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Top Sensory Systems Researchers

Salim S. Virani ranks first, out of 3,535 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 Salim S. Virani United States · #125 worldwide 3.9k citations · 163 works
  2. 2 Simon Baron‐Cohen United Kingdom · #719 worldwide 3.8k citations · 212 works
  3. 3 Solomon H. Snyder United States · #1,095 worldwide 2.8k citations · 168 works
  4. 4 Pushmeet Kohli United Kingdom · #1,147 worldwide 3.5k citations · 99 works
  5. 5 Heiko Braak Germany · #1,274 worldwide 2.9k citations · 90 works
  6. 6 Jes Olesen Denmark · #1,420 worldwide 1.6k citations · 145 works
  7. 7 Luigi Ferrucci United States · #1,649 worldwide 5.3k citations · 345 works
  8. 8 Thomas Vogt Germany · #2,082 worldwide 1.2k citations · 92 works
  9. 9 Ronald Melzack Canada · #2,248 worldwide 2.3k citations · 75 works
  10. 10 Mark R. Rosenzweig United States · #2,521 worldwide 2.1k citations · 158 works
  11. 11 Christof Koch United States · #2,536 worldwide 2.4k citations · 201 works
  12. 12 Elizabeth Loder United States · #2,666 worldwide 13k citations · 67 works
  13. 13 Ted M. Dawson United States · #2,765 worldwide 2.1k citations · 83 works
  14. 14 Kenneth S. Suslick United States · #2,832 worldwide 1.6k citations · 98 works
  15. 15 Pattie Maes United States · #3,144 worldwide 2.2k citations · 155 works
  16. 16 David S. Knopman United States · #3,219 worldwide 3.2k citations · 310 works
  17. 17 Honglei Chen United States · #3,505 worldwide 1.5k citations · 68 works
  18. 18 Bengt Samuelsson Sweden · #3,576 worldwide 1.7k citations · 98 works
  19. 19 Andrew J. Elliot United States · #3,876 worldwide 2.4k citations · 68 works
  20. 20 Valina L. Dawson United States · #4,415 worldwide 2k citations · 66 works
  21. 21 Huchuan Lu China · #4,974 worldwide 3.2k citations · 183 works
  22. 22 Innes C. Cuthill United Kingdom · #5,570 worldwide 1.7k citations · 65 works
  23. 23 Joseph E. LeDoux United States · #6,478 worldwide 1.2k citations · 77 works
  24. 24 Wytske J. Fokkens Netherlands · #6,515 worldwide 592 citations · 90 works
  25. 25 Rolf‐Detlef Treede Germany · #6,537 worldwide 1.2k citations · 99 works
  26. 26 Gill Livingston United Kingdom · #6,587 worldwide 1.1k citations · 117 works
  27. 27 David E. Clapham United States · #7,164 worldwide 1.1k citations · 60 works
  28. 28 Joaquim Mullol Spain · #7,342 worldwide 688 citations · 91 works
  29. 29 Thomas B. Fitzpatrick United States · #7,564 worldwide 878 citations · 72 works
  30. 30 Kevin J. Tracey United States · #7,976 worldwide 1.3k citations · 114 works
  31. 31 Peter W. Hellings Belgium · #8,004 worldwide 799 citations · 100 works
  32. 32 Hallowell Davis United States · #8,270 worldwide 563 citations · 69 works
  33. 33 Ling Shao United Arab Emirates · #8,527 worldwide 4.1k citations · 269 works
  34. 34 Robert B. Daroff United States · #8,624 worldwide 816 citations · 53 works
  35. 35 Robert W. Baloh United States · #8,680 worldwide 596 citations · 71 works
  36. 36 Robert A. Rescorla United States · #8,835 worldwide 1.9k citations · 51 works
  37. 37 Jianbing Shen China · #9,177 worldwide 1.2k citations · 59 works
  38. 38 John Olds United States · #10,020 worldwide 752 citations · 74 works
  39. 39 E. D. Adrian United Kingdom · #10,488 worldwide 1.2k citations · 48 works
  40. 40 Eleanor M. Simonsick United States · #10,584 worldwide 816 citations · 76 works
  41. 41 Thomas Hofmann Germany · #10,717 worldwide 3.5k citations · 437 works
  42. 42 Adrian Davis United Kingdom · #10,759 worldwide 3.5k citations · 46 works
  43. 43 Wenguan Wang China · #11,065 worldwide 1.4k citations · 89 works
  44. 44 Ole H. Petersen United Kingdom · #11,175 worldwide 981 citations · 92 works
  45. 45 Robert Y. Moore United States · #11,614 worldwide 1.2k citations · 47 works
  46. 46 Heidi L. Rehm United States · #11,668 worldwide 870 citations · 70 works
  47. 47 Richard J. Wurtman United States · #11,786 worldwide 1.1k citations · 101 works
  48. 48 Jonathan Corren United States · #11,970 worldwide 772 citations · 131 works
  49. 49 Joseph S. Takahashi United States · #12,107 worldwide 912 citations · 63 works
  50. 50 Gordon M. Shepherd United States · #12,235 worldwide 700 citations · 83 works
