Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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 :1
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
358,923
134,146
0.374
* 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
200,205
58,571
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Human brain structure and function
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194,466
29,341
0.151
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,153
33,955
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,086
13,108
0.090
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Neuroscience
ATP
adenosine
purinergic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,687
22,306
0.154
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Headache
migraine
neurology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,690
77,666
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
neuroscience
molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,222
18,331
0.155
* 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
111,764
30,073
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Neuroscience
Cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,165
20,506
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Neuroscience
Neurology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,512
38,671
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
psychiatry
psychopharmacology
psychedelics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,582
41,030
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Neuroscience
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,205
20,593
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,168
44,246
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Neurology
Neuroplasticity
Consciousness and Cognition
Neuromodulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,253
39,670
0.482
* 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
79,264
48,970
0.618
* 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
78,012
21,331
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Neuroscience
Neuroimaging
Computational Neuroscience
Machine Learning
Brain Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,972
39,181
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,918
31,544
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Neuroscience
MRI
neuroanatomy
radiofrequency
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,311
18,845
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Neuroscience and Neurology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,761
40,627
0.566
* 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
66,185
21,728
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Neuroscience
Neurology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,048
28,019
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
signal transduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,630
11,105
0.169
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Neuroscience
Astrocytes
Glia
Physiology
neurobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,264
32,683
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Karl Friston
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
358,923
134,146
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
814
62
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Raymond J Dolan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,205
58,571
0.293
Neuroscience Decision Making Neural Replay Reinforcement Learning (RL) DopamineComputational Psychiatry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
866
16
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Richard Frackowiak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194,466
29,341
0.151
Human brain structure and function
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,255
89
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Giacomo Rizzolatti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,153
33,955
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,525
21
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tomas Hökfelt
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,086
13,108
0.090
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,535
122
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Geoffrey Burnstock
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,687
22,306
0.154
Neuroscience
ATP
adenosine
purinergic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,997
7
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Lars Jacob Stovner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,690
77,666
0.618
Headache
migraine
neurology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,239
46
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jean-Pierre Changeux
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,222
18,331
0.155
neuroscience
molecular biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,491
143
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Vittorio Gallese
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,764
30,073
0.269
Cognitive neuroscience
philosophy of mind
empirical aesthetics
language
schizophrenia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,721
83
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Wolf Singer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,165
20,506
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,343
189
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Maurizio Corbetta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,512
38,671
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,621
299
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
David J Nutt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,582
41,030
0.443
psychiatry
psychopharmacology
psychedelics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,159
338
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
85,205
20,593
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,244
65
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Giovanni B Frisoni
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,168
44,246
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,408
29
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Steven Laureys
Université de Liège
Liège, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,253
39,670
0.482
Neurology
Neuroplasticity
Consciousness and Cognition
Neuromodulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,721
260
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Francesco Panza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,264
48,970
0.618
Dementia
Alzheimer's disease
Late-life Depression
Frailty
Mild Cognitive Impairment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,877
401
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Wolfram Schultz
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,012
21,331
0.273
Experimental economics
neurophysiology of reward and decision making
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,101
420
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mark Woolrich
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,972
39,181
0.516
Neuroscience
Neuroimaging
Computational Neuroscience
Machine Learning
Brain Networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,106
422
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Heidi Johansen Berg
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,918
31,544
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,518
209
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Robert Turner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,311
18,845
0.261
Neuroscience
MRI
neuroanatomy
radiofrequency
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,577
469
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Malcolm Macleod
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,761
40,627
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,372
250
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Eva Maria Mandelkow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,185
21,728
0.328
Neuroscience
Neurodegenerative diseases
tau protein
microtubules
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,389
337
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sandro Sorbi
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,048
28,019
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,452
339
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Tullio Pozzan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,630
11,105
0.169
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,498
556
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Alexei Verkhratsky|Alexey Verkhratsky, Alexej Verkhratsky
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,264
32,683
0.501
Neuroscience
Astrocytes
Glia
Physiology
neurobiology