Best Neuroscience Universities in the World 2023

The 2nd edition of Research.com ranking of the best universities in the arena of Neuroscience is based on data combined from various data sources including OpenAlex and CrossRef. The bibliometric data for estimating the citation-based metrics were gathered on 21-12-2022. Position in the ranking is based on a sum of D-indexes (Discipline H-index) of all ranking researcher’s affiliated with a given institution. D-index includes exclusively publications and citation data for an examined discipline.
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The range of our Neuroscience research
Our best universities ranking is a reliable account of leading researchers from the field of Neuroscience, established by means of a meticulous analysis of 166,880 scholars identified from a variety of bibliometric data sources. For the discipline of Neuroscience, as many as 27400 researchers were examined.

What is D-index acceptance threshold for Neuroscience
The D-index threshold for accepting a scientist to be examined is established at 30 if the majority of of their publications are in the area of Neuroscience. The approval factors for researchers to be considered into the ranking of top scientists are based on the D-index, ratio of the publications made within the selected discipline as well as the awards and achievements of the researchers. The D-index threshold for including best scientists is set as an increment of 10 depending on the total number of researchers estimated for each scientific field whilst making sure that the top 1% of leading scientists are considered into the list. There should be a proximity of 30% or less between a researcher’s general H-index and their D-index.

Extra verification methods
Because our leading aim is to make sure that only actual scientists are listed in Research.com ranking we are aware that numbers are never supposed to be a full means to assess the output of researchers. For that reason we manually check each profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a varied range of trustworthy sources. Although it’s not a factor contributing to a researcher’s position in the ranking, the number of documents published in major journals and conference proceedings should form a valuable secondary signal of their contribution to research in a given field of study. Position in the ranking is determined by every scientist’s D-index with the help of data compiled from OpenAlex and CrossRef, which are the most trustworthy and well-established bibliometric databases of this type available to the scientific community. A comprehensive definition of our research procedures can be found on our methodology page.

Our agenda
Our goal is to inspire scientists, entrepreneurs and decision-makers worldwide to explore where leading experts are heading and to offer a way for the entire research community to find out who the leading experts in specific fields of research, in different countries, or even within research institutions are.
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Key findings for Neuroscience
As far as scientific affiliations are concerned, the institution with the highest number of leading scientists in the world is Harvard University with 175 scholars affiliated with it being listed in the Neuroscience ranking. It is followed by University College London with 112 researchers and University of California, Los Angeles with 77 scholars.

The most prominent scholars in the area of Neuroscience in the world are representing Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Rockefeller University, Johns Hopkins University, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, University of Gothenburg, Lund University, Cornell University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Karolinska Institute.

Harvard University is featured as the best university in the world in our ranking with a total D-index of its ranking scholars at 11870. Ranking second in the world is University College London with a total D-index of 7866. The third place in the world is taken by Johns Hopkins University with a total D-index of 5031.

The average total D-index for the top 3% universities is 452 against an average of 452 for all 715 institutions featured in Research.com ranking.

The average number of published papers in the discipline of Neuroscience by scholars affiliated with the top 1% of researchers in the ranking is 1514 in comparison to an average of 1514 for all 715 universities.

The average number of citations of scholars affiliated with the top 1% universities is 128356 against an average of 128356 for all 715 universities.

World
National
University Details
Scholars
Σ Publications
Σ D-Index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.
1 World 1 National
Harvard University

Harvard University

United States
Scholars 175 37,629 Σ D-index 11,870
2 World 1 National
University College London

University College London

United Kingdom
Scholars 112 27,884 Σ D-index 7,866
3 World 2 National
Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

United States
Scholars 73 15,701 Σ D-index 5,031
4 World 3 National
Yale University

Yale University

United States
Scholars 71 14,050 Σ D-index 4,828
5 World 2 National
University of Oxford

University of Oxford

United Kingdom
Scholars 70 15,204 Σ D-index 4,644
6 World 4 National Scholars 77 12,535 Σ D-index 4,614
7 World 5 National
Stanford University

