Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Arab League Highly Cited Researchers Citation Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
10,314
10,290
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
political science
comparative politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,051
3,869
0.427
* 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
4,003
1,997
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
International Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,863
1,317
0.341
* 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
3,627
2,145
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Politics of Sport
Climate Policies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,362
1,192
0.355
* 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
2,391
959
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Politics
sociology
religion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,799
887
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Policy and Planning
Sustainable Urbanism
Technology and Society
Environment and Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,663
1,506
0.906
* 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
1,641
424
0.258
* 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
1,506
554
0.368
* 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
1,377
362
0.263
* 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
1,340
445
0.332
* 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
1,267
302
0.238
* 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
1,205
767
0.637
* 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
1,150
609
0.530
* 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
1,144
418
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Political Sciences
Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,135
212
0.187
* 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
1,010
609
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
droit et sciences politiques
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
995
448
0.450
* 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
933
323
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Political Economy
Public Policy
Public Finance
Development Studies
Indigenous Knowledge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
858
488
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Political ecologies
agrarian change
land questions
agrarian struggles
rural social movements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
857
652
0.761
* 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
828
440
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
International Law
International Relations
Dispute Settlement
Law of the Sea
Legal Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
819
425
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,078
16
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
10,314
10,290
0.998
Political Science
political Theory
Political Methodology
international politics
political development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,361
116
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Christian W Haerpfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,051
3,869
0.427
political science
comparative politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
252,270
158
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
4,003
1,997
0.499
Migration & Global Mobility
Political Economy
Labor Studies
CST & DEI
Governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
260,275
361
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Giacomo Chiozza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,863
1,317
0.341
International Relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
274,910
405
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Cody Morris Paris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,627
2,145
0.591
Tourism
Sustainable Development
International Relations
Higher Education
Information and Communication Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
293,491
193
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Danyel Reiche
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,362
1,192
0.355
Politics of Sport
Climate Policies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
386,323
386
184
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Larbi Sadiki
Qatar University
Katar, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,391
959
0.401
Arab & Islamist democracy
Arab Spring
GCC democracy
Tunisia's democratization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
474,503
1,642
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mariz Tadros
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,799
887
0.493
Politics
sociology
religion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
500,604
514
251
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Esmat Zaidan
Qatar University
Katar, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,663
1,506
0.906
Policy and Planning
Sustainable Urbanism
Technology and Society
Environment and Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
505,191
297
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jean-Noël Ferrié
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,641
424
0.258
Politiques publiques - Ecologie de la santé - Normativités - Epistémologie des sciences sociales
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
534,208
547
263
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
İslah Jad
Qatar University
Katar, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,506
554
0.368
political sciences
gender and politics
gender and development studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
564,917
571
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
1,377
362
0.263
political science
mass violence
democracy and democratization
Middle East politics
Islamism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
574,367
581
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
1,340
445
0.332
Comparative Politics - Middle East - Islam and Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
593,985
480
270
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Hilal Khashan
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,267
302
0.238
Middle eastern conflicts
civil society
minority issues
Hizbullah politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
611,535
619
294
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Justin J Gengler
Qatar University
Katar, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,205
767
0.637
Political Economy
Political Behavior
Sectarianism & Ethnic Politics
Middle East Politics
Survey Research & Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
628,305
201
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mohammed Nuruzzaman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,150
609
0.530
International Relations Theory
Global political Economy
Great Powers in the Global Order
Human Rights and Human Security
Pol
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
630,267
354
234
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Houchang Hassan Yari
Sultan Qaboos University
Muscat, Oman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,144
418
0.365
Persian Gulf security
Iran
Middle East transformation
Canada foreign and Defence policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
633,066
2,910
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Maged Salib
Helwan University
Cairo, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,135
212
0.187
Political Sciences
Economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
674,921
667
8
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
1,010
609
0.603
Comparative Politics
Middle East Politics and History
Islamism
Social Movements
Repression and
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
680,429
660
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
995
448
0.450
droit et sciences politiques
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
703,461
413
268
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cuneyt Yenigun
Sultan Qaboos University
Muscat, Oman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
933
323
0.346
International Relations
Security Studies
International Conflict Resolution
Balkan Studies
Middle East Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
733,572
4,138
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Olawale Rafiu Olaopa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
858
488
0.569
Political Economy
Public Policy
Public Finance
Development Studies
Indigenous Knowledge
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
733,855
621
315
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Giuliano Martiniello
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
857
652
0.761
Political ecologies
agrarian change
land questions
agrarian struggles
rural social movements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
746,313
633
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Imad Salamey
Lebanese American University
Beirut, Lebanon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
828
440
0.531
Political Science
Middle East Politics
Lebanese Politics
Communitarianism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
750,221
262
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mutaz M Qafisheh
Hebron University
Hebron, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
819
425
0.519
International Law
International Relations
Dispute Settlement
Law of the Sea
Legal Sociology