Subfield · Research and Theory
Top Research and Theory Researchers
Wilmar B. Schaufeli ranks first, out of 1,326 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 Wilmar B. Schaufeli Netherlands · #130 worldwide 5.3k citations · 157 works
- 2 Arnold B. Bakker Netherlands · #293 worldwide 6k citations · 124 works
- 3 Reinhard Busse Germany · #480 worldwide 3.1k citations · 103 works
- 4 Jos M. G. A. Schols Netherlands · #1,054 worldwide 1.7k citations · 103 works
- 5 Tait D. Shanafelt United States · #4,320 worldwide 1.3k citations · 117 works
- 6 Sanjay Saint United States · #4,670 worldwide 977 citations · 88 works
- 7 Muhammad Aziz Rahman United States · #7,264 worldwide 4.1k citations · 52 works
- 8 Theodore J. Iwashyna United States · #9,634 worldwide 749 citations · 93 works
- 9 Cheryl Tatano Beck United States · #11,041 worldwide 874 citations · 51 works
- 10 Lotty Hooft Netherlands · #13,091 worldwide 848 citations · 53 works
- 11 Judy M. Simpson Australia · #13,905 worldwide 592 citations · 62 works
- 12 Martin Johnson United Kingdom · #14,223 worldwide 617 citations · 53 works
- 13 Peter A. Hall United States · #15,512 worldwide 1.3k citations · 182 works
- 14 Giancarlo Lucchetti Brazil · #16,799 worldwide 1k citations · 41 works
- 15 Richard Feinn United States · #21,232 worldwide 698 citations · 44 works
- 16 Lynn McAlpine Canada · #22,919 worldwide 604 citations · 66 works
- 17 Anthony L. Back United States · #24,199 worldwide 476 citations · 39 works
- 18 Leodoro J. Labrague Oman · #24,870 worldwide 565 citations · 42 works
- 19 T. Sheldon United Kingdom · #25,315 worldwide 280 citations · 75 works
- 20 Linda H. Aiken United States · #26,196 worldwide 258 citations · 52 works
- 21 Marita P. McCabe Australia · #26,912 worldwide 573 citations · 89 works
- 22 Marcia Grant United States · #28,479 worldwide 342 citations · 53 works
- 23 Steinar Hunskaar Norway · #29,962 worldwide 551 citations · 37 works
- 24 Glenn Regehr Canada · #30,013 worldwide 388 citations · 42 works
- 25 Olle ten Cate Netherlands · #31,247 worldwide 382 citations · 66 works
- 26 Klas Blomgren Sweden · #32,839 worldwide 1k citations · 33 works
- 27 Greta G. Cummings Canada · #35,147 worldwide 300 citations · 38 works
- 28 Heather K. Spence Laschinger Canada · #36,184 worldwide 557 citations · 35 works
- 29 Katharine A. Bradley United States · #37,374 worldwide 684 citations · 32 works
- 30 Helena Leino‐Kilpi Finland · #38,626 worldwide 248 citations · 90 works
- 31 Christine Duffield Australia · #38,902 worldwide 300 citations · 36 works
- 32 Christine M. Lohse United States · #39,152 worldwide 485 citations · 102 works
- 33 Richard W. Bohannon United States · #42,712 worldwide 398 citations · 68 works
- 34 Adrian Wilkinson Australia · #42,990 worldwide 510 citations · 107 works
- 35 Michael P. Leiter Canada · #45,107 worldwide 2k citations · 29 works
- 36 Martine Puts Canada · #46,376 worldwide 237 citations · 40 works
- 37 Neusa Maria Costa Alexandre Brazil · #47,178 worldwide 291 citations · 40 works
- 38 Catherine Zimmer United States · #47,906 worldwide 286 citations · 32 works
- 39 William L. Holzemer United States · #48,124 worldwide 217 citations · 53 works
- 40 Dimitrios G. Oreopoulos Canada · #48,320 worldwide 352 citations · 101 works
- 41 Sharan B. Merriam United States · #49,206 worldwide 774 citations · 29 works
- 42 Jack Pun Hong Kong · #49,425 worldwide 252 citations · 36 works
- 43 Daniel C. Shannon United States · #50,605 worldwide 315 citations · 42 works
- 44 David F. Treagust Australia · #50,905 worldwide 813 citations · 117 works
- 45 Elizabeth Halcomb Australia · #51,140 worldwide 265 citations · 76 works
- 46 Anne‐Marie Brady Ireland · #51,147 worldwide 206 citations · 39 works
- 47 Judith Bruce South Africa · #51,721 worldwide 264 citations · 35 works
- 48 Murali Sambasivan Malaysia · #52,113 worldwide 439 citations · 37 works
- 49 Elaheh Malakan Rad Iran · #52,268 worldwide 770 citations · 28 works
- 50 R. Hess Switzerland · #55,725 worldwide 250 citations · 46 works
