top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists at Harvard Medical School

2025 single-year list · 1,134 listed authors · United States

1,134 researchers at Harvard Medical School ( United States) are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the top 2% scientists list. 530 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). By listed authors it is 1st of 28,577 institutions worldwide and 1st in the United States.

Listed authors
1,134
1st in the United States
In the global top 100,000
530
46.7% of its listed authors
Rank worldwide
#1
of 28,577 institutions by listed authors
Highest-ranked
#17
Li, Heng

Top fields

  1. Clinical Medicine95484%
  2. Biomedical Research13212%
  3. Information & Communication Technologies111%
  4. Public Health & Health Services91%
  5. Enabling & Strategic Technologies81%
  6. Psychology & Cognitive Sciences71%
  7. Engineering5<1%
  8. Chemistry3<1%
  9. Physics & Astronomy2<1%
  10. Biology1<1%

Top subfields

  1. Neurology & Neurosurgery15313%
  2. Oncology & Carcinogenesis1079%
  3. Cardiovascular System & Hematology817%
  4. Immunology787%
  5. Developmental Biology696%
  6. General & Internal Medicine625%
  7. Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging525%
  8. Surgery444%
  9. Endocrinology & Metabolism373%
  10. Ophthalmology & Optometry373%

1,134 listed scientists at Harvard Medical School

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