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
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: 2
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: 3
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
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
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: 5
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: 6
EEG
Neuroimaging
Epilepsy
Cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,782
14,782
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Cognitive Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,335
12,681
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Neuroscience
Brain Research
Neural Networks
Neural Circuits
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,831
12,026
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Neuroscience
Decision making
Self-control
Neuroeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,558
11,489
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Neuroscience
Neuromorphic Engineering
Neuroinformatics
Computational Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,458
5,918
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,721
8,888
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
neuroscience
electron microscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,049
8,088
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Imaging Neuroscience
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,044
6,892
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Neurosciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,487
7,587
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Neuroscience
Psychiatry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,033
4,210
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,304
4,935
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,503
5,713
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
neuroscience
optical imaging
learning and memory
plasticity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,413
4,134
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Neuroscience
Systems Neuroscience
Cortex
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,980
4,501
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,842
5,452
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Neuroscience-Psychiatry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,960
2,937
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Neuroscience
Basal Forebrain
Neuromodulation
Vision
Default Mode Network
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,376
2,094
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
behavioral neurology
neuropsychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,614
2,883
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,558
2,504
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Neuroscience
epigenetics
memory
stress
Alzheimer's
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,554
3,231
0.378
Richard Frackowiak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,427
24,380
0.125
Human brain structure and function
Giovanni B Frisoni
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,044
39,871
0.463
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
Henry Markram
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,230
17,616
0.319
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
Christoph M Michel
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,782
14,782
0.372
EEG
Neuroimaging
Epilepsy
Cognition
Daphne Bavelier
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,335
12,681
0.359
Fritjof Helmchen
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,831
12,026
0.355
Neuroscience
Brain Research
Neural Networks
Neural Circuits
Todd Hare
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,558
11,489
0.376
Neuroscience
Decision making
Self-control
Neuroeconomics
Rodney Douglas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,458
5,918
0.252
Neuroscience
Neuromorphic Engineering
Neuroinformatics
Computational Neuroscience
Christian Lüscher
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,721
8,888
0.391
Graham Knott
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,049
8,088
0.384
neuroscience
electron microscopy
Bogdan Draganski
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,044
6,892
0.344
Puyal Julien
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,487
7,587
0.410
Andreas Papassotiropoulos
Universität Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,033
4,210
0.233
Sophie Schwartz
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,304
4,935
0.322
Kim Q Do
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,503
5,713
0.394
Anthony Holtmaat
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,413
4,134
0.333
neuroscience
optical imaging
learning and memory
plasticity
Daniel Huber
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,980
4,501
0.376
Neuroscience
Systems Neuroscience
Cortex
Jocelyne Bloch
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,842
5,452
0.460
Christopher Pryce
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,960
2,937
0.268
Gregor Rainer
Université de Fribourg
Fribourg, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,376
2,094
0.223
Neuroscience
Basal Forebrain
Neuromodulation
Vision
Default Mode Network
Pasquale Calabrese
Universität Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,614
2,883
0.335
behavioral neurology
neuropsychology
Pierre Lavenex
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,558
2,504
0.293
Johannes Graeff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,554
3,231
0.378
Neuroscience
epigenetics
memory
stress
Alzheimer's