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Top Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Researchers

Noam Chomsky ranks first, out of 5,311 ranked researchers.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 15 works, and an institution the snapshot can resolve.

The ranking

  1. 1 Noam Chomsky United States · #7 worldwide 3.7k citations · 239 works
  2. 2 Ronald C. Kessler United States · #14 worldwide 9.8k citations · 232 works
  3. 3 Sigmund Freud United States · #25 worldwide 2.7k citations · 174 works
  4. 4 Josep María Haro Spain · #63 worldwide 6.4k citations · 180 works
  5. 5 Herbert A. Simon United States · #65 worldwide 4.2k citations · 188 works
  6. 6 Mika Kivimäki United Kingdom · #69 worldwide 6.7k citations · 266 works
  7. 7 Richard M. Ryan United States · #153 worldwide 10k citations · 118 works
  8. 8 Robert Rosenthal United States · #204 worldwide 3.8k citations · 135 works
  9. 9 Howard Gardner United States · #205 worldwide 3.7k citations · 123 works
  10. 10 Jean Piaget Switzerland · #208 worldwide 1.6k citations · 144 works
  11. 11 Mihály Csíkszentmihályi United States · #346 worldwide 4.1k citations · 107 works
  12. 12 John T. Cacioppo United States · #364 worldwide 3.7k citations · 119 works
  13. 13 H.J. Eysenck United Kingdom · #388 worldwide 5.7k citations · 103 works
  14. 14 Tōnu Esko Estonia · #445 worldwide 3.7k citations · 142 works
  15. 15 James A. Russell United States · #453 worldwide 5k citations · 104 works
  16. 16 Richard Rorty United States · #462 worldwide 1.2k citations · 258 works
  17. 17 Rajesh Sagar India · #591 worldwide 4k citations · 103 works
  18. 18 Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer Netherlands · #645 worldwide 2.2k citations · 128 works
  19. 19 Teun A. van Dijk Spain · #680 worldwide 2.5k citations · 107 works
  20. 20 Richard E. Mayer United States · #706 worldwide 4.7k citations · 233 works
  21. 21 Edward T. Bullmore United Kingdom · #709 worldwide 2.6k citations · 165 works
  22. 22 Simon Baron‐Cohen United Kingdom · #719 worldwide 3.8k citations · 212 works
  23. 23 Paul B. Baltes Germany · #783 worldwide 2.1k citations · 147 works
  24. 24 Richard E. Petty United States · #851 worldwide 4.2k citations · 116 works
  25. 25 Martin E. P. Seligman United States · #854 worldwide 7.1k citations · 91 works
  26. 26 Terrie E. Moffitt United States · #884 worldwide 2.7k citations · 120 works
  27. 27 Jacquelynne S. Eccles United States · #982 worldwide 3.6k citations · 105 works
  28. 28 Jerome S. Bruner United States · #1,048 worldwide 1.9k citations · 103 works
  29. 29 Masashi Yanagisawa Japan · #1,094 worldwide 2.2k citations · 108 works
  30. 30 Roman Jakobson United States · #1,107 worldwide 708 citations · 148 works
  31. 31 Alan Baddeley United Kingdom · #1,115 worldwide 2.9k citations · 106 works
  32. 32 Ken Hyland United Kingdom · #1,163 worldwide 1.7k citations · 101 works
  33. 33 Jerome A. Yesavage United States · #1,257 worldwide 2.4k citations · 95 works
  34. 34 Ronald C. Petersen United States · #1,258 worldwide 4k citations · 306 works
  35. 35 Daniel Kahneman United States · #1,391 worldwide 21k citations · 80 works
  36. 36 John Wilding United Kingdom · #1,427 worldwide 1.8k citations · 113 works
  37. 37 Charles S. Carver United States · #1,452 worldwide 2.8k citations · 99 works
  38. 38 Aaron T. Beck United States · #1,453 worldwide 2.7k citations · 90 works
  39. 39 Jeffrey F. Cohn United States · #1,456 worldwide 3.1k citations · 90 works
  40. 40 Albert Bandura United States · #1,489 worldwide 14k citations · 79 works
  41. 41 Rosalind W. Picard United States · #1,535 worldwide 2.5k citations · 112 works
  42. 42 L. Gauthier United States · #1,570 worldwide 3.7k citations · 141 works
  43. 43 Thomas S. Huang United States · #1,582 worldwide 7.4k citations · 369 works
  44. 44 Luigi Ferrucci United States · #1,649 worldwide 5.3k citations · 345 works
  45. 45 Michael Rutter United Kingdom · #1,683 worldwide 2.2k citations · 146 works
  46. 46 Daniel C. Dennett United States · #1,701 worldwide 1.3k citations · 101 works
  47. 47 Gavin Andrews Australia · #1,709 worldwide 2k citations · 93 works
  48. 48 John W. Berry Canada · #1,713 worldwide 2.2k citations · 91 works
  49. 49 Dan J. Stein South Africa · #1,863 worldwide 7.7k citations · 620 works
  50. 50 David V. Sheehan United States · #1,883 worldwide 2.2k citations · 83 works
