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Cognitive Neuroscience research in Israel

Hebrew University of Jerusalem ranks first in Israel for Cognitive Neuroscience research in 2022-now (#69 worldwide), followed by Tel Aviv University and Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.

Israel's world rank
#12
of 55 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
1.4k
Top-10% rate
9.8%
Ranked institutions
7

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Cognitive Neuroscience in Israel?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Hebrew University of JerusalemJerusalem #6932.89.7%203
2Tel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv #7232.110.0%292
3Technion – Israel Institute of TechnologyHaifa #18117.516.1%69
4Bar-Ilan UniversityRamat Gan #25711.98.6%135
5Ben-Gurion University of the NegevBeersheba #26011.78.9%130
6University of HaifaHaifa #3327.810.1%187
7Ariel UniversityAriel #507109.04.3%61

Institutions in Israel above the floor of 40 fractional works in Cognitive Neuroscience, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Cognitive Neuroscience researchers in Israel?

Rafael Malach, Haim Sompolinsky and Yoed Nissan Kenett rank highest among researchers based in Israel, on their papers in Cognitive Neuroscience that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Rafael Malach#48,646 worldwide overall44.3 of 134 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Haim Sompolinsky#23,663 worldwide overall21.7 of 47 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Yoed Nissan Kenett#13,205 worldwide overall19.1 of 37 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Yuval Nir#80,406 worldwide overall18.2 of 38 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Israel Nelken#123,535 worldwide overall19.3 of 69 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Amir Amedi#226,150 worldwide overall19.8 of 75 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Amiram Grinvald#54,255 worldwide overall15.8 of 39 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Liad Mudrik#150,015 worldwide overall17.0 of 58 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Idan Segev#56,652 worldwide overall15.5 of 48 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Ofer Yizhar#19,100 worldwide overall12.0 of 17 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Talma Hendler#188,550 worldwide overall23.1 of 139 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Itamar Kahn#200,688 worldwide overall11.1 of 24 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Nachum Ulanovsky#31,099 worldwide overall10.2 of 17 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Yadin Dudai#157,738 worldwide overall11.7 of 33 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 14Leon Y. Deouell#544,352 worldwide overall15.5 of 71 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Israel on their work in Cognitive Neuroscience alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Israel compares with other countries in Cognitive Neuroscience