The 50 Most Influential Scientific Thinkers You Should Follow On Twitter

For new users on Twitter, the good folks at Science Magazine have put together a list of the most influential scientists on twitter you should be following right now.

With that in mind, here are 50 scientific thinkers whose thoughts and opinions will make you a little bit smarter. So here is the cream that rose to the top:

Enjoy!

50. Micah Allen, Neuroscientist –  @neuroconscience
Citations: 81 K-index: 66
Total number of tweets: 21,900
University College London, United Kingdom

49. Michael Eisen, @mbeisen | Biologist at UC Berkeley and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Citations: 68,785 K-index: 8
Total number of tweets: 16300
University of California, Berkeley, United States

48. Karen E. James, @kejames, Staff Scientist; Program in Human and Environmental Sustainability at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory.
Citations: 1,007 K-index: 31
Total number of tweets: 61,800
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, United States

47. Brian Krueger, @LabSpaces, Genomicist
Citations: 154 K-index: 58
Total number of tweets: 36,700
Duke University, United States

46. Amy Mainzer, @AmyMainzer WISE Deputy Project Scientist ; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Astrophysics and Space Sciences Section
Citations: 1,444 K-index: 31
Total number of tweets: 2,221
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States

45. Simon Baron-Cohen, @sbaroncohen, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at the University of Cambridge and Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge. He is Director of the Autism Research Centre (ARC) in Cambridge.
Citations: 84,132 K-index: 8
Total number of tweets: 119
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

44. Ves Dimov, M.D., @DrVes, an Allergist/Immunologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Chicago. He is double board-certified in Allergy/Immunology (ABAI, a conjoint board of Medicine and Pediatrics) and Internal Medicine (ABIM).
Citations: 211 K-index: 58
Total number of tweets: 32,200
University of Chicago, United States

43. John Allen Paulos, @JohnAllenPaulos, an extensively kudized author, popular public speaker, and columnist.
Citations: 1,489 K-index: 31
Total number of tweets: 4,144
Temple University, United States

42. Daniel MacArthur, @dgmacarthur, a group leader within the Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit (ATGU) at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is also Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and a research Affiliate at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT.
Citations: 6,884 K-index: 19
Total number of tweets: 15,600
Harvard Medical School, United States

41. Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer and Director, Center for SETI Research
Citations: 424 K-index: 48
Total number of tweets: 294
SETI Institute, United States

40. Matt Lieberman, a Professor and SCN Lab Director at UCLA Department of Psychology, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences.
Citations: 12,763 K-index: 16
Total number of tweets: 3,088
University of California, Los Angeles, United States

39. Paul Bloom, Psychologist
Citations: 14,135 K-index: 16
Total number of tweets: 1,973
Yale University, United States

38. Andrew Maynard, Environmental health scientist
Citations: 10,411 K-index: 18
Total number of tweets: 16,200
University of Michigan Risk Science Center, United States

37. Daniel Levitin, Neuroscientist
Citations: 5,688 K-index: 22
Total number of tweets: 3,036
McGill University, Canada

36. Daniel Gilbert, Psychologist
Citations: 26,752 K-index: 14
Total number of tweets: 1,294
Harvard University, United States

35. Bob Metcalfe, Computer scientist
Citations: 424 K-index: 55
Total number of tweets: 16,100
University of Texas, Austin, United States

34. Jean Francois Gariépy, Neuroscientist
Citations: 153 K-index: 82
Total number of tweets: 3,231
Duke University, United States

33. Pamela L. Gay, Astronomer
Citations: 238 K-index: 71
Total number of tweets: 12,700
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, United States

32. Mike Brown, Astronomer
Citations: 7,870 K-index: 24
Total number of tweets: 9,764
California Institute of Technology, United States

31. Gary King*, Statistician
Citations: 36,311 K-index: 16
Total number of tweets: 3,080
Harvard University, United States
Mike Brown

30. Jerry Coyne, Biologist
Citations: 16,657 K-index: 20
Total number of tweets: 7,711
University of Chicago, United States

29. Michael E. Mann*, Meteorologist
Citations: 15,049 K-index: 22
Total number of tweets: 20,000
Pennsylvania State University, United States

28. Robert Simpson, Astronomer
Citations: 2,280 K-index: 42
Total number of tweets: 11,500
University of Oxford, United Kingdom

27. Vaughan Bell, Neuroscientist
Citations: 821 K-index: 63
Total number of tweets: 10,900
King’s College London, United Kingdom

26. J. Craig Venter, Genomicist
Citations: 75,338 K-index: 15
Total number of tweets: 365
J. Craig Venter Institute, United States

25. Jonathan Eisen*, Biologist
Citations: 41,289 K-index: 19
Total number of tweets: 46,100
University of California, Davis, United States

24. Sebastian Thrun+, Computer scientist
Citations: 57,110 K-index: 17
Total number of tweets: 185
Stanford University, United States

23. Carolyn Porco, Planetary scientist
Citations: 2,717 K-index: 48
Space Science Institute, United States

22. Bruce Betts, Planetary scientist
Citations: 91 K-index: 155
The Planetary Society, United States

21. Robert Winston, Fertility scientist
Citations: 7,324 K-index: 43
Imperial College London, United Kingdom

20. Sean Carroll, Theoretical physicist
Citations: 14,208 K-index: 36
California Institute of Technology, United States

19. Marcus du Sautoy, Mathematician
Citations: 1,461 K-index: 77
University of Oxford, United Kingdom

18. Brian Greene, Theoretical physicist
Citations: 11,133 K-index: 45
Columbia University, United States

17. Eric Topol, Geneticist
Citations: 151,281 K-index: 23
The Scripps Research Institute, United States

16. Dan Ariely, Psychologist/behavioral economist
Citations: 16,307 K-index: 76
Duke University, United States

15. Oliver Sacks, Neurologist
Citations: 13,883 K-index: 83
New York University, United States

14. Atul Gawande, Surgeon/public health scientist
Citations: 13,763 K-index: 106
Harvard University, United States

13. Lawrence M. Krauss, Theoretical physicist
Citations: 10,155 K-index: 120
Arizona State University, United States

12. Richard Wiseman, Psychologist
Citations: 4,687 K-index: 207
University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

11. Steven Pinker, Cognitive scientist
Citations: 49,933 K-index: 103
Harvard University, United States

10. P.Z. Myers, Biologist
Citations: 1,364 K-index: 355
Total number of tweets: 25,400
University of Minnesota, Morris, United States

9. Tim Berners-Lee, Computer scientist
Citations: 51,204 K-index: 129
Total number of tweets: 542
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

8. Hans Rosling, Global health scientist
Citations: 1,703 K-index: 384
Total number of tweets: 2,708
Karolinska Institute, Sweden

7. Sam Harris, Neuroscientist
Citations: 2,416 K-index: 428
Total number of tweets: 2,600
Project Reason, United States

6. Michio Kaku, Theoretical physicist
Citations: 5,281
The City College of New York, United States

5. Phil Plait, Astronomer
Citations: 254
Bad Astronomy, United States

4. Ben Goldacre, Physician
Citations: 1,086
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

3. Richard Dawkins, Biologist
Citations: 49,631
University of Oxford, United Kingdom

2. Brian Cox, Physicist
Citations: 33,301
University of Manchester, United Kingdom

1. Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist
Citations: 151
Hayden Planetarium, United States

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