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Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience

Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience is a research topic within Cognitive Neuroscience. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the phenomenon of brain lateralization, focusing on handedness, cerebral asymmetry, language dominance, and their implications for neurodevelopmental disorders. It delves into the evolutionary aspects, genetic influences, and behavioral manifestations of brain lateralization in both humans and animals.

  • Brain Lateralization
  • Handedness
  • Cerebral Asymmetry
  • Language Dominance
  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Evolution of Handedness
  • Hemispheric Specialization
  • Genetic Influences
  • Animal Behavior
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-2%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience

Which countries lead Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (277 and 118 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 277 works
  2. 2 China 118 works
  3. 3 Germany 111 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 84 works
  5. 5 Italy 83 works
  6. 6 Japan 76 works
  7. 7 France 59 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 49 works
  9. 9 Canada 48 works
  10. 10 India 42 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: 29.2%China: 12.5%Germany: 11.8%United Kingdom: 8.9%6 others listed: 37.7%29%largest
United States277 · 29.2%China118 · 12.5%Germany111 · 11.8%United Kingdom84 · 8.9%6 others listed356 · 37.7%

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

Which institutions lead Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience research, followed by MSH Medical School Hamburg – University of Applied Sciences and Medical University and Max Planck Society.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 22 works
  2. 2 MSH Medical School Hamburg – University of Applied Sciences and Medical UniversityGermany 21 works
  3. 3 Max Planck SocietyGermany 10 works
  4. 4 Ruhr University BochumGermany 9 works
  5. 5 University of TrentoItaly 9 works
  6. 6 Harvard UniversityUnited States 8 works
  7. 7 Ghent UniversityBelgium 6 works
  8. 8 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 6 works
  9. 9 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 6 works
  10. 10 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 6 works

Who are the leading researchers in Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience include George Davey Smith, Karl John Friston and Dan J. Stein.

  1. 1 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
  2. 2 Karl John Friston United Kingdom 310k citations
  3. 3 Dan J. Stein South Africa 306k citations
  4. 4 Cornelia M. van Duijn Netherlands 250k citations
  5. 5 André Gerardus Uitterlinden Netherlands 246k citations
  6. 6 Nicholas G. Martin Australia 228k citations
  7. 7 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  8. 8 Clifford R. Jack United States 218k 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 Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience?

The most cited paper in Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience is "INTERHEMISPHERIC DIFFERENCES IN THE LOCALIZATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN MAN" (Brenda Atkinson Milner, 1971), with 2,356 citations. Next come "A CLASSIFICATION OF HAND PREFERENCE BY ASSOCIATION ANALYSIS" (2,316) and "Human Brain: Left-Right Asymmetries in Temporal Speech Region" (2,246).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 INTERHEMISPHERIC DIFFERENCES IN THE LOCALIZATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN MAN Brenda Atkinson Milner · British Medical Bulletin Sep 1971 2,356
2 A CLASSIFICATION OF HAND PREFERENCE BY ASSOCIATION ANALYSIS Marian Annett · British Journal of Psychology Aug 1970 2,316
3 Human Brain: Left-Right Asymmetries in Temporal Speech Region Norman Geschwind, Walter Levitsky · Science 12 Jul 1968 2,246
4 Increased Cortical Representation of the Fingers of the Left Hand in String Players Thomas R. Elbert, Christo Pantev, Christian Wienbruch et al. · Science Open access 13 Oct 1995 2,079
5 Hemispheric asymmetry reduction in older adults: The HAROLD model. Roberto E. Cabeza · Psychology and Aging 2002 2,072
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience research done?

The largest centres of Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience research in 2022-now are Paris (France), Beijing (China), Hamburg (Germany) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Hamburg.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 ParisFrance 25 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 24 works
  3. 3 HamburgGermany 23 works
  4. 4 TokyoJapan 21 works
  5. 5 LondonUnited Kingdom 18 works
  6. 6 ShanghaiChina 13 works
  7. 7 IstanbulTürkiye 13 works
  8. 8 MoscowRussia 12 works
  9. 9 TehranIran 11 works
  10. 10 SeoulSouth Korea 11 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. HamburgDE · 23.4 works10×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Trento, MSH Medical School Hamburg – University of Applied Sciences and Medical University and Ruhr University Bochum 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.

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 of TrentoItaly 50.828.5%27.1×9 -17.0%
2MSH Medical School Hamburg – University of Applied Sciences and Medical UniversityGermany 35.311.2%627.9×21 -
3Ruhr University BochumGermany 27.026.5%17.5×9 -38.7%

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 Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience, country by country

Is Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025.

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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 Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0047% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience 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.

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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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