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Top Oncology Researchers

Elisabete Weiderpass ranks first, out of 5,733 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 Elisabete Weiderpass France · #44 worldwide 6k citations · 183 works
  2. 2 Daniel J. Sargent United States · #93 worldwide 4.1k citations · 146 works
  3. 3 F. Stephen Hodi United States · #137 worldwide 3.4k citations · 149 works
  4. 4 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom · #144 worldwide 7.2k citations · 486 works
  5. 5 Matthew Meyerson United States · #149 worldwide 4.2k citations · 138 works
  6. 6 Walter C. Willett United States · #154 worldwide 6.8k citations · 360 works
  7. 7 Charles M. Perou United States · #156 worldwide 4.2k citations · 229 works
  8. 8 Ahmedin Jemal United States · #157 worldwide 4.9k citations · 122 works
  9. 9 Bert Vogelstein United States · #173 worldwide 7.1k citations · 114 works
  10. 10 William D. Travis United States · #194 worldwide 2.6k citations · 141 works
  11. 11 David R. Spigel United States · #206 worldwide 3.2k citations · 129 works
  12. 12 Julie R. Brahmer United States · #213 worldwide 3.8k citations · 122 works
  13. 13 Charles G. Drake United States · #228 worldwide 2.4k citations · 133 works
  14. 14 Michael B. Atkins United States · #266 worldwide 3k citations · 126 works
  15. 15 Roy S. Herbst United States · #285 worldwide 2.7k citations · 182 works
  16. 16 Adi F. Gazdar United States · #308 worldwide 3.3k citations · 164 works
  17. 17 David F. McDermott United States · #317 worldwide 3.1k citations · 132 works
  18. 18 Hermann Brenner Germany · #461 worldwide 5.8k citations · 356 works
  19. 19 Vincenzo Mazzaferro Italy · #588 worldwide 3k citations · 105 works
  20. 20 Drew M. Pardoll United States · #597 worldwide 2.9k citations · 108 works
  21. 21 Elı́as Campo Spain · #609 worldwide 3k citations · 175 works
  22. 22 John L. Cameron United States · #658 worldwide 1.7k citations · 121 works
  23. 23 Nikolaus Schultz United States · #729 worldwide 2.3k citations · 187 works
  24. 24 Axel Hauschild Germany · #760 worldwide 2.2k citations · 116 works
  25. 25 Hans Clevers Netherlands · #777 worldwide 2.7k citations · 149 works
  26. 26 Valerie W. Rusch United States · #788 worldwide 1.9k citations · 169 works
  27. 27 Roger Stupp United States · #803 worldwide 1.8k citations · 116 works
  28. 28 Bruce E. Johnson United States · #826 worldwide 2k citations · 113 works
  29. 29 Katherine A. Hoadley United States · #899 worldwide 2.4k citations · 106 works
  30. 30 Martin Reck Germany · #900 worldwide 2k citations · 118 works
  31. 31 Ross L. Prentice United States · #914 worldwide 3k citations · 109 works
  32. 32 Al B. Benson United States · #1,022 worldwide 1.7k citations · 112 works
  33. 33 Douglas F. Easton United Kingdom · #1,051 worldwide 2.3k citations · 136 works
  34. 34 Scott Antonia United States · #1,052 worldwide 3.2k citations · 92 works
  35. 35 John D. Hainsworth United States · #1,077 worldwide 1.5k citations · 124 works
  36. 36 Jeffrey A. Sosman United States · #1,134 worldwide 3k citations · 93 works
  37. 37 Marina Chiara Garassino Italy · #1,139 worldwide 2.1k citations · 138 works
  38. 38 Enriqueta Felip Spain · #1,140 worldwide 3.3k citations · 245 works
  39. 39 Scott Gettinger United States · #1,175 worldwide 2.7k citations · 92 works
  40. 40 Antoni Ribas United States · #1,198 worldwide 2.9k citations · 171 works
  41. 41 Sabina Signoretti United States · #1,221 worldwide 2k citations · 127 works
  42. 42 Paul Lorigan United Kingdom · #1,255 worldwide 1.9k citations · 115 works
  43. 43 Marc Ladanyi United States · #1,265 worldwide 3.1k citations · 252 works
  44. 44 Stephen B. Baylin United States · #1,275 worldwide 2.4k citations · 139 works
  45. 45 David C. Smith United States · #1,277 worldwide 1.7k citations · 101 works
  46. 46 Steven A. Rosenberg United States · #1,280 worldwide 2.7k citations · 198 works
  47. 47 Alberto Bardelli Italy · #1,285 worldwide 2.2k citations · 97 works
  48. 48 Ralph H. Hruban United States · #1,314 worldwide 2.9k citations · 212 works
  49. 49 Richard S. Finn United States · #1,317 worldwide 1.8k citations · 96 works
