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Top Physiology (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology) Researchers

Giuseppe Remuzzi ranks first, out of 3,673 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 Giuseppe Remuzzi Italy · #34 worldwide 8.1k citations · 312 works
  2. 2 Steven M. Greenberg United States · #1,424 worldwide 1.9k citations · 116 works
  3. 3 George M. Whitesides United States · #1,739 worldwide 4.8k citations · 265 works
  4. 4 Jean Rivier United States · #2,086 worldwide 2.2k citations · 98 works
  5. 5 L.D. LANDAU Russia · #2,442 worldwide 1.9k citations · 74 works
  6. 6 Ted M. Dawson United States · #2,765 worldwide 2.1k citations · 83 works
  7. 7 Patrizia Agostinis Belgium · #2,812 worldwide 2k citations · 87 works
  8. 8 Lorenzo Galluzzi France · #2,837 worldwide 2.3k citations · 116 works
  9. 9 David C. Rubinsztein United Kingdom · #3,226 worldwide 2.4k citations · 71 works
  10. 10 Laurence Zitvogel France · #3,420 worldwide 2k citations · 134 works
  11. 11 Guido Kroemer France · #3,612 worldwide 4.2k citations · 265 works
  12. 12 Joseph L. Kirschvink United States · #3,694 worldwide 1.7k citations · 95 works
  13. 13 Mark J. Smyth Australia · #4,068 worldwide 1.7k citations · 151 works
  14. 14 Frank W. Sellke United States · #4,619 worldwide 1.4k citations · 120 works
  15. 15 Francesco Di Virgilio Italy · #4,659 worldwide 1.3k citations · 82 works
  16. 16 Richard C. Boucher United States · #5,274 worldwide 927 citations · 127 works
  17. 17 Arnold I. Caplan United States · #5,364 worldwide 1.2k citations · 83 works
  18. 18 Paul Greengard United States · #5,586 worldwide 2.4k citations · 162 works
  19. 19 Daolin Tang United States · #6,318 worldwide 1.6k citations · 60 works
  20. 20 Randal J. Kaufman United States · #7,697 worldwide 1.3k citations · 64 works
  21. 21 Donna Neuberg United States · #7,792 worldwide 1.4k citations · 168 works
  22. 22 Kjell Fuxé Sweden · #7,839 worldwide 2.7k citations · 250 works
  23. 23 Stuart Kornfeld United States · #8,108 worldwide 1.3k citations · 54 works
  24. 24 Rolf Müller Germany · #8,213 worldwide 1.5k citations · 160 works
  25. 25 Robert A. Newman United States · #8,298 worldwide 963 citations · 66 works
  26. 26 Jerrold M. Olefsky United States · #8,765 worldwide 1.7k citations · 121 works
  27. 27 Pablo Tamayo United States · #9,239 worldwide 6.5k citations · 48 works
  28. 28 Gordon B. Mills United States · #9,584 worldwide 3.7k citations · 358 works
  29. 29 Oliver Kepp France · #9,698 worldwide 1.4k citations · 55 works
  30. 30 Guy G. Poirier Canada · #9,761 worldwide 954 citations · 54 works
  31. 31 V. K. Pecharsky United States · #9,915 worldwide 2.3k citations · 158 works
  32. 32 R. D. Davies United Kingdom · #10,121 worldwide 1.5k citations · 61 works
  33. 33 John H. Postlethwait United States · #10,524 worldwide 1.1k citations · 66 works
  34. 34 Andrea Ballabio Italy · #10,935 worldwide 1k citations · 72 works
  35. 35 Pier Mannuccio Mannucci Italy · #11,166 worldwide 1.2k citations · 138 works
  36. 36 Ole H. Petersen United Kingdom · #11,175 worldwide 981 citations · 92 works
  37. 37 John D. Powderly United States · #11,246 worldwide 2.2k citations · 46 works
  38. 38 Paul Säftig Germany · #12,340 worldwide 942 citations · 58 works
  39. 39 M. C. Chang United States · #12,467 worldwide 600 citations · 63 works
  40. 40 Hirofumi Hashimoto United States · #13,221 worldwide 496 citations · 71 works
  41. 41 Otto A. Smiseth Norway · #13,288 worldwide 713 citations · 72 works
  42. 42 Gerald Weissmann United States · #13,945 worldwide 902 citations · 98 works
  43. 43 Anthony H.V. Schapira United Kingdom · #13,948 worldwide 1.1k citations · 127 works
  44. 44 Bernard Jalabert France · #14,319 worldwide 1k citations · 44 works
  45. 45 Yusuf A. Hannun United States · #14,531 worldwide 1.4k citations · 97 works
  46. 46 Arthur M. Feldman United States · #15,076 worldwide 978 citations · 68 works
  47. 47 Kais Atallah United Kingdom · #15,437 worldwide 798 citations · 50 works
  48. 48 Robert S. Klein United States · #15,586 worldwide 516 citations · 77 works
  49. 49 Da‐Wen Sun Ireland · #15,908 worldwide 2.4k citations · 185 works
