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Total 1.290 scientist
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
648
Country Rank
260
Institution Rank : 3
United States
Michael Tomasello
Michael Tomasello
Duke University
Durham , United States
Social Sciences / Psychology
developmental psychology
evolutionary anthropology
cognitive science
evolutionary psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214,955
71,280
0.332
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,414
Country Rank
627
Institution Rank : 7
United States
Barbara L Fredrickson
Barbara L Fredrickson
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill , United States
Social Sciences / Psychology
affective science
positive psychology
social psychology
psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,084
63,064
0.429
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,552
Country Rank
691
Institution Rank : 1
United States
Steven C Hayes
Steven C Hayes
University of Nevada Reno
Nevada , United States
Social Sciences / Psychology
psychology
evolutionary psychology
cognitive science
behavior analysis
clinical psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,095
55,310
0.395
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,939
Country Rank
895
Institution Rank : 84
United States
Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker
Harvard University
Cambridge , United States
Social Sciences / Psychology
psychology
cognitive science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,930
30,052
0.241
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,479
Country Rank
1,185
Institution Rank : 2
United States
Olaf Sporns
Olaf Sporns
Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington , United States
Social Sciences / Psychology
Network Science
Computational Neuroscience
Theoretical Neuroscience
Connectome
Connectomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,694
53,390
0.487
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,540
Country Rank
1,214
Institution Rank : 4
United States
Brian Nosek
Brian Nosek
University of Virginia
Charlottesville , United States
Social Sciences / Psychology
Psychology
social psychology
methodology
open science
metascience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,163
60,266
0.557
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,539
Country Rank
1,694
Institution Rank : 13
United States
David P Mackinnon
David P Mackinnon
Arizona State University
Tempe , United States
Social Sciences / Psychology
Quantitative Psychology
Prevention Science
Statistical Methods
Health Psychology
Human Memory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,901
36,893
0.401
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,721
Country Rank
1,778
Institution Rank : 90
United States
Herbert H Clark
Herbert H Clark
Stanford University
Stanford , United States
Social Sciences / Psychology
Cognitive science
Language use
Psycholinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,361
17,765
0.199
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,828
Country Rank
147
Institution Rank : 16
Australia
S Alexander Haslam|Alex Haslam
S Alexander Haslam|Alex Haslam
University of Queensland
St Lucia , Australia
Social Sciences / Psychology
Social science
Social psychology
Social identity
Leadership
Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,867
46,243
0.526
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
4,613
Country Rank
371
Institution Rank : 3
United Kingdom
Sonia Livingstone
Sonia Livingstone
London School of Economics and Political Science
London , United Kingdom
Social Sciences / Psychology
media and communications
children and internet
audiences
media literacy
children's rights in the digital environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,640
31,625
0.402
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
4,918
Country Rank
2,353
Institution Rank : 4
United States
Horace Romano Harré
Horace Romano Harré
Georgetown University
Washington , United States
Social Sciences / Psychology
philosophy of science
philosophy of social science
social psychology
psychology
philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,089
16,278
0.214
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,177
Country Rank
193
Institution Rank : 3
Germany
Ulman Lindenberger
Ulman Lindenberger
Max Planck Institute for Human Development; Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung
, Germany
Social Sciences / Psychology
Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Cognitive Science
Behavioural Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,852
32,327
0.438
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,902
Country Rank
2,805
Institution Rank : 40
United States
Thomas L Griffiths
Thomas L Griffiths
Princeton University
Princeton , United States
Social Sciences / Psychology
Computational Models of Cognition
Cognitive Science
Machine Learning
Cognitive Psychology
Bayesian Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,013
33,073
0.486
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,265
Country Rank
535
Institution Rank : 1
United Kingdom
Andrew H Kemp
Andrew H Kemp
Swansea University
Swansea , United Kingdom
Social Sciences / Psychology
wellbeing science
climate psychology
existential positive psychology
chronic conditions
burden of disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,465
38,833
0.593
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,271
Country Rank
137
Institution Rank : 8
Netherlands
Denny Borsboom
Denny Borsboom
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam , Netherlands
Social Sciences / Psychology
Psychology
Psychometrics
Clinical Psychology
Philosophy of Science
Methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,439
47,549
0.727
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,435
Country Rank
3,049
Institution Rank : 65
United States
Keith Holyoak
Keith Holyoak
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles , United States
