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Cognitive Functions and Memory

Cognitive Functions and Memory is a research topic within Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Science Explorer counts 8k research works in it since 1957. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on prospective memory retrieval, particularly in the context of aging, executive functions, neural correlates, and cognitive training. It explores topics such as event-based intentions, traumatic brain injury, metacognition, and the use of virtual reality in studying prospective memory. The research also delves into the neurocognitive systems involved in prospective memory and its implications for successful aging.

  • Prospective Memory
  • Aging
  • Executive Functions
  • Event-Based Intention
  • Neural Correlates
  • Cognitive Training
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Metacognition
  • Virtual Reality
  • Neurocognitive Systems
Research works
8k
fractional, since 1957
In the world top 10%
801
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+14%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
39% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Cognitive Functions and Memory

Which countries lead Cognitive Functions and Memory research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (560 and 245 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 560 works
  2. 2 China 245 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 118 works
  4. 4 Germany 109 works
  5. 5 Canada 86 works
  6. 6 Italy 68 works
  7. 7 Japan 66 works
  8. 8 France 61 works
  9. 9 Australia 56 works
  10. 10 Spain 54 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 39.4%China: 17.2%United Kingdom: 8.3%Germany: 7.6%6 others listed: 27.5%39%largest
United States560 · 39.4%China245 · 17.2%United Kingdom118 · 8.3%Germany109 · 7.6%6 others listed392 · 27.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Cognitive Functions and Memory research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Toronto publishes the most Cognitive Functions and Memory research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Harvard University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of TorontoCanada 15 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 14 works
  3. 3 Harvard UniversityUnited States 14 works
  4. 4 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 13 works
  5. 5 University of GenevaSwitzerland 11 works
  6. 6 University of PaduaItaly 10 works
  7. 7 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 10 works
  8. 8 Henan UniversityChina 9 works
  9. 9 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States 9 works
  10. 10 University of ZurichSwitzerland 8 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cognitive Functions and Memory?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cognitive Functions and Memory include Dan J. Stein, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian and Josep María Haro.

  1. 1 Dan J. Stein South Africa 306k citations
  2. 2 Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian Singapore 252k citations
  3. 3 Josep María Haro Spain 250k citations
  4. 4 Kaj Blennow Sweden 247k citations
  5. 5 John C. Morris United States 241k citations
  6. 6 Ai Koyanagi Spain 231k citations
  7. 7 Suzanne Lyn Barker-Collo New Zealand 229k citations
  8. 8 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  9. 9 Carol Brayne United Kingdom 220k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Cognitive Functions and Memory?

The most cited paper in Cognitive Functions and Memory is "Working memory: looking back and looking forward" (Alan Baddeley, 2003), with 5,262 citations. Next come "What are the functional consequences of neurocognitive deficits in schizophrenia?" (3,538) and "Trust in Automation: Designing for Appropriate Reliance" (3,505).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Working memory: looking back and looking forward Alan Baddeley · Nature reviews. Neuroscience Review Oct 2003 5,262
2 What are the functional consequences of neurocognitive deficits in schizophrenia? M F Green · American Journal of Psychiatry Mar 1996 3,538
3 Trust in Automation: Designing for Appropriate Reliance John D. Lee, Katrina A. See · Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2004 3,505
4 The Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) and its correlates D. Ε. Broadbent, P. F. Cooper, Peter L. Fitzgerald et al. · British Journal of Clinical Psychology Feb 1982 2,972
5 Working memory span tasks: A methodological review and user’s guide Andrew R. A. Conway, Michael J. Kane, Michael F. Bunting et al. · Psychonomic Bulletin & Review Open access Oct 2005 2,918
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Where is Cognitive Functions and Memory research done?

The largest centres of Cognitive Functions and Memory research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), New York (United States) and Shanghai (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 42 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 34 works
  3. 3 New YorkUnited States 25 works
  4. 4 ShanghaiChina 24 works
  5. 5 TorontoCanada 20 works
  6. 6 TokyoJapan 19 works
  7. 7 BostonUnited States 18 works
  8. 8 Los AngelesUnited States 17 works
  9. 9 ParisFrance 16 works
  10. 10 SeoulSouth Korea 15 works
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Where is the best place to study Cognitive Functions and Memory?

Among universities, judged by research, University College London, University of Toronto and University of Padua score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 13.49%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University College L…University of PaduaHarvard UniversityUniversity of Toronto
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University College LondonUnited Kingdom 87.620.6%4.8×13 +37.5%
2University of TorontoCanada 67.610.8%4.3×15 -13.4%
3University of PaduaItaly 61.918.1%7.5×10 +83.0%
4Harvard UniversityUnited States 61.513.2%2.6×14 -22.2%
5University of GenevaSwitzerland 56.97.8%15.4×11 +21.8%
6Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 52.214.3%3.7×10 +131.2%
7University of ZurichSwitzerland 50.812.0%7.1×8 +83.0%
8University of California, Los AngelesUnited States 42.912.3%4.7×9 +46.6%
9Washington University in St. LouisUnited States 41.623.4%6.9×8 -17.8%
10Henan UniversityChina 26.62.4%16.5×9 +152.6%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Cognitive Functions and Memory, country by country

Is Cognitive Functions and Memory research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Cognitive Functions and Memory.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Cognitive Functions and Memory as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0069% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Cognitive Functions and Memory over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Cognitive Functions and Memory10.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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