- 51 Mark G. Ehrhart United States · #57,950 worldwide 563 citations · 28 works
- 52 Wilson Tam Singapore · #58,566 worldwide 478 citations · 69 works
- 53 Chester A. Schriesheim United States · #59,785 worldwide 472 citations · 41 works
- 54 Amir Jalali Iran · #59,887 worldwide 259 citations · 36 works
- 55 Priyanga Ranasinghe Sri Lanka · #60,217 worldwide 295 citations · 32 works
- 56 Jan P.H. Hamers Netherlands · #60,891 worldwide 193 citations · 39 works
- 57 Erik P. Hess United States · #61,602 worldwide 469 citations · 27 works
- 58 Nicky Cullum United Kingdom · #61,984 worldwide 228 citations · 59 works
- 59 Sean P. Clarke United States · #65,074 worldwide 182 citations · 34 works
- 60 Jenny Ozga United Kingdom · #65,855 worldwide 223 citations · 31 works
- 61 Marcel Verheij Netherlands · #66,185 worldwide 388 citations · 74 works
- 62 David Sibbritt Australia · #66,233 worldwide 256 citations · 61 works
- 63 Jean F. Wyman United States · #68,260 worldwide 222 citations · 43 works
- 64 Daniel Berg United States · #70,209 worldwide 261 citations · 53 works
- 65 Anne B. Chang Australia · #70,920 worldwide 441 citations · 144 works
- 66 Christopher N. Candlin Australia · #71,882 worldwide 225 citations · 60 works
- 67 Richard Gray Australia · #73,697 worldwide 350 citations · 83 works
- 68 David W. Allen United States · #74,796 worldwide 218 citations · 38 works
- 69 Nathaniel Kleitman United States · #74,848 worldwide 450 citations · 25 works
- 70 Amanda Ross‐White Canada · #75,134 worldwide 462 citations · 25 works
- 71 Heejung Kim South Korea · #77,104 worldwide 487 citations · 97 works
- 72 María Itayra Padilha Brazil · #81,098 worldwide 93 citations · 92 works
- 73 Fadwa Alhalaiqa Qatar · #83,511 worldwide 471 citations · 24 works
- 74 James K. Skipper United States · #84,322 worldwide 130 citations · 38 works
- 75 Lisette Schoonhoven Netherlands · #85,675 worldwide 193 citations · 40 works
- 76 Edinêis de Brito Guirardello Brazil · #89,333 worldwide 178 citations · 27 works
- 77 Cecily Begley Ireland · #89,814 worldwide 321 citations · 24 works
- 78 Christine Hancock United Kingdom · #90,430 worldwide 146 citations · 36 works
- 79 Daniel Davis United Kingdom · #93,331 worldwide 244 citations · 27 works
- 80 Erik W. Driessen Netherlands · #95,380 worldwide 162 citations · 28 works
- 81 Carole A. Estabrooks Canada · #97,629 worldwide 216 citations · 51 works
- 82 Linda Nichols Australia · #98,969 worldwide 145 citations · 33 works
- 83 Joakim Öhlén Sweden · #99,386 worldwide 92 citations · 34 works
- 84 Thomas M. Skovholt United States · #100,383 worldwide 241 citations · 44 works
- 85 Helen Chiu Hong Kong · #101,985 worldwide 249 citations · 44 works
- 86 Jochen René Thyrian Germany · #102,320 worldwide 122 citations · 37 works
- 87 Carol S. Weisman United States · #102,363 worldwide 250 citations · 26 works
- 88 Adam C. Carle United States · #109,524 worldwide 168 citations · 31 works
- 89 Jack T. Dennerlein United States · #113,842 worldwide 225 citations · 29 works
- 90 D. W. Piper Australia · #115,061 worldwide 181 citations · 52 works
- 91 Leiv Sandvik Norway · #116,460 worldwide 249 citations · 53 works
- 92 J.P. Elliott United Kingdom · #116,968 worldwide 220 citations · 31 works
- 93 Jeffrey C. Kwong Canada · #117,594 worldwide 275 citations · 62 works
- 94 Jenny Ploeg Canada · #117,698 worldwide 151 citations · 44 works
- 95 Andrea Bobbio Italy · #118,492 worldwide 273 citations · 63 works
- 96 Mohamed Toufic El Hussein Canada · #118,673 worldwide 163 citations · 25 works
- 97 Michelle Cleary Australia · #118,718 worldwide 306 citations · 88 works
- 98 Marc Moss United States · #120,502 worldwide 421 citations · 21 works
- 99 Oddgeir Friborg Norway · #121,833 worldwide 188 citations · 26 works
- 100 Jon Kerner United States · #122,596 worldwide 163 citations · 24 works
authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Research and Theory, 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.