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Top Molecular Biology Researchers

Gad Getz ranks first, out of 5,535 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 Gad Getz United States · #31 worldwide 6.2k citations · 179 works
  2. 2 Mark J. Daly United States · #47 worldwide 9.6k citations · 152 works
  3. 3 Rob Knight United States · #97 worldwide 4.9k citations · 202 works
  4. 4 Matthias Mann Germany · #116 worldwide 5.1k citations · 154 works
  5. 5 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran · #123 worldwide 5.6k citations · 243 works
  6. 6 Peter A. Kollman United States · #128 worldwide 6.3k citations · 134 works
  7. 7 Mark I. McCarthy United Kingdom · #148 worldwide 4.9k citations · 194 works
  8. 8 Matthew Meyerson United States · #149 worldwide 4.2k citations · 138 works
  9. 9 Charles M. Perou United States · #156 worldwide 4.2k citations · 229 works
  10. 10 Patrick F. Sullivan United States · #162 worldwide 3.6k citations · 158 works
  11. 11 Aarno Palotie Finland · #185 worldwide 4.3k citations · 187 works
  12. 12 Eric S. Lander United States · #188 worldwide 8.5k citations · 111 works
  13. 13 Barry Halliwell United Kingdom · #215 worldwide 4k citations · 147 works
  14. 14 Leif Groop Sweden · #267 worldwide 3.5k citations · 137 works
  15. 15 Shizuo Akira Japan · #298 worldwide 3.6k citations · 192 works
  16. 16 Adi F. Gazdar United States · #308 worldwide 3.3k citations · 164 works
  17. 17 Ramnik J. Xavier United States · #345 worldwide 3k citations · 118 works
  18. 18 Steve Horvath United States · #359 worldwide 4.2k citations · 113 works
  19. 19 Stacey Gabriel United States · #419 worldwide 7.8k citations · 100 works
  20. 20 Elaine R. Mardis United States · #424 worldwide 3k citations · 123 works
  21. 21 Hermann Brenner Germany · #461 worldwide 5.8k citations · 356 works
  22. 22 Andres Metspalu Estonia · #536 worldwide 3k citations · 131 works
  23. 23 Elı́as Campo Spain · #609 worldwide 3k citations · 175 works
  24. 24 Michael Boehnke United States · #683 worldwide 3.6k citations · 102 works
  25. 25 Nikolaus Schultz United States · #729 worldwide 2.3k citations · 187 works
  26. 26 John Hardy United Kingdom · #734 worldwide 4k citations · 235 works
  27. 27 Axel Hauschild Germany · #760 worldwide 2.2k citations · 116 works
  28. 28 Hans Clevers Netherlands · #777 worldwide 2.7k citations · 149 works
  29. 29 Jill S. Barnholtz‐Sloan United States · #844 worldwide 2.2k citations · 123 works
  30. 30 David Haussler United States · #915 worldwide 3.4k citations · 97 works
  31. 31 L. Sylvia Canada · #948 worldwide 2.3k citations · 132 works
  32. 32 J. Andrew McCammon United States · #959 worldwide 3.4k citations · 160 works
  33. 33 Francis S. Collins United States · #961 worldwide 2.7k citations · 100 works
  34. 34 Peer Bork Germany · #1,043 worldwide 4.7k citations · 97 works
  35. 35 Douglas R. Green United States · #1,091 worldwide 2.8k citations · 121 works
  36. 36 Solomon H. Snyder United States · #1,095 worldwide 2.8k citations · 168 works
  37. 37 Richard A. Gibbs United States · #1,118 worldwide 2.9k citations · 183 works
  38. 38 Michael Karin United States · #1,120 worldwide 4k citations · 94 works
  39. 39 Christian Gieger Germany · #1,128 worldwide 3.1k citations · 123 works
  40. 40 David Botstein United States · #1,153 worldwide 6.7k citations · 86 works
  41. 41 Martin Karplus United States · #1,154 worldwide 4.7k citations · 163 works
  42. 42 Antoni Ribas United States · #1,198 worldwide 2.9k citations · 171 works
  43. 43 Hugo A. Katus Germany · #1,201 worldwide 3.8k citations · 261 works
  44. 44 George D. Yancopoulos United States · #1,215 worldwide 2.5k citations · 105 works
  45. 45 Irwin Fridovich United States · #1,216 worldwide 4.1k citations · 87 works
  46. 46 David Baltimore United States · #1,227 worldwide 2.7k citations · 190 works
  47. 47 Benoı̂t Roux United States · #1,228 worldwide 2.6k citations · 101 works
  48. 48 Marc Ladanyi United States · #1,265 worldwide 3.1k citations · 252 works
  49. 49 Stephen B. Baylin United States · #1,275 worldwide 2.4k citations · 139 works
  50. 50 Alberto Bardelli Italy · #1,285 worldwide 2.2k citations · 97 works
  51. 51 Beth Y. Karlan United States · #1,306 worldwide 1.9k citations · 129 works