  50. 50 Caroline Robert France · #1,339 worldwide 3.3k citations · 242 works
  51. 51 Kim N. Canada · #1,356 worldwide 2.1k citations · 95 works
  52. 52 Alexander J. Lazar United States · #1,358 worldwide 2.3k citations · 196 works
  53. 53 Dirk Schadendorf Germany · #1,381 worldwide 4.4k citations · 277 works
  54. 54 Richard D. Gelber United States · #1,392 worldwide 1.8k citations · 99 works
  55. 55 Taofeek K. Owonikoko United States · #1,410 worldwide 1.9k citations · 98 works
  56. 56 Darell D. Bigner United States · #1,411 worldwide 2.9k citations · 168 works
  57. 57 Alberto Mantovani Italy · #1,414 worldwide 3.6k citations · 299 works
  58. 58 Mithat Gönen United States · #1,417 worldwide 2.1k citations · 153 works
  59. 59 Camillo Porta Italy · #1,432 worldwide 1.9k citations · 135 works
  60. 60 Thomas C. Smyrk United States · #1,471 worldwide 1.8k citations · 114 works
  61. 61 David M. Nagorney United States · #1,479 worldwide 1.7k citations · 102 works
  62. 62 Pierre Michel France · #1,506 worldwide 1k citations · 130 works
  63. 63 Leslie Bernstein United States · #1,538 worldwide 1.6k citations · 153 works
  64. 64 Linghua Wang United States · #1,539 worldwide 1.9k citations · 109 works
  65. 65 Michael Boyer Australia · #1,555 worldwide 2.3k citations · 85 works
  66. 66 Luis A. Díaz United States · #1,613 worldwide 1.7k citations · 132 works
  67. 67 Fadlo R. Khuri United States · #1,624 worldwide 2.1k citations · 130 works
  68. 68 Giuseppe Viale Italy · #1,641 worldwide 2.1k citations · 169 works
  69. 69 Timothy A. Chan United States · #1,664 worldwide 2k citations · 124 works
  70. 70 Marco Colleoni Italy · #1,694 worldwide 1.3k citations · 110 works
  71. 71 Andrew D. Zelenetz United States · #1,696 worldwide 1.5k citations · 124 works
  72. 72 D. Neil Hayes United States · #1,703 worldwide 1.8k citations · 90 works
  73. 73 Arndt Vogel Germany · #1,738 worldwide 1.4k citations · 111 works
  74. 74 Anne S. Tsao United States · #1,747 worldwide 1.6k citations · 107 works
  75. 75 Ernst J. Kuipers Netherlands · #1,777 worldwide 2k citations · 249 works
  76. 76 Michele Maio Italy · #1,793 worldwide 1.8k citations · 108 works
  77. 77 Peter R. Carroll United States · #1,798 worldwide 2.5k citations · 236 works
  78. 78 Lucio Crinò Italy · #1,801 worldwide 1.6k citations · 89 works
  79. 79 Jaafar Bennouna France · #1,819 worldwide 1.6k citations · 100 works
  80. 80 Michael Lim United States · #1,839 worldwide 1.3k citations · 104 works
  81. 81 Michel Ducreux France · #1,875 worldwide 1.6k citations · 174 works
  82. 82 Jean‐Luc Raoul France · #1,877 worldwide 3.5k citations · 76 works
  83. 83 Nicholas K. Hayward Australia · #1,914 worldwide 1.6k citations · 88 works
  84. 84 Larry Rubinstein United States · #1,932 worldwide 3.6k citations · 76 works
  85. 85 Stefano Pileri Italy · #1,934 worldwide 1.4k citations · 110 works
  86. 86 Elaine S. Jaffe United States · #1,940 worldwide 2k citations · 152 works
  87. 87 Felice Giuliante Italy · #1,954 worldwide 1.5k citations · 109 works
  88. 88 Graham J. Mann Australia · #1,963 worldwide 1.8k citations · 90 works
  89. 89 Manuel Salto‐Tellez United Kingdom · #2,011 worldwide 1.4k citations · 95 works
  90. 90 Elizabeth M. Swisher United States · #2,044 worldwide 1.6k citations · 95 works
  91. 91 Dave S.�B. Hoon United States · #2,071 worldwide 1.7k citations · 92 works
  92. 92 Lecia V. Sequist United States · #2,075 worldwide 1.7k citations · 121 works
  93. 93 Carl H. June United States · #2,077 worldwide 1.8k citations · 148 works
  94. 94 Kenneth W. Kinzler United States · #2,080 worldwide 2.8k citations · 75 works
  95. 95 Silvia Franceschi Italy · #2,091 worldwide 1.2k citations · 156 works
  96. 96 Craig D. Shriver United States · #2,112 worldwide 1.8k citations · 89 works
  97. 97 Joachim G.J.V. Aerts Netherlands · #2,135 worldwide 1.5k citations · 95 works
  98. 98 Justin F. Gainor United States · #2,144 worldwide 1.9k citations · 84 works
  99. 99 Ronald Simon Germany · #2,148 worldwide 1.7k citations · 118 works
  100. 100 Tadamitsu Kishimoto Japan · #2,150 worldwide 1.7k citations · 145 works

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