Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe Social Sciences Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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
Qualitative research
thematic analysis
sexuality
gender
family
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
332,691
265,367
0.798
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Occupational Health Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300,013
150,668
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
mind
brain
social interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244,720
52,811
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Memory
Working memory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236,790
55,026
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Psychiatrie
Psychologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226,560
78,513
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Applied linguistics
language learning and teaching
language education policy and practice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207,663
42,817
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204,929
104,047
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Intelligence
Cognitive Aging
Personality
Psychometrics
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
187,957
95,339
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
psychosis
schizophrenia
drug abuse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174,682
49,181
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166,744
59,215
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Sociologia
Epistemologia
Direitos Humanos
Estudos Pós-Coloniais
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,954
65,764
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
depression
prevention
psychotherapy
meta-analysis
RCTs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,255
94,580
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,654
95,106
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
sociology
mobility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,785
41,975
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Qualitative Research
Health Psychology
Mixed Methods
Social Representations
Qualitative Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,942
63,216
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Sociology
sociological theory
social theory
political sociology
social psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,404
34,771
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,273
37,109
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
applied linguistics
second language acquisition
motivation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,441
60,092
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Cognitive Modeling
Memory
Judgment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,874
85,394
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Literature studies
Media theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,055
35,565
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Clinical Psychology
Psychotherapy
Psychology
Diagnostics
Developmental Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,858
33,786
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Demography
epidemiology
public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,600
101,265
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
emotion
voice
appraisal
speech
music
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,902
40,125
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
qualitative research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,245
33,547
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
psychopharmacology
biological psychiatry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,684
56,447
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
149
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Victoria Clarke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
332,691
265,367
0.798
Qualitative research
thematic analysis
sexuality
gender
family
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
215
4
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Wilmar Schaufeli
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300,013
150,668
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
480
39
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Chris Frith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244,720
52,811
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
546
43
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alan Baddeley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236,790
55,026
0.232
Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Memory
Working memory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
606
18
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hans Ulrich Wittchen
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226,560
78,513
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
735
56
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jim Coleman
Open University UK
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207,663
42,817
0.206
Applied linguistics
language learning and teaching
language education policy and practice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
757
10
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Dorret I Boomsma
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204,929
104,047
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
921
68
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ian Deary
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
187,957
95,339
0.507
Intelligence
Cognitive Aging
Personality
Psychometrics
Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,056
81
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Robin M Murray
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174,682
49,181
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,156
21
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Stanislas Dehaene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166,744
59,215
0.