Top Neuroscience Researchers

Karl John Friston ranks first, followed by Trevor William Robbins and György Buzsáki, out of 2,685,235 ranked researchers.

Field rank: how many more of the researcher's articles, reviews and conference papers in this field reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected of anyone's. A paper in the top 10% adds 0.9 and any other takes 0.1 away, however highly cited, so many strong papers in the field outrank one famous paper, a long record of ordinary papers does not climb, and work in other fields does not count. A paper in two subfields counts half in each. A researcher with fewer papers in the Nature Index's selective journals than expected has the count lowered by the square root of that journal factor. Floor: 15 works, an institution the snapshot can resolve, and an article, review or conference paper in this field.

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1 Karl John Friston United Kingdom · #470 worldwide overall 315.6 of 738 papers here in the top 10%
2 Trevor William Robbins United Kingdom · #1,151 worldwide overall 251.7 of 657 papers here in the top 10%
3 György Buzsáki United States · #450 worldwide overall 223.7 of 386 papers here in the top 10%
4 Raymond J. Dolan United Kingdom · #3,600 worldwide overall 229.3 of 534 papers here in the top 10%
5 Karl Deisseroth United States · #40 worldwide overall 203.8 of 323 papers here in the top 10%
6 Bruce S. McEwen United States · #3,557 worldwide overall 193.7 of 487 papers here in the top 10%
7 Fred H. Gage United States · #884 worldwide overall 173.0 of 384 papers here in the top 10%
8 Álvaro Pascual‐Leone United States · #16,143 worldwide overall 189.1 of 572 papers here in the top 10%
9 Eric J. Nestler United States · #1,416 worldwide overall 163.2 of 343 papers here in the top 10%
10 Edmund T. Rolls United Kingdom · #3,373 worldwide overall 169.0 of 402 papers here in the top 10%
11 John C. Rothwell United Kingdom · #39,114 worldwide overall 167.7 of 626 papers here in the top 10%
12 Simon Baron‐Cohen United Kingdom · #1,088 worldwide overall 139.3 of 350 papers here in the top 10%
13 Christof Koch United States · #14,089 worldwide overall 139.8 of 360 papers here in the top 10%
14 Zhong Lin Wang United States · #5 worldwide overall 118.5 of 168 papers here in the top 10%
15 Edward Thomas Bullmore United Kingdom · #5,755 worldwide overall 143.1 of 414 papers here in the top 10%
16 Maiken Nedergaard United States · #431 worldwide overall 121.7 of 207 papers here in the top 10%
17 Eric R. Kandel United States · #1,556 worldwide overall 126.5 of 259 papers here in the top 10%
18 George F. Koob United States · #11,043 worldwide overall 139.9 of 397 papers here in the top 10%
19 Simon Bodo Eickhoff Germany · #16,197 worldwide overall 145.1 of 464 papers here in the top 10%
20 John Q. Trojanowski United States · #1,186 worldwide overall 126.7 of 294 papers here in the top 10%
21 Chris Frith United Kingdom · #11,544 worldwide overall 130.3 of 335 papers here in the top 10%
22 Roger A. Nicoll United States · #599 worldwide overall 117.8 of 212 papers here in the top 10%
23 Giulio Tononi United States · #12,624 worldwide overall 130.1 of 339 papers here in the top 10%
24 Ronald S. Duman United States · #3,866 worldwide overall 118.9 of 229 papers here in the top 10%
25 Robert C. Malenka United States · #293 worldwide overall 112.1 of 182 papers here in the top 10%
26 Robert Thomas Knight United States · #13,393 worldwide overall 124.9 of 323 papers here in the top 10%
27 Karel Svoboda United States · #514 worldwide overall 106.4 of 151 papers here in the top 10%
28 Solomon H. Snyder United States · #1,189 worldwide overall 115.7 of 280 papers here in the top 10%
