Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Bar Ilan University Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Psychology Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Behavioral Neuroscience
Biological Psychiatry
Developmental Psychobiology
Epigenetics
Animal models of Obesity Binge-eating
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,449
3,650
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Adolescence
Emerging adulthood
Developmental psychopathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,133
2,478
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
memory
brain
neuropsychology
TBI
skill learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,728
2,727
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
same sex attraction
PTSD
Process research
Midrash and psychoanalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,532
2,038
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Risk taking
transportation psychology
personal growth
Terror Management Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,305
4,062
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Semantic processing
brain asymmetry
motor-language
brain stimulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,142
3,251
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Interpersonal Synchrony
Brain Imaging
Social Behavior
Social Neuroscience
Oxytocin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,092
3,569
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Autism
Socio-emotional competence
Emotion Regulation
Clinical research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,760
3,416
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,639
2,257
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
time perception
metaphor
states of consciousness
personality and individual differences
Gestalt psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,500
2,252
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
PTSD
trauma
stress
depression
mindfulness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,909
3,086
0.789
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Neuropsychology
Schizophrenia
Physical activity and the brain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,804
1,918
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Social Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,602
1,752
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Developmental Neuropsychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,414
1,525
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
neuroscience
nutrition
aging
cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,994
523
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Rehabilitation psychology
Health psychology
Care-giving
Psycho-cardiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,452
1,534
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Compliance
Regulation
Empirical Legal Studies
Law and Psychology
Behavioral Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,430
1,328
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
PTSD
Memory
Subjective aging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,065
1,875
0.908
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Learning
Memory
Metacognition
Applying cognitive psychology to enhance educational practice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,774
1,064
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Psychotherapy Research
Depression
Using Machine Learning in Mental Health
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Dyadic Processes in Ps
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,771
1,606
0.907
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Psychotherapy Research
Emotion Regulation
Mentalizing
Personality Disorders
Borderline Personality Disorder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,522
1,340
0.880
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Personality
Social Psychology
Self-Control
Neuroticism
Social Desirability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,451
773
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Social psychology
Methodology
Gerontology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,234
737
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
PTSD Communities
Military Communities
Collective Memory
Social Problems Epistemic Communities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
829
385
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
judgment and decision-making
social preferences
conflict and negotiation
unethical behavior
dual-processes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
743
539
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,719
553
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Aron Weller
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,449
3,650
0.293
Behavioral Neuroscience
Biological Psychiatry
Developmental Psychobiology
Epigenetics
Animal models of Obesity Binge-eating
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,966
879
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Shmuel Shulman
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,133
2,478
0.271
Adolescence
Emerging adulthood
Developmental psychopathology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,719
937
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Eli Vakil
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,728
2,727
0.312
memory
brain
neuropsychology
TBI
skill learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,637
965
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Tuvia Peri
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,532
2,038
0.239
same sex attraction
PTSD
Process research
Midrash and psychoanalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,219
997
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Orit Taubman Ben Ari
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,305
4,062
0.489
Risk taking
transportation psychology
personal growth
Terror Management Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,879
1,216
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michal Lavidor
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,142
3,251
0.455
Semantic processing
brain asymmetry
motor-language
brain stimulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,944
1,229
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ilanit Gordon
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,092
3,569
0.503
Interpersonal Synchrony
Brain Imaging
Social Behavior
Social Neuroscience
Oxytocin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,339
1,308
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ofer Golan
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,760
3,416
0.505
Autism
Socio-emotional competence
Emotion Regulation
Clinical research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
181,883
1,578
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gil Diesendruck
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,639
2,257
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
186,300
1,615
120
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Joseph Glicksohn
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,500
2,252
0.409
time perception
metaphor
states of consciousness
personality and individual differences
Gestalt psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
257,091
2,241
172
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Danny Horesh
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,909
3,086
0.789
PTSD
trauma
stress
depression
mindfulness
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
263,329
2,280
180
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Yuri Rassovsky
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,804
1,918
0.504
Neuropsychology
Schizophrenia
Physical activity and the brain
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,100
2,380
192
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Elena Stephan
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,602
1,752
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
288,983
2,487
203
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ronny Geva
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,414
1,525
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
322,707
2,750
226
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Yehuda Shlomo
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,994
523
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
378,332
3,165
263
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Noa Vilchinsky
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,452
1,534
0.626
Rehabilitation psychology
Health psychology
Care-giving
Psycho-cardiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
380,926
3,184
265
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Yuval Feldman
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,430
1,328
0.547
Compliance
Regulation
Empirical Legal Studies
Law and Psychology
Behavioral Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
429,907
3,536
300
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Yaakov Hoffman
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,065
1,875
0.908
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
478,440
3,892
332
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Vered Halamish
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,774
1,064
0.600
Learning
Memory
Metacognition
Applying cognitive psychology to enhance educational practice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
478,896
3,896
334
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Dana Atzil Slonim
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,771
1,606
0.907
Psychotherapy Research
Depression
Using Machine Learning in Mental Health
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Dyadic Processes in Ps
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
530,059
4,215
374
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Yogev Kivity
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,522
1,340
0.880
Psychotherapy Research
Emotion Regulation
Mentalizing
Personality Disorders
Borderline Personality Disorder
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
546,259
4,299
382
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Liad Uziel
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,451
773
0.533
Personality
Social Psychology
Self-Control
Neuroticism
Social Desirability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
602,903
4,617
418
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sara Cohen Fridel
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,234
737
0.597
Social psychology
Methodology
Gerontology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
746,310
5,409
479
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Udi Lebel
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
829
385
0.464
PTSD Communities
Military Communities
Collective Memory
Social Problems Epistemic Communities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
784,612
5,641
491
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Eliran Halali
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
743
539
0.725
judgment and decision-making
social preferences
conflict and negotiation
unethical behavior
dual-processes