  50. 50 Rolf Erik Olsen Norway · #17,573 worldwide 831 citations · 50 works
  51. 51 Daniel J. Klionsky United States · #18,220 worldwide 1.6k citations · 89 works
  52. 52 Kevin M. Lee United States · #18,392 worldwide 666 citations · 46 works
  53. 53 J. Edwin Seegmiller United States · #18,505 worldwide 725 citations · 47 works
  54. 54 Anthony R. Means United States · #18,562 worldwide 995 citations · 86 works
  55. 55 Dietrich Knorr Germany · #18,693 worldwide 1.1k citations · 116 works
  56. 56 Angus C. Nairn United States · #18,839 worldwide 811 citations · 73 works
  57. 57 Earl W. Sutherland United States · #18,851 worldwide 1.5k citations · 39 works
  58. 58 Marja Jäättelä Denmark · #19,256 worldwide 1.3k citations · 41 works
  59. 59 Delbert M. Gatlin United States · #19,536 worldwide 764 citations · 79 works
  60. 60 Takeshi Watanabe Japan · #20,086 worldwide 715 citations · 95 works
  61. 61 Emanuel Epstein United States · #20,172 worldwide 792 citations · 47 works
  62. 62 Douglas B. Kell United Kingdom · #20,256 worldwide 1.5k citations · 144 works
  63. 63 E.M. LIFSHITZ Russia · #20,408 worldwide 1.8k citations · 38 works
  64. 64 Anthony A. Vandervoort Canada · #20,556 worldwide 298 citations · 77 works
  65. 65 Junying Yuan United States · #21,381 worldwide 1.5k citations · 38 works
  66. 66 Francisco J. Barba Spain · #21,408 worldwide 1.2k citations · 106 works
  67. 67 Harald Stenmark Norway · #21,762 worldwide 913 citations · 40 works
  68. 68 Ravi K. Amaravadi United States · #21,875 worldwide 702 citations · 63 works
  69. 69 Yoshitaka Nagahama Japan · #22,127 worldwide 864 citations · 92 works
  70. 70 Peggy L. Olive Canada · #22,205 worldwide 633 citations · 42 works
  71. 71 Nobuhiro Suzuki Japan · #22,396 worldwide 640 citations · 81 works
  72. 72 Per O. Seglen Norway · #22,505 worldwide 634 citations · 47 works
  73. 73 G. Maret Germany · #22,641 worldwide 718 citations · 63 works
  74. 74 Malcolm Jobling Norway · #22,699 worldwide 729 citations · 70 works
  75. 75 Marc Legendre France · #23,346 worldwide 1k citations · 37 works
  76. 76 John W. Phillis United States · #23,966 worldwide 655 citations · 65 works
  77. 77 David M. Sabatini United States · #24,841 worldwide 631 citations · 59 works
  78. 78 Csaba Szabó United States · #24,951 worldwide 797 citations · 118 works
  79. 79 Peter Carmeliet Belgium · #24,986 worldwide 1.7k citations · 220 works
  80. 80 Irving H. Fox United States · #25,128 worldwide 463 citations · 51 works
  81. 81 R. John Aitken Australia · #25,247 worldwide 927 citations · 113 works
  82. 82 David G. Russell United States · #25,264 worldwide 575 citations · 48 works
  83. 83 John W. Daly United States · #25,282 worldwide 1.3k citations · 135 works
  84. 84 Boris Magasanik United States · #25,403 worldwide 652 citations · 59 works
  85. 85 Alexei V. Tepikin United Kingdom · #25,600 worldwide 511 citations · 42 works
  86. 86 David Kavanagh United Kingdom · #25,649 worldwide 1.2k citations · 36 works
  87. 87 Dan C. Sorescu United States · #25,776 worldwide 841 citations · 47 works
  88. 88 Kurt Hirschhorn United States · #25,967 worldwide 533 citations · 82 works
  89. 89 Paul J. Coleman United States · #26,298 worldwide 621 citations · 72 works
  90. 90 Marisol Izquierdo Spain · #26,857 worldwide 814 citations · 69 works
  91. 91 Charles R. Tyler United Kingdom · #27,215 worldwide 597 citations · 57 works
  92. 92 Ryuzo Yanagimachi United States · #27,271 worldwide 564 citations · 65 works
  93. 93 Ray A. Bressan United States · #27,693 worldwide 555 citations · 46 works
  94. 94 Greet Van den Berghe Belgium · #27,763 worldwide 1.3k citations · 185 works
  95. 95 Sean P. Colgan United States · #28,954 worldwide 494 citations · 63 works
  96. 96 J. M. D. Coey Ireland · #29,297 worldwide 2.1k citations · 213 works
  97. 97 Joseph A. Beavo United States · #29,448 worldwide 403 citations · 45 works
  98. 98 Peter L. Davies Canada · #29,506 worldwide 776 citations · 38 works
  99. 99 Andrew Thorburn United States · #29,956 worldwide 1.2k citations · 35 works
  100. 100 Vojo Deretić United States · #30,458 worldwide 797 citations · 35 works

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