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
Affective Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179,735
48,316
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
GABA receptors
Biophysics
Inhibitory Circuitry
Epilepsy
Signal Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,695
7,084
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
neuroscience
biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,964
2,100
0.140
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
neurobiology
audition
sound localization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,818
1,209
0.102
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Neuroscience
Developmental Biology
Functional Genomics
Evolution
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,707
6,902
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Cytoskeleton in nervous system function
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,548
2,274
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Neurophysiology
Ion Channels
Epilepsy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,882
4,696
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,161
3,063
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,774
2,415
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Neuroscience
Visual System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,860
191
0.049
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Neuroscience
Speech Language Pathology
Neurobiology of Disease
Parkinson Disease
Dysphagia
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,727
1,908
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,478
1,171
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Protein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,328
962
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,563
1,324
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Neuroscience
CNS Drug Delivery
Immunotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,352
1,938
0.824
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Neuroscience
Communications
Media
Psychology
Marketing
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,590
972
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Alzheimer's disease
Neuroimaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,467
1,428
0.973
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Neuroscience
Myelin development and regeneration
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,358
456
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,110
703
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Vision
Neural Computation
Autism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
991
488
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Neuroscience Memory Cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
981
696
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
662
221
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Neuroscience
Ecology
Entomology
Biometry
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
648
273
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Neuroscience
Sleep
Memory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
617
355
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Neuroscience
Electrophysiology
Molecular biology and General relativity(Black Holes).
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
486
203
0.418
Richard J Davidson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179,735
48,316
0.269
Mathew V Jones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,695
7,084
0.451
GABA receptors
Biophysics
Inhibitory Circuitry
Epilepsy
Signal Processing
Meyer B Jackson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,964
2,100
0.140
Tom CT Yin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,818
1,209
0.102
neurobiology
audition
sound localization
André Mm Sousa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,707
6,902
0.711
Neuroscience
Developmental Biology
Functional Genomics
Evolution
Erik Dent
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,548
2,274
0.238
Cytoskeleton in nervous system function
Mathew Jones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,882
4,696
0.529
Neurophysiology
Ion Channels
Epilepsy
Mä±Chael Cahill
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,161
3,063
0.428
Yuri Saalmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,774
2,415
0.506
Montero Vm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,860
191
0.049
Michelle R Ciucci
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,727
1,908
0.512
Neuroscience
Speech Language Pathology
Neurobiology of Disease
Parkinson Disease
Dysphagia
Yuri Danilov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,478
1,171
0.337
Gururaj Joshi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,328
962
0.289
Mrinalini Hoon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,563
1,324
0.517
Michelle Pizzo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,352
1,938
0.824
Neuroscience
CNS Drug Delivery
Immunotherapy
Christopher N Cascio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,590
972
0.611
Neuroscience
Communications
Media
Psychology
Marketing
Karly Cody
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,467
1,428
0.973
Alzheimer's disease
Neuroimaging
Jayshree Samanta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,358
456
0.336
Neuroscience
Myelin development and regeneration
Shuntaro Sasai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,110
703
0.633
Ari Rosenberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
991
488
0.492
Vision
Neural Computation
Autism
Niranjan A Kambi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
981
696
0.709
Neuroscience Memory Cognition
Li Gan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
662
221
0.334
Jesse Pfammatter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
648
273
0.421
Neuroscience
Ecology
Entomology
Biometry
Statistics
Daisuke Miyamoto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
617
355
0.575
Masoud Sepehri Rad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
486
203
0.418
Neuroscience
Electrophysiology
Molecular biology and General relativity(Black Holes).