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September/October 2003


  ~Twenty Years of Citation Superstars~

Most-Cited Researchers, 1983-2002

Rank Name Affiliation

Field

Papers Citations
1 Bert Vogelstein HHMI/Johns Hopkins Molecular Biology & Genetics 361 106,401
2 Salvador Moncada U. College London Pharmacology 541 68,889
3 Solomon H. Snyder Johns Hopkins U. Pharmacology 625 63,106
4 Charles A. Dinarello U. Colorado Immunology 862 62,365
5 Pierre Chambon U. Strasbourg Molecular Biology & Genetics 686 61,884
6 Robert C. Gallo U. Maryland Immunology 930 61,303
7 David Baltimore Caltech Molecular Biology & Genetics 386 59,519
8 Tadamitsu Kishimoto Osaku U. Molecular Biology & Genetics 1,406 58,621
9 Axel Ullrich MPI Biochem.  Molecular Biology & Genetics 525 58,395
10 Ronald M. Evans HHMI, Salk Institute Molecular Biology & Genetics 442 57,630
11 Timothy A. Springer Ctr. Blood Res. Immunology 438 54,737
12 Michael Karin UC San Diego Molecular Biology & Genetics 311 54,390
13 Anthony S. Fauci NIAID Immunology 781 53,932
14 Joseph Schlessinger
[see also]
Yale U. Molecular Biology & Genetics 420 53,894
15 Steven A. Rosenberg NCI Immunology 778 52,463
16 Robert J. Lefkowitz HHMI, Duke U. Biology & Biochemistry 593 50,473
17 Piotr Chomczynski Molecular Res. Ctr. Biology & Biochemistry 34 49,794
18 Nicoletta Sacchi U. Milan Biology & Biochemistry 99 48,685
19 Kenneth W. Kinzler  Johns Hopkins U. Molecular Biology & Genetics 220 48,277
20 Peter H. Seeburg MPI Med. Res. Neuroscience 264 47,753
21 Meir J. Stampfer  Harvard U. Clinical Medicine 816 47,514
22 Tony Hunter
[see also] [see also]
Salk Institute Biology & Biochemistry 481 46,313
23 Walter C. Willett
[see also]
Harvard U. Clinical Medicine 988 46,140
24 Philip Cohen U. Dundee Biology & Biochemistry 1,599 44,875
25 John C. Reed
[see also]
Burnham Inst. Molecular Biology & Genetics 733 44,421
26 Anthony Cerami  Covalent Group Biology & Biochemistry 378 44,074
27 Ira Pastan  NCI Molecular Biology & Genetics 794 42,554
28 Thomas E. Starzl  U. Pittsburgh Clinical Medicine 1,633 42,255
29 Michael B. Sporn  Dartmouth Med. Sch. Biology & Biochemistry 329 41,952
30 Charles H. Hennekens  U. Miami Medicine 731 41,758
31 Marc G. Caron HHMI, Duke U Biology & Biochemistry 510 41,119
32 Robert J. Tjian  HHMI, UC Berkeley Molecular Biology & Genetics 206 40,902
33 Yasutomi Nishizuka  Kobe U. Biology & Biochemistry 196 40,880
34 David V. Goeddel  Tularik, Inc. Molecular Biology & Genetics 177 40,862
35 Michael S. Brown  U. Texas SW Med Ctr. Molecular Biology & Genetics 480 40,545
36 Joseph L. Goldstein  U. Texas SW Med Ctr. Molecular Biology & Genetics 426 40,020
37 Ad Bax  NIDDKD Chemistry 308 39,875
38 Richard M.J. Palmer  Alizyme Biology & Biochemistry 99 39,759
39 Joan Massague  HHMI, Mem. Sloan Ket. Molecular Biology & Genetics 250 39,280
40 Peter J. Barnes  Imperial Coll. Pharmacology 1,311 38,823
41 Erkki Ruoslahti  Burnham Inst. Molecular Biology & Genetics 268 38,367
42 Michael J. Berridge  Babraham Inst. Biology & Biochemistry 191 38,505
43 Stanley J. Korsmeyer  HHMI, Dana-Farber Cancer Inst. Molecular Biology & Genetics 287 38,455
44 Neal G. Copeland  NCI Molecular Biology & Genetics 696 38,032
45 Robert A. Weinberg MIT Molecular Biology & Genetics 274 38,000
46 Michael G. Rosenfeld  HHMI, UC San Diego Molecular Biology & Genetics 324 37,806
47 Nancy A. Jenkins  NCI Molecular Biology & Genetics 691 37,146
48 Tomas Hokfelt  Karolinska Institute Neuroscience 775 37,123
49 Anita B. Roberts  NCI Molecular Biology & Genetics 344 36,397
50 Judah Folkman  Harvard U. Clinical Medicine 305 36,209
 SOURCE: Thomson ISI Web of Science

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