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World 10,125 Scientists H-Index Medical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience Rankings - 2025
Measure your academic influence with the AD Scientific Index 2025 H-Index Rankings.
These rankings provide a comprehensive evaluation of scientific performance by combining total and recent 6-year h-index values, offering insight into both research productivity and long-term impact. The h-index balances quantity with quality, highlighting sustained academic excellence. Rankings are continuously updated in near real-time to reflect the latest scholarly activity across countries, institutions, and 211 academic fields. Premium Membership unlocks deeper analytics, dynamic ranking tools, and personalized trend visualizations.
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Neuroscienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
283
168
0.594
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Neuroscience Decision Making Neural Replay Reinforcement Learning (RL) DopamineComputational Psychiatr
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236
115
0.487
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Human brain structure and functio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220
77
0.350
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
personality psychology
developmental psychology
epidemiology
psychiatry
biomarker
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
213
120
0.563
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Affective Neuroscienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204
109
0.534
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
neuroscience
neuroimaging
informatic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198
111
0.561
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Neuroimaging
MRI
Computational Neuroscience
Statistical Genetics
Biomedical Optic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195
121
0.621
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Neuroscienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
65
0.335
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Neuroscience
optogenetics
psychiatry
bioengineering
neuroengineerin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
143
0.741
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Neuroscienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
42
0.220
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Neuroscienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190
102
0.537
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
neuroscience
computer scienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
103
0.585
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Systems Neuroscienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175
117
0.669
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Neuroscience
ATP
adenosine
purinergi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174
65
0.374
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
neuroscienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171
92
0.538
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
neuroscience
molecular biolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170
56
0.329
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
neuroscience
cognitive neuroscience
alzheimer disease
psychiatry
memor
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
109
0.645
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Neuroscienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
59
0.358
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Neuroscience
Neuroimaging
Genetics
Cognition
Alzheimer's diseas
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
105
0.656
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Neuroscience
antidepressants
depressio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
90
0.566
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Neuroscienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
72
0.453
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
neuroscience
connectomics
neuroinformatics
neuroimaging
transcranial magnetic stimulatio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
88
0.561
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Neuroscience
Pharmacology
Neurodegenerative Diseas
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
70
0.443
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Neuroscienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
63
0.404
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
psychiatry
psychopharmacology
psychedelic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
93
0.604
Karl Friston
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
283
168
0.594
Raymond J Dolan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236
115
0.487
Neuroscience Decision Making Neural Replay Reinforcement Learning (RL) DopamineComputational Psychiatr
Richard Frackowiak
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220
77
0.350
Human brain structure and functio
Avshalom Caspi
Duke University
Durham, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
213
120
0.563
personality psychology
developmental psychology
epidemiology
psychiatry
biomarker
Richard J Davidson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204
109
0.534
Arthur W Toga
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198
111
0.561
neuroscience
neuroimaging
informatic
Anders M Dale
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195
121
0.621
Neuroimaging
MRI
Computational Neuroscience
Statistical Genetics
Biomedical Optic
Carl Cotman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
65
0.335
Karl Deisseroth
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
143
0.741
Neuroscience
optogenetics
psychiatry
bioengineering
neuroengineerin
Tomas Hökfelt
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm, Sweden
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
42
0.220
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Anthony E Lang
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190
102
0.537
Christof Koch
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
103
0.585
neuroscience
computer scienc
Gyorgy Buzsaki
New York University
New York, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175
117
0.669
Geoffrey Burnstock
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174
65
0.374
Neuroscience
ATP
adenosine
purinergi
Clifford Woolf
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171
92
0.538
Jean-Pierre Changeux
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170
56
0.329
neuroscience
molecular biolog
Randy L Buckner
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
109
0.645
neuroscience
cognitive neuroscience
alzheimer disease
psychiatry
memor
Michael A Moskowitz
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
59
0.358
Andrew Saykin
Indiana University System
Bloomington, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
105
0.656
Neuroscience
Neuroimaging
Genetics
Cognition
Alzheimer's diseas
Ronald S Duman
Yale University
New Haven, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
90
0.566
Neuroscience
antidepressants
depressio
Steven F Maier
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
72
0.453
Peter T Fox
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
88
0.561
neuroscience
connectomics
neuroinformatics
neuroimaging
transcranial magnetic stimulatio
Stuart Lipton
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
70
0.443
Neuroscience
Pharmacology
Neurodegenerative Diseas
Pasko Rakic
Yale University
New Haven, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
63
0.404
David J Nutt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
93
0.604
psychiatry
psychopharmacology
psychedelic