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Top Pharmacology (Medicine) Researchers

Roger Chou ranks first, out of 5,275 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 Roger Chou United States · #6 worldwide 14k citations · 187 works
  2. 2 Giuseppe Remuzzi Italy · #34 worldwide 8.1k citations · 312 works
  3. 3 Josep María Haro Spain · #63 worldwide 6.4k citations · 180 works
  4. 4 Louisa Degenhardt Australia · #80 worldwide 5.7k citations · 164 works
  5. 5 Philip B. Mitchell Australia · #134 worldwide 3.7k citations · 146 works
  6. 6 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom · #144 worldwide 7.2k citations · 486 works
  7. 7 Rachelle Buchbinder Australia · #147 worldwide 3.5k citations · 131 works
  8. 8 Félix Carvalho Portugal · #172 worldwide 4.6k citations · 125 works
  9. 9 Bharat B. Aggarwal United States · #202 worldwide 4.2k citations · 117 works
  10. 10 Flavia Cicuttini Australia · #232 worldwide 3.2k citations · 152 works
  11. 11 Peter Brooks Australia · #319 worldwide 2.2k citations · 187 works
  12. 12 David L. Paterson Australia · #544 worldwide 3k citations · 114 works
  13. 13 Laura Weeks Canada · #617 worldwide 4.7k citations · 96 works
  14. 14 Andrea C. Tricco Canada · #886 worldwide 18k citations · 89 works
  15. 15 Hans Reichenbach Germany · #1,039 worldwide 1.6k citations · 111 works
  16. 16 Scott B. Patten Canada · #1,125 worldwide 2.5k citations · 148 works
  17. 17 Thomas A. Wadden United States · #1,225 worldwide 2.2k citations · 91 works
  18. 18 Salvador Moncada United Kingdom · #1,243 worldwide 2.3k citations · 129 works
  19. 19 David W. Denning United Kingdom · #1,436 worldwide 1.6k citations · 128 works
  20. 20 Fred H. Gage United States · #1,450 worldwide 2.9k citations · 116 works
  21. 21 Dennis J. Selkoe United States · #1,563 worldwide 2.4k citations · 103 works
  22. 22 Dan J. Stein South Africa · #1,863 worldwide 7.7k citations · 620 works
  23. 23 Olivier Bruyère Belgium · #1,874 worldwide 2k citations · 442 works
  24. 24 André G. Uitterlinden Netherlands · #1,968 worldwide 4.4k citations · 288 works
  25. 25 Juliana C.N. Chan Hong Kong · #2,000 worldwide 1.8k citations · 149 works
  26. 26 Ole Mors Denmark · #2,020 worldwide 2.3k citations · 128 works
  27. 27 Ronald Melzack Canada · #2,248 worldwide 2.3k citations · 75 works
  28. 28 L.M. Bouter Netherlands · #2,286 worldwide 1.8k citations · 182 works
  29. 29 David Newman United States · #2,375 worldwide 1.8k citations · 117 works
  30. 30 Christopher G. Maher Australia · #2,414 worldwide 1.7k citations · 186 works
  31. 31 Henrica C. W. de Vet Netherlands · #2,473 worldwide 1.6k citations · 91 works
  32. 32 Hermann Stuppner Austria · #2,507 worldwide 1.2k citations · 79 works
  33. 33 George L. Bakris United States · #2,555 worldwide 1.9k citations · 172 works
  34. 34 Robert F. Kushner United States · #2,829 worldwide 1.3k citations · 71 works
  35. 35 Issam Raad United States · #2,875 worldwide 1.1k citations · 81 works
  36. 36 J. John Mann United States · #2,954 worldwide 1.7k citations · 140 works
  37. 37 Marc Stadler Germany · #2,966 worldwide 1.8k citations · 110 works
  38. 38 Bart W. Koes Netherlands · #3,085 worldwide 1.2k citations · 121 works
  39. 39 John R. Vane United Kingdom · #3,091 worldwide 1.1k citations · 79 works
  40. 40 Gillian Hawker Canada · #3,258 worldwide 1.2k citations · 85 works
  41. 41 Jeffrey L. Cummings United States · #3,306 worldwide 2.3k citations · 226 works
  42. 42 David J. Hunter Australia · #3,333 worldwide 3.3k citations · 343 works
  43. 43 Sita Bierma‐Zeinstra Netherlands · #3,424 worldwide 1.2k citations · 109 works
  44. 44 Bengt Samuelsson Sweden · #3,576 worldwide 1.7k citations · 98 works
  45. 45 Brenda W.J.H. Penninx Netherlands · #3,593 worldwide 4k citations · 291 works
  46. 46 Harold A. Sackeïm United States · #3,618 worldwide 1.1k citations · 93 works
  47. 47 Dennis S. Charney United States · #3,677 worldwide 1.7k citations · 102 works
  48. 48 Lixing Lao United States · #3,684 worldwide 685 citations · 77 works
  49. 49 Blair H. Smith United Kingdom · #3,828 worldwide 1.1k citations · 98 works
  50. 50 Carlo La Vecchia Italy · #3,888 worldwide 2.8k citations · 324 works
