Top 100 most-cited scientists in Public Health & Health Services

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#	Author	Country	Subfield rank	c-score	Cites 2025	h	hm	Self-cit.	Papers	Active
1 #53 overall	VanDerWeele, Tyler J. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health	USA	Epidemiology #1 · top <0.01%	4.717	9,273	36	24.0	9.5%	592	2006–2026
2 #139 overall	Griffiths, Mark D. Nottingham Trent University	GBR	Substance Abuse #1 · top <0.01%	4.511	10,977	38	23.1	9.2%	1,622	1989–2026
3 #156 overall	Williams, David Rudyard Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health	USA	Public Health #1 · top <0.01%	4.480	8,325	40	20.6	3.3%	582	1982–2026
4 #211 overall	Meyer, Ilan H. University of California, Los Angeles	USA	Public Health #2 · top <0.01%	4.406	4,064	23	15.5	1.0%	135	1991–2026
5 #290 overall	Greenland, Sander University of California, Los Angeles	USA	Epidemiology #5 · top 0.05%	4.335	4,351	28	18.7	2.4%	587	1977–2026
6 #336 overall	Sandelowski, Margarete J. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	USA	Nursing #1 · top <0.01%	4.308	2,895	19	15.0	0.2%	173	1976–2023
7 #384 overall	Krieger, Nancy Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health	USA	Public Health #3 · top <0.01%	4.272	3,057	24	19.8	3.7%	358	1986–2026
8 #389 overall	Michie, Susan F. University College London	GBR	Public Health #4 · top <0.01%	4.269	9,889	36	13.8	4.4%	682	1985–2026
9 #503 overall	Stuart, Elizabeth A. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health	USA	Statistics & Probability #15 · top 0.06%	4.208	5,302	29	13.8	4.1%	437	1971–2026
10 #549 overall	MacKinnon, David P. Arizona State University	USA	Social Sciences Methods #6 · top 0.18%	4.188	4,248	29	16.0	2.4%	235	1984–2026
11 #550 overall	Rehm, Jurgen T. University of Toronto	CAN	Substance Abuse #2 · top 0.01%	4.187	10,295	44	15.9	8.2%	1,343	1986–2026
12 #596 overall	Bohannon, Richard Wallace Physical Therapy Consultants	USA	Rehabilitation #1 · top <0.01%	4.170	2,194	23	16.6	1.3%	498	1982–2025
13 #632 overall	Deng, Li University of Washington	USA	Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology #1 · top <0.01%	4.157	3,879	21	10.7	0.1%	346	1988–2025
14 #642 overall	Lupton, Deborah A. UNSW Sydney	AUS	Public Health #6 · top <0.01%	4.153	1,763	21	19.2	5.2%	278	1991–2026
15 #762 overall	Hatzenbuehler, Mark L. Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences	USA	Public Health #7 · top <0.01%	4.108	2,573	25	14.8	6.2%	166	2006–2026
16 #940 overall	Morse, Janice M.Rn Ph D(Nurs) University of Alberta	CAN	Nursing #2 · top <0.01%	4.063	1,950	16	13.4	0.5%	377	1982–2026
17 #948 overall	Ware, John Emerson John Ware Research Group	USA	Health Policy & Services #1 · top <0.01%	4.060	4,059	22	10.3	1.6%	267	1970–2025
18 #965 overall	Peters, Micah D.J. University of South Australia	AUS	Nursing #3 · top <0.01%	4.057	16,115	20	7.5	0.8%	120	2014–2026
19 #1,028 overall	Sallis, James F. Australian Catholic University	AUS	Public Health #9 · top 0.01%	4.038	7,939	36	13.9	3.2%	768	1979–2026
20 #1,047 overall	Labrague, Leodoro J. The University of Oklahoma	USA	Nursing #4 · top <0.01%	4.033	1,830	22	15.5	5.2%	149	2012–2026
21 #1,189 overall	Munn, Zachary Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences	AUS	Nursing #5 · top <0.01%	4.003	10,958	36	9.7	2.6%	233	2009–2026
22 #1,223 overall	Diez-Roux, Ana V. Drexel University	USA	Public Health #10 · top 0.01%	3.997	4,005	24	15.7	7.8%	580	1993–2026
23 #1,292 overall	Kawachi, Ichiro I. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health	USA	Public Health #13 · top 0.02%	3.985	6,108	29	15.8	5.9%	1,358	1983–2026
