Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationMedical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience Rankings 2025
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 should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
352,113
127,959
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
personality psychology
developmental psychology
epidemiology
psychiatry
biomarkers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201,228
64,462
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Neuroimaging
MRI
Computational Neuroscience
Statistical Genetics
Biomedical Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,319
90,377
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Neuroscience Decision Making Neural Replay Reinforcement Learning (RL) DopamineComputational Psychiatry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,287
56,213
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Human brain structure and function
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,847
28,224
0.146
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Affective Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174,506
53,668
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
neuroscience
microbiology
optogenetics
genome engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171,668
103,567
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
neuroscience
computer science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,044
58,927
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
neuroscience
cognitive neuroscience
alzheimer disease
psychiatry
memory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,298
70,340
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,005
68,270
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
neuroscience
neuroimaging
informatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,068
61,105
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,064
32,558
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Neuroscience
optogenetics
psychiatry
bioengineering
neuroengineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,168
72,069
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Systems Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,044
56,807
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,854
22,026
0.152
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,293
12,539
0.087
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Neuroscience
ATP
adenosine
purinergic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,160
21,847
0.152
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,206
36,634
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Cognitive Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,111
21,973
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Headache
migraine
neurology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,987
74,178
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
neuroscience
connectomics
neuroinformatics
neuroimaging
transcranial magnetic stimulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,639
39,395
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
neuroscience
molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,066
17,574
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Neuroscience
Sleep
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,424
17,595
0.155
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Computational Vision
Computational Neuroscience
Image Processing
Vision Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,089
53,509
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Cognitive neuroscience
philosophy of mind
empirical aesthetics
language
schizophrenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,880
28,666
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Karl Friston
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
352,113
127,959
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
756
304
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Avshalom Caspi
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201,228
64,462
0.320
personality psychology
developmental psychology
epidemiology
psychiatry
biomarkers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
796
321
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Anders M Dale
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,319
90,377
0.458
Neuroimaging
MRI
Computational Neuroscience
Statistical Genetics
Biomedical Optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
797
60
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Raymond J Dolan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,287
56,213
0.285
Neuroscience Decision Making Neural Replay Reinforcement Learning (RL) DopamineComputational Psychiatry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
841
16
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Richard Frackowiak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,847
28,224
0.146
Human brain structure and function
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,019
430
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Richard J Davidson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174,506
53,668
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,048
443
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Feng Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171,668
103,567
0.603
neuroscience
microbiology
optogenetics
genome engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,104
473
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Christof Koch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,044
58,927
0.353
neuroscience
computer science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,143
495
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Randy L Buckner
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,298
70,340
0.428
neuroscience
cognitive neuroscience
alzheimer disease
psychiatry
memory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,148
42
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Anthony E Lang
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,005
68,270
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,186
518
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Arthur W Toga
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,068
61,105
0.379
neuroscience
neuroimaging
informatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,230
89
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Giacomo Rizzolatti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,064
32,558
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,409
626
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Karl Deisseroth
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,168
72,069
0.490
Neuroscience
optogenetics
psychiatry
bioengineering
neuroengineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,455
650
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Gyorgy Buzsaki
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,044
56,807
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,459
653
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Carl Cotman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,854
22,026
0.152
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,471
21
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Tomas Hökfelt
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,293
12,539
0.087
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,475
113
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Geoffrey Burnstock
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,160
21,847
0.152
Neuroscience
ATP
adenosine
purinergic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,819
830
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Clifford Woolf
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,206
36,634
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,928
75
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Endel Tulving
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,111
21,973
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,008
7
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lars Jacob Stovner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,987
74,178
0.608
Headache
migraine
neurology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,084
969
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Peter T Fox
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,639
39,395
0.329
neuroscience
connectomics
neuroinformatics
neuroimaging
transcranial magnetic stimulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,175
44
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jean-Pierre Changeux
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,066
17,574
0.150
neuroscience
molecular biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,319
25
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Masashi Yanagisawa
University of Tsukuba
Tsukuba, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,424
17,595
0.155
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,450
1,172
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Eero P Simoncelli
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,089
53,509
0.486
Computational Vision
Computational Neuroscience
Image Processing
Vision Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,464
139
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Vittorio Gallese
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,880
28,666
0.261
Cognitive neuroscience
philosophy of mind
empirical aesthetics
language
schizophrenia