29 Daniel L. Schacter United States · #14,176 worldwide overall 122.5 of 360 papers here in the top 10%
30 Marcus E. Raichle United States · #1,007 worldwide overall 103.0 of 167 papers here in the top 10%
31 Anders Björklund Sweden · #10,420 worldwide overall 114.2 of 300 papers here in the top 10%
32 Stanislas Dehaene France · #2,288 worldwide overall 106.7 of 230 papers here in the top 10%
33 Richard S. J. Frackowiak United Kingdom · #6,825 worldwide overall 107.0 of 236 papers here in the top 10%
34 Henrik Zetterberg Sweden · #11,252 worldwide overall 131.3 of 483 papers here in the top 10%
35 John D. E. Gabrieli United States · #10,087 worldwide overall 113.5 of 306 papers here in the top 10%
36 David M. Holtzman United States · #674 worldwide overall 100.7 of 180 papers here in the top 10%
37 Edvard Ingjald Moser Norway · #1,526 worldwide overall 96.8 of 151 papers here in the top 10%
38 Paul M. Thompson United States · #50,059 worldwide overall 134.3 of 527 papers here in the top 10%
39 Wolf Singer Germany · #30,926 worldwide overall 115.2 of 337 papers here in the top 10%
40 Gustavo Deco Spain · #19,561 worldwide overall 116.5 of 352 papers here in the top 10%
41 Randy Lee Buckner United States · #691 worldwide overall 98.9 of 176 papers here in the top 10%
42 Alan Charles Evans Canada · #8,859 worldwide overall 110.9 of 300 papers here in the top 10%
43 Mark D’Esposito United States · #20,388 worldwide overall 108.6 of 280 papers here in the top 10%
44 Abraham Z. Snyder United States · #2,287 worldwide overall 99.9 of 198 papers here in the top 10%
45 Matthew F. S. Rushworth United Kingdom · #2,649 worldwide overall 98.3 of 185 papers here in the top 10%
46 Thomas C. Südhof United States · #248 worldwide overall 96.6 of 170 papers here in the top 10%
47 Joseph E. LeDoux United States · #19,793 worldwide overall 110.6 of 312 papers here in the top 10%
48 Clifford B. Saper United States · #9,061 worldwide overall 101.5 of 234 papers here in the top 10%
49 Kaj Blennow Sweden · #14,167 worldwide overall 123.9 of 466 papers here in the top 10%
50 Nora D. Volkow United States · #14,861 worldwide overall 116.2 of 390 papers here in the top 10%
51 Howard Eichenbaum United States · #11,576 worldwide overall 99.7 of 226 papers here in the top 10%
52 Russell Alan Poldrack United States · #1,713 worldwide overall 93.8 of 180 papers here in the top 10%
53 Robert J. Lefkowitz United States · #154 worldwide overall 91.3 of 156 papers here in the top 10%
54 Richard J. Davidson United States · #9,333 worldwide overall 102.6 of 281 papers here in the top 10%
55 Michael Andreas Nitsche Germany · #46,192 worldwide overall 127.4 of 397 papers here in the top 10%
56 Bert Sakmann Germany · #3,122 worldwide overall 91.5 of 178 papers here in the top 10%
57 Vince D. Calhoun United States · #112,879 worldwide overall 162.7 of 802 papers here in the top 10%
58 Jonathan Smallwood United Kingdom · #2,524 worldwide overall 91.5 of 188 papers here in the top 10%
59 Péter Somogyi United Kingdom · #9,894 worldwide overall 88.7 of 170 papers here in the top 10%
60 Neil Burgess United Kingdom · #19,590 worldwide overall 89.1 of 180 papers here in the top 10%
61 Barry J. Everitt United Kingdom · #14,315 worldwide overall 98.3 of 273 papers here in the top 10%
62 Ulf Ziemann Germany · #52,570 worldwide overall 107.3 of 367 papers here in the top 10%
63 Maurizio Corbetta United States · #18,969 worldwide overall 94.7 of 241 papers here in the top 10%
64 May‐Britt Moser Norway · #3,115 worldwide overall 83.1 of 127 papers here in the top 10%
65 Bruce Leonard Miller United States · #8,803 worldwide overall 108.4 of 382 papers here in the top 10%
