World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Daniel L. Schacter

Daniel L. Schacter

Award Badge
Best Scientists
2025
Award Badge
Neuroscience
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Best Scientists 182 575 530 363 328 685 139861
Psychology 185 19 17 8 7 672 149097
Neuroscience 185 50 42 34 27 673 149097

Daniel L. Schacter publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Daniel L. Schacter between 1953 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Daniel L. Schacter published across 73 years, from 1953 to 2025, averaging 9.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 31 publications in 2016. 26 of the 713 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1953 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 31. Peak 31 publications in 2016. 1953: 1 publication 1954: 0 publications 1955: 0 publications 1956: 0 publications 1957: 0 publications 1958: 0 publications 1959: 0 publications 1960: 0 publications 1961: 0 publications 1962: 0 publications 1963: 0 publications 1964: 0 publications 1965: 0 publications 1966: 0 publications 1967: 1 publication 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 1 publication 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 1 publication 1977: 3 publications 1978: 2 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 5 publications 1983: 2 publications 1984: 3 publications 1985: 5 publications 1986: 14 publications 1987: 13 publications 1988: 7 publications 1989: 13 publications 1990: 15 publications 1991: 13 publications 1992: 11 publications 1993: 10 publications 1994: 13 publications 1995: 15 publications 1996: 15 publications 1997: 24 publications 1998: 16 publications 1999: 22 publications 2000: 26 publications 2001: 30 publications 2002: 15 publications 2003: 16 publications 2004: 19 publications 2005: 17 publications 2006: 23 publications 2007: 29 publications 2008: 17 publications 2009: 16 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 14 publications 2013: 21 publications 2014: 16 publications 2015: 20 publications 2016: 31 publications 2017: 26 publications 2018: 20 publications 2019: 18 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 20 publications 2022: 17 publications 2023: 16 publications 2024: 20 publications 2025: 6 publications
1953 2025

713 publications in total across all disciplines

View publications per year as a table
Daniel L. Schacter: publications per year, 1953 to 2025
Year Publications
1953 1
1954 0
1955 0
1956 0
1957 0
1958 0
1959 0
1960 0
1961 0
1962 0
1963 0
1964 0
1965 0
1966 0
1967 1
1968 0
1969 0
1970 0
1971 1
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 1
1977 3
1978 2
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 5
1983 2
1984 3
1985 5
1986 14
1987 13
1988 7
1989 13
1990 15
1991 13
1992 11
1993 10
1994 13
1995 15
1996 15
1997 24
1998 16
1999 22
2000 26
2001 30
2002 15
2003 16
2004 19
2005 17
2006 23
2007 29
2008 17
2009 16
2010 14
2011 8
2012 14
2013 21
2014 16
2015 20
2016 31
2017 26
2018 20
2019 18
2020 13
2021 20
2022 17
2023 16
2024 20
2025 6
Total 713
Download as CSV

Daniel L. Schacter publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Daniel L. Schacter sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 69 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 31–40 to 705+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 736. Most scientists, 736, have 101–110 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 671–680 publications, is where this scientist sits. 31–40 publications: 6 scientists 41–50 publications: 52 scientists 51–60 publications: 138 scientists 61–70 publications: 299 scientists 71–80 publications: 461 scientists 81–90 publications: 605 scientists 91–100 publications: 713 scientists 101–110 publications: 736 scientists 111–120 publications: 686 scientists 121–130 publications: 670 scientists 131–140 publications: 644 scientists 141–150 publications: 597 scientists 151–160 publications: 576 scientists 161–170 publications: 477 scientists 171–180 publications: 450 scientists 181–190 publications: 397 scientists 191–200 publications: 343 scientists 201–210 publications: 328 scientists 211–220 publications: 313 scientists 221–230 publications: 283 scientists 231–240 publications: 226 scientists 241–250 publications: 196 scientists 251–260 publications: 201 scientists 261–270 publications: 171 scientists 271–280 publications: 151 scientists 281–290 publications: 139 scientists 291–300 publications: 113 scientists 301–310 publications: 102 scientists 311–320 publications: 100 scientists 321–330 publications: 76 scientists 331–340 publications: 92 scientists 341–350 publications: 85 scientists 351–360 publications: 69 scientists 361–370 publications: 71 scientists 371–380 publications: 63 scientists 381–390 publications: 58 scientists 391–400 publications: 57 scientists 401–410 publications: 43 scientists 411–420 publications: 33 scientists 421–430 publications: 50 scientists 431–440 publications: 41 scientists 441–450 publications: 32 scientists 451–460 publications: 27 scientists 461–470 publications: 28 scientists 471–480 publications: 25 scientists 481–490 publications: 28 scientists 491–500 publications: 20 scientists 501–510 publications: 23 scientists 511–520 publications: 26 scientists 521–530 publications: 17 scientists 531–540 publications: 21 scientists 541–550 publications: 14 scientists 551–560 publications: 16 scientists 561–570 publications: 10 scientists 571–580 publications: 22 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 14 scientists 601–610 publications: 9 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 4 scientists 631–640 publications: 7 scientists 641–650 publications: 5 scientists 651–660 publications: 10 scientists 661–670 publications: 8 scientists 671–680 publications: 8 scientists 681–690 publications: 4 scientists 691–700 publications: 3 scientists 701–704 publications: 4 scientists 705+ publications: 100 scientists
31–40 publications 705+