24 #1,460 overall	Galea, Sandro School of Public Health	USA	Public Health #15 · top 0.02%	3.960	5,556	32	16.0	6.0%	1,253	1990–2026
25 #1,662 overall	Braveman, Paula A. UCSF School of Medicine	USA	Public Health #18 · top 0.02%	3.927	2,264	18	10.4	0.8%	142	1985–2026
26 #1,790 overall	Degenhardt, Louisa J. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre	AUS	Substance Abuse #3 · top 0.02%	3.905	27,345	59	11.6	7.2%	832	1998–2026
27 #1,821 overall	Petticrew, Mark P. Environments and Society	GBR	Public Health #19 · top 0.02%	3.901	9,088	28	11.8	2.6%	436	1991–2026
28 #1,871 overall	McHugh, Mary Lynn National University, San Diego	USA	Nursing #6 · top <0.01%	3.893	3,545	5	5.0	0.0%	35	1979–2013
29 #1,878 overall	Malterud, Kirsti Universitetet i Bergen	NOR	Public Health #20 · top 0.02%	3.893	3,200	12	6.8	0.7%	254	1982–2026
30 #1,904 overall	Link, Bruce George University of California, Riverside	USA	Public Health #21 · top 0.03%	3.888	4,128	26	14.3	2.4%	340	1978–2026
31 #1,984 overall	Bowleg, Lisa The George Washington University	USA	Public Health #22 · top 0.03%	3.878	1,406	16	11.9	2.4%	115	1999–2026
32 #2,063 overall	Hasin, Deborah S. Columbia University Irving Medical Center	USA	Substance Abuse #5 · top 0.03%	3.869	3,761	28	12.9	6.6%	601	1985–2026
33 #2,091 overall	Glasgow, Russell E. University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine	USA	Public Health #23 · top 0.03%	3.866	3,870	25	12.8	5.8%	567	1973–2026
34 #2,101 overall	Damschroder, Laura J. LLC	USA	Health Policy & Services #2 · top <0.01%	3.865	5,214	20	8.1	2.5%	162	2004–2026
35 #2,146 overall	Hall, Wayne D. The University of Queensland	AUS	Substance Abuse #6 · top 0.03%	3.860	4,426	30	12.3	7.5%	1,076	1975–2026
36 #2,149 overall	Janssen, Ian A.N. Queen’s University	CAN	Public Health #26 · top 0.03%	3.860	4,146	31	10.7	6.3%	362	1999–2026
37 #2,204 overall	Nutbeam, Don Public Health Research & Practice	AUS	Public Health #27 · top 0.03%	3.854	1,662	16	9.4	2.1%	209	1981–2026
38 #2,309 overall	Crimmins, Eileen M. USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology	USA	Gerontology #4 · top 0.03%	3.843	2,550	21	13.8	8.7%	318	1979–2026
39 #2,805 overall	Rhodes, Ryan E. University of Victoria	CAN	Public Health #31 · top 0.04%	3.793	2,681	24	13.6	19.5%	552	1999–2026
40 #2,839 overall	Keyes, Katherine M. Mailman School of Public Health	USA	Psychiatry #65 · top 0.07%	3.789	3,949	30	12.9	8.3%	567	2006–2026
41 #2,850 overall	Elwyn, Glyn Jones The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice	USA	Public Health #33 · top 0.04%	3.788	3,239	25	10.8	6.4%	562	1994–2026
42 #2,865 overall	Aarons, Gregory A. University of California, San Diego	USA	Psychiatry #66 · top 0.07%	3.786	3,620	22	11.0	8.2%	363	1991–2026
43 #2,867 overall	Thoits, Peggy A. Indiana University Bloomington	USA	Public Health #34 · top 0.04%	3.785	1,030	12	11.5	0.1%	49	1979–2026
44 #2,977 overall	Bauman, Adrian Ernest Faculty of Medicine and Health	AUS	Public Health #35 · top 0.04%	3.776	8,260	31	13.6	5.2%	1,142	1987–2026
45 #3,172 overall	West, Robert J. University College London	GBR	Substance Abuse #7 · top 0.04%	3.760	3,873	21	9.9	5.1%	714	1983–2026
46 #3,223 overall	Berkman, Lisa F. Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies	USA	Public Health #36 · top 0.04%	3.757	3,562	21	11.5	4.5%	426	1976–2026
47 #3,448 overall	Beck, Cheryl Tatano School of Nursing	USA	Nursing #7 · top <0.01%	3.741	2,360	13	10.9	0.9%	219	1979–2026
48 #3,470 overall	Fishbein, Martin University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	USA	Public Health #38 · top 0.05%	3.739	1,797	16	11.9	0.5%	190	1961–2018
49 #3,533 overall	Levy, Becca R. Yale University	USA	Gerontology #6 · top 0.05%	3.735	1,359	17	11.0	2.5%	133	1992–2026
