top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists at UNC School of Medicine

2025 single-year list · 168 listed authors · United States

168 researchers at UNC School of Medicine ( United States) are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the top 2% scientists list. 66 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). By listed authors it is 252nd of 28,577 institutions worldwide and 89th in the United States.

Listed authors
168
89th in the United States
In the global top 100,000
66
39.3% of its listed authors
Rank worldwide
#252
of 28,577 institutions by listed authors
Highest-ranked
#1,034
Schulz, Kenneth F.

Top fields

  1. Clinical Medicine11568%
  2. Biomedical Research3722%
  3. Public Health & Health Services64%
  4. Biology53%
  5. Information & Communication Technologies32%
  6. Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry11%
  7. Chemistry11%

Top subfields

  1. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology138%
  2. Respiratory System117%
  3. Neurology & Neurosurgery117%
  4. Virology106%
  5. Psychiatry95%
  6. Cardiovascular System & Hematology85%
  7. Developmental Biology85%
  8. Oncology & Carcinogenesis74%
  9. Surgery74%
  10. Urology & Nephrology64%

168 listed scientists at UNC School of Medicine

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