Stanford University

United States
Scholars 64 12,762 Σ D-index 4,585
8 World 1 National Scholars 67 12,872 Σ D-index 4,029
9 World 2 National Scholars 67 13,336 Σ D-index 3,934
10 World 6 National Scholars 61 13,287 Σ D-index 3,916
11 World 7 National
Columbia University

Columbia University

United States
Scholars 62 10,500 Σ D-index 3,862
12 World 8 National Scholars 58 10,512 Σ D-index 3,793
13 World 9 National Scholars 57 10,378 Σ D-index 3,711
14 World 1 National Scholars 53 11,550 Σ D-index 3,295
15 World 10 National Scholars 52 9,846 Σ D-index 3,278
16 World 3 National
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom
Scholars 42 10,871 Σ D-index 3,236
17 World 11 National
New York University

New York University

United States
Scholars 48 9,306 Σ D-index 3,154
18 World 12 National
University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh

United States
Scholars 50 7,676 Σ D-index 2,767
19 World 4 National
King's College London

King's College London

United Kingdom
Scholars 47 8,991 Σ D-index 2,650
20 World 1 National
University of Zurich

University of Zurich

Switzerland
Scholars 45 8,121 Σ D-index 2,618
21 World 13 National
Northwestern University

Northwestern University

United States
Scholars 44 7,514 Σ D-index 2,580
22 World 14 National Scholars 41 6,750 Σ D-index 2,530
23 World 1 National Scholars 43 10,716 Σ D-index 2,524
24 World 15 National
University of Washington

University of Washington

United States
Scholars 46 6,772 Σ D-index 2,492
25 World 16 National
Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University

United States
Scholars 44 7,261 Σ D-index 2,423
26 World 17 National Scholars 41 6,950 Σ D-index 2,416
27 World 1 National Scholars 46 6,610 Σ D-index 2,371
28 World 18 National
Duke University

Duke University

United States
Scholars 34 5,971 Σ D-index 2,134
29 World 1 National Scholars 43 8,696 Σ D-index 2,114
30 World 19 National
MIT

MIT

United States
Scholars 27 5,369 Σ D-index 2,057
31 World 3 National Scholars 36 6,236 Σ D-index 2,025
32 World 20 National Scholars 28 6,081 Σ D-index 1,998
33 World 21 National
University of Florida

University of Florida

United States
Scholars 34 6,734 Σ D-index 1,989
34 World 22 National
Boston University

Boston University

United States
Scholars 34 5,187 Σ D-index 1,919
35 World 23 National Scholars 23 7,419 Σ D-index 1,866
36 World 1 National Scholars 31 7,142 Σ D-index 1,792
37 World 24 National
Indiana University

Indiana University

United States
Scholars 34 5,470 Σ D-index 1,778
38 World 2 National Scholars 31 6,623 Σ D-index 1,760
39 World 1 National Scholars 32 6,197 Σ D-index 1,759
40 World 2 National Scholars 39 5,036 Σ D-index 1,738
41 World 25 National
Cornell University

Cornell University

United States
Scholars 26 4,976 Σ D-index 1,715
42 World 2 National
University of Geneva

University of Geneva

Switzerland
Scholars 31 5,894 Σ D-index 1,713
43 World 4 National Scholars 32 5,212 Σ D-index 1,683
44 World 26 National
University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

United States
Scholars 30 4,723 Σ D-index 1,661
45 World 2 National Scholars 29 5,104 Σ D-index 1,654
46 World 27 National
Emory University

Emory University

United States
Scholars 30 4,544 Σ D-index 1,641
47 World 28 National Scholars 28 5,066 Σ D-index 1,628
48 World 2 National Scholars 27 5,593 Σ D-index 1,552
49 World 29 National Scholars 26 3,928 Σ D-index 1,482
50 World 30 National Scholars 26 4,051 Σ D-index 1,459
51 World 1 National Scholars 25 5,744 Σ D-index 1,458
52 World 31 National
University of Iowa