Social Sciences / Psychology
cognitive science
cognitive neuroscience
thinking and reasoning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,384
13,312
0.207
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
7,768
Country Rank
3,712
Institution Rank : 8
United States
Richard Shiffrin
Richard Shiffrin
Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington , United States
Social Sciences / Psychology
cognitive science
psychology
cognition
modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,241
9,975
0.174
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,075
Country Rank
352
Institution Rank : 17
Canada
Frank Vitaro
Frank Vitaro
Université de Montréal
Montréal , Canada
Social Sciences / Psychology
developmental psychopathology
prevention science
peers
delinquency
addictions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,126
16,110
0.309
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,104
Country Rank
4,363
Institution Rank : 5
United States
Gerald Matthews
Gerald Matthews
University of Central Florida
Orlando , United States
Social Sciences / Psychology
Human Factors
Cognitive Science
Stress
Personality
Emotional Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,004
18,095
0.348
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,583
Country Rank
4,595
Institution Rank : 2
United States
Gabriele Wulf
Gabriele Wulf
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Las Vegas , United States
Social Sciences / Psychology
Motor learning
motor control
movement science
sport psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,334
18,292
0.363
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,647
Country Rank
381
Institution Rank : 8
Australia
Nikos Ntoumanis
Nikos Ntoumanis
Curtin University
Bentley , Australia
Social Sciences / Psychology
motivation
behavioural science
exercise psychology
health behavior change
psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,119
25,950
0.518
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,855
Country Rank
42
Institution Rank : 1
Austria
Josef Perner
Josef Perner
Universität Salzburg
Salzburg , Austria
Social Sciences / Psychology
cognitive science
developmental psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,529
11,831
0.239
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,968
Country Rank
4,774
Institution Rank : 61
United States
Lauren B Resnick
Lauren B Resnick
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh , United States
Social Sciences / Psychology
Psychology and Cognitive Science
Learning Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,122
8,461
0.172
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,996
Country Rank
4,790
Institution Rank : 97
United States
Jeffrey L Elman
Jeffrey L Elman
University of California San Diego
San Diego , United States
Social Sciences / Psychology
cognitive science
neural networks
language processing
development
computational models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,006
13,956
0.285
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
10,384
Country Rank
4,964
Institution Rank : 19
United States
David L Strayer
David L Strayer
University of Utah
Salt Lake City , United States
Social Sciences / Psychology
Cognitive Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,836
15,853
0.331
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
648
United States
260
3
Michael Tomasello
Michael Tomasello
Duke University Durham, United States United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214,955
71,280
0.332
Social Sciences / Psychology
developmental psychology
evolutionary anthropology
cognitive science
evolutionary psychology
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,414
United States
627
7
Barbara L Fredrickson
Barbara L Fredrickson
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, United States United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,084
63,064
0.429
Social Sciences / Psychology
affective science
positive psychology
social psychology
psychology
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,552
United States
691
1
Steven C Hayes
Steven C Hayes
University of Nevada Reno Nevada, United States United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,095
55,310
0.395
Social Sciences / Psychology
psychology
evolutionary psychology
cognitive science
behavior analysis
clinical psychology
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,939
United States
895
84
Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker
Harvard University Cambridge, United States United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,930
30,052
0.241
Social Sciences / Psychology
psychology
cognitive science
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,479
United States
1,185
2
Olaf Sporns
Olaf Sporns
Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, United States United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,694
53,390
0.487
Social Sciences / Psychology
Network Science
Computational Neuroscience
Theoretical Neuroscience
Connectome
Connectomics
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,540
United States
1,214
4
Brian Nosek
Brian Nosek
University of Virginia Charlottesville, United States United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,163
60,266
0.557
Social Sciences / Psychology
Psychology
social psychology
methodology
open science
metascience
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,539
United States
1,694
13
David P Mackinnon
David P Mackinnon
Arizona State University Tempe, United States United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,901
36,893
0.401
Social Sciences / Psychology
Quantitative Psychology
Prevention Science
Statistical Methods
Health Psychology
Human Memory
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,721
United States
1,778
90
Herbert H Clark
Herbert H Clark
Stanford University Stanford, United States United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,361
