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Top Pharmacy Researchers

John P. A. Ioannidis ranks first, out of 3,692 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 John P. A. Ioannidis United States · #10 worldwide 8k citations · 222 works
  2. 2 James Thomas United Kingdom · #27 worldwide 13k citations · 154 works
  3. 3 Azeem Majeed United Kingdom · #51 worldwide 6k citations · 151 works
  4. 4 Ali H. Mokdad United States · #76 worldwide 10k citations · 131 works
  5. 5 Martin McKee United Kingdom · #78 worldwide 5.4k citations · 369 works
  6. 6 Lisa Hartling Canada · #92 worldwide 5k citations · 144 works
  7. 7 Walter C. Willett United States · #154 worldwide 6.8k citations · 360 works
  8. 8 Susanne Hempel United States · #170 worldwide 4.8k citations · 116 works
  9. 9 James F. Sallis United States · #427 worldwide 2.5k citations · 136 works
  10. 10 Hermann Brenner Germany · #461 worldwide 5.8k citations · 356 works
  11. 11 Timothy G. Dinan Ireland · #742 worldwide 3.1k citations · 126 works
  12. 12 Andrea C. Tricco Canada · #886 worldwide 18k citations · 89 works
  13. 13 Mark Petticrew United Kingdom · #1,143 worldwide 3.1k citations · 89 works
  14. 14 Bernard M. Dickens Canada · #1,213 worldwide 1.3k citations · 95 works
  15. 15 Thomas A. Wadden United States · #1,225 worldwide 2.2k citations · 91 works
  16. 16 Jean‐Pierre Després Canada · #1,574 worldwide 1.4k citations · 99 works
  17. 17 Paul Zimmet Australia · #1,579 worldwide 1.9k citations · 144 works
  18. 18 Michael Rutter United Kingdom · #1,683 worldwide 2.2k citations · 146 works
  19. 19 Naveed Sattar United Kingdom · #1,722 worldwide 3.5k citations · 260 works
  20. 20 Robert E. Black United States · #1,737 worldwide 1.8k citations · 124 works
  21. 21 Michael J. Barry United States · #1,767 worldwide 1.8k citations · 101 works
  22. 22 Steven Shavell United States · #1,827 worldwide 1.4k citations · 85 works
  23. 23 Eamonn M.M. Quigley United States · #1,854 worldwide 1.3k citations · 121 works
  24. 24 Barry M. Popkin United States · #1,917 worldwide 2.2k citations · 202 works
  25. 25 Ivan Bautmans Belgium · #2,010 worldwide 1.6k citations · 83 works
  26. 26 David A. Wood United States · #2,056 worldwide 2.1k citations · 161 works
  27. 27 Daniel B. Mark United States · #2,255 worldwide 1.2k citations · 120 works
  28. 28 Sonia Saxena United Kingdom · #2,298 worldwide 3.2k citations · 72 works
  29. 29 Ancel Keys United States · #2,334 worldwide 1.2k citations · 86 works
  30. 30 Graham A. Colditz United States · #2,397 worldwide 2.5k citations · 237 works
  31. 31 William R. Hendee United States · #2,416 worldwide 1.4k citations · 78 works
  32. 32 Seppo Salminen Finland · #2,497 worldwide 2.6k citations · 74 works
  33. 33 Bárbara Riegel United States · #2,628 worldwide 1.2k citations · 99 works
  34. 34 Harlan M. Krumholz United States · #2,653 worldwide 4.7k citations · 440 works
  35. 35 Abdenour Hadid Finland · #2,808 worldwide 1.9k citations · 78 works
  36. 36 Robert F. Kushner United States · #2,829 worldwide 1.3k citations · 71 works
  37. 37 Janet B. Croft United States · #2,884 worldwide 891 citations · 99 works
  38. 38 Dirk Arnold Germany · #2,929 worldwide 1.2k citations · 81 works
  39. 39 David Cohen France · #3,010 worldwide 1.4k citations · 109 works
  40. 40 Bruce G. Link United States · #3,129 worldwide 2.7k citations · 70 works
  41. 41 Richard J. Davidson United States · #3,176 worldwide 2.5k citations · 150 works
  42. 42 Dean G. Assimos United States · #3,394 worldwide 988 citations · 130 works
  43. 43 Scott H. Sicherer United States · #3,700 worldwide 859 citations · 116 works
  44. 44 Jay Belsky United States · #3,751 worldwide 1.8k citations · 96 works
  45. 45 Herbert W. Marsh Australia · #3,807 worldwide 4.6k citations · 265 works
  46. 46 Carlo La Vecchia Italy · #3,888 worldwide 2.8k citations · 324 works
  47. 47 Brian Hutton Canada · #3,904 worldwide 1.2k citations · 100 works
  48. 48 Johan G. Eriksson Finland · #3,965 worldwide 3.2k citations · 281 works
  49. 49 David R. Williams United States · #4,077 worldwide 1.4k citations · 103 works