  51. 51 Peter Gärdenfors Sweden · #1,920 worldwide 1.1k citations · 106 works
  52. 52 Willem J. M. Levelt Germany · #1,937 worldwide 1.6k citations · 87 works
  53. 53 André G. Uitterlinden Netherlands · #1,968 worldwide 4.4k citations · 288 works
  54. 54 Ole Mors Denmark · #2,020 worldwide 2.3k citations · 128 works
  55. 55 Roy F. Baumeister United States · #2,038 worldwide 3.6k citations · 181 works
  56. 56 John R. Searle United States · #2,126 worldwide 1.1k citations · 131 works
  57. 57 Olaf Sporns United States · #2,129 worldwide 2.6k citations · 81 works
  58. 58 Richard P. Bagozzi United States · #2,132 worldwide 2.6k citations · 109 works
  59. 59 Michael I. Posner United States · #2,169 worldwide 1.9k citations · 84 works
  60. 60 Preben Bo Mortensen Denmark · #2,176 worldwide 2.2k citations · 159 works
  61. 61 Bernard Weiner United States · #2,198 worldwide 2.9k citations · 81 works
  62. 62 John R. Anderson United States · #2,214 worldwide 2.3k citations · 124 works
  63. 63 George Lakoff United States · #2,231 worldwide 2.4k citations · 73 works
  64. 64 C. Robert Cloninger United States · #2,237 worldwide 2.5k citations · 90 works
  65. 65 John D. Mayer United States · #2,243 worldwide 3.2k citations · 76 works
  66. 66 Steven C. Hayes United States · #2,276 worldwide 1.8k citations · 116 works
  67. 67 Grant W. Montgomery Australia · #2,328 worldwide 2.5k citations · 190 works
  68. 68 Veikko Salomaa Finland · #2,368 worldwide 3.3k citations · 239 works
  69. 69 Avshalom Caspi United Kingdom · #2,391 worldwide 2k citations · 108 works
  70. 70 Sonia Ancoli‐Israel United States · #2,421 worldwide 1.5k citations · 98 works
  71. 71 Péter Vollenweider Switzerland · #2,477 worldwide 1.9k citations · 152 works
  72. 72 Carl G. Hempel United States · #2,479 worldwide 1.7k citations · 71 works
  73. 73 Walter Mischel United States · #2,539 worldwide 2.1k citations · 75 works
  74. 74 John Locke United States · #2,559 worldwide 1.3k citations · 285 works
  75. 75 Josef Brožek United States · #2,570 worldwide 737 citations · 134 works
  76. 76 Giovanni de Girolamo Italy · #2,587 worldwide 1.6k citations · 97 works
  77. 77 Fred Paas Netherlands · #2,602 worldwide 2.2k citations · 95 works
  78. 78 Erik Cambria Singapore · #2,691 worldwide 2.9k citations · 189 works
  79. 79 Hubert L. Dreyfus United States · #2,784 worldwide 1.3k citations · 70 works
  80. 80 Teresa M. Amabile United States · #2,798 worldwide 1.5k citations · 75 works
  81. 81 Yaakov Stern United States · #2,848 worldwide 2.1k citations · 178 works
  82. 82 John R. Hayes United States · #2,856 worldwide 1.5k citations · 101 works
  83. 83 Paul T. Costa United States · #2,868 worldwide 2.7k citations · 74 works
  84. 84 Robert F. Krueger United States · #2,895 worldwide 2k citations · 83 works
  85. 85 Donald Davidson United States · #2,897 worldwide 1.1k citations · 74 works
  86. 86 Carol S. Dweck United States · #2,928 worldwide 2.1k citations · 79 works
  87. 87 Jane A. Cauley United States · #2,931 worldwide 1.8k citations · 164 works
  88. 88 Gonneke Willemsen Netherlands · #2,937 worldwide 2.1k citations · 160 works
  89. 89 Daniel L. Schacter United States · #3,030 worldwide 1.7k citations · 118 works
  90. 90 Norbert Schwarz United States · #3,034 worldwide 2.3k citations · 135 works
  91. 91 Shaun Purcell United States · #3,063 worldwide 7.2k citations · 65 works
  92. 92 Daniel J. Buysse United States · #3,072 worldwide 1.3k citations · 90 works
  93. 93 William C. Dement United States · #3,171 worldwide 1.6k citations · 74 works
  94. 94 Richard J. Davidson United States · #3,176 worldwide 2.5k citations · 150 works
  95. 95 Raymond B. Cattell United States · #3,191 worldwide 1.6k citations · 112 works
  96. 96 David F. Dinges United States · #3,218 worldwide 1.5k citations · 70 works
  97. 97 David S. Knopman United States · #3,219 worldwide 3.2k citations · 310 works
  98. 98 Gilbert Harman United States · #3,257 worldwide 1.4k citations · 69 works
  99. 99 Nancy L. Pedersen Sweden · #3,279 worldwide 2.4k citations · 178 works
  100. 100 Kristine Yaffe United States · #3,289 worldwide 2.4k citations · 204 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, re-ranked on the composite score. 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 — it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.

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