Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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 :1
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
352,113
127,959
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Neuroscience Decision Making Neural Replay Reinforcement Learning (RL) DopamineComputational Psychiatry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,287
56,213
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Human brain structure and function
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,847
28,224
0.146
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,064
32,558
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,293
12,539
0.087
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Neuroscience
ATP
adenosine
purinergic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,160
21,847
0.152
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Headache
migraine
neurology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,987
74,178
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
neuroscience
molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,066
17,574
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Cognitive neuroscience
philosophy of mind
empirical aesthetics
language
schizophrenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,880
28,666
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Neuroscience
Cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,253
19,808
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Neuroscience
Neurology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,560
36,903
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,252
39,228
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Neuroscience
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,255
19,777
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,904
42,123
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Consciousness
brain plasticity
neuromodulation
neurostimulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,997
37,561
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Dementia
Alzheimer's disease
Late-life Depression
Frailty
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,954
46,788
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Experimental economics
neurophysiology of reward and decision making
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,900
20,409
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,600
30,348
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Neuroscience
Neuroimaging
Computational Neuroscience
Machine Learning
Brain Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,093
37,499
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Neuroscience
MRI
neuroanatomy
radiofrequency
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,412
18,103
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Neuroscience and Neurology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,795
38,701
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Neuroscience
Neurodegenerative diseases
tau protein
microtubules
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,312
20,990
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
signal transduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,139
10,736
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
neuroscience
regeneration
plasticity
nerve fiber growth inhibitors
Nogo-A
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,753
9,164
0.142
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Neuroscience
Neurology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,551
26,630
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Karl Friston
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
352,113
127,959
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
796
60
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Raymond J Dolan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,287
56,213
0.285
Neuroscience Decision Making Neural Replay Reinforcement Learning (RL) DopamineComputational Psychiatry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
840
16
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Richard Frackowiak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,847
28,224
0.146
Human brain structure and function
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,229
89
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Giacomo Rizzolatti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,064
32,558
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,470
21
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tomas Hökfelt
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,293
12,539
0.087
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,475
113
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Geoffrey Burnstock
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,160
21,847
0.152
Neuroscience
ATP
adenosine
purinergic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,007
7
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Lars Jacob Stovner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,987
74,178
0.608
Headache
migraine
neurology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,174
44
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jean-Pierre Changeux
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,066
17,574
0.150
neuroscience
molecular biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,463
139
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Vittorio Gallese
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,880
28,666
0.261
Cognitive neuroscience
philosophy of mind
empirical aesthetics
language
schizophrenia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,634
75
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Wolf Singer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,253
19,808
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,334
187
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Maurizio Corbetta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,560
36,903
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,496
284
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
David J Nutt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,252
39,228
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,099
337
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Richard GM Morris
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,255
19,777
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,274
66
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Giovanni B Frisoni
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,904
42,123
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,455
29
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Steven Laureys
Université de Liège
Liège, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,997
37,561
0.470
Consciousness
brain plasticity
neuromodulation
neurostimulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,791
261
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Francesco Panza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,954
46,788
0.608
Dementia
Alzheimer's disease
Late-life Depression
Frailty
Mild Cognitive Impairment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,799
394
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Wolfram Schultz
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,900
20,409
0.265
Experimental economics
neurophysiology of reward and decision making
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,063
415
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Heidi Johansen Berg
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,600
30,348
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,127
422
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mark Woolrich
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,093
37,499
0.506
Neuroscience
Neuroimaging
Computational Neuroscience
Machine Learning
Brain Networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,437
204
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Robert Turner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,412
18,103
0.254
Neuroscience
MRI
neuroanatomy
radiofrequency
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,634
472
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Malcolm Macleod
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,795
38,701
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,267
242
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Eva Maria Mandelkow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,312
20,990
0.321
Neuroscience
Neurodegenerative diseases
tau protein
microtubules
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,294
328
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Tullio Pozzan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,139
10,736
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,348
101
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Martin Ernst Schwab
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,753
9,164
0.142
neuroscience
regeneration
plasticity
nerve fiber growth inhibitors
Nogo-A
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,383
331
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sandro Sorbi
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,551
26,630
0.413