Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
EuropeMedical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience Highly Cited Researchers 3.260 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Neurosciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,590
10,873
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
neuroscience
brain
mind
social interaction
MEG
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,862
13,631
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
neuroscience
physiology
pharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,388
6,127
0.098
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Neuroscience Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,483
8,822
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Neuroscience
cognition
radiology
neurology
imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,480
19,915
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,298
19,365
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Neuroscience
Pain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,438
11,228
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Behaviour genetics
depression
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,987
14,949
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,230
17,616
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,414
17,120
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Cognitive Neuroscience
Functional MRI
Consciousness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,311
20,881
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Cognitive neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,826
15,116
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,454
7,870
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Early development
pattern formation
epithelial to mesenchymal transition
cancer progression
fibrosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,288
16,975
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,504
7,919
0.154
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,776
16,721
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Psychological pathology
food intake regulation
reward
obesity and anorexia
solute carriers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,377
19,812
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,767
10,954
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Neurosciences
Stress
Neuroimaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,673
26,283
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Translational neuroscience
neuropsychiatric phenotypes
erythropoietin / hypoxia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,617
21,230
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Neuroscience
neuropathic pain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,370
28,656
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
neuroscience
brain
neurology
cognition
emotion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,247
14,343
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Ultra-High Field fMRI
Human Brain Research
Cognitive Neuroscience
Neural Network Modelling
Brain-Computer Interfaces
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,058
13,148
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Behavioral Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,056
23,263
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
behavioural changes
communication and interaction
qualitative research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,286
21,181
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,829
354
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Giorgio Bernardi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,590
10,873
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,141
30
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Riitta Hari
Aalto University
Espoo, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,862
13,631
0.217
neuroscience
brain
mind
social interaction
MEG
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,226
624
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
North Ra
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,388
6,127
0.098
neuroscience
physiology
pharmacology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,381
638
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Richard Passingham
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,483
8,822
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,382
128
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Mazoyer B
Université de Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,480
19,915
0.324
Neuroscience
cognition
radiology
neurology
imaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,416
297
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Helmut Kettenmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,298
19,365
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,254
716
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
SB McMahon
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,438
11,228
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,609
749
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Jonathan Flint
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,987
14,949
0.267
Behaviour genetics
depression
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,796
148
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Henry Markram
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,230
17,616
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,016
783
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Matthew Rushworth
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,414
17,120
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,039
785
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Geraint Rees
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,311
20,881
0.384
Cognitive Neuroscience
Functional MRI
Consciousness
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,159
797
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Paul Fletcher
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,826
15,116
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,558
829
118
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Peter Somogyi
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,454
7,870
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,600
172
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Angela Nieto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,288
16,975
0.325
Early development
pattern formation
epithelial to mesenchymal transition
cancer progression
fibrosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,846
102
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Sten Grillner
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,504
7,919
0.154
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,370
903
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Neil Burgess
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,776
16,721
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,494
111
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Helgi Schiöth
Uppsala University
Uppsala, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,377
19,812
0.401
Psychological pathology
food intake regulation
reward
obesity and anorexia
solute carriers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,677
469
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Daniela Perani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,767
10,954
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,718
22
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Nuno Sousa
Universidade do Minho
Braga, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,673
26,283
0.540
Neurosciences
Stress
Neuroimaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,743
435
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Hannelore Ehrenreich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,617
21,230
0.437
Translational neuroscience
neuropsychiatric phenotypes
erythropoietin / hypoxia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,833
80
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Nanna Finnerup
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,370
28,656
0.592
Neuroscience
neuropathic pain
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,225
207
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Patrik Vuilleumier
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,247
14,343
0.304
neuroscience
brain
neurology
cognition
emotion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,290
267
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Rainer Goebel
Maastricht University
Maastricht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,058
13,148
0.279
Ultra-High Field fMRI
Human Brain Research
Cognitive Neuroscience
Neural Network Modelling
Brain-Computer Interfaces
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,693
91
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Erik Lykke Mortensen
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,056
23,263
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,007
129
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Ulla Hällgren Graneheim
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,286
21,181
0.468
behavioural changes
communication and interaction
qualitative research methods