World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
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Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 917 213 253 24

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 284
Documents by Best Scientists*: 295
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index: 39
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.241
Impact Factor: 4.5

Top Publications

  • Incidence and management of patients with colorectal cancer and synchronous and metachronous colorectal metastases: a population‐based study

    (2020)
    120 Citations
  • Recommendations from the ERAS® Society for standards for the development of enhanced recovery after surgery guidelines

    M. Brindle;G. Nelson;D. N. Lobo;D. N. Lobo;Olle Ljungqvist;Olle Ljungqvist

    (2020)
    118 Citations
  • Identifying predictors of ventral hernia recurrence: systematic review and meta-analysis.

    S G Parker;S Mallett;L Quinn;L Quinn;C P J Wood

    (2021)
    93 Citations
  • Outcomes of robot-assisted versus conventional laparoscopic low anterior resection in patients with rectal cancer: propensity-matched analysis of the National Clinical Database in Japan

    (2021)
    68 Citations
  • Update of the international HerniaSurge guidelines for groin hernia management

    (2023)
    63 Citations
  • Virtual reality simulation in robot-assisted surgery: meta-analysis of skill transfer and predictability of skill

    (2021)
    63 Citations
  • Reasons for staying in hospital after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy

    (2022)
    49 Citations
  • Safety and feasibility of 2 h of normothermic machine perfusion of donor kidneys in the Eurotransplant Senior Program.

    E Rijkse;J de Jonge;H J A N Kimenai;M J Hoogduijn

    (2021)
    48 Citations
  • Randomized clinical trials comparing antibiotic therapy with appendicectomy for uncomplicated acute appendicitis: meta-analysis

    (2022)
    47 Citations
  • Prevention of incisional hernia after midline laparotomy with prophylactic mesh reinforcement: a meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis

    A.P. Jairam;M. López-Cano;J.M. Garcia-Alamino;J.A. Pereira

    (2020)
    41 Citations

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