Citation Rankings
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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 is still much work to be done in this area. See also for more specific citation analyses: "last 6 years citation index" Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years Citations)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Face Perception
Face Processing Expertise
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,302
19,883
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
quantitative methods
structural equation modeling
interaction
mediation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,720
14,900
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Cross-cultural psychopathology and psychotherapy
cultural and personality factors related to career
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,645
6,888
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
psychology
culture and social cognitive neuroscience
imaging genetics
self-related processing
empathy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,929
13,170
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Neuroimaging
Resting-State fMRI
Spontaneous Brain Activity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,137
13,703
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Schizophrenia
clinical psychological counselling/therapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,678
11,024
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Cognitive Neuroscience
Creativity
Affective disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,291
11,951
0.782
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
cognitive aging
memory
cognitive training
dementia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,887
4,820
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
pain
neurobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,276
4,748
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
intergroup relations
Social Representations
Social Identity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,825
3,758
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Social psychology
cultural psychology
implicit social cognition
self
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,818
4,733
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
social psychology
organizational behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,413
3,499
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,854
4,654
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Organizational Behavior
Career management
Cross-cultural psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,848
4,952
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Pattern Recognition
Computer Vision
Image Processing
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,788
4,948
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
well-being
positive psychology
character strengths
gratitude
emotional intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,773
4,842
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
ECoG
fMRI
Neuronal oscillations
Brain networks
Spatial attention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,197
2,940
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Interoception
Emotion Concept
Depression
Neuroscience
fMRI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,977
4,476
0.749
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Traumatic stress and psychopathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,853
3,639
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
EEG
fMRI
Pain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,822
4,080
0.701
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
reinforcement learning
decision-making
ventral striatum
amygdala
neuroeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,574
2,305
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Sleep
Emotion
Memory
EEG-fMRI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,735
3,085
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Cognitive neuroscience in aging
cognitive intervention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,479
2,876
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Creative Thinking
Creative Cognition
Domain-general Mechanisms
Cognitive Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,403
3,906
0.887
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Cognomics
Cognitive Neuroscience
Imaging Genetics
Connectome
Neuroimaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,173
3,779
0.906
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,251
333
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
孙宇浩 Yu-Hao P Sun
Zhejiang SCI-TECH University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,302
19,883
0.439
Face Perception
Face Processing Expertise
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,198
795
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Wen Zhonglin 温忠麟
South China Normal University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,720
14,900
0.519
quantitative methods
structural equation modeling
interaction
mediation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,488
964
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Frederick Leong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,645
6,888
0.269
Cross-cultural psychopathology and psychotherapy
cultural and personality factors related to career
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,449
1,148
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Shihui Han
Peking University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,929
13,170
0.574
psychology
culture and social cognitive neuroscience
imaging genetics
self-related processing
empathy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,021
1,216
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Chao-Gan Yan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,137
13,703
0.619
Neuroimaging
Resting-State fMRI
Spontaneous Brain Activity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,120
1,606
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Xiang Yang Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,678
11,024
0.590
Schizophrenia
clinical psychological counselling/therapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,498
2,190
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jiang Qiu
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,291
11,951
0.782
Cognitive Neuroscience
Creativity
Affective disorders
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,492
4,528
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Juan Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,887
4,820
0.542
cognitive aging
memory
cognitive training
dementia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,695
4,997
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Fei Luo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,276
4,748
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,279
5,317
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Li Liu
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,825
3,758
0.480
intergroup relations
Social Representations
Social Identity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,403
5,326
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Huajian Cai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,818
4,733
0.605
Social psychology
cultural psychology
implicit social cognition
self
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,997
5,657
226
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Zhixue Zhang
Peking University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,413
3,499
0.472
social psychology
organizational behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,584
6,183
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Hong Chen
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,854
4,654
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,732
6,192
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Yanjun Guan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,848
4,952
0.723
Organizational Behavior
Career management
Cross-cultural psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
147,104
6,249
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Su-Jing Wang, 王甦菁
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,788
4,948
0.729
Pattern Recognition
Computer Vision
Image Processing
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
147,453
6,263
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Feng Kong|孔风
Shaanxi Normal University
Xi'an, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,773
4,842
0.715
well-being
positive psychology
character strengths
gratitude
emotional intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,554
6,986
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Liang Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,197
2,940
0.474
ECoG
fMRI
Neuronal oscillations
Brain networks
Spatial attention
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,559
7,278
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Dongtao Wei 位东涛
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,977
4,476
0.749
Interoception
Emotion Concept
Depression
Neuroscience
fMRI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,140
7,453
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Li Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,853
3,639
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,996
7,491
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Li Hu (胡理)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,822
4,080
0.701
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,563
7,847
305
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jian Li
Peking University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,574
2,305
0.414
reinforcement learning
decision-making
ventral striatum
amygdala
neuroeconomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
210,259
9,326
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Xu Lei 雷旭
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,735
3,085
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
221,541
9,886
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Hui-Jie Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,479
2,876
0.642
Cognitive neuroscience in aging
cognitive intervention
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
225,022
10,052
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Qunlin Chen
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,403
3,906
0.887
Creative Thinking
Creative Cognition
Domain-general Mechanisms
Cognitive Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
236,475
10,647
377
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Kong Xiang Zhen|Xiangzhen Kong, Xiang-Zhen Kong
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,173
3,779
0.906
Cognomics
Cognitive Neuroscience
Imaging Genetics
Connectome
Neuroimaging