  51. 51 Rodney J. Schlosser United States · #12,608 worldwide 588 citations · 50 works
  52. 52 Claire Hopkins United Kingdom · #12,676 worldwide 709 citations · 48 works
  53. 53 Floyd E. Bloom United States · #12,712 worldwide 1.3k citations · 125 works
  54. 54 Margaret Burchinal United States · #13,388 worldwide 1.2k citations · 46 works
  55. 55 R. Llinás United States · #13,834 worldwide 891 citations · 45 works
  56. 56 Richard L. Doty United States · #15,304 worldwide 651 citations · 68 works
  57. 57 Lars Jacob Stovner Norway · #15,511 worldwide 2.7k citations · 41 works
  58. 58 Berthold Langguth Germany · #16,055 worldwide 794 citations · 103 works
  59. 59 Robert H. Roth United States · #16,477 worldwide 598 citations · 67 works
  60. 60 Eberhard Zwicker Germany · #17,215 worldwide 311 citations · 52 works
  61. 61 Gary C. Curhan United States · #17,253 worldwide 805 citations · 84 works
  62. 62 Sandra E. File United Kingdom · #17,376 worldwide 803 citations · 67 works
  63. 63 Doron Lancet Israel · #17,453 worldwide 620 citations · 50 works
  64. 64 Thomas G. Beach United States · #17,653 worldwide 1k citations · 94 works
  65. 65 Claus Bachert Belgium · #18,062 worldwide 1k citations · 224 works
  66. 66 Peter J. Goadsby United Kingdom · #18,455 worldwide 1.3k citations · 274 works
  67. 67 Steven J. Luck United States · #18,469 worldwide 1.1k citations · 58 works
  68. 68 David S. Zee United States · #18,656 worldwide 515 citations · 92 works
  69. 69 Hans Lassmann Austria · #19,193 worldwide 1.6k citations · 147 works
  70. 70 Gerhard Meissner United States · #19,786 worldwide 754 citations · 58 works
  71. 71 Jeremy D. Schmahmann United States · #19,799 worldwide 476 citations · 59 works
  72. 72 Peter Nürnberg Germany · #19,815 worldwide 672 citations · 69 works
  73. 73 Terence W. Picton Canada · #19,883 worldwide 834 citations · 40 works
  74. 74 Frank R. Lin United States · #21,366 worldwide 452 citations · 54 works
  75. 75 Róbert Galambos United States · #21,509 worldwide 414 citations · 51 works
  76. 76 Harold F. Schuknecht United States · #21,685 worldwide 286 citations · 48 works
  77. 77 François Guillemot France · #22,162 worldwide 601 citations · 110 works
  78. 78 Gary Lynch United States · #22,219 worldwide 1k citations · 92 works
  79. 79 Birgitta Berglund Sweden · #22,409 worldwide 516 citations · 71 works
  80. 80 Xavier Estivill Spain · #22,978 worldwide 604 citations · 93 works
  81. 81 David A. Grant United Kingdom · #23,771 worldwide 510 citations · 50 works
  82. 82 Giovanni Carlo Modugno Italy · #24,119 worldwide 687 citations · 58 works
  83. 83 Joseph Altman United States · #25,023 worldwide 507 citations · 42 works
  84. 84 Sacha B. Nelson United States · #25,169 worldwide 598 citations · 57 works
  85. 85 K. S. Lashley United States · #25,228 worldwide 466 citations · 40 works
  86. 86 Thomas J. Jentsch Germany · #25,287 worldwide 722 citations · 43 works
  87. 87 R.K. Winkelmann United States · #25,819 worldwide 704 citations · 126 works
  88. 88 Charles H. Adler United States · #25,940 worldwide 725 citations · 68 works
  89. 89 Shigetada Nakanishi Japan · #26,222 worldwide 754 citations · 66 works
  90. 90 Cuntai Guan Singapore · #26,423 worldwide 885 citations · 115 works
  91. 91 John R. Lindsay United States · #26,659 worldwide 370 citations · 62 works
  92. 92 Donald A. Wilson United States · #26,805 worldwide 457 citations · 69 works
  93. 93 Robert C. Kern United States · #27,358 worldwide 398 citations · 95 works
  94. 94 Peter Bradding United Kingdom · #27,489 worldwide 347 citations · 65 works
  95. 95 Betty R. Vohr United States · #28,274 worldwide 442 citations · 64 works
  96. 96 Nina Kraus United States · #28,384 worldwide 491 citations · 63 works
  97. 97 Marcello Costa Australia · #28,455 worldwide 468 citations · 69 works
  98. 98 Ralf Baron Germany · #28,638 worldwide 737 citations · 111 works
  99. 99 David Baguley United Kingdom · #28,982 worldwide 264 citations · 61 works
  100. 100 William Evans United Kingdom · #29,752 worldwide 458 citations · 72 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Sensory Systems, 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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