Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Europe Social Sciences and Humanities Highly Cited Researchers 5.510 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
Portugal
Boaventura De Sousa Santos
Sociologia
Epistemologia
Direitos Humanos
Estudos Pós-Coloniais
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,753
57,266
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
United Kingdom
John Urry
sociology
mobility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,435
34,965
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
United Kingdom
C Wright Mills
Sociology
sociological theory
social theory
political sociology
social psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,113
29,284
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United Kingdom
Nikolas Rose
Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,260
30,229
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
United Kingdom
David Silverman
qualitative research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,723
28,327
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United Kingdom
Trisha Greenhalgh
Primary Health Care
Innovation
Global Health
Medical Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,022
53,905
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Italy
Gosta Esping Andersen
Social demography
social stratification
comparative social policy
family dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,864
20,345
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
United Kingdom
Bob Jessop
Political economy
social theory
state theory
governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,721
19,419
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Spain
Fernando Alvarez Uria Rico
desviación social
marginación
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,955
19,101
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
United Kingdom
Jason Powell
Wellbeing
Care
Health and Social Care
Age
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,646
23,046
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
United Kingdom
John Goldthorpe
Sociology
Social Inequality
Social Mobility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,863
12,020
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Germany
Nina Baur
Sociology
Economic Sociology
Social Processes
Spatial Sociology
Mixed Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,809
25,623
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
United Kingdom
Catherine Pope
medical sociology
primary care
health services research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,566
16,521
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
United Kingdom
Mike Featherstone
consumer culture
social theory
globalization
the body
the super-rich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,763
7,448
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
United Kingdom
Margaret S Archer
Social Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,948
13,939
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
United Kingdom
Naila Kabeer
Gender
empowerment
poverty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,617
15,420
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Italy
Hans Peter Blossfeld
sociology
family
social stratification
education
statistical methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,048
8,344
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
United Kingdom
Mike Savage
Sociology
Inequality
Cultural sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,613
11,654
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
United Kingdom
Carl May|Carl R May
implementation science
medical sociology
science and technology studies
health services research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,563
16,772
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
United Kingdom
Shove Elizabeth
social practice
energy demand
consumption
everyday life
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,161
14,898
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sweden
Tom R Burns
Actor-system dynamics (ASD)
Social rule system theory
Sustainability & environmental change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,683
4,992
0.129
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
United Kingdom
Anthony F Heath
electoral behaviour
social inequality
ethnicity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,140
7,534
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
United Kingdom
Nigel Gilbert
social simulation
agent-based modelling
computational sociology
innovation networks
policy evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,787
7,021
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
United Kingdom
Sylvia Walby
sociology gender violence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,694
9,292
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
United Kingdom
James Nazroo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,621
12,459
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,328
Portugal
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Boaventura De Sousa Santos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,753
57,266
0.363
Sociologia
Epistemologia
Direitos Humanos
Estudos Pós-Coloniais
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,539
United Kingdom
121
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
John Urry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,435
34,965
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,677
United Kingdom
135
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
C Wright Mills
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,113
29,284
0.209
Sociology
sociological theory
social theory
political sociology
social psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,718
United Kingdom
138
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Nikolas Rose
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,260
30,229
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,455
United Kingdom
190
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
David Silverman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,723
28,327
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,675
United Kingdom
208
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Trisha Greenhalgh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,022
53,905
0.490
Primary Health Care
Innovation
Global Health
Medical Sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,842
Italy
166
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gosta Esping Andersen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,864
20,345
0.190
Social demography
social stratification
comparative social policy
family dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,724
United Kingdom
381
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Bob Jessop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,721
19,419
0.241
Political economy
social theory
state theory
governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,468
Spain
104
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Fernando Alvarez Uria Rico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,955
19,101
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,188
United Kingdom
525
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jason Powell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,646
23,046
0.336
Wellbeing
Care
Health and Social Care
Age
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,683
United Kingdom
669
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
John Goldthorpe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,863
12,020
0.201
Sociology
Social Inequality
Social Mobility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,634
Germany
343
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nina Baur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,809
25,623
0.459
Sociology
Economic Sociology
Social Processes
Spatial Sociology
Mixed Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,207
United Kingdom
805
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Catherine Pope
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,566
16,521
0.308
medical sociology
primary care
health services research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,738
United Kingdom
843
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mike Featherstone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,763
7,448
0.144
consumer culture
social theory
globalization
the body
the super-rich
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,312
United Kingdom
993
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Margaret S Archer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,948
13,939
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,278
United Kingdom
1,077
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Naila Kabeer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,617
15,420
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,529
Italy
566
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Hans Peter Blossfeld
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,048
8,344
0.198
sociology
family
social stratification
education
statistical methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,904
United Kingdom
1,292
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mike Savage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,613
11,654
0.294
Sociology
Inequality
Cultural sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,937
United Kingdom
1,298
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Carl May|Carl R May
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,563
16,772
0.424
implementation science
medical sociology
science and technology studies
health services research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,183
United Kingdom
1,321
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Shove Elizabeth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,161
14,898
0.380
social practice
energy demand
consumption
everyday life
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,463
Sweden
186
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Tom R Burns
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,683
4,992
0.129
Actor-system dynamics (ASD)
Social rule system theory
Sustainability & environmental change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,989
United Kingdom
1,587
213
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Anthony F Heath
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,140
7,534
0.214
electoral behaviour
social inequality
ethnicity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,270
United Kingdom
1,614
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nigel Gilbert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,787
7,021
0.202
social simulation
agent-based modelling
computational sociology
innovation networks
policy evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,183
United Kingdom
1,703
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sylvia Walby
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,694
9,292
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,250
United Kingdom
1,708
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
James Nazroo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,621
12,459
0.371
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