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Top KOL Ranking

As of October 2026, according to ScienceLeadR, the leading experts on Autoimmune Diseases are Massimo Filippi (IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Italy), Yehuda Shoenfeld (Sheba Medical Center, Israel) and Yoshiya Tanaka (University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan, Japan), ranked by scientific expertise on this MeSH term among 173,458 matching experts. How the ranking works.

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Harvard University

United States

SLR 85 ScienceLeadR Reputation 1500%
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Full top 25 ranking: Top Autoimmune Diseases key opinion leaders

Top Autoimmune Diseases key opinion leaders

Experts are ranked by their scientific expertise on this MeSH term. The overall SLR shown for each expert is the ScienceLeadR Reputation score across all topics, computed from publications, clinical trials, patents and grants; it is not the sort key. Top 25 of 173,458 experts matching this MeSH term.

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  1. Massimo Filippi — IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Italy — overall SLR (all topics) 9777
  2. Yehuda Shoenfeld — Sheba Medical Center, Israel — overall SLR (all topics) 7837
  3. Yoshiya Tanaka — University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan, Japan — overall SLR (all topics) 5664
  4. Xavier Montalban — Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Spain — overall SLR (all topics) 3816
  5. Robert W Motl — University of Illinois at Chicago, United States — overall SLR (all topics) 3575
  6. Ludwig Kappos — University Hospital of Basel, Switzerland — overall SLR (all topics) 4543
  7. Josef S Smolen — Medical University of Vienna, Austria — overall SLR (all topics) 5039
  8. Giancarlo Comi — IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Italy — overall SLR (all topics) 5407
  9. Xavier Mariette — Bicêtre Hospital, France — overall SLR (all topics) 5122
  10. Gavin Giovannoni — Royal London Hospital, United Kingdom — overall SLR (all topics) 4031
  11. Tsutomu Takeuchi — Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Japan — overall SLR (all topics) 3692
  12. Friedemann Paul — Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Germany — overall SLR (all topics) 3726
  13. Hans-Peter Hartung — Farmak (Czechia), Czechia — overall SLR (all topics) 4050
  14. Jérôme de Seze — Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, France — overall SLR (all topics) 3282
  15. Maria A Rocca — IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Italy — overall SLR (all topics) 3680
  16. Ronald F van Vollenhoven — Amsterdam University Medical Center, Netherlands — overall SLR (all topics) 2595
  17. Gerd R Burmester — Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Germany — overall SLR (all topics) 4782
  18. Paul Emery — Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom — overall SLR (all topics) 3400
  19. Tom W J Huizinga — Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands — overall SLR (all topics) 4312
  20. Ralf Gold — St. Josef-Hospital, Germany — overall SLR (all topics) 4499
  21. Georg Schett — Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Germany — overall SLR (all topics) 7130
  22. Miguel A González-Gay — Instituto de Investigaciones del Sueño, Spain — overall SLR (all topics) 4488
  23. Ricard Cervera — Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Spain — overall SLR (all topics) 2552
  24. Heinz Wiendl — University Hospital Münster, Germany — overall SLR (all topics) 3597
  25. David Jayne — Addenbrooke's Hospital, United Kingdom — overall SLR (all topics) 4379