50 #3,593 overall	Nilsen, Per M. Linköpings Universitet	SWE	Public Health #39 · top 0.05%	3.731	1,725	16	8.3	6.5%	283	2004–2026
51 #3,749 overall	Ulrich, Roger S. Chalmers University of Technology	SWE	Nursing #8 · top 0.01%	3.719	1,536	12	6.7	0.1%	31	1979–2020
52 #3,879 overall	Grant, Bridget F. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)	USA	Substance Abuse #9 · top 0.05%	3.710	3,155	27	11.0	2.1%	379	1987–2022
53 #4,120 overall	Thorne, Sally Elizabeth The University of British Columbia	CAN	Nursing #9 · top 0.01%	3.695	1,634	13	8.5	7.0%	292	1981–2026
54 #4,126 overall	Bambra, Clare L. Newcastle University	GBR	Public Health #42 · top 0.05%	3.694	1,728	20	11.0	10.4%	316	2003–2026
55 #4,234 overall	Finlay, Linda The Open University	GBR	Rehabilitation #2 · top <0.01%	3.688	765	12	12.0	0.1%	62	1997–2024
56 #4,359 overall	Zimmerman, Marc A. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	USA	Public Health #44 · top 0.05%	3.680	1,924	16	10.4	6.1%	383	1985–2026
57 #4,382 overall	Mackenbach, Johan Pieter Erasmus MC	NLD	Public Health #45 · top 0.05%	3.679	2,436	18	9.4	6.4%	850	1984–2026
58 #4,419 overall	Braithwaite, Jeffrey The Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences	AUS	Health Policy & Services #5 · top 0.02%	3.676	2,763	20	10.9	14.3%	784	1991–2026
59 #4,431 overall	Weiner, Bryan Jeffrey University of Washington	USA	Health Policy & Services #6 · top 0.03%	3.676	1,950	17	7.8	7.6%	307	1993–2026
60 #4,555 overall	Bull, Fiona C. Organisation Mondiale de la Santé	CHE	Public Health #47 · top 0.06%	3.668	7,443	29	9.1	2.4%	183	1995–2025
61 #4,581 overall	Umberson, Debra J. The University of Texas at Austin	USA	Public Health #48 · top 0.06%	3.666	1,508	18	10.9	2.3%	115	1985–2026
62 #4,687 overall	Jewkes, R. K. South African Medical Research Council	ZAF	Public Health #49 · top 0.06%	3.660	1,964	18	10.8	8.3%	359	1994–2026
63 #4,721 overall	Campbell, Jacquelyn C. Johns Hopkins School of Nursing	USA	Criminology #6 · top 0.04%	3.658	1,902	18	10.0	9.4%	431	1980–2026
64 #4,780 overall	Adler, Nancy E. University of California, San Francisco	USA	Public Health #50 · top 0.06%	3.655	3,655	25	11.9	3.0%	365	1969–2025
65 #5,090 overall	Titze, Ingo R. The University of Utah	USA	Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology #3 · top 0.02%	3.639	999	13	12.3	7.6%	275	1973–2026
66 #5,165 overall	Shakespeare, Tom William Centre for Global Mental Health	GBR	Rehabilitation #3 · top <0.01%	3.634	990	16	10.9	5.9%	195	1993–2026
67 #5,177 overall	Paradies, Yin C. Deakin University	AUS	Public Health #51 · top 0.06%	3.634	1,458	17	9.9	3.4%	204	2002–2026
68 #5,207 overall	Wagstaff, Adam The World Bank, USA	USA	Health Policy & Services #7 · top 0.03%	3.632	1,035	17	10.7	0.6%	114	1983–2021
69 #5,344 overall	Heise, Lori L. Prevention Collaborative	CAN	Public Health #52 · top 0.06%	3.625	1,784	22	8.2	2.9%	143	1988–2026
70 #5,363 overall	Bauer, Greta R. Western University	CAN	Public Health #53 · top 0.06%	3.624	1,210	17	8.8	5.8%	123	2001–2026
71 #5,578 overall	Phelan, Jo C. Columbia University	USA	Public Health #55 · top 0.07%	3.615	2,895	20	11.6	1.4%	116	1990–2025
72 #5,609 overall	May, Carl R. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	GBR	Public Health #56 · top 0.07%	3.614	1,985	21	8.7	10.1%	361	1989–2026
73 #5,710 overall	Hays, Ron D. RAND Corporation	USA	Health Policy & Services #9 · top 0.04%	3.609	4,739	28	12.9	6.3%	771	1983–2026
74 #5,747 overall	Armitage, Christopher J. The University of Manchester	GBR	Public Health #57 · top 0.07%	3.607	2,056	17	9.8	6.3%	322	1998–2026
