Investigator Score
Clinical trial investigators ranked by the scientific impactof the trials they lead — publications, citations, and press, summed across their trials and weighted by their role (lead PI > study chair). Trial volume alone earns nothing, so registry-only and bioequivalence operators don’t rank. How it works →
Emerging Leaders
First trial within the last 5 years
1
Chadwick Prodromos, MD
The Foundation for Orthopaedics and Regenerative Medicine
23 scoring trials· since 2021
92
score
3
Yilong Wang, PhD，MD
Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
9 scoring trials· since 2022
55
score
7
46
score
11
Rocco A Montone, MD, PhD
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
5 scoring trials· since 2022
42
score
12
burak mavuş, M.Sc.
Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital
6 scoring trials· since 2025
40
score
13
38
score
26
Xiaofan Zhu, MD
Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, CAMS & PUMC
4 scoring trials· since 2022
30
score
29
29
score
34
İsmail ÖZSOY, Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Selcuk University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Konya, Türkiye
9 scoring trials· since 2024
27
score
39
26
score
44
25
score
46
Xiaorong Wang
Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
4 scoring trials· since 2021
25
score
48
25
score
49
25
score
Current Leaders
Ranked on the trials they are leading right now
14
65
score
15
64
score
21
Lingying Wu, MD
Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
9 scoring trials· since 2021
54
score
22
Jie Wang
Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
12 scoring trials· since 2021
52
score
23
Ning Li, MD
Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
19 scoring trials· since 2023
52
score
25
Zhenfeng Zhang, MD, PhD
Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
26 scoring trials· since 2017
49
score
29
Han Xu, MD/PhD/FAPCR
Medicine Invention Design, Inc. - IORG0007849 - NPI 1023387701
6 scoring trials· since 2023
48
score
33
47
score
39
Lei Zhang, MD
Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Blood Disease Hospital
18 scoring trials· since 2019
42
score
45
Binghe Xu
Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
9 scoring trials· since 2021
40
score
48
40
score
All-Time Leaders
Lifetime body of published trial work
3
Zhenfeng Zhang, MD, PhD
Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
22 scoring trials· since 2017
158
score
6
148
score
11
Kelvin D Higa, MD
Professor of Surgery, University of California San Francisco
12 scoring trials· since 2008
115
score
19
Chadwick Prodromos, MD
The Foundation for Orthopaedics and Regenerative Medicine
23 scoring trials· since 2021
92
score
24
84
score
29
Jack A Yanovski, M.D.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
23 scoring trials· since 1984
78
score
30
Abbot R. Laptook, MD
Brown University, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
20 scoring trials· since 1987
75
score
40
68
score
44
Mark Hallett, M.D.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
29 scoring trials· since 2002
66
score
Names are disambiguated by institution (v1); some common names may still merge or split. Active-trial boards (Current) score projected importance — phase, scale, sponsor, momentum — since ongoing trials have not yet published.