top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists in General Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

2025 single-year list · 84 listed authors · Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

84 researchers whose main subfield is General Psychology & Cognitive Sciences, part of Psychology & Cognitive Sciences, are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, out of 4,120 Scopus authors in the subfield. Authors qualify by ranking in the top 2% of their main subfield or in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c); 39 of these are in the top 100,000.

Listed authors
84
2.04% of the subfield’s Scopus authors
Scopus authors in the subfield
4,120
Median citations
13
top 1% from 479 · all authors in the subfield
Highest-ranked
#1,708
Lent, Robert W.

Top countries

  1. United States7083%
  2. Australia34%
  3. Macao11%
  4. Israel11%
  5. United Arab Emirates11%
  6. United Kingdom11%
  7. Taiwan11%
  8. China11%
  9. Spain11%
  10. Italy11%

Top institutions

  1. University of Maryland, College Park78%
  2. Columbia University56%
  3. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences45%
  4. Boston College45%
  5. Arizona State University34%
  6. Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED)22%
  7. University of Minnesota Twin Cities22%
  8. Loyola University Chicago22%
  9. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee22%
  10. Illinois State University22%

84 listed scientists in General Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

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