  50. 50 Ervin H. Epstein United States · #4,169 worldwide 1k citations · 97 works
  51. 51 Jan Lindhe Sweden · #4,435 worldwide 1k citations · 64 works
  52. 52 Sanjay Saint United States · #4,670 worldwide 977 citations · 88 works
  53. 53 John B. Buse United States · #4,851 worldwide 1.4k citations · 138 works
  54. 54 Lucy Yardley United Kingdom · #5,484 worldwide 1.4k citations · 127 works
  55. 55 Philip R. Schauer United States · #5,836 worldwide 881 citations · 90 works
  56. 56 Ingrid E. Scheffer Australia · #5,885 worldwide 1.8k citations · 157 works
  57. 57 Tomas Albrektsson Sweden · #6,116 worldwide 1k citations · 63 works
  58. 58 Stephen M. Shortell United States · #6,227 worldwide 799 citations · 71 works
  59. 59 Megan R. Gunnar United States · #6,293 worldwide 1.2k citations · 66 works
  60. 60 Melissa A. Simon United States · #6,501 worldwide 786 citations · 79 works
  61. 61 Marc H. Bornstein United States · #6,552 worldwide 1.9k citations · 168 works
  62. 62 Nancy E. Adler United States · #6,556 worldwide 1.4k citations · 59 works
  63. 63 Peter Clifton Australia · #6,695 worldwide 973 citations · 75 works
  64. 64 JoAnn E. Manson United States · #6,766 worldwide 4k citations · 337 works
  65. 65 Y. Schütz Russia · #6,770 worldwide 1.5k citations · 130 works
  66. 66 Carol M. Mangione United States · #6,895 worldwide 981 citations · 66 works
  67. 67 Romain Pauwels Belgium · #7,017 worldwide 1.4k citations · 54 works
  68. 68 Albert J. Stunkard United States · #7,150 worldwide 1.1k citations · 55 works
  69. 69 Charles F. Code United States · #7,183 worldwide 672 citations · 66 works
  70. 70 Alex H. Krist United States · #7,200 worldwide 936 citations · 59 works
  71. 71 Pim Cuijpers Netherlands · #7,334 worldwide 2.8k citations · 217 works
  72. 72 George Davey Smith United Kingdom · #7,412 worldwide 4.9k citations · 535 works
  73. 73 Carolyn Summerbell United Kingdom · #7,575 worldwide 716 citations · 58 works
  74. 74 Deborah Lupton Australia · #7,830 worldwide 663 citations · 114 works
  75. 75 Marika Tiggemann Australia · #7,847 worldwide 938 citations · 63 works
  76. 76 Robert J. Genco United States · #8,389 worldwide 834 citations · 72 works
  77. 77 David W. Bates United States · #8,411 worldwide 1.1k citations · 199 works
  78. 78 Sarah H. Wild United Kingdom · #8,444 worldwide 787 citations · 88 works
  79. 79 Nan M. Laird United States · #8,716 worldwide 5.7k citations · 49 works
  80. 80 Hania Szajewska Poland · #8,777 worldwide 793 citations · 59 works
  81. 81 Barbara J. McNeil United States · #9,131 worldwide 1.3k citations · 50 works
  82. 82 William H. Dietz United States · #9,192 worldwide 825 citations · 53 works
  83. 83 Erika Isolauri Finland · #9,229 worldwide 941 citations · 63 works
  84. 84 Mariano Sanz Spain · #9,231 worldwide 856 citations · 77 works
  85. 85 Robert J. Gorlin United States · #9,235 worldwide 538 citations · 90 works
  86. 86 Michael G. Wilson Canada · #9,255 worldwide 4.7k citations · 48 works
  87. 87 Tim Cole United Kingdom · #9,333 worldwide 1.2k citations · 180 works
  88. 88 Claudio Barbaranelli Italy · #9,346 worldwide 1k citations · 56 works
  89. 89 Robert A. Robinson United States · #9,505 worldwide 795 citations · 104 works
  90. 90 Esther D. Rothblum United States · #9,537 worldwide 631 citations · 71 works
  91. 91 Stephen D. Walter Canada · #9,785 worldwide 601 citations · 68 works
  92. 92 Daan Kromhout Netherlands · #9,898 worldwide 876 citations · 83 works
  93. 93 Anton Batliner Germany · #9,981 worldwide 876 citations · 80 works
  94. 94 George A. Bray United States · #10,000 worldwide 1.5k citations · 154 works
  95. 95 Leo Niskanen Finland · #10,124 worldwide 817 citations · 78 works
  96. 96 Theodore Pincus United States · #10,471 worldwide 736 citations · 116 works
  97. 97 Randy J. Seeley United States · #10,601 worldwide 806 citations · 76 works
  98. 98 Kathleen A. Knafl United States · #10,764 worldwide 1.4k citations · 47 works
  99. 99 Linda M. Siminerio United States · #11,177 worldwide 563 citations · 52 works
  100. 100 Claude Bouchard Canada · #11,180 worldwide 1.6k citations · 247 works

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