75 #5,881 overall	Khalil, Dr Hanan La Trobe University	AUS	Nursing #10 · top 0.01%	3.600	5,713	20	7.3	1.9%	146	2009–2026
76 #5,887 overall	Wade, Derick T. Oxford Brookes University	GBR	Rehabilitation #4 · top 0.01%	3.600	1,419	15	10.5	3.1%	425	1981–2026
77 #6,018 overall	Shiffman, Saul M. PinneyAssociates Inc	USA	Substance Abuse #10 · top 0.05%	3.594	1,786	14	8.8	4.6%	460	1975–2026
78 #6,029 overall	Weinstein, Neil David School of Environmental and Biological Sciences	USA	Public Health #58 · top 0.07%	3.594	819	14	11.0	0.6%	99	1972–2020
79 #6,229 overall	Rosenstock, Irwin M. California State University, Long Beach	USA	Public Health #60 · top 0.07%	3.585	1,201	8	6.1	0.0%	56	1955–2010
80 #6,297 overall	Gardner, Benjamin University of Surrey	GBR	Public Health #61 · top 0.07%	3.582	1,247	17	10.1	10.6%	180	2007–2026
81 #6,307 overall	Jarlais, Don Des C. New York University	USA	Substance Abuse #11 · top 0.06%	3.582	10,826	33	6.0	5.5%	761	1970–2026
82 #6,344 overall	Briggs, Andrew H. University of Glasgow	GBR	Health Policy & Services #11 · top 0.05%	3.580	3,071	28	9.7	7.7%	409	1994–2026
83 #6,406 overall	Aiken, Linda H. University of Pennsylvania	USA	Nursing #11 · top 0.01%	3.578	2,391	24	10.9	10.2%	373	1970–2026
84 #6,694 overall	Whitehead, Margaret M. University of Liverpool	GBR	Public Health #63 · top 0.08%	3.566	1,339	19	11.2	4.3%	294	1978–2025
85 #6,696 overall	Owen, Neville Swinburne University of Technology	AUS	Public Health #64 · top 0.08%	3.566	5,207	32	11.9	6.8%	688	1972–2026
86 #6,814 overall	Krause, Neal M. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	USA	Gerontology #8 · top 0.06%	3.562	952	11	10.0	3.0%	370	1978–2025
87 #7,070 overall	Wallerstein, Nina B. UNM Health Sciences Center	USA	Public Health #66 · top 0.08%	3.551	1,490	18	8.3	6.9%	124	1985–2026
88 #7,138 overall	Carvalho Malta, Deborah Carvalho Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	BRA	Public Health #68 · top 0.08%	3.548	31,533	57	7.0	7.4%	728	1999–2026
89 #7,162 overall	Ayalon, Liat Bar-Ilan University	ISR	Gerontology #9 · top 0.07%	3.547	1,427	17	10.1	12.2%	366	1999–2026
90 #7,185 overall	Prochaska, James O. University of Rhode Island	USA	Public Health #69 · top 0.08%	3.546	1,701	15	8.9	0.9%	285	1971–2024
91 #7,195 overall	Coyne, Imelda T. Trinity College Dublin	IRL	Nursing #12 · top 0.02%	3.546	849	15	10.9	4.3%	135	1995–2026
92 #7,218 overall	Andersen, Ronald Max UCLA Fielding School of Public Health	USA	Health Policy & Services #12 · top 0.05%	3.545	1,222	10	5.9	1.1%	248	1968–2021
93 #7,249 overall	Room, Robin G.W. Stockholms universitet	SWE	Substance Abuse #13 · top 0.07%	3.544	9,725	23	6.2	6.9%	584	1966–2026
94 #7,263 overall	Timmermans, Stefan University of California, Los Angeles	USA	Public Health #70 · top 0.09%	3.544	1,212	12	9.0	1.5%	118	1994–2025
95 #7,351 overall	Aromataris, Edoardo Claudio Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences	AUS	Nursing #13 · top 0.02%	3.540	6,034	22	6.5	1.3%	123	1996–2026
96 #7,533 overall	Hammond, David G. University of Waterloo	CAN	Public Health #74 · top 0.09%	3.533	2,073	16	9.6	19.1%	580	2001–2026
97 #7,589 overall	Peltzer, Karl K. Asia University	TWN	Public Health #75 · top 0.09%	3.531	2,228	13	9.9	7.5%	1,121	1981–2026
98 #7,824 overall	Valente, Thomas William Keck School of Medicine of USC	USA	Public Health #76 · top 0.09%	3.522	988	15	9.7	10.5%	226	1993–2026
99 #7,866 overall	Earnshaw, Valerie A. University of Delaware	USA	Public Health #77 · top 0.09%	3.521	1,582	18	9.3	7.4%	187	2009–2026
100 #7,929 overall	Lindsay, Sally University of Toronto	CAN	Rehabilitation #5 · top 0.02%	3.518	929	15	10.3	12.3%	181	2004–2026

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