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Medical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience Highly Cited Researchers 10.124 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025

Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.

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Total 10.124 scientists
* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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113
World Rank
United Kingdom
10
Country Rank
University College London Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    374,234
  • Last 6 Years
    129,121
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.345
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Rankings

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800
World Rank
United States
315
Country Rank
Duke University Logo
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Medical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience
personality psychology | developmental psychology | epidemiology | psychiatry | biomarker

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    211,459
  • Last 6 Years
    62,548
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.296
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Rankings

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806
World Rank
United States
318
Country Rank
University of California San Diego Logo
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Medical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience
Neuroimaging | MRI | Computational Neuroscience | Statistical Genetics | Biomedical Optic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    210,864
  • Last 6 Years
    89,681
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.425
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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845
World Rank
United Kingdom
63
Country Rank
University College London Logo
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Medical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience
Neuroscience Decision Making Neural Replay Reinforcement Learning (RL) DopamineComputational Psychiatr

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    206,104
  • Last 6 Years
    54,339
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.264
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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918
World Rank
Switzerland
15
Country Rank
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Logo
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Medical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience
Human brain structure and functio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    197,462
  • Last 6 Years
    25,972
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.132
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Rankings

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1,029
World Rank
United States
424
Country Rank
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Logo
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Medical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience
neuroscience | microbiology | optogenetics | genome engineerin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    185,548
  • Last 6 Years
    100,154
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.540
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Rankings

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1,047
World Rank
United States
430
Country Rank
University of Wisconsin Madison Logo
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    184,359
  • Last 6 Years
    52,648
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.286
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Rankings

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1,126
World Rank
Canada
45
Country Rank
University of Toronto Logo
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    177,484
  • Last 6 Years
    70,474
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.397
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Rankings

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1,137
World Rank
United States
473
Country Rank
Harvard University Logo
43
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Medical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience
neuroscience | cognitive neuroscience | alzheimer disease | psychiatry | memor

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    176,727
  • Last 6 Years
    70,516
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.399
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Rankings

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1,147
World Rank
United States
477
Country Rank
Allen Institute for Brain Science Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Medical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience
neuroscience | computer scienc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    177,454
  • Last 6 Years
    59,339
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.334
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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1,213
World Rank
United States
515
Country Rank
University of Southern California Logo
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Medical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience
neuroscience | neuroimaging | informatic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    171,411
  • Last 6 Years
    61,451
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.359
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Rankings

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1,327
World Rank
Italy
92
Country Rank
Università degli Studi di Parma Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    162,902
  • Last 6 Years
    30,214
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.185
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Rankings

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1,382
World Rank
United States
596
Country Rank
Stanford University Logo
35
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Medical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience
Neuroscience | optogenetics | psychiatry | bioengineering | neuroengineerin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    158,996
  • Last 6 Years
    71,010
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.447
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Rankings

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1,477
World Rank
United States
641
Country Rank
New York University Logo
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    153,564
  • Last 6 Years
    55,587
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.362
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Rankings

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1,577
World Rank
United States
687
Country Rank
University of California Irvine Logo
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    149,037
  • Last 6 Years
    20,909
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.140
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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1,628
World Rank
United Kingdom
132
Country Rank
University College London Logo
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Medical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience
Neuroscience | ATP | adenosine | purinergi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    146,806
  • Last 6 Years
    20,056
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.137
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Rankings

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1,632
World Rank
Sweden
21
Country Rank
Karolinska Institute Logo
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    146,593
  • Last 6 Years
    11,866
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.081
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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1,914
World Rank
United States
851
Country Rank
Harvard University Logo
78
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    135,221
  • Last 6 Years
    35,883
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.265
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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1,966
World Rank
Norway
5
Country Rank
Norwegian University of Science & Technology Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Medical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience
Headache | migraine | neurolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    133,589
  • Last 6 Years
    75,112
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.562
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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2,070
World Rank
Canada
79
Country Rank
University of Toronto Logo
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    129,974
  • Last 6 Years
    20,829
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.160
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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2,192
World Rank
United States
1,010
Country Rank
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Logo
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Medical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience
neuroscience | connectomics | neuroinformatics | neuroimaging | transcranial magnetic stimulatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    125,845
  • Last 6 Years
    38,256
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.304
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Rankings

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2,270
World Rank
United States
1,049
Country Rank
New York University Logo
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Medical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience
Computational Vision | Computational Neuroscience | Image Processing | Vision Scienc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    123,552
  • Last 6 Years
    58,699
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.475
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Rankings

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2,419
World Rank
France
48
Country Rank
Institut Pasteur Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Medical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience
neuroscience | molecular biolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    120,454
  • Last 6 Years
    17,200
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.143
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Rankings

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2,610
World Rank
Japan
26
Country Rank
University of Tsukuba Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    115,409
  • Last 6 Years
    16,347
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.142
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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2,682
World Rank
Italy
157
Country Rank
Università degli Studi di Parma Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Medical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience
Cognitive neuroscience | philosophy of mind | empirical aesthetics | language | schizophreni

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    113,811
  • Last 6 Years
    26,806
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.236
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