Top institutions for Public Health

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Which institutions have the most top-cited scientists in Public Health?

1,726 researchers whose main subfield is Public Health are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. School of Public Health has the most (22, 1.3%), followed by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (21) and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (20). A row opens its scientists in the subfield in the table of all authors.

#InstitutionCountryListed authorsTop 100kHighest-ranked author
1School of Public Health United States2214Galea, Sandro #1,460
2Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health United States2114Wang, Caroline C. #9,203
3London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine United Kingdom2011McKee, Martin J. #1,375
4University College London United Kingdom189Michie, Susan F. #389
5University of Michigan, Ann Arbor United States1814Zimmerman, Marc A. #4,359
6Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health United States1712Williams, David Rudyard #156
7New York University United States136An, Ruopeng #7,959
8Mailman School of Public Health United States1310Beard, John R. #11,824
9University of Michigan School of Public Health United States129Reisner, Sari L. #8,472
10University of Toronto Canada125Logie, Carmen Helen #11,805
11University of California, San Diego United States127Frank, Lawrence Douglas #12,209
12Centers for Disease Control and Prevention United States126Sleet, David A. #43,907
13UNSW Sydney Australia116Lupton, Deborah A. #642
14The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States118Sheeran, Paschal J. #1,291
15National Center for Health Statistics United States113Ogden, Cynthia L. #16,910
16University of Connecticut United States117Kalichman, Seth Charles #23,815
17The University of Queensland Australia117Assefa, Yibeltal Alemu #26,606
18Monash University Australia115Teshale, Achamyeleh Birhanu #29,782
19UCSF School of Medicine United States104Braveman, Paula A. #1,662
20Yale University United States107Pachankis, John E. #2,573
21Indiana University Bloomington United States108Thoits, Peggy A. #2,867
22Deakin University Australia106Paradies, Yin C. #5,177
23University of South Carolina United States104Pate, Russell R. #16,920
24UCLA Fielding School of Public Health United States109Gee, Gilbert C. #22,127
25The University of British Columbia Canada106Oliffe, John Lindsay #23,564
26Rollins School of Public Health United States107Jones, Camara Phyllis #27,889
27Columbia University United States94Phelan, Jo C. #5,578
28Pennsylvania State University United States96Graham, John W. #10,605
29National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion United States94Hacker, Karen Ann #17,541
30University of Glasgow United Kingdom94Mitchell, Rich J. #19,882
31University of California, Los Angeles United States86Meyer, Ilan H. #211
32University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign United States86Fishbein, Martin #3,470
33Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine United States85Mustanski, Brian S. #9,718
34The University of Sydney Australia84Astell–burt, Thomas #14,205
35University of California, Berkeley United States87Minkler, Meredith A. #16,233
36National Cancer Institute (NCI) United States85Chambers, David A. #20,299
37The University of Newcastle, Australia Australia85Wolfenden, Luke #49,559
38University of Illinois at Chicago United States85Chaloupka, Frank J. #54,157
39Drexel University United States74Diez-Roux, Ana V. #1,223
40University of California, San Francisco United States75Adler, Nancy E. #4,780
41University of Liverpool United Kingdom73Whitehead, Margaret M. #6,694
42The University of Utah United States76Uchino, Bert N. #7,446
43Stanford University School of Medicine United States74Prochaska, Judith J. #13,320
44Washington University in St. Louis, George Warren Brown School of Social Work United States73Galupo, M. Paz #16,428
45Universiteit Gent Belgium73Chastin, Sebastien Francois Martin #27,594
46King's College London United Kingdom72Rubin, G. James #48,607
47Universidade de São Paulo Brazil62Monteiro, Carlos Augusto #1,271
48The George Washington University United States63Bowleg, Lisa #1,984
49University of Leeds United Kingdom64Conner, Mark T. #2,142
50Universidade Federal de Pelotas Brazil64Victora, Cesar Gomes #2,808
51Organisation Mondiale de la Santé Switzerland64Bull, Fiona C. #4,555
52Western University Canada64Bauer, Greta R. #5,363
53University of Washington United States65Frumkin, Howard #6,190