17,765
0.199
Social Sciences / Psychology
Cognitive science
Language use
Psycholinguistics
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,828
Australia
147
16
S Alexander Haslam|Alex Haslam
S Alexander Haslam|Alex Haslam
University of Queensland St Lucia, Australia Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,867
46,243
0.526
Social Sciences / Psychology
Social science
Social psychology
Social identity
Leadership
Health
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,613
United Kingdom
371
3
Sonia Livingstone
Sonia Livingstone
London School of Economics and Political Science London, United Kingdom United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,640
31,625
0.402
Social Sciences / Psychology
media and communications
children and internet
audiences
media literacy
children's rights in the digital environment
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,918
United States
2,353
4
Horace Romano Harré
Horace Romano Harré
Georgetown University Washington, United States United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,089
16,278
0.214
Social Sciences / Psychology
philosophy of science
philosophy of social science
social psychology
psychology
philosophy
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,177
Germany
193
3
Ulman Lindenberger
Ulman Lindenberger
Max Planck Institute for Human Development; Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung , Germany Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,852
32,327
0.438
Social Sciences / Psychology
Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Cognitive Science
Behavioural Science
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,902
United States
2,805
40
Thomas L Griffiths
Thomas L Griffiths
Princeton University Princeton, United States United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,013
33,073
0.486
Social Sciences / Psychology
Computational Models of Cognition
Cognitive Science
Machine Learning
Cognitive Psychology
Bayesian Statistics
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,265
United Kingdom
535
1
Andrew H Kemp
Andrew H Kemp
Swansea University Swansea, United Kingdom United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,465
38,833
0.593
Social Sciences / Psychology
wellbeing science
climate psychology
existential positive psychology
chronic conditions
burden of disease
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,271
Netherlands
137
8
Denny Borsboom
Denny Borsboom
University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,439
47,549
0.727
Social Sciences / Psychology
Psychology
Psychometrics
Clinical Psychology
Philosophy of Science
Methodology
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,435
United States
3,049
65
Keith Holyoak
Keith Holyoak
University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles, United States United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,384
13,312
0.207
Social Sciences / Psychology
cognitive science
cognitive neuroscience
thinking and reasoning
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,768
United States
3,712
8
Richard Shiffrin
Richard Shiffrin
Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, United States United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,241
9,975
0.174
Social Sciences / Psychology
cognitive science
psychology
cognition
modeling
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,075
Canada
352
17
Frank Vitaro
Frank Vitaro
Université de Montréal Montréal, Canada Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,126
16,110
0.309
Social Sciences / Psychology
developmental psychopathology
prevention science
peers
delinquency
addictions
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,104
United States
4,363
5
Gerald Matthews
Gerald Matthews
University of Central Florida Orlando, United States United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,004
18,095
0.348
Social Sciences / Psychology
Human Factors
Cognitive Science
Stress
Personality
Emotional Intelligence
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,583
United States
4,595
2
Gabriele Wulf
Gabriele Wulf
University of Nevada Las Vegas Las Vegas, United States United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,334
18,292
0.363
Social Sciences / Psychology
Motor learning
motor control
movement science
sport psychology
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,647
Australia
381
8
Nikos Ntoumanis
Nikos Ntoumanis
Curtin University Bentley, Australia Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,119
25,950
0.518
Social Sciences / Psychology
motivation
behavioural science
exercise psychology
health behavior change
psychology
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,855
Austria
42
1
Josef Perner
Josef Perner
Universität Salzburg Salzburg, Austria Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,529
11,831
0.239
Social Sciences / Psychology
cognitive science
developmental psychology
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,968
United States
4,774
61
Lauren B Resnick
Lauren B Resnick
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, United States United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,122
8,461
0.172
Social Sciences / Psychology
Psychology and Cognitive Science
Learning Sciences
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,996
United States
4,790
97
Jeffrey L Elman
Jeffrey L Elman
University of California San Diego San Diego, United States United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,006
13,956
0.285
Social Sciences / Psychology
cognitive science
neural networks
language processing
development
computational models
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,384
United States
4,964
19
David L Strayer
David L Strayer
University of Utah Salt Lake City, United States United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,836
15,853
0.331
Social Sciences / Psychology
Cognitive Science
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