.3k citations · 153 works
  87. 87 Jack Hirsh Canada · #4,707 worldwide 959 citations · 65 works
  88. 88 George A. Wells Canada · #4,781 worldwide 1.4k citations · 160 works
  89. 89 Martial G. Bourassa Canada · #4,840 worldwide 1k citations · 106 works
  90. 90 Aldo P. Maggioni Italy · #4,891 worldwide 2.3k citations · 226 works
  91. 91 José M. Ferro Portugal · #4,949 worldwide 801 citations · 95 works
  92. 92 Randall T. Higashida United States · #5,072 worldwide 876 citations · 73 works
  93. 93 Nanette K. Wenger United States · #5,108 worldwide 1.1k citations · 118 works
  94. 94 Tatjana Potpara Serbia · #5,343 worldwide 1.3k citations · 61 works
  95. 95 Jeroen J. Bax Netherlands · #5,432 worldwide 3.9k citations · 459 works
  96. 96 Martin O’Donnell Canada · #5,454 worldwide 1.4k citations · 107 works
  97. 97 R. Houston Thompson United States · #5,562 worldwide 951 citations · 125 works
  98. 98 Joshua A. Beckman United States · #5,598 worldwide 1.4k citations · 59 works
  99. 99 Christopher P. Cannon United States · #5,617 worldwide 1.9k citations · 195 works
  100. 100 Stavros Konstantinides Germany · #5,653 worldwide 882 citations · 100 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Internal 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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