54Emory University United States65Hennink, Monique M. #9,955
55University of Minnesota Twin Cities United States63Rothman, Alexander J. #14,369
56The University of Sydney School of Public Health Australia66Ding, Ding M. #15,353
57La Trobe University Australia65Islam, M. Mofizul #16,083
58Duke University United States65Poteat, Tonia C. #27,473
59University of Bristol United Kingdom64Foster, Charles E.M. #39,360
60UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health United States63DeVellis, Robert F. #50,013
61Western Sydney University Australia52Renzaho, Andre M.N. #2,500
62The University of Texas at Austin United States54Umberson, Debra J. #4,581
63University of Waterloo Canada53Hammond, David G. #7,533
64Keck School of Medicine of USC United States55Valente, Thomas William #7,824
65Department of Public Health and Primary Care United Kingdom53Marteau, Theresa Mary #10,437
66University of California, Irvine United States54Stokols, Daniel S. #10,913
67MRC Epidemiology Unit United Kingdom53Adams, Jean M. #16,356
68The Australian National University Australia53Friel, Sharon #17,333
69University of Pennsylvania United States55Glanz, Karen #17,499
70Université McGill Canada52Elgar, Frank Jason #17,826
71NYU Grossman School of Medicine United States52Kumar, Manasi #18,710
72Arizona State University United States55Barrera, Manuel #26,346
73Duke University School of Medicine United States53Jordt, Sven Eric #31,967
74The City University of New York United States52Borrell, Luisa N. #33,187
75Karolinska Institutet Sweden51Bränström, Richard #33,562
76Brown University United States53Agénor, Madina #40,462
77Vanderbilt University United States54Metzl, Jonathan M. #44,088
78University of Ghana Ghana52Oppong Asante, Kwaku #60,011
79Universiteit Maastricht Netherlands53Kok, Gerjo #60,373
80University of Georgia United States51DeJoy, David M. #92,025
81Australian Catholic University Australia43Sallis, James F. #1,028
82Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa Canada44Tremblay, Mark S. #1,470
83University of California, Riverside United States44Link, Bruce George #1,904
84The University of Manchester United Kingdom44Armitage, Christopher J. #5,747
85University of Minnesota Medical School United States42Coleman, Eli J. #8,801
86The Ohio State University United States43Slater, Michael D. #9,186
87Fenway Community Health Center United States42Mayer, Kenneth H. #10,910
88University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine United States43Matthews, Karen A. #13,001
89Torrens University Australia Australia43Ward, Paul R. #14,773
90Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine United States44Cooper, Lisa Angeline #15,803
91University of Ottawa Canada44O'Connor, Annette M.C. #17,120
92University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa42Richter, Linda M. #22,109
93Texas A&M University United States43Witte, Kim #25,274
94Rutgers University–New Brunswick United States43Leventhal, Howard E. #25,763
95Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz Brazil43Barreto, Mauricio L. #27,927
96Washington University in St. Louis United States41Kreuter, Matthew W. #28,427
97Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica Mexico42Barquera, Simón #29,601
98University of York United Kingdom43Graham, Hilary M. #30,191
99University of Alberta Canada42Carson, Valerie L. #30,211
100Michigan State University United States42Peng, Wei #30,448
101College of Arts and Sciences United States44Safren, Steven A. #32,080
102The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom43Mercer, Stewart William #34,402
103University of Washington School of Medicine United States43Saelens, Brian E. #34,419
104The Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition Australia43Maddison, Ralph #35,616
105International Institute for Population Sciences India42Mohanty, Sanjay Kumar #47,652
106UNC School of Medicine United States42Perreira, Krista M. #50,758
107Terveyden ja Hyvinvoinnin Laitos Finland41Vartiainen, Erkki A. #53,244
108Yale School of Medicine United States43Makoul, Gregory T. #63,168
109Mayo Clinic United States42Phelan, Sean M. #66,522
110Melbourne School of Population and Global Health Australia42Kavanagh, Anne Marie #74,112
111RMIT University Australia42Turrell, Gavin #74,381
112University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health United States42Piper, Megan E. #80,969
113Københavns Universitet Denmark42Nørredam, Marie Louise #94,899
114Statens Institut for Folkesundhed Denmark41Thygesen, Lau Caspar #98,357
