Top institutions in the United States for Public Health & Health Services

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Which institutions in the United States have the most top-cited scientists in Public Health & Health Services?

1,996 researchers in the United States whose main field is Public Health & Health Services are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 2.7% of all listed authors in the United States, and 1st of 71 countries in the field. 852 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of Michigan, Ann Arbor has the most (36), followed by University of Washington (30) and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (27). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
1,996
2.7% of all in the United States
In the global top 100,000
852
42.7% of them
Country rank in the field
#1
of 71 countries in Public Health & Health Services
Highest-ranked
#53
VanDerWeele, Tyler J.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor3624#1Zimmerman, Marc A. #4,359
2University of Washington3013#5Deng, Li #632
3Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health2717#8Stuart, Elizabeth A. #503
4School of Public Health2515#11Galea, Sandro #1,460
5The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill2414#13Sandelowski, Margarete J. #336
6University of California, San Francisco2411#14Adler, Nancy E. #4,780
7University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing216#19Riegel, Barbara J. #16,584
8New York University209#21Jarlais, Don Des C. #6,307
9Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health1913#22VanDerWeele, Tyler J. #53
10Mailman School of Public Health1915#23Keyes, Katherine M. #2,839
11University of California, San Diego187#24Aarons, Gregory A. #2,865
12The Ohio State University184#25Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek #8,529
13Pennsylvania State University189#26Almeida, David M. #10,475
14UCLA Fielding School of Public Health1712#28Andersen, Ronald Max #7,218
15University of California, Berkeley1710#29Minkler, Meredith A. #16,233
16University of Washington School of Medicine169#30Dworkin, Emily R. #20,618
17University of Illinois at Chicago166#31Chaloupka, Frank J. #54,157
18Duke University157#34Poteat, Tonia C. #27,473
19University of California, Los Angeles147#35Meyer, Ilan H. #211
20Indiana University Bloomington136#39Thoits, Peggy A. #2,867
21Columbia University137#40Phelan, Jo C. #5,578
22University of Minnesota Twin Cities134#41Rothman, Alexander J. #14,369
23University of South Carolina133#42Li, Xiaoming #16,960
24University of Pittsburgh133#44Schulz, Richard #22,755
25Michigan State University135#45Yaruss, J. Scott #33,565
26University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine124#49Glasgow, Russell E. #2,091
27Johns Hopkins School of Nursing125#50Campbell, Jacquelyn C. #4,721
28Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine125#51Mustanski, Brian S. #9,718
29Stanford University School of Medicine128#55Prochaska, Judith J. #13,320
30University of Missouri125#56Dunn, Winnie W. #16,071
31University of Michigan School of Nursing126#57Kalisch, Beatrice Jean #20,116
32Boston University127#58Guenther, Frank H. #21,872
33University of Southern California128#60Sussman, Steve Y. #32,565
34The University of Texas at Austin116#63Umberson, Debra J. #4,581
35RAND Corporation114#64Hays, Ron D. #5,710
36University of Pennsylvania117#65Aiken, Linda H. #6,406
37University of Wisconsin-Madison114#66Fletcher, Jason M. #17,942
38Yale School of Medicine116#68Carroll, Kathleen M. #20,821
39University of Connecticut116#69Kalichman, Seth Charles #23,815
40Case Western Reserve University111#70Dannefer, Dale #40,589
41Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine114#71Roth, David L. #62,131
42College of Nursing113#47Berger, Ann Malone #66,463
43Drexel University106#72Diez-Roux, Ana V. #1,223
44UCSF School of Medicine105#73Braveman, Paula A. #1,662
45Yale University106#74Levy, Becca R. #3,533
46University of Michigan School of Public Health107#76Reisner, Sari L. #8,472
47The University of Alabama at Birmingham105#80Flege, James Emil #19,475
48UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health104#81Poole, Charles L. #26,570
49Rollins School of Public Health108#82Jones, Camara Phyllis #27,889
50Oregon Health & Science University102#83Andresen, Elena M. #29,185
51Boston College104#85Lee, Christopher S. #36,487
52Virginia Commonwealth University101#88Wehman, Paul Howard #93,904
53Keck School of Medicine of USC97#91Valente, Thomas William #7,824
