Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Arab League Social Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 253 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Political Science
political Theory
Political Methodology
international politics
political development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,905
10,872
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
political science
comparative politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,236
3,554
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Migration & Global Mobility
Political Economy
Labor Studies
CST & DEI
Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,085
1,774
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
International Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,911
1,120
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tourism
Sustainable Development
International Relations
Higher Education
Information and Communication Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,702
1,901
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Politics of Sport
Climate Policies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,438
1,064
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Arab & Islamist democracy
Arab Spring
GCC democracy
Tunisia's democratization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,424
809
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Policy and Planning
Sustainable Urbanism
Technology and Society
Environment and Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,833
1,570
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Politics
sociology
religion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,833
767
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Politiques publiques - Ecologie de la santé - Normativités - Epistémologie des sciences sociales
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,654
367
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
political sciences
gender and politics
gender and development studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,526
458
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
political science
mass violence
democracy and democratization
Middle East politics
Islamism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,392
300
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Comparative Politics - Middle East - Islam and Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,364
372
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Middle eastern conflicts
civil society
minority issues
Hizbullah politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,288
240
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Political Economy
Political Behavior
Sectarianism & Ethnic Politics
Middle East Politics
Survey Research & Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,226
668
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
International Relations Theory
Global political Economy
Great Powers in the Global Order
Human Rights and Human Security
Pol
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,183
569
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Persian Gulf security
Iran
Middle East transformation
Canada foreign and Defence policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,157
352
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Political Sciences
Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,151
172
0.149
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Comparative Politics
Middle East Politics and History
Islamism
Social Movements
Repression and
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,036
559
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
droit et sciences politiques
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,029
393
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
International Relations
Security Studies
International Conflict Resolution
Balkan Studies
Middle East Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
967
275
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Political ecologies
agrarian change
land questions
agrarian struggles
rural social movements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
896
604
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Political Economy
Public Policy
Public Finance
Development Studies
Indigenous Knowledge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
875
448
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Political Science
Middle East Politics
Lebanese Politics
Communitarianism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
838
386
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
International Law
Diplomacy
Dispute Settlement
Law of the Sea
Legal Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
828
362
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,954
15
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Kanaan Hamagharib Abdullah
University of Human Development
Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,905
10,872
0.997
Political Science
political Theory
Political Methodology
international politics
political development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,060
122
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Christian W Haerpfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,236
3,554
0.385
political science
comparative politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
252,288
156
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Eugene Richard Sensenig
Notre Dame University Lebanon
Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,085
1,774
0.434
Migration & Global Mobility
Political Economy
Labor Studies
CST & DEI
Governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
262,329
378
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Giacomo Chiozza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,911
1,120
0.286
International Relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
275,047
412
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Cody Morris Paris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,702
1,901
0.514
Tourism
Sustainable Development
International Relations
Higher Education
Information and Communication Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
293,288
192
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Danyel Reiche
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,438
1,064
0.309
Politics of Sport
Climate Policies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
389,062
391
188
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Larbi Sadiki
Qatar University
Doha, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,424
809
0.334
Arab & Islamist democracy
Arab Spring
GCC democracy
Tunisia's democratization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
475,887
491
240
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Esmat Zaidan
Qatar University
Doha, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,833
1,570
0.857
Policy and Planning
Sustainable Urbanism
Technology and Society
Environment and Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
476,009
1,669
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mariz Tadros
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,833
767
0.418
Politics
sociology
religion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
510,450
303
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jean-Noël Ferrié
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,654
367
0.222
Politiques publiques - Ecologie de la santé - Normativités - Epistémologie des sciences sociales
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
537,638
553
268
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
İslah Jad
Qatar University
Doha, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,526
458
0.300
political sciences
gender and politics
gender and development studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
569,248
580
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Abdelwahab El Affendi
Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
Ulaanbaatar, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,392
300
0.216
political science
mass violence
democracy and democratization
Middle East politics
Islamism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
576,294
584
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Emad Shahin
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Ar-Rayyan, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,364
372
0.273
Comparative Politics - Middle East - Islam and Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
596,321
484
272
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Hilal Khashan
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,288
240
0.186
Middle eastern conflicts
civil society
minority issues
Hizbullah politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
613,647
626
299
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Justin J Gengler
Qatar University
Doha, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,226
668
0.545
Political Economy
Political Behavior
Sectarianism & Ethnic Politics
Middle East Politics
Survey Research & Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
626,418
195
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mohammed Nuruzzaman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,183
569
0.481
International Relations Theory
Global political Economy
Great Powers in the Global Order
Human Rights and Human Security
Pol
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
634,673
356
234
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Houchang Hassan Yari
Sultan Qaboos University
Muscat, Oman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,157
352
0.304
Persian Gulf security
Iran
Middle East transformation
Canada foreign and Defence policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
636,528
2,960
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Maged Salib
Helwan University
Cairo, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,151
172
0.149
Political Sciences
Economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
674,012
674
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Khalil Al Anani
Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
Ulaanbaatar, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,036
559
0.540
Comparative Politics
Middle East Politics and History
Islamism
Social Movements
Repression and
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
676,569
647
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ouaked Zohra
Université Lounici Ali de Blida 2
El Affroun, Algeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,029
393
0.382
droit et sciences politiques
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
698,885
409
262
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cuneyt Yenigun
Sultan Qaboos University
Muscat, Oman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
967
275
0.284
International Relations
Security Studies
International Conflict Resolution
Balkan Studies
Middle East Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
726,067
616
314
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Giuliano Martiniello
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
896
604
0.674
Political ecologies
agrarian change
land questions
agrarian struggles
rural social movements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
734,690
4,180
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Olawale Rafiu Olaopa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
875
448
0.512
Political Economy
Public Policy
Public Finance
Development Studies
Indigenous Knowledge
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
749,920
638
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Imad Salamey
Lebanese American University
Beirut, Lebanon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
838
386
0.461
Political Science
Middle East Politics
Lebanese Politics
Communitarianism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
754,236
264
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mutaz M Qafisheh
Hebron University
Hebron, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
828
362
0.437
International Law
Diplomacy
Dispute Settlement
Law of the Sea
Legal Sociology