World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
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H-index 55

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Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 190 733 1183 54

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1086
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1397
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 16
SCIMAGO H-index: 70
SCIMAGO SJR: 3.582
Impact Factor: 8.3

Top Publications

  • Nivolumab plus ipilimumab versus sunitinib for first-line treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma: extended 4-year follow-up of the phase III CheckMate 214 trial.

    Laurence Albiges;Nizar M. Tannir;Mauricio Burotto;David McDermott;David McDermott

    (2020)
    458 Citations
  • Pooled analysis of drug-related interstitial lung disease and/or pneumonitis in nine trastuzumab deruxtecan monotherapy studies

    (2022)
    191 Citations
  • Durvalumab, with or without tremelimumab, plus platinum-etoposide in first-line treatment of extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer: 3-year overall survival update from CASPIAN

    (2022)
    176 Citations
  • ESMO Management and treatment adapted recommendations in the COVID-19 era: Breast Cancer.

    Evandro de Azambuja;Dario Trapani;Sibylle Loibl;Suzette Delaloge

    (2020)
    172 Citations
  • First-line nivolumab plus ipilimumab with two cycles of chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone (four cycles) in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: CheckMate 9LA 2-year update.

    M. Reck;T.-E. Ciuleanu;M. Cobo;M. Schenker

    (2021)
    148 Citations
  • Atezolizumab plus bevacizumab versus lenvatinib or sorafenib in non-viral unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: an international propensity score matching analysis

    (2022)
    145 Citations
  • Adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer: a position paper from the AYA Working Group of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) and the European Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOPE)

    A. Ferrari;D. Stark;F.A. Peccatori;L. Fern

    (2021)
    142 Citations
  • Pertuzumab and trastuzumab emtansine in patients with HER2-amplified metastatic colorectal cancer: the phase II HERACLES-B trial.

    Andrea Sartore-Bianchi;Sara Lonardi;Cosimo Martino;Elisabetta Fenocchio

    (2020)
    139 Citations
  • ESMO Management and treatment adapted recommendations in the COVID-19 era: Lung cancer.

    Antonio Passaro;Alfredo Addeo;Christophe Von Garnier;Fiona Blackhall

    (2020)
    131 Citations
  • ESMO management and treatment adapted recommendations in the COVID-19 era: colorectal cancer

    (2020)
    128 Citations

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