  52. 52 Ralph H. Hruban United States · #1,314 worldwide 2.9k citations · 212 works
  53. 53 Caroline Robert France · #1,339 worldwide 3.3k citations · 242 works
  54. 54 Alexander J. Lazar United States · #1,358 worldwide 2.3k citations · 196 works
  55. 55 Dirk Schadendorf Germany · #1,381 worldwide 4.4k citations · 277 works
  56. 56 W. Kimryn Rathmell United States · #1,384 worldwide 2k citations · 96 works
  57. 57 Darell D. Bigner United States · #1,411 worldwide 2.9k citations · 168 works
  58. 58 Yoshio Yazaki Japan · #1,416 worldwide 1.9k citations · 114 works
  59. 59 Thomas Meitinger Germany · #1,430 worldwide 2.4k citations · 120 works
  60. 60 Markku Laakso Finland · #1,434 worldwide 2.5k citations · 152 works
  61. 61 Fred H. Gage United States · #1,450 worldwide 2.9k citations · 116 works
  62. 62 Aviv Regev United States · #1,455 worldwide 2.2k citations · 110 works
  63. 63 Chris Sander United States · #1,480 worldwide 2.8k citations · 85 works
  64. 64 W. Marston Linehan United States · #1,501 worldwide 1.8k citations · 130 works
  65. 65 Minoru Kanehisa Japan · #1,522 worldwide 5.7k citations · 82 works
  66. 66 John F. Cryan Ireland · #1,527 worldwide 2.3k citations · 195 works
  67. 67 Klaus Schulten United States · #1,529 worldwide 3.4k citations · 95 works
  68. 68 Linghua Wang United States · #1,539 worldwide 1.9k citations · 109 works
  69. 69 Michael Ittmann United States · #1,550 worldwide 2.3k citations · 92 works
  70. 70 Marco A. Marra Canada · #1,551 worldwide 2.3k citations · 174 works
  71. 71 Lewis C. Cantley United States · #1,556 worldwide 2.1k citations · 140 works
  72. 72 John C. Cheville United States · #1,561 worldwide 1.8k citations · 124 works
  73. 73 Ruedi Aebersold Switzerland · #1,595 worldwide 2.6k citations · 114 works
  74. 74 Andreas von Deimling Germany · #1,601 worldwide 2.4k citations · 182 works
  75. 75 Ronald G. Crystal United States · #1,621 worldwide 1.7k citations · 163 works
  76. 76 Fadlo R. Khuri United States · #1,624 worldwide 2.1k citations · 130 works
  77. 77 Erko Stackebrandt Germany · #1,625 worldwide 2.5k citations · 132 works
  78. 78 Jo Vandesompele Belgium · #1,646 worldwide 2k citations · 114 works
  79. 79 Luigi Ferrucci United States · #1,649 worldwide 5.3k citations · 345 works
  80. 80 Chad J. Creighton United States · #1,651 worldwide 1.8k citations · 101 works
  81. 81 John N. Weinstein United States · #1,699 worldwide 2.2k citations · 93 works
  82. 82 Hugh Watkins United Kingdom · #1,740 worldwide 2.4k citations · 150 works
  83. 83 Stylianos E. Antonarakis Switzerland · #1,757 worldwide 2.1k citations · 106 works
  84. 84 Donna M. Muzny United States · #1,787 worldwide 3.4k citations · 79 works
  85. 85 Michele Maio Italy · #1,793 worldwide 1.8k citations · 108 works
  86. 86 Peter M. Visscher Australia · #1,804 worldwide 2.4k citations · 124 works
  87. 87 Tony Hunter United States · #1,806 worldwide 2.8k citations · 90 works
  88. 88 David G. Huntsman Canada · #1,831 worldwide 1.6k citations · 98 works
  89. 89 Joe W. Gray United States · #1,845 worldwide 2k citations · 157 works
  90. 90 Steven J.M. Jones Canada · #1,859 worldwide 2.1k citations · 134 works
  91. 91 Roger E. McLendon United States · #1,872 worldwide 2.4k citations · 87 works
  92. 92 Róbert Langer United States · #1,884 worldwide 4.2k citations · 244 works
  93. 93 Roger J. Davis United States · #1,890 worldwide 2.7k citations · 142 works
  94. 94 Peter A. Jones United States · #1,903 worldwide 1.7k citations · 86 works
  95. 95 John C. Lindon United Kingdom · #1,909 worldwide 1.6k citations · 108 works
  96. 96 Nicholas K. Hayward Australia · #1,914 worldwide 1.6k citations · 88 works
  97. 97 Joseph L. Goldstein United States · #1,922 worldwide 2.5k citations · 102 works
  98. 98 George M. Weinstock United States · #1,929 worldwide 2k citations · 95 works
  99. 99 Jeffrey I. Gordon United States · #1,938 worldwide 2.9k citations · 95 works
  100. 100 Gregg L. Semenza United States · #1,939 worldwide 2.4k citations · 86 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Molecular Biology, 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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