  51. 51 Lawrence M. Lichtenstein United States · #3,898 worldwide 908 citations · 94 works
  52. 52 Allan H. Conney United States · #4,013 worldwide 1.4k citations · 83 works
  53. 53 Stephen J. Galli United States · #4,058 worldwide 1.2k citations · 72 works
  54. 54 Patrice Nordmann France · #4,194 worldwide 1.6k citations · 119 works
  55. 55 Richard A. Deyo United States · #4,198 worldwide 953 citations · 69 works
  56. 56 Robert A. Bonomo United States · #4,210 worldwide 1k citations · 107 works
  57. 57 Charles H. Hennekens United States · #4,246 worldwide 1.2k citations · 99 works
  58. 58 Daniel J. Clauw United States · #4,385 worldwide 888 citations · 108 works
  59. 59 Edith G. McGeer Canada · #4,396 worldwide 1.3k citations · 97 works
  60. 60 Gerald P. Bodey United States · #4,434 worldwide 1.4k citations · 147 works
  61. 61 Lon S. Schneider United States · #4,473 worldwide 1.1k citations · 70 works
  62. 62 Selman A. Waksman United States · #4,511 worldwide 1.1k citations · 116 works
  63. 63 John H. Krystal United States · #4,799 worldwide 1.4k citations · 111 works
  64. 64 Laurent Poirel France · #4,906 worldwide 1.3k citations · 89 works
  65. 65 David M. Hougaard Denmark · #4,910 worldwide 1.8k citations · 102 works
  66. 66 David T. Felson United States · #5,057 worldwide 1.7k citations · 172 works
  67. 67 Richard C. Mohs United States · #5,164 worldwide 1.3k citations · 64 works
  68. 68 Yehuda Carmeli Israel · #5,168 worldwide 2.1k citations · 59 works
  69. 69 Fiona Blyth Australia · #5,470 worldwide 2.8k citations · 57 works
  70. 70 Mark P. Jensen United States · #5,479 worldwide 923 citations · 108 works
  71. 71 Lucy Yardley United Kingdom · #5,484 worldwide 1.4k citations · 127 works
  72. 72 Rudolph E. Tanzi United States · #5,497 worldwide 1.5k citations · 103 works
  73. 73 Tor D. Wager United States · #5,658 worldwide 1.3k citations · 65 works
  74. 74 Garret A. FitzGerald United States · #5,823 worldwide 1.4k citations · 126 works
  75. 75 Philip R. Schauer United States · #5,836 worldwide 881 citations · 90 works
  76. 76 Stefan Borgwardt Switzerland · #5,883 worldwide 1.3k citations · 92 works
  77. 77 Nakao Iwata Japan · #6,051 worldwide 1.3k citations · 72 works
  78. 78 Michael R. Hamblin United States · #6,078 worldwide 2.8k citations · 248 works
  79. 79 I. Chet Israel · #6,296 worldwide 1.2k citations · 75 works
  80. 80 William L. Smith United States · #6,301 worldwide 1.1k citations · 73 works
  81. 81 Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite United States · #6,348 worldwide 853 citations · 86 works
  82. 82 Koen Demyttenaere Belgium · #6,349 worldwide 1.1k citations · 119 works
  83. 83 Stephen R. Wisniewski United States · #6,429 worldwide 933 citations · 96 works
  84. 84 Elizabeth J. Phillips United States · #6,442 worldwide 823 citations · 79 works
  85. 85 Edward L. Giovannucci United States · #6,474 worldwide 3k citations · 336 works
  86. 86 Rolf‐Detlef Treede Germany · #6,537 worldwide 1.2k citations · 99 works
  87. 87 Steven D. Hollon United States · #6,562 worldwide 1.4k citations · 76 works
  88. 88 John A. Oates United States · #6,682 worldwide 938 citations · 82 works
  89. 89 Ronald S. Duman United States · #6,742 worldwide 1.3k citations · 59 works
  90. 90 JoAnn E. Manson United States · #6,766 worldwide 4k citations · 337 works
  91. 91 Jean‐Yves Reginster Belgium · #7,055 worldwide 2.1k citations · 782 works
  92. 92 Claire Bombardier Canada · #7,165 worldwide 720 citations · 60 works
  93. 93 Robert Verpoorte Netherlands · #7,192 worldwide 1.9k citations · 172 works
  94. 94 Pim Cuijpers Netherlands · #7,334 worldwide 2.8k citations · 217 works
  95. 95 George Davey Smith United Kingdom · #7,412 worldwide 4.9k citations · 535 works
  96. 96 Nikolai Bogduk Australia · #7,460 worldwide 743 citations · 97 works
  97. 97 Gordon M. Cragg United States · #7,619 worldwide 1.7k citations · 53 works
  98. 98 Alois Fürstner Germany · #7,645 worldwide 1.7k citations · 118 works
  99. 99 Michael Goodfellow United Kingdom · #7,859 worldwide 970 citations · 86 works
  100. 100 Hans Selye Canada · #8,053 worldwide 1.6k citations · 283 works

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