115University of Limerick Ireland40Murtagh, Elaine M. #135,521
116University of Wisconsin-Madison United States32Ryff, Carol Diane S. #530
117Brigham Young University United States33Holt-Lunstad, Julianne #872
118The University of Adelaide Australia32Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku #1,654
119Universitetet i Bergen Norway32Malterud, Kirsti #1,878
120Queen’s University Canada31Janssen, Ian A.N. #2,149
121Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies United States33Berkman, Lisa F. #3,223
122University of Auckland New Zealand31Swinburn, Boyd Anthony #6,817
123Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science United States32Assari, Shervin #7,110
124George Mason University United States33Maibach, Edward W. #15,020
125Harvard Medical School United States32Rigotti, Nancy A. #16,128
126Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine United States33LaVeist-Ramos, Thomas Alexis #17,301
127University of Nottingham United Kingdom31Wilkinson, Richard G. #19,046
128University of South Australia Australia32Olds, Tim Stephen #19,343
129The University of Chicago United States31Hedeker, Donald R. #19,648
130University of Waikato New Zealand31Veale, Jaimie F. #21,095
131Columbia University School of Nursing United States32Bockting, Walter O. #22,022
132University of New Brunswick Canada31Byers, E. Sandra #22,710
133University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communications United States32Romer, Dan #22,973
134Boston College United States33Betancourt, Theresa Stichick #25,319
135University of Oxford United Kingdom32Reeves, Aaron S. #26,408
136Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong33Chan, Randolph Chun Ho #27,614
137National University of Singapore Singapore32Jiang, Shaohai #28,414
138University of Maryland, College Park United States33Nan, Xiaoli #28,854
139Oregon Health & Science University United States32Andresen, Elena M. #29,185
140University of Exeter Medical School United Kingdom32Hamilton, Willie Trevor #30,458
141Northeastern University United States32Brown, Phil #32,101
142Florida State University United States31Homan, Patricia A. #34,272
143University of Gondar Ethiopia32Tessema, Zemenu Tadesse #35,390
144University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana Ghana31Aboagye, Richard Gyan #36,347
145Griffith University Australia32Perales, Francisco #36,745
146Helsingin Yliopisto Finland32Konttinen, Hanna M. #36,760
147University of Wollongong Australia33Okely, Anthony D. #37,047
148Temple University United States32Siminoff, Laura A. #37,670
149Roswell Park Cancer Institute United States32Goniewicz, Maciej L. #39,074
150The University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine Hong Kong32Lam, Tai Hing #42,167
151Milken Institute School of Public Health United States32Hyder, Adnan A. #46,227
152Stanford University United States32Robinson, Thomas N. #49,657
153Cardiff University United Kingdom33Moore, Graham F. #50,122
154The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong33Chandola, Tarani #54,998
155National Center for Injury Prevention and Control United States31Guy, Gery P. #55,631
156Universität Zürich Switzerland32Scholz, Urte #55,888
157Georgia State University United States32Dai, Dajun #56,114
158The University of Sheffield United Kingdom31Norman, Paul #58,589
159Wake Forest University School of Medicine United States31Arcury, Thomas A. #59,870
160Guttmacher Institute United States32Jones, Rachel K. #60,637
161University of Galway Ireland32Morrissey, Karyn #61,290
162University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences South Africa32Bor, Jacob H. #63,316
163Boston University United States32Borrelli, Belinda #64,005
164Medical College of Wisconsin United States31Quinn, Katherine G. #66,383
165University of Southern California United States31Blosnich, John R. #71,451
166Curtin University Australia31Winter, Sam #74,817
167Amsterdam Public Health Netherlands32Van Der Ploeg, Hidde P. #77,769
168National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention United States31Centers For Disease Control #85,075
169University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine Canada31Stringhini, Silvia #89,478
170Florida International University United States31Amaro, Horrensia De Los Angeles #95,930
171African Population and Health Research Center Kenya31Wado, Yohannes Dibaba #95,980
172Universitetet i Oslo Norway30Gugushvili, Alexi #110,279
173The Warren Alpert Medical School United States30Carey, Michael P. #112,419
174Statistics Canada Canada30Gilmour, Heather #113,259