Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Psychology Highly Cited Researchers 46 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
personalty disorders
psychiatric classification and diagnosis
scientific thinking in psychology
psychological pseudoscience
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,321
19,654
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Psychosocial Epidemiology/Health Psychology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,055
39,530
0.858
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
child clinical psychology
ADHD
ODD
CD
conduct problems
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,079
17,031
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
developmental psychopathology
offspring of depressed mothers
vulnerabilities to the development of depression
mother-infant i
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,398
8,723
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Clinical Psychology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,082
5,691
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
mri decision making animal cognition dogs
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,768
5,070
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Developmental psychology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,954
4,601
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Affective Neuroscience
Neuropsychology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,573
4,517
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Computational psychiatry
motivation
decision-making
anhedonia
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,495
8,197
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
multilevel modeling
psychometrics
cluster-randomized trials
intimate partner violence
agency and empowerment
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,044
2,928
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
psychology
mental health
bullying
adolescents
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,011
9,389
0.853
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Substance use disorders
Clinical psychopharmacology
Genetics of mental disorders
Mental health of
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,681
4,725
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
language semantics
machine learning
causal reasoning
future thinking
digital phenotyping
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,612
2,364
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,310
909
0.124
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Hormones and Human Competition and Performance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,834
876
0.128
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
family narratives
clinical psychology
interdisciplinary study of behavior
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,824
1,035
0.152
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
cognition
visual perception
gender differences
development
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,509
3,063
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
neuroimaging
neuropsychology
trauma
PTSD
racism
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,264
3,993
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
comparative psychology
primate cognition
avian cognition
comparative neurobiology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,274
1,533
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
speech perception
perceptual learning
auditory imagery
sound symbolism
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,006
1,463
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Neuropsychology
Perinatology
Forensic Psychology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,913
1,107
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Psychopathy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,474
2,785
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
visual and comparative neuroscience
circadian rhythms and sleep
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,098
310
0.100
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Psychology
Psychiatry
Neuroimaging
Cognitive Neuroscience
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,969
1,120
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Clinical psychology
Psychotherapy
Personality
Interpersonal Relationships
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,258
776
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,529
4,065
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Scott O Lilienfeld
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,321
19,654
0.349
personalty disorders
psychiatric classification and diagnosis
scientific thinking in psychology
psychological pseudoscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,694
5,548
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Tené T Lewis *
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,055
39,530
0.858
Psychosocial Epidemiology/Health Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,542
6,394
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Irwin D Waldman
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,079
17,031
0.405
child clinical psychology
ADHD
ODD
CD
conduct problems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,827
10,971
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sherryl H Goodman
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,398
8,723
0.297
developmental psychopathology
offspring of depressed mothers
vulnerabilities to the development of depression
mother-infant i
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,346
18,219
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Patricia A Brennan
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,082
5,691
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,248
18,573
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gregory Berns
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,768
5,070
0.256
mri decision making animal cognition dogs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,218
20,922
149
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Philippe Rochat
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,954
4,601
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,635
21,492
156
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Stephan Hamann
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,573
4,517
0.257
Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Affective Neuroscience
Neuropsychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,041
23,185
173
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Michael T Treadway
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,495
8,197
0.497
Computational psychiatry
motivation
decision-making
anhedonia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,380
30,365
220
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Yuk Fai Cheong
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,044
2,928
0.224
multilevel modeling
psychometrics
cluster-randomized trials
intimate partner violence
agency and empowerment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,147
36,394
252
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Thomas Hsiao
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,011
9,389
0.853
psychology
mental health
bullying
adolescents
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,531
41,370
279
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Yilang Tang|Yilang Tang, MD, PhD, Yilang Tang
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,681
4,725
0.488
Substance use disorders
Clinical psychopharmacology
Genetics of mental disorders
Mental health of
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,824
52,154
352
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Phillip Wolff
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,612
2,364
0.311
language semantics
machine learning
causal reasoning
future thinking
digital phenotyping
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,853
54,130
364
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
John R Snarey
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,310
909
0.124
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,322
57,440
380
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
David A Edwards
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,834
876
0.128
Hormones and Human Competition and Performance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,551
57,514
381
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Marshall Duke
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,824
1,035
0.152
family narratives
clinical psychology
interdisciplinary study of behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,196
59,952
397
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Stella F Lourenco
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,509
3,063
0.471
cognition
visual perception
gender differences
development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,663
61,978
408
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Negar Fani
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,264
3,993
0.637
neuroimaging
neuropsychology
trauma
PTSD
racism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,751
71,467
446
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Robert Hampton
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,274
1,533
0.291
comparative psychology
primate cognition
avian cognition
comparative neurobiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
209,137
74,640
468
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lynne Nygaard
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,006
1,463
0.292
speech perception
perceptual learning
auditory imagery
sound symbolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
212,917
75,730
473
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Eugene K Emory
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,913
1,107
0.225
Neuropsychology
Perinatology
Forensic Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
232,454
81,510
517
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sarah Smith
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,474
2,785
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
320,693
106,842
639
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Hillary Rodman
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,098
310
0.100
visual and comparative neuroscience
circadian rhythms and sleep
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
332,051
110,080
656
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Xiangchuan Chen
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,969
1,120
0.377
Psychology
Psychiatry
Neuroimaging
Cognitive Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
410,923
131,727
762
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jared A Defife
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,258
776
0.344
Clinical psychology
Psychotherapy
Personality
Interpersonal Relationships