Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe Education / Sociology of Education Highly Cited Researchers 188 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
Sociology of education
critical pedagogy
public sociology
radical adult education
activist research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,469
11,447
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,225
5,499
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Critical Race Theory
antiracism
multicultural education
sociology of education
whiteness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,060
7,852
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
sociology of education
school effects
equal opportunities
sexual minorities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,675
6,433
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sociology of Education
Social stratification and mobility
Life course research
Methods & applied
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,634
3,366
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sociology of Education
Learning and Technology
Digital Inequality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,310
6,897
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
мифология
апокрифы
архаический театр
история идей
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,705
1,034
0.154
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
socjologia edukacji
socjologia kultury
pedagogika porównawcza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,883
1,147
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
sociology of professions
sociology of education
studies in higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,312
1,348
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
sociology of education
socialization
Nordic model
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,206
932
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
migration and integration of immigrants and ethnic minorities
social stratification and inequality
sociology of education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,073
900
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sociología de la Educación
Comunidades de Aprendiza
gender
Roma
sociology of education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,581
1,487
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
sociology of education
sociology of work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,203
1,216
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
sociology of education
research methods
Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)
education
development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,901
646
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Social Stratification and Mobility
Sociology of Education
Quantitative Sociology
Social Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,895
546
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
social theory
historical sociology
sociology of science
sociology of religion
sociology of education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,889
1,122
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,837
956
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
sociology of education
inequalities
life course
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,792
1,602
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sociology of education
Sociology of work
Gender Class Ethnicity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,763
1,190
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
sociology of education
school attendance & absenteeism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,109
1,758
0.834
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Quantitative Methods
Sociology of Education
Trust
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,063
777
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Social Stratification
Sociology of Education
Quantitative Research Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,059
1,434
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sociology of Education
Sociology of Health
Substance Use
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,971
881
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
профессиональная подготовка специалистов социальной сферы
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,872
396
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
открытые образовательные системы
билингвальное образование
реформ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,756
549
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,503
83
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Juha Suoranta
Tampere University
Tampere, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,469
11,447
0.332
Sociology of education
critical pedagogy
public sociology
radical adult education
activist research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,736
2,007
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Wilfred Carr
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,225
5,499
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,615
3,374
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
David Gillborn
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,060
7,852
0.373
Critical Race Theory
antiracism
multicultural education
sociology of education
whiteness
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,938
649
153
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mieke Van Houtte
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,675
6,433
0.470
sociology of education
school effects
equal opportunities
sexual minorities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,155
1,339
118
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Becker Rolf
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,634
3,366
0.266
Sociology of Education
Social stratification and mobility
Life course research
Methods & applied
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,079
7,342
724
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Rebecca Eynon
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,310
6,897
0.610
Sociology of Education
Learning and Technology
Digital Inequality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,066
586
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Нина Брагинская
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,705
1,034
0.154
мифология
апокрифы
архаический театр
история идей
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213,685
711
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Zbyszko Melosik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,883
1,147
0.235
socjologia edukacji
socjologia kultury
pedagogika porównawcza
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,063
1,644
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jens Christian Smeby
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,312
1,348
0.313
sociology of professions
sociology of education
studies in higher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
245,600
1,502
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ari Antikainen
University of Eastern Finland
Joensuu, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,206
932
0.222
sociology of education
socialization
Nordic model
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,046
10,064
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Cornelia Kristen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,073
900
0.221
migration and integration of immigrants and ethnic minorities
social stratification and inequality
sociology of education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
283,138
8,359
508
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Adriana Aubert Simon
Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,581
1,487
0.415
Sociología de la Educación
Comunidades de Aprendiza
gender
Roma
sociology of education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
311,275
12,044
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Christian Imdorf
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,203
1,216
0.380
sociology of education
sociology of work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
337,584
23,793
325
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Barry Cooper
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,901
646
0.223
sociology of education
research methods
Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)
education
development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
338,165
10,561
290
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Louis-André Vallet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,895
546
0.189
Social Stratification and Mobility
Sociology of Education
Quantitative Sociology
Social Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
338,761
2,881
552
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Raf Vanderstraeten
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,889
1,122
0.388
social theory
historical sociology
sociology of science
sociology of religion
sociology of education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
343,791
449
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Капська Алла Йосипівна
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,837
956
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
348,214
4,661
547
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kaspar Burger
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,792
1,602
0.574
sociology of education
inequalities
life course
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
351,227
24,533
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Marie-Pierre Moreau
Anglia Ruskin University
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,763
1,190
0.431
Sociology of education
Sociology of work
Gender Class Ethnicity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
431,105
3,513
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Gil Keppens|GA Keppens
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,109
1,758
0.834
sociology of education
school attendance & absenteeism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
438,129
342
154
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Iasonas Lamprianou
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,063
777
0.377
Quantitative Methods
Sociology of Education
Trust
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
438,702
29,224
887
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Roxanne Connelly
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,059
1,434
0.696
Social Stratification
Sociology of Education
Quantitative Research Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
452,582
2,197
302
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Joan Hanafin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,971
881
0.447
Sociology of Education
Sociology of Health
Substance Use
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
469,168
3,115
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Светлана Фомина
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,872
396
0.212
профессиональная подготовка специалистов социальной сферы
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
490,393
3,338
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Михаил Певзнер|Mikhail Naumovich Pevzner, Михаил Певзнер
Novgorod State University
Veliki Novgorod, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,756
549
0.313
открытые образовательные системы
билингвальное образование
реформ