University of Iowa

United States
Scholars 26 4,453 Σ D-index 1,455
53 World 3 National Scholars 28 5,342 Σ D-index 1,450
54 World 3 National Scholars 32 4,058 Σ D-index 1,443
55 World 3 National Scholars 26 5,203 Σ D-index 1,415
56 World 4 National Scholars 29 3,570 Σ D-index 1,378
57 World 32 National
University of Arizona

University of Arizona

United States
Scholars 23 3,719 Σ D-index 1,335
58 World 2 National Scholars 22 5,528 Σ D-index 1,307
59 World 5 National Scholars 29 3,566 Σ D-index 1,263
60 World 6 National Scholars 24 4,028 Σ D-index 1,253
61 World 1 National Scholars 22 3,598 Σ D-index 1,253
62 World 5 National
Cardiff University

Cardiff University

United Kingdom
Scholars 22 3,668 Σ D-index 1,214
63 World 1 National Scholars 26 3,380 Σ D-index 1,200
64 World 33 National Scholars 25 2,930 Σ D-index 1,200
65 World 3 National Scholars 20 4,295 Σ D-index 1,184
66 World 2 National Scholars 18 6,465 Σ D-index 1,183
67 World 1 National Scholars 20 5,748 Σ D-index 1,178
68 World 34 National
University of Chicago

University of Chicago

United States
Scholars 21 2,885 Σ D-index 1,177
69 World 3 National Scholars 21 3,586 Σ D-index 1,162
70 World 4 National Scholars 23 3,960 Σ D-index 1,118
71 World 4 National
Utrecht University

Utrecht University

Netherlands
Scholars 23 3,665 Σ D-index 1,114
72 World 3 National Scholars 22 4,917 Σ D-index 1,112
73 World 6 National
University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom
Scholars 19 4,135 Σ D-index 1,107
74 World 5 National
Maastricht University

Maastricht University

Netherlands
Scholars 18 4,186 Σ D-index 1,078
75 World 3 National Scholars 15 3,796 Σ D-index 1,065
76 World 5 National Scholars 19 4,007 Σ D-index 1,058
77 World 2 National
KU Leuven

KU Leuven

Belgium
Scholars 19 4,756 Σ D-index 1,032
78 World 35 National
Rockefeller University

Rockefeller University

United States
Scholars 11 3,691 Σ D-index 1,032
79 World 6 National Scholars 16 3,689 Σ D-index 1,031
80 World 7 National Scholars 21 2,479 Σ D-index 1,009
81 World 36 National
Brown University

Brown University

United States
Scholars 19 2,965 Σ D-index 1,001
82 World 7 National Scholars 20 3,454 Σ D-index 976
83 World 6 National
Leiden University

Leiden University

Netherlands
Scholars 16 3,158 Σ D-index 975
84 World 37 National Scholars 18 3,881 Σ D-index 973
85 World 38 National Scholars 18 2,837 Σ D-index 968
86 World 1 National Scholars 16 5,146 Σ D-index 957
87 World 7 National
Newcastle University

Newcastle University

United Kingdom
Scholars 15 3,497 Σ D-index 931
88 World 4 National Scholars 15 4,848 Σ D-index 928
89 World 4 National Scholars 17 3,426 Σ D-index 906
90 World 5 National Scholars 19 2,830 Σ D-index 902
91 World 8 National
Imperial College London

Imperial College London

United Kingdom
Scholars 11 3,884 Σ D-index 900
92 World 2 National Scholars 20 4,298 Σ D-index 890
93 World 39 National Scholars 16 2,105 Σ D-index 885
94 World 1 National Scholars 19 2,463 Σ D-index 876
95 World 1 National Scholars 17 2,695 Σ D-index 876
96 World 40 National
Princeton University

Princeton University

United States
Scholars 13 2,146 Σ D-index 875
97 World 8 National Scholars 16 3,112 Σ D-index 867
98 World 1 National Scholars 15 3,387 Σ D-index 864
99 World 41 National Scholars 14 2,522 Σ D-index 856
100 World 42 National Scholars 13 2,827 Σ D-index 854

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