Epidemiologists Lead Among Top Scientists in Clinical Medicine

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Thomson Scientific recently released the list of the top cited scientists in Clinical Medicine. Among the Top 10- epidemiologists garner 5/10, and lead with the top 3. Truly, nobody can still doubt the value and intermarriage of epidemiology and medicine anymore...

Most-Cited Scientists in Clinical Medicine
(Ranked by total citations, based on papers published and cited in Thomson-indexed journals between January 1995 and August 2005)
Rank -- Name -- Field -- Citations

1 Meir J. Stampfer -- Epidemiology, Citations: 34,872
2 Walter C. Willett -- Epidemiology, Citations: 33,724
3 Charles H. Hennekens -- Epidemiology, Citations: 27,629
6 Graham A. Colditz -- Epidemiology, Citations: 25,702
10 JoAnn E. Manson -- Epidemiology, Citations: 19,141

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