54Washington University in St. Louis, George Warren Brown School of Social Work95#92Proctor, Enola K. #11,023
55Yale School of Nursing93#94Whittemore, Robin #14,905
56National Cancer Institute (NCI)95#95Chambers, David A. #20,299
57Brown University95#97Savitz, David A. #28,662
58Harvard Medical School93#98Grabowski, David C. #31,339
59The George Washington University83#103Bowleg, Lisa #1,984
60University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign84#104Fishbein, Martin #3,470
61Carnegie Mellon University83#108MacWhinney, Brian #10,176
62University of California, Irvine84#109Stokols, Daniel S. #10,913
63University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine84#111Miller, Elizabeth P. #17,123
64Columbia University School of Nursing82#115Bockting, Walter O. #22,022
65Texas A&M University84#116Witte, Kim #25,274
66Florida State University82#119Homan, Patricia A. #34,272
67Woodruff Health Sciences Center80#127Kelly, Ursula A. #138,318
68University of Massachusetts Amherst80#129Gubrium, Aline C. #159,805
69The University of Utah74#133Titze, Ingo R. #5,090
70Emory University77#134Hennink, Monique M. #9,955
71Meta72#135Hsu, Weining #26,235
72National Bureau of Economic Research72#138Newhouse, Joseph P. #28,670
73University of Maryland, College Park74#140Nan, Xiaoli #28,854
74Vanderbilt University School of Nursing72#141Piano, Mariann R. #29,018
75MGH Institute of Health Professions72#147Goodman, Janice H. #37,565
76Centers for Disease Control and Prevention73#148Sleet, David A. #43,907
77University at Buffalo, The State University of New York73#149Tiffany, Stephen T. #52,567
78University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine73#150Roberto, Christina A. #70,810
79LLC63#154Damschroder, Laura J. #2,101
80School of Nursing61#156Beck, Cheryl Tatano #3,448
81NYU Grossman School of Medicine64#161Palamar, Joseph J. #18,189
82Syracuse University63#165Silverstein, Merril D. #26,667
83Baylor University63#167Carter, Erik William #32,724
84UNC School of Medicine63#171Weber, David J. #47,901
85University of Florida62#177Nittrouer, Susan #77,882
86University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health62#178Piper, Megan E. #80,969
87University of Georgia60#180Rubin, Donald L. #109,005
88Johns Hopkins University60#182Webster, Daniel W. #119,367
89University of Kansas School of Nursing60#184Sousa, Valmi D. #219,315
90Arizona State University53#185MacKinnon, David P. #549
91University of Virginia54#189Ruhm, Christopher J. #9,688
92The University of New Mexico54#191Miller, William R. #10,616
93George Mason University53#192Maibach, Edward W. #15,020
94University of Oregon54#194Peters, Ellen M. #16,118
95University of Miami52#196Foronda, Cynthia L. #20,161
96Rutgers University–New Brunswick52#200Dick, Danielle Danielle #23,304
97Wayne State University52#201Abbey, Antonia #25,633
98College of Health and Human Sciences52#203Ferraro, Kenneth F. #27,788
99NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing51#204Squires, Allison Patricia #28,832
100University of Central Florida52#206Ehrhart, Mark G. #30,332
101Temple University51#210Mennis, Jeremy L. #32,021
102The City University of New York52#211Borrell, Luisa N. #33,187
103Oregon State University54#213Bogart, Kathleen R. #43,706
104Vanderbilt University53#214Turner, R. Jay #44,575
105United States Department of Health and Human Services52#215Saloner, Brendan K. #44,925
106The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston51#217Ottenbacher, Kenneth J. #50,599
107University of Tennessee, Knoxville College of Nursing52#220Moser, Debra Kay #66,327
108Medical College of Wisconsin51#221Quinn, Katherine G. #66,383
109Florida International University52#226Trucco, Elisa Maria #82,816
110University of Kentucky50#230Kiviniemi, Marc T. #135,131
111University of California, Riverside44#231Link, Bruce George #1,904
112University of Delaware42#235Earnshaw, Valerie A. #7,866
113Massachusetts General Hospital44#236Iezzoni, Lisa I. #9,287
114University of Kansas43#237Wehmeyer, Michael L. #9,424
115Indiana University School of Medicine42#239Zimet, Gregory D. #11,413
116National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion41#242Hacker, Karen Ann #17,541
117College of Medicine44#243Reeves, Scott #17,838
118The University of Chicago41#245Hedeker, Donald R. #19,648
119Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis42#248Powell, Byron J. #23,306
120The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center41#249Corrigan, John D. #23,584
121Washington University in St. Louis41#252Kreuter, Matthew W. #28,427
122Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai41#253Sundberg, Johan E.F. #28,563
123Kaiser Permanente43#256Cohen, Deborah Ann #31,498
124VCU School of Medicine41#257Wheeler, David C. #32,013
125University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine41#258Rosenthal, Víctor Daniel #32,345
126Brandeis University41#259Conrad, Peter #34,070
127Duke University School of Medicine43#260Anderson, Deverick J. #35,000
128University of Michigan Medical School41#266Brower, Kirk J. #44,230
129New York State Psychiatric Institute41#269Drescher, Jack #52,844
130RTI International44#271Feng, Zhanlian #54,631
131Georgia State University42#273Dai, Dajun #56,114
132The University of Arizona41#275Nichter, Mark A. #57,629
133University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health41#276Castle, Nicholas George #58,395
134Wake Forest University School of Medicine41#278Hall, Mark A. #58,637
135Stanford University41#282Clark, Ève Vivienne #66,353
136David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA41#284Ray, Lara A. #70,944
137Mayo Clinic41#289Finney-Rutten, Lila J. #78,614
138University of Houston41#290Zvolensky, Michael J.J. #79,018
139Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality41#292Brach, Cindy #86,123
140Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation40#293Castro, Felipe González #105,554
141TIRR Memorial Hermann40#295Francisco, Gerard E. #110,031
142Colorado State University40#296Brooke Anderson, Georgiana #111,917
143The Warren Alpert Medical School40#297Carey, Michael P. #112,419
144University of Massachusetts Boston40#301Fawcett, Jacqueline #130,560
145National Center for Health Statistics40#229Vahratian, Anjel M. #140,370
146University of Kentucky College of Nursing40#307Lennie, Terry A. #217,764
147Saint Louis University40#309SmithBattle, Lee I. #254,316
148Columbia University Irving Medical Center33#310Hasin, Deborah S. #2,063
149The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice32#311Elwyn, Glyn Jones #2,850
150University of Rhode Island32#313Prochaska, James O. #7,185
151Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation32#315Guest, Greg #8,249
152University of Minnesota Medical School32#316Coleman, Eli J. #8,801
153College of Arts & Sciences31#317Carr, Deborah S. #11,143
154City of Hope National Med Center31#318Ferrell, Betty Rolling #11,347
155University of Nevada, Las Vegas31#320Sharma, Manoj #12,463
156Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine33#322LaVeist-Ramos, Thomas Alexis #17,301
157Steve Hicks School of Social Work32#326Choi, Namkee G. #20,982
158Cornell University32#327Cawley, John H. #21,004
159University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communications32#330Romer, Dan #22,973
160Coordinating Center for Health Promotion32#336Maenner, Matthew J. #27,672
161McLean Hospital33#338McHugh, R. Kathryn #28,193
162University of Maryland School of Nursing31#339Resnick, Barbara M. #30,036
163The Ohio State University College of Medicine31#340Bridges, John Fp P. #30,765
164Wayne State University School of Medicine31#341Dijkers, Marcel P.J.M. #30,990
165College of Arts and Sciences33#342Safren, Steven A. #32,080
166Boston Children's Hospital31#343Katz-Wise, Sabra L. #32,283
167University of Iowa32#344Curry, Susan J. #35,929
168Weill Cornell Medicine32#347McGinty, Emma Elizabeth #37,338
169Indiana University32#349Wright, Paul John #38,259
170University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School32#351Gandek, Barbara #38,553
171Emory University School of Medicine32#352Wolf, Steven L. #38,664
172Roswell Park Cancer Institute32#353Goniewicz, Maciej L. #39,074
173University of Kentucky College of Medicine31#354Coker, Ann L. #39,277
174Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies31#359Carey, Kate Bergmann #42,298
175Rutgers School of Social Work32#360Greenfield, Emily A. #43,033
176Fenway Community Health Center31#362Hughto, Jaclyn M.W. #47,203
177Loyola University Chicago31#364Ruppar, Todd M. #50,263
178Hunter College31#367Golub, Sarit A. #54,454
179Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania31#368Nembhard, Ingrid M. #54,755
180VA Puget Sound Health Care System31#370Lehavot, Keren #55,710
181CASE School of Medicine31#372Hovmand, Peter S. #56,332
182Waisman Center31#375Shriberg, Lawrence D. #64,168
183College of Human Ecology32#377Wells, Nancy M. #66,861
184Harvard University31#382Chernew, Michael E. #73,224
185University of Colorado Anschutz College of Nursing32#383Lowe, Nancy K. #74,093
186Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science31#386Bogart, Laura M. #76,803
