Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe Medical and Health Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 3.257 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: 1
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
363,913
118,941
0.327
* 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
202,255
50,444
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Human brain structure and function
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,427
24,380
0.125
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,407
28,176
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,693
10,953
0.075
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Neuroscience
ATP
adenosine
purinergic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,352
18,852
0.130
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Headache
migraine
neurology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,738
70,192
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
neuroscience
molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,007
15,890
0.134
* 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
112,857
25,362
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Neuroscience
Cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,868
17,289
0.160
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Neuroscience
Neurology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,774
33,546
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
psychiatry
psychopharmacology
psychedelics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,458
37,680
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Neuroscience
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,114
17,771
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,044
39,871
0.463
* 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
83,574
35,800
0.428
* 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
81,297
43,841
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Neuroscience
Neuroimaging
Computational Neuroscience
Machine Learning
Brain Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,152
34,305
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,810
26,736
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Neuroscience and Neurology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,399
37,058
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Neuroscience
MRI
neuroanatomy
radiofrequency
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,932
16,011
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Neuroscience
Neurology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,335
25,704
0.382
* 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
67,007
18,757
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Neuroscience
Astrocytes
Glia
Physiology
neurobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,763
29,769
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
signal transduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,046
9,460
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
neuroscience
regeneration
plasticity
nerve fiber growth inhibitors
Nogo-A
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,453
7,951
0.121
* 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
363,913
118,941
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
825
62
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Raymond J Dolan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,255
50,444
0.249
Neuroscience Decision Making Neural Replay Reinforcement Learning (RL) DopamineComputational Psychiatry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
882
16
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Richard Frackowiak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,427
24,380
0.125
Human brain structure and function
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,275
90
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Giacomo Rizzolatti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,407
28,176
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,560
21
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tomas Hökfelt
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,693
10,953
0.075
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,563
123
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Geoffrey Burnstock
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,352
18,852
0.130
Neuroscience
ATP
adenosine
purinergic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,972
7
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Lars Jacob Stovner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,738
70,192
0.545
Headache
migraine
neurology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,279
48
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jean-Pierre Changeux
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,007
15,890
0.134
neuroscience
molecular biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,530
148
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Vittorio Gallese
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,857
25,362
0.225
Cognitive neuroscience
philosophy of mind
empirical aesthetics
language
schizophrenia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,783
86
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Wolf Singer
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,868
17,289
0.160
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,367
189
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Maurizio Corbetta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,774
33,546
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,610
299
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
David J Nutt
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,458
37,680
0.399
psychiatry
psychopharmacology
psychedelics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,208
338
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Richard GM Morris
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,114
17,771
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,216
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
86,044
39,871
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,415
28
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Steven Laureys
Université de Liège
Liège, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,574
35,800
0.428
Neurology
Neuroplasticity
Consciousness and Cognition
Neuromodulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,663
258
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Francesco Panza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,297
43,841
0.539
Dementia
Alzheimer's disease
Late-life Depression
Frailty
Mild Cognitive Impairment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,106
422
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mark Woolrich
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,152
34,305
0.445
Neuroscience
Neuroimaging
Computational Neuroscience
Machine Learning
Brain Networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,143
424
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Heidi Johansen Berg
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,810
26,736
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,527
460
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Malcolm Macleod
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,399
37,058
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,575
215
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Robert Turner
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,932
16,011
0.220
Neuroscience
MRI
neuroanatomy
radiofrequency
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,371
339
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sandro Sorbi
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,335
25,704
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,407
250
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Eva Maria Mandelkow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,007
18,757
0.280
Neuroscience
Neurodegenerative diseases
tau protein
microtubules
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,450
552
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Alexei Verkhratsky|Alexey Verkhratsky, Alexej Verkhratsky
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,763
29,769
0.446
Neuroscience
Astrocytes
Glia
Physiology
neurobiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,560
344
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Tullio Pozzan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,046
9,460
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,658
106
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Martin Ernst Schwab
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,453
7,951
0.121
neuroscience
regeneration
plasticity
nerve fiber growth inhibitors
Nogo-A