66 David C. Van Essen United States · #1,116 worldwide overall 85.0 of 148 papers here in the top 10%
66 Anders Martin Dale United States · #3,748 worldwide overall 94.7 of 246 papers here in the top 10%
68 Olaf Sporns United States · #2,932 worldwide overall 89.3 of 194 papers here in the top 10%
69 PASKO T. RAKIC United States · #5,724 worldwide overall 90.2 of 206 papers here in the top 10%
70 Michael Peter Milham United States · #1,449 worldwide overall 84.2 of 148 papers here in the top 10%
71 Timothy E.J. Behrens United Kingdom · #203 worldwide overall 80.8 of 116 papers here in the top 10%
72 Leonardo G. Cohen United States · #9,246 worldwide overall 91.2 of 225 papers here in the top 10%
73 John Harrison Krystal United States · #17,487 worldwide overall 97.5 of 296 papers here in the top 10%
74 Carl W. Cotman United States · #14,891 worldwide overall 98.9 of 310 papers here in the top 10%
75 René Hen United States · #12,348 worldwide overall 89.2 of 214 papers here in the top 10%
76 Dennis W. Dickson United States · #15,129 worldwide overall 102.4 of 348 papers here in the top 10%
77 Earl K. Miller United States · #6,487 worldwide overall 83.1 of 158 papers here in the top 10%
78 Mark P. Mattson United States · #4,101 worldwide overall 93.9 of 266 papers here in the top 10%
79 David A. McCormick United States · #3,271 worldwide overall 80.3 of 132 papers here in the top 10%
80 Bradley T. Hyman United States · #4,286 worldwide overall 86.1 of 191 papers here in the top 10%
81 Peter W. Kalivas United Kingdom · #16,747 worldwide overall 92.8 of 259 papers here in the top 10%
82 Georg Northoff Canada · #20,152 worldwide overall 96.9 of 300 papers here in the top 10%
83 Tor Dessart Wager United States · #2,402 worldwide overall 83.8 of 170 papers here in the top 10%
84 Kent C. Berridge United States · #569 worldwide overall 79.2 of 128 papers here in the top 10%
85 Marc G. Caron United States · #9,036 worldwide overall 87.2 of 213 papers here in the top 10%
86 Bruce L. McNaughton United States · #19,699 worldwide overall 86.5 of 207 papers here in the top 10%
87 Virginia M.‐Y. Lee United States · #457 worldwide overall 81.9 of 163 papers here in the top 10%
87 Richard L. Huganir United States · #4,038 worldwide overall 84.8 of 192 papers here in the top 10%
89 Susumu Tonegawa United States · #3,015 worldwide overall 78.9 of 138 papers here in the top 10%
89 John L.R. Rubenstein United States · #1,194 worldwide overall 80.4 of 152 papers here in the top 10%
91 Steven F. Maier United States · #18,929 worldwide overall 91.0 of 259 papers here in the top 10%
92 Yavin Shaham United Kingdom · #2,949 worldwide overall 84.2 of 192 papers here in the top 10%
93 Liqun Luo United States · #1,301 worldwide overall 77.4 of 125 papers here in the top 10%
94 Dennis S. Charney United States · #10,106 worldwide overall 86.0 of 212 papers here in the top 10%
95 Daniel H. Geschwind United States · #501 worldwide overall 82.6 of 179 papers here in the top 10%
96 Terrence J. Sejnowski United States · #32,906 worldwide overall 99.6 of 350 papers here in the top 10%
97 Robert Desimone United States · #14,124 worldwide overall 79.5 of 152 papers here in the top 10%
98 Ann M. Graybiel United States · #8,236 worldwide overall 85.7 of 215 papers here in the top 10%
99 Ole Jensen United Kingdom · #25,287 worldwide overall 85.4 of 215 papers here in the top 10%
100 Hongkui Zeng United States · #236 worldwide overall 74.8 of 111 papers here in the top 10%

ranked researchers with an article, review or conference paper in Neuroscience. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review, but it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.