187University of Nebraska Medical Center31#387Siahpush, Mohammad S. #77,630
188Massachusetts Institute of Technology31#391Glass, James R. #81,473
189Michigan Medicine31#393Schulenberg, John E. #82,652
190Medical University of South Carolina31#395Cummings, K. Michael #84,687
191National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention31#396Centers For Disease Control #85,075
192Rutgers University31#398Crystal, Stephen C. #86,473
193Tufts University School of Medicine32#399Siegel, Michael B. #88,485
194University of California, Davis31#400Wintemute, Garen J. #90,747
195University of Rochester31#403Sörensen, Silvia M. #92,646
196VA Medical Center31#404Morgan, Daniel J. #94,654
197Boston Medical Center31#405Walley, Alexander Yale #96,307
198State University of New York Albany30#406Manganello, Jennifer A. #100,010
199University of South Florida, Tampa30#407Castañeda, Heide M. #104,186
200Walter Reed National Military Medical Center30#408Solomon, Nancy Pearl #104,731
201Whiting School of Engineering30#413Dehak, Najim #113,861
202University of Cincinnati30#419Vaughn, Lisa M. #120,590
203University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee30#422Laestadius, Linnea I. #128,512
204Rutgers School of Nursing30#424Starkweather, Angela Renee #141,771
205Kent State University30#425Himmelstein, Mary S. #142,265
206The University of Tennessee, Knoxville30#427Stuart, Gregory Lyal #149,175
207The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio30#428Carnaby, Giselle D. #150,759
208Villanova University30#429Smeltzer, Suzanne C. #151,465
209VA Boston Healthcare System30#430Frakt, Austin B. #152,408
210Marquette University College of Nursing30#436Weiss, Marianne Elizabeth #185,100
211University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing30#437Bowers, Barbara J. #189,910
212University of Florida College of Nursing30#444Stechmiller, Joyce K. #266,886

The top 100 in Public Health & Health Services in the United States, in order

  1. 1
    VanDerWeele, Tyler J.
    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  2. 2
    Williams, David Rudyard
    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  3. 3
    Meyer, Ilan H.
    University of California, Los Angeles
  4. 4
    Greenland, Sander
    University of California, Los Angeles
  5. 5
    Sandelowski, Margarete J.
    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  6. 6
    Krieger, Nancy
    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  7. 7
    Stuart, Elizabeth A.
    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  8. 8
    MacKinnon, David P.
    Arizona State University
  9. 9
    Bohannon, Richard Wallace
    Physical Therapy Consultants
  10. 10
    Deng, Li
    University of Washington
  11. 11
    Hatzenbuehler, Mark L.
    Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  12. 12
    Ware, John Emerson
    John Ware Research Group
  13. 13
    Labrague, Leodoro J.
    The University of Oklahoma
  14. 14
    Diez-Roux, Ana V.
    Drexel University
  15. 15
    Kawachi, Ichiro I.
    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  16. 16
    Galea, Sandro
    School of Public Health
  17. 17
    Braveman, Paula A.
    UCSF School of Medicine
  18. 18
    McHugh, Mary Lynn
    National University, San Diego
  19. 19
    Link, Bruce George
    University of California, Riverside
  20. 20
    Bowleg, Lisa
    The George Washington University
  21. 21
    Hasin, Deborah S.
    Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  22. 22
    Glasgow, Russell E.
    University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
  23. 23
  24. 24
    Crimmins, Eileen M.
    USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
  25. 25
    Keyes, Katherine M.
    Mailman School of Public Health
  26. 26
    Elwyn, Glyn Jones
    The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
  27. 27
    Aarons, Gregory A.
    University of California, San Diego
  28. 28
    Thoits, Peggy A.
    Indiana University Bloomington
  29. 29
    Berkman, Lisa F.
    Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
  30. 30
    Beck, Cheryl Tatano
    School of Nursing
  31. 31
    Fishbein, Martin
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  32. 32
    Levy, Becca R.
    Yale University
  33. 33
    Grant, Bridget F.
    National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
  34. 34
    Zimmerman, Marc A.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  35. 35
    Weiner, Bryan Jeffrey
    University of Washington
  36. 36
    Umberson, Debra J.
