top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists in Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

2025 single-year list · 4,136 listed authors · 8 subfields

4,136 researchers whose main field is Psychology & Cognitive Sciences (Health Sciences) are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the top 2% scientists list, out of 141,053 Scopus authors in the field. 3,518 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). The field has 8 subfields.

Listed authors
4,136
2.93% of the field’s Scopus authors
In the global top 100,000
3,518
Scopus authors in the field
141,053
Highest-ranked
#4
Bandura, Albert

Subfields 1–4 of 8

  1. Experimental Psychology1,10327%
  2. Social Psychology1,10227%
  3. Developmental & Child Psychology65516%
  4. Clinical Psychology40310%

Subfields 5–8 of 8

  1. Human Factors3368%
  2. Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology2847%
  3. General Psychology & Cognitive Sciences842%
  4. Psychoanalysis782%

4,136 listed scientists in Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

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