Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Medical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience Highly Cited Researchers 221 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
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
neuroscience
cognitive neuroscience
alzheimer disease
psychiatry
memory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170,447
64,517
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132,178
32,949
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,828
15,919
0.158
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
neuroscience
metals
Alzheimer's disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,795
34,574
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Neuroscience and Cancer Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,737
43,248
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Neuroscience
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,741
20,654
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Neuroscience
sensory neuroscience
developmental neurobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,401
9,556
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
NEUROSCIENCE
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,384
15,060
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
developmental neurobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,126
13,297
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Neuroscience
Drug Discovery
Neuropsychiatric Disease
Brain Plasticity
Epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,268
13,961
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,525
11,574
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Neural Circuits
Behavior
Machine Learning
Olfaction
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,769
8,685
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Neuroscience
Critical Period
GABA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,541
10,445
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Functional Organization
Inferotemporal Cortex
Visual Neurophysiology
Art
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,237
5,300
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
neuroscience
pain
sex differences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,159
3,570
0.154
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
fMRI
neuroimaging
systems neuroscience
cognitive neuroscience
functional connectivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,119
13,415
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
neuroscience
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,746
13,048
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Neuroscience
Cancer BIology
Developmental Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,946
3,745
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
neurosciences
brain imaging
autism
migraine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,426
6,137
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
retina
vision
perception
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,764
4,241
0.215
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,387
8,381
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Neuroscience
Neurosurgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,965
5,859
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,586
2,425
0.138
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,734
3,658
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Anesthesiology
Biomedical Engineering
Neuroscience
Consciousness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,175
10,165
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,149
489
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Randy L Buckner
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170,447
64,517
0.379
neuroscience
cognitive neuroscience
alzheimer disease
psychiatry
memory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,878
847
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Clifford Woolf
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132,178
32,949
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,183
1,520
130
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Michael A Moskowitz
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,828
15,919
0.158
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,372
1,608
138
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ashley Bush
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,795
34,574
0.354
neuroscience
metals
Alzheimer's disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,022
1,905
157
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Scott L Pomeroy
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,737
43,248
0.487
Neuroscience and Cancer Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,742
6,029
394
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mustafa Şahin
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,741
20,654
0.472
Neuroscience
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,694
7,376
451
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
David Ginty
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,401
9,556
0.249
Neuroscience
sensory neuroscience
developmental neurobiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,706
7,382
452
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Bernardo Sabatini
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,384
15,060
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,532
7,750
463
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gordon Fishell
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,126
13,297
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,936
8,374
495
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Stephen J Haggarty
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,268
13,961
0.396
Neuroscience
Drug Discovery
Neuropsychiatric Disease
Brain Plasticity
Epigenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,513
8,629
509
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Zhigang He
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,525
11,574
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,152
8,906
525
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sandeep Robert Datta
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,769
8,685
0.257
Neural Circuits
Behavior
Machine Learning
Olfaction
Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,663
10,907
615
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Takao Hensch
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,541
10,445
0.354
Neuroscience
Critical Period
GABA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,011
11,042
624
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Margaret S Livingstone
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,237
5,300
0.181
Functional Organization
Inferotemporal Cortex
Visual Neurophysiology
Art
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,830
15,189
793
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Gary Strichartz
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,159
3,570
0.154
neuroscience
pain
sex differences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,915
15,229
795
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Hesheng Liu
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,119
13,415
0.580
fMRI
neuroimaging
systems neuroscience
cognitive neuroscience
functional connectivity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,980
16,503
826
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Fenna Krienen
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,746
13,048
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,020
17,329
871
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Rosalind Segal
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,946
3,745
0.179
Neuroscience
Cancer BIology
Developmental Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,421
17,846
901
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nouchine Hadjikhani
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,426
6,137
0.300
neurosciences
brain imaging
autism
migraine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,255
18,574
926
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Richard H Masland
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,764
4,241
0.215
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,333
19,001
941
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Venkatesh N Murthy
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,387
8,381
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,685
19,508
959
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ganesh M Shankar
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,965
5,859
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,578
21,466
1,014
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Glenn D Rosen
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,586
2,425
0.138
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,940
22,758
1,047
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Charles J Weitz
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,734
3,658
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,487
23,735
1,074
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Patrick L Purdon
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,175
10,165
0.628
Anesthesiology
Biomedical Engineering
Neuroscience
Consciousness