This scientist: 672 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

View publications distribution as a table
Number of Psychology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 11,416 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
31–40 6
41–50 52
51–60 138
61–70 299
71–80 461
81–90 605
91–100 713
101–110 736
111–120 686
121–130 670
131–140 644
141–150 597
151–160 576
161–170 477
171–180 450
181–190 397
191–200 343
201–210 328
211–220 313
221–230 283
231–240 226
241–250 196
251–260 201
261–270 171
271–280 151
281–290 139
291–300 113
301–310 102
311–320 100
321–330 76
331–340 92
341–350 85
351–360 69
361–370 71
371–380 63
381–390 58
391–400 57
401–410 43
411–420 33
421–430 50
431–440 41
441–450 32
451–460 27
461–470 28
471–480 25
481–490 28
491–500 20
501–510 23
511–520 26
521–530 17
531–540 21
541–550 14
551–560 16
561–570 10
571–580 22
581–590 9
591–600 14
601–610 9
611–620 11
621–630 4
631–640 7
641–650 5
651–660 10
661–670 8
671–680 8 672
681–690 4
691–700 3
701–704 4
705+ 100
Download as CSV

Daniel L. Schacter D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Daniel L. Schacter sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30–31 to 144+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 702. Most scientists, 702, have 32–33 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 144+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30–31 D-Index: 398 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 702 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 671 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 659 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 641 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 671 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 617 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 558 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 495 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 487 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 445 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 390 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 408 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 345 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 325 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 321 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 248 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 290 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 218 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 219 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 215 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 183 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 169 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 132 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 137 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 120 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 112 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 86 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 101 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 83 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 77 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 70 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 78 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 58 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 53 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 57 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 48 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 53 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 46 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 24 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 35 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 27 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 31 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 22 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 24 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 11 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 19 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 10 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 16 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 10 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 5 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 12 scientists 144+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30–31 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 185 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Psychology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 11,416 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30–31 398
32–33 702
34–35 671
36–37 659
38–39 641
40–41 671
42–43 617
44–45 558
46–47 495
48–49 487
50–51 445
52–53 390
54–55 408
56–57 345
58–59 325
60–61 321
62–63 248
64–65 290
66–67 218
68–69 219
70–71 215
72–73 183
74–75 169
76–77 132
78–79 137
80–81 120
82–83 112
84–85 86
86–87 101
88–89 83
90–91 77
92–93 70
94–95 78
96–97 58
98–99 53
100–101 57
102–103 48
104–105 53
106–107 46
108–109 24
110–111 35
112–113 27
114–115 32
116–117 31
118–119 22
120–121 16
122–123 24
124–125 18
126–127 11
128–129 19
130–131 10
132–133 16
134–135 10
136–137 12
138–139 8
140–141 5
142–143 12
144+ 98 185
Download as CSV

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2017 - William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA)
  • 2013 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2012 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • 1998 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1991 - Troland Research Awards, United States National Academy of Sciences For his investigations of the amnesic syndrome and of explicit versus implicit memory, major steps toward a neuro-psychological analysis of the functions of consciousness.

Overview

Daniel L. Schacter is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans Neuroscience and Psychology, with a focus on Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. The work also touches on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Social Psychology as significant subfields of study.

The main topics explored in their research include:

  • Memory Processes and Influences
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Identity, Memory, and Therapy
  • Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Schacter has published extensively, with frequent contributions to several academic venues. These include:

  • Memory
  • Annual Review of Psychology
  • Creativity Research Journal
  • Cortex
  • UNC Libraries

Their notable recent papers feature:

  • "Aging in an Era of Fake News" (2020) published in Current Directions in Psychological Science
  • "Research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: A call to action for psychological science" (2020) published in British Journal of Psychology
  • "The role of memory in creative ideation" (2023) published in Nature Reviews Psychology
  • "Deliberating trade-offs with the future" (2020) published in Nature Human Behaviour
  • "Modulation of hippocampal brain networks produces changes in episodic simulation and divergent thinking" (2020) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Preston P. Thakral
  • William Orwig
  • Susan T. Fiske
  • Sarah E. Kalinowski
  • Roger E. Beaty

