| Top Docs: Medicine's Most Cited, 1981-98 |
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Most-Cited Researchers in Clinical Medicine
(Ranked by total citations, based on papers
published and cited in ISI-indexed journals of clinical medicine between 1981 and June
1998
 Rank |
Name |
Institution |
Field |
Citations |
| 1 |
Thomas
E. Starzl |
University
of Pittsburgh |
Transplantation |
26,456 |
| 2 |
Steven
A. Rosenberg |
National
Cancer Institute |
Oncology |
22,734 |
| 3 |
Meir
J. Stampfer |
Harvard
University |
Epidemiology |
20,225 |
| 4 |
E.
Donnall Thomas |
F.
Hutchinson Cancer Ctr. |
Transplantation |
19,781 |
| 5 |
Charles
H. Hennekens |
Harvard
University |
Epidemiology |
19,645 |
| 6 |
Eugene
Braunwald |
Harvard
University |
Cardiology |
19,451 |
| 7 |
Walter C. Willett |
Harvard
University |
Epidemiology |
19,281 |
| 8 |
Robert
C. Gallo |
Inst.
Human Vir./U. Maryland |
Virology/HIV |
18,659 |
| 9 |
Anthony S. Fauci |
Natl.
Inst. Allergy Infect. Dis. |
Virology/HIV |
18,114 |
| 10 |
Rainer
Storb |
F.
Hutchinson Cancer Ctr. |
Oncology |
17,560 |
| 11 |
Charles
A. Dinarello |
U.
Colorado Health Sci. Ctr. |
Immunology |
17,429 |
| 12 |
William
B. Kannel |
Boston
University |
Cardiology |
15,727 |
| 13 |
Frank
E. Speizer |
Harvard
University |
Epidemiology |
15,480 |
| 14 |
Eric
J. Topol |
Cleveland
Clinic Fdn |
Cardiology |
14,917 |
| 15 |
Graham
A. Colditz |
Harvard
University |
Epidemiology |
14,296 |
| 16 |
Stephen
R. Bloom |
Imperial
College, London |
Metabolic
Medicine |
14,221 |
| 17 |
C.
Dean Buckner |
Response
Oncology, Inc. |
Oncology |
13,984 |
| 18 |
Bernard
Rosner |
Harvard
University |
Epidemiology |
13,931 |
| 19 |
John
H. Laragh |
Cornell
Medical Ctr. |
Cardiology |
13,539 |
| 20 |
Valentin
Fuster |
Mt.
Sinai Med. Ctr. |
Cardiology |
13,376 |
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SOURCE:
ISI’s Science Indicators Database, 1981-June 1998 |
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 aving surveyed high-impact research in the physical and biomedical
sciences within the last year, Science Watch now turns its attention to clinical
medicine. Listed are the 20 researchers who, as of June 1998, attracted the highest number
of citations to their papers published in ISI-indexed journals of clinical medicine since
1981. The tables on the following page present
additional names broken down by four main subfields, featuring the most-cited researchers
in cardiology, oncology, epidemiology, and surgery/transplantation.
These names represent highlights of a data
file containing researchers who have each earned at least 7,000 citations to their
collective papers published in ISI-indexed clinical medicine journals over the last 17
years. [And it must be emphasized that these citation counts are limited only to
articles published in clinical medicine journals. Citations to papers that these authors
published in journals of basic biological sciences have not been taken into account for
these rankings.]
 Continued on
following page: Most-Cited Researchers in Clinical Medicine: Four Subfields
and Different Medical Subfields, Different Impact Rates.
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