    The University of Texas at Austin
  37. 37
    Campbell, Jacquelyn C.
    Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
  38. 38
    Adler, Nancy E.
    University of California, San Francisco
  39. 39
    Titze, Ingo R.
    The University of Utah
  40. 40
    Wagstaff, Adam
    The World Bank, USA
  41. 41
    Phelan, Jo C.
    Columbia University
  42. 42
    Hays, Ron D.
    RAND Corporation
  43. 43
    Shiffman, Saul M.
    PinneyAssociates Inc
  44. 44
    Weinstein, Neil David
    School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
  45. 45
    Rosenstock, Irwin M.
    California State University, Long Beach
  46. 46
    Jarlais, Don Des C.
    New York University
  47. 47
    Aiken, Linda H.
    University of Pennsylvania
  48. 48
    Krause, Neal M.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  49. 49
    Wallerstein, Nina B.
    UNM Health Sciences Center
  50. 50
    Prochaska, James O.
    University of Rhode Island
  51. 51
    Andersen, Ronald Max
    UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
  52. 52
    Timmermans, Stefan
    University of California, Los Angeles
  53. 53
    Valente, Thomas William
    Keck School of Medicine of USC
  54. 54
    Earnshaw, Valerie A.
    University of Delaware
  55. 55
    An, Ruopeng
    New York University
  56. 56
    Ciccarone, Daniel H.
    UCSF School of Medicine
  57. 57
    Petry, Nancy M.
    UConn School of Medicine
  58. 58
    Brewer, Noel T.
    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  59. 59
    Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne R.
    School of Public Health
  60. 60
    Pearlin, Leonard I.
    University of California, San Francisco
  61. 61
    Guest, Greg
    Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
  62. 62
    Reisner, Sari L.
    University of Michigan School of Public Health
  63. 63
    Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek
    The Ohio State University
  64. 64
    Coleman, Eli J.
    University of Minnesota Medical School
  65. 65
    Pescosolido, Bernice A.
    Indiana University Bloomington
  66. 66
    Slater, Michael D.
    The Ohio State University
  67. 67
    Wang, Caroline C.
    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  68. 68
    Iezzoni, Lisa I.
    Massachusetts General Hospital
  69. 69
    Wehmeyer, Michael L.
    University of Kansas
  70. 70
    Singh, Gopal K.
    Keck School of Medicine of USC
  71. 71
    Ruhm, Christopher J.
    University of Virginia
  72. 72
    Street, Richard Lewis
    Patient Education and Counseling
  73. 73
    Mustanski, Brian S.
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  74. 74
    Halla, Pedro Curi
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  75. 75
    Collins, Linda M.
    New York University
  76. 76
    Hennink, Monique M.
    Emory University
  77. 77
    Velicer, Wayne F.
    University of Rhode Island
  78. 78
    Geronimus, Arline T.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  79. 79
    MacWhinney, Brian
    Carnegie Mellon University
  80. 80
    Dong, Xinqi
    Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research
  81. 81
    DiMatteo, Maryanne Robin
    University of California, Riverside
  82. 82
    Ross, Catherine E.
    The University of Texas at Austin
  83. 83
    Almeida, David M.
    Pennsylvania State University
  84. 84
    Graham, John W.
    Pennsylvania State University
  85. 85
    Miller, William R.
    The University of New Mexico
  86. 86
    Coughlin, Steven Scott
    Augusta University
  87. 87
    Stokols, Daniel S.
    University of California, Irvine
  88. 88
    Wills, Thomas Ashby
    University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center
  89. 89
    Proctor, Enola K.
    Washington University in St. Louis, George Warren Brown School of Social Work
  90. 90
    Carr, Deborah S.
    College of Arts & Sciences
  91. 91
    Ferrell, Betty Rolling
    City of Hope National Med Center
  92. 92
  93. 93
    Zimet, Gregory D.
    Indiana University School of Medicine
  94. 94
    Brownson, Ross C.
    St. Louis University School of Public Health
  95. 95
    Witkiewitz, Katie A.
    The University of New Mexico
  96. 96
    Raj, Anita
    Tulane University
  97. 97
    Beard, John R.
    Mailman School of Public Health
  98. 98
    Kumanyika, Shiriki K.
    Drexel University
  99. 99
    Dube, Shanta Rishi
    Wingate University
  100. 100
    Gitlin, Laura Nan
    Drexel University

1,996 listed scientists in Public Health & Health Services in the United States

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