Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Medical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience Highly Cited Researchers 87 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
Headache
migraine
neurology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,738
70,192
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
neuroscience
connectomics
neuroinformatics
neuroimaging
transcranial magnetic stimulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,831
35,406
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,705
21,956
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Neuroscience
Neurophysiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,539
852
0.100
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Neuroscience
Neuropathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,974
4,345
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Vision Physiology
Sensory Neuroscience
Ophthalmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,875
4,116
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,226
2,698
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,929
2,072
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
neuroscience
ALS/FTLD
tau
FUS
neurodegeneration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,886
2,490
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
neuroscience
pharmacology
Parkinson's disease
aging
tyrosine hydroxylase
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,211
3,701
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Neuroscience
basal ganglia
dopamine
molecular mechanisms of drug addiction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,182
906
0.147
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Neuroscience
Aging
Alzheimer's Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,782
3,091
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
neuroscience
cell biology
microscopy
cerebellum
ageingEerste interesse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,425
1,046
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,123
1,612
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
neuroscience
cell biology
imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,868
721
0.148
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,510
1,342
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
neurosciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,147
1,381
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Neuroscience&Psychiatry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,114
2,515
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Brain development
gender development
neuroplasticity
critical periods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,059
1,341
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience
Vision
Attention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,957
2,365
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
cortical coding
behavior
posture
navigation
social learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,920
1,390
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,469
235
0.068
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Neuroscience
stem cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,433
1,087
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,188
2,659
0.834
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,120
944
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,978
7
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Lars Jacob Stovner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,738
70,192
0.545
Headache
migraine
neurology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,158
996
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Peter T Fox
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,831
35,406
0.288
neuroscience
connectomics
neuroinformatics
neuroimaging
transcranial magnetic stimulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,166
18
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Pierre Magistretti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,705
21,956
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,596
46,852
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Randall J Nelson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,539
852
0.100
Neuroscience
Neurophysiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,995
49,934
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kevin Bieniek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,974
4,345
0.545
Neuroscience
Neuropathology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,787
5,759
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Tian Xue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,875
4,116
0.523
Vision Physiology
Sensory Neuroscience
Ophthalmology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,603
54,662
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Dan Lodge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,226
2,698
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,089
56,747
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Chu Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,929
2,072
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,102
2,938
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Shinsuke Ishigaki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,886
2,490
0.362
neuroscience
ALS/FTLD
tau
FUS
neurodegeneration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,125
62,438
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Michael F Salvatore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,211
3,701
0.596
neuroscience
pharmacology
Parkinson's disease
aging
tyrosine hydroxylase
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,892
62,687
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Heinz Steiner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,182
906
0.147
Neuroscience
basal ganglia
dopamine
molecular mechanisms of drug addiction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
181,721
8,194
225
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Qiang Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,782
3,091
0.535
Neuroscience
Aging
Alzheimer's Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
193,306
1,285
234
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Van Der Want
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,425
1,046
0.193
neuroscience
cell biology
microscopy
cerebellum
ageingEerste interesse
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204,443
1,369
251
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Clifford Kentros
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,123
1,612
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
214,833
4,318
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Takeshi Nakamura
Tokyo University of Science
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,868
721
0.148
neuroscience
cell biology
imaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
230,779
3,760
118
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Joung Hun Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,510
1,342
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
249,314
345
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Dietrich Ernst Lorke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,147
1,381
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
251,156
11,706
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Dahua Yu
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,114
2,515
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
254,369
87,914
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Lise S Eliot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,059
1,341
0.330
Brain development
gender development
neuroplasticity
critical periods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
260,183
2,292
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Mohammad Reza Daliri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,957
2,365
0.598
Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience
Vision
Attention
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
262,332
1,804
326
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jonathan Whitlock
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,920
1,390
0.355
cortical coding
behavior
posture
navigation
social learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
291,573
98,580
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Monica M Oblinger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,469
235
0.068
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
294,280
99,410
153
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
E Kokovay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,433
1,087
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
313,028
3,071
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Farimah Beheshti
Torbat Heydarie University of Medical Science
Torbat-e-Heydarieh, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,188
2,659
0.834
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
318,813
106,291
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Scott A Heldt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,120
944
0.303