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Top KOL Ranking

As of October 2026, according to ScienceLeadR, the leading experts on Epidemiologic Studies are Walter C Willett (Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States), Carlo La Vecchia (University of Milan, Italy) and Shoichiro Tsugane (National Cancer Centre, Japan), ranked by scientific expertise on this MeSH term among 434,452 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 Epidemiologic Studies key opinion leaders

Top Epidemiologic Studies 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 434,452 experts matching this MeSH term.

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  1. Walter C Willett — Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States — overall SLR (all topics) 9260
  2. Carlo La Vecchia — University of Milan, Italy — overall SLR (all topics) 8588
  3. Shoichiro Tsugane — National Cancer Centre, Japan — overall SLR (all topics) 3535
  4. Frank B Hu — Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States — overall SLR (all topics) 9309
  5. Mika Kivimäki — Helsinki University Hospital, Finland — overall SLR (all topics) 5495
  6. Edward Giovannucci — Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States — overall SLR (all topics) 7264
  7. Elio Riboli — Imperial College London, United Kingdom — overall SLR (all topics) 4695
  8. Jonas F Ludvigsson — Örebro University Hospital, Sweden — overall SLR (all topics) 4152
  9. Gregory Y H Lip — Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, United Kingdom — overall SLR (all topics) 20130
  10. Paolo Boffetta — Stony Brook University Hospital, United States — overall SLR (all topics) 5313
  11. Chia-Hung Kao — China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan — overall SLR (all topics) 3465
  12. Hermann Brenner — National Center for Tumor Diseases, Germany — overall SLR (all topics) 8117
  13. James Cheng-Chung Wei — Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taiwan — overall SLR (all topics) 4342
  14. Alicja Wolk — Karolinska Institute, Sweden — overall SLR (all topics) 3323
  15. Hideo Yasunaga — Jichi Medical University Hospital, Japan — overall SLR (all topics) 5666
  16. Nicholas J Wareham — University of Cambridge, United Kingdom — overall SLR (all topics) 6511
  17. Kim Overvad — Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark — overall SLR (all topics) 3059
  18. Hiroyasu Iso — Osaka University, Japan — overall SLR (all topics) 3704
  19. Christian Torp-Pedersen — Nordsjællands Hospital, Denmark — overall SLR (all topics) 5971
  20. Cheng-Ting Lin — China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan — overall SLR (all topics) 2242
  21. Shari R Lipner — Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States — overall SLR (all topics) 4919
  22. Akiko Tamakoshi — Hokkaido University Hospital, Japan — overall SLR (all topics) 2133
  23. Piet A van den Brandt — Maastricht University Medical Centre, Netherlands — overall SLR (all topics) 1793
  24. Luigi Ferrucci — National Institute on Aging, United States — overall SLR (all topics) 7280
  25. Elisabete Weiderpass — International Agency For Research On Cancer, France — overall SLR (all topics) 3636