Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Asia Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations Highly Cited Researchers 2.475 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 economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,952
16,097
0.283
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Policy Analysis
Health Systems
Health Financing
Quality Improvement
Provider Behavior Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,831
12,468
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Political economy
industrial organization
economic development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,708
8,322
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Political Science
Public & Private Management
International Political Economy
Social Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,033
15,555
0.913
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Political communication
terrorism
media effects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,868
3,873
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
International Relations
Environmental Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,010
8,259
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Urban and Regional Studies
Critical Theory
Nationalism
Space and Place
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,749
3,930
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sustainability Research
Digital Transformations
Global Governance
Climate Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,680
4,302
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Political Science
comparative politics
Public Administration
Public Policy
Regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,789
3,778
0.320
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Political economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,780
1,862
0.158
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
International Strategy
Non-market Strategy
Institutional Environment
Emerging Market Firms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,347
4,020
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
International Studies
Public Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,080
6,003
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Political Science
political Theory
Political Methodology
international politics
political development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,485
11,450
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
political theory
China studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,457
3,174
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Politics
Public Policy
& Decentralization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,577
6,008
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
political science
comparative politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,626
3,921
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Political Communication
Political Behavior
Media Effects
Political Values
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,216
4,916
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Political Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,825
2,464
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
International Relations Theory
Identity
Qualitative Methods
Post-Soviet Space
Social Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,641
2,679
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Leadership
Capacities to Govern
Policy Planning
Global Issues
Security Issures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,576
958
0.112
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Political violence
terrorism
exposure to violence
intergroup conflict
civilian casualties
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,549
3,935
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
international management
entrepreneurship
family business
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,276
2,380
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Chinese politics
contentious politics
political trust
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,017
2,128
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
South Asia
Kashmir Dispute
Internatoonal Disputes
Arms Control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,977
3,790
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Israeli Politics
Political Parties
Candidate selection
Political Personalization
Electoral Reform
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,912
3,435
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,392
58
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Shaoguang Wang 王绍光
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,952
16,097
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,154
227
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Arash Rashidian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,831
12,468
0.546
Policy Analysis
Health Systems
Health Financing
Quality Improvement
Provider Behavior Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,136
1,415
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Li An Zhou
Peking University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,708
8,322
0.383
Political economy
industrial organization
economic development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,843
43
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Kittisak Jermsittiparsert|กิตติศักดิ์ เจิมสิทธิประเสริฐ
Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok, Thailand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,033
15,555
0.913
Political Science
Public & Private Management
International Political Economy
Social Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,272
539
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gabriel Weimann
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,868
3,873
0.301
Political communication
terrorism
media effects
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,822
1,267
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Norichika Kanie
Keio University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,010
8,259
0.635
International Relations
Environmental Governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,825
548
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yiftachel Oren
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,749
3,930
0.308
Urban and Regional Studies
Critical Theory
Nationalism
Space and Place
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,879
1,268
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Dirk Messner
United Nations University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,680
4,302
0.339
Sustainability Research
Digital Transformations
Global Governance
Climate Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,342
625
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
David Levi Faur
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,789
3,778
0.320
Political Science
comparative politics
Public Administration
Public Policy
Regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,223
638
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Arye L Hillman
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,780
1,862
0.158
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,180
715
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jane Wenzhen Lu
City University of Hong Kong
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,347
4,020
0.354
International Strategy
Non-market Strategy
Institutional Environment
Emerging Market Firms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,489
160
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Budi Winarno
Universitas Gadjah Mada
Sleman, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,080
6,003
0.542
International Studies
Public Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,985
15
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kanaan Hamagharib Abdullah
University of Human Development
Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,485
11,450
0.997
Political Science
political Theory
Political Methodology
international politics
political development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,633
3,997
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Daniel A. Bell
Shandong University
Jinan, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,457
3,174
0.304
political theory
China studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,659
195
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Leo Agustino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,577
6,008
0.627
Politics
Public Policy
& Decentralization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,100
122
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Christian W Haerpfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,626
3,921
0.407
political science
comparative politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,168
910
199
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Tamir Sheafer
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,216
4,916
0.533
Political Communication
Political Behavior
Media Effects
Political Values
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,020
956
209
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Gadi Wolfsfeld
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,825
2,464
0.279
Political Communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,558
788
400
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
T Hopf
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,641
2,679
0.310
International Relations Theory
Identity
Qualitative Methods
Post-Soviet Space
Social Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,162
983
216
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Yehezkel Dror
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,576
958
0.112
Leadership
Capacities to Govern
Policy Planning
Global Issues
Security Issures
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,776
998
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Daphna Canetti
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,549
3,935
0.460
Political violence
terrorism
exposure to violence
intergroup conflict
civilian casualties
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124,622
976
236
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kevin Au
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,276
2,380
0.288
international management
entrepreneurship
family business
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,893
997
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Lianjiang Li
Lingnan University
Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,017
2,128
0.265
Chinese politics
contentious politics
political trust
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,196
208
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mamnoon Ahmed Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,977
3,790
0.475
South Asia
Kashmir Dispute
Internatoonal Disputes
Arms Control
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134,636
1,130
246
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Gideon Rahat
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,912
3,435
0.434
Israeli Politics
Political Parties
Candidate selection
Political Personalization
Electoral Reform