Among awards received are:

  • William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (2017)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2013)
  • APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association (2012)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1998)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1996)
  • Troland Research Awards, United States National Academy of Sciences (1991) for investigations of amnesic syndrome and explicit versus implicit memory contributing to neuro-psychological analysis of consciousness functions

Best Publications

  • The Brain's Default Network Anatomy, Function, and Relevance to Disease

    Randy L. Buckner;Jessica R. Andrews‐Hanna;Daniel L. Schacter

  • Implicit memory: History and current status

    Daniel L. Schacter

  • Priming and human memory systems

    Endel Tulving;Daniel L. Schacter

  • Searching For Memory: The Brain, The Mind, And The Past

    Daniel L. Schacter

  • Implicit and explicit memory for new associations in normal and amnesic subjects.

    Peter Graf;Daniel L. Schacter

  • Remembering the past to imagine the future: the prospective brain

    Daniel L. Schacter;Donna Rose Addis;Randy L. Buckner;Randy L. Buckner

  • Remembering the past and imagining the future: common and distinct neural substrates during event construction and elaboration

    Donna Rose Addis;Alana T. Wong;Alana T. Wong;Daniel L. Schacter;Daniel L. Schacter

  • The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers

    Daniel L. Schacter

  • The cognitive neuroscience of constructive memory: remembering the past and imagining the future

    Daniel L Schacter;Donna Rose Addis

  • Building Memories: Remembering and Forgetting of Verbal Experiences as Predicted by Brain Activity

    Anthony D. Wagner;Daniel L. Schacter;Michael Rotte;Wilma Koutstaal

  • Priming and multiple memory systems: Perceptual mechanisms of implicit memory

    Daniel L. Schacter

  • Top-down facilitation of visual recognition

    M. Bar;K. S. Kassam;A. S. Ghuman;J. Boshyan

  • The seven sins of memory. Insights from psychology and cognitive neuroscience.

    Daniel L. Schacter

  • Priming effects in word-fragment completion are independent of recognition memory.

    Endel Tulving;Daniel L. Schacter;Heather A. Stark

  • The Future of Memory: Remembering, Imagining, and the Brain

    Daniel L. Schacter;Donna Rose Addis;Demis Hassabis;Victoria C. Martin

  • Overdependence on degraded gist memory in Alzheimer's disease.

    David A. Gallo;Kameron R. Shahid;Meredith A. Olson;Todd M. Solomon

  • Default network activity, coupled with the frontoparietal control network, supports goal-directed cognition.

    R. Nathan Spreng;W. Dale Stevens;Jon P. Chamberlain;Adrian W. Gilmore

  • THE COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE OF CONSTRUCTIVE MEMORY

    Daniel L. Schacter;Kenneth Andrew Norman;Wilma Koutstaal

  • The Evolution of Multiple Memory Systems

    David F. Sherry;Daniel L. Schacter

  • Priming and the Brain

    Daniel L Schacter;Randy L Buckner

Frequent Co-Authors

Donna Rose Addis
Donna Rose Addis University of Toronto
Andrew E. Budson
Andrew E. Budson Boston University
Randy L. Buckner
Randy L. Buckner Harvard University
Wilma Koutstaal
Wilma Koutstaal University of Minnesota
Karl K. Szpunar
Karl K. Szpunar Toronto Metropolitan University
Anthony D. Wagner
Anthony D. Wagner Stanford University
Kirk R. Daffner
Kirk R. Daffner Brigham and Women's Hospital
Tim Curran
Tim Curran University of Colorado Boulder
Reisa A. Sperling
Reisa A. Sperling Brigham and Women's Hospital

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Exploring online degrees in psychology opens up a variety of rewarding career paths, particularly in mental health counseling. Many students choose to pursue courses and degrees online, allowing them to balance studies with work or family commitments. When considering a future as a mental health counselor, it’s important to understand the specific Pittsburgh mental health counselor education requirements and how these may differ from other locations.

In addition to a foundational education in psychology, aspiring counselors must meet certain academic and licensing standards that vary by state. For example, reviewing the Plano mental health counselor education requirements or examining what’s needed to how to become a mental health counselor in Port St. Lucie can provide useful insights for your personal journey.

Many graduates choose to specialize further or work in specific regions. Learning about the steps to become a mental health counselor in Portland is another example of how location can shape your career. Exploring different pathways helps you make informed decisions and tailor your educational experience to your goals.

Best Scientists Citing Daniel L. Schacter

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles