Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Allen Institute for Brain Science Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
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 :26
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,879
6,806
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
genetics
stem cells
cardiomyocytes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,338
2,719
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Neuroscience
Regenerative Cardiac Biology
Cell & Molecular Biology
Histopathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,241
5,957
0.954
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Neurobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,152
4,493
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Systems Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,136
4,844
0.789
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Systems Neuroscience
Neural Circuits
Cell Types
Brain Observatories
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,063
3,637
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Immunology
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,806
606
0.104
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,058
3,380
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,913
4,142
0.843
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Neuroscience
Electrophysiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,657
3,263
0.701
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Neuroscience
Molecular Biology
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,445
2,522
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Immunology
Biotechnology Drug Discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,362
911
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
deep learning
image processing
3D visualization
complex system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,132
2,640
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
biomedical engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,050
2,646
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Light-sheet Microscopy
Biomedical Optics
Medical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,710
2,701
0.728
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Neural Circuits
EM Reconstruction
Drosophila neurobiology
Sensory Processing
Microcircuits
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,433
2,769
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Computational neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,359
2,816
0.838
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,096
1,721
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,956
2,488
0.842
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,886
1,669
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Bioinformatics
R programming
Computational neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,618
2,603
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Systems Neuroscience
Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,569
2,088
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Neuroscience
Genetics
Psychiatry
Epigenetics
Chromatin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,517
1,294
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Neuroscience
Neuroanatomy
Neuroinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,442
1,981
0.811
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Supervised machine learning image classifiers
molecular pathology
luminex custom proteomic assay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,427
2,129
0.877
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
149,727
56,210
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Michael Tieu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,879
6,806
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163,029
60,429
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Kimberly R Cordes Metzler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,338
2,719
0.429
genetics
stem cells
cardiomyocytes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
165,624
61,190
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Emma J Garren
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,241
5,957
0.954
Neuroscience
Regenerative Cardiac Biology
Cell & Molecular Biology
Histopathology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,061
61,934
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Robert Howard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,152
4,493
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,518
62,093
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Joshua H Siegle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,136
4,844
0.789
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
170,496
62,756
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Shawn Olsen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,063
3,637
0.600
Systems Neuroscience
Neural Circuits
Cell Types
Brain Observatories
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
177,988
65,041
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Ernest M Coffey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,806
606
0.104
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,611
72,791
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Forrest Collman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,058
3,380
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
209,482
74,573
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Jérôme Lecoq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,913
4,142
0.843
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
220,498
77,802
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Brian Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,657
3,263
0.701
Neuroscience
Electrophysiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
230,308
80,720
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Tae Kyung (Sean) Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,445
2,522
0.567
Neuroscience
Molecular Biology
Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
234,307
81,869
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Bumol|Thomas F Bumol, Thomas Bumol, TF Bumol
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,362
911
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
246,296
85,383
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Matheus Palhares Viana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,132
2,640
0.639
deep learning
image processing
3D visualization
complex system
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
250,845
86,720
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Yang Yu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,050
2,646
0.653
biomedical engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
270,969
92,455
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Adam Glaser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,710
2,701
0.728
Light-sheet Microscopy
Biomedical Optics
Medical Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
289,684
97,878
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Casey M Schneider-Mizell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,433
2,769
0.807
Neural Circuits
EM Reconstruction
Drosophila neurobiology
Sensory Processing
Microcircuits
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
295,224
99,467
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Sergey Gratiy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,359
2,816
0.838
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
316,097
105,351
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Shenqin Yao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,096
1,721
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
328,443
108,824
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Brian Kalmbach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,956
2,488
0.842
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
334,804
110,591
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Kathryn Gudsnuk
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,886
1,669
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
362,110
118,135
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Saroja Somasundaram
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,618
2,603
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
367,470
119,614
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Marina Garrett
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,569
2,088
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
373,402
121,267
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Amanda C Mitchell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,517
1,294
0.514
Neuroscience
Genetics
Psychiatry
Epigenetics
Chromatin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
382,103
123,625
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Nuno Maçarico da Costa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,442
1,981
0.811
Neuroscience
Neuroanatomy
Neuroinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
383,839
124,101
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Derek Thirstrup
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,427
2,129
0.877
Supervised machine learning image classifiers
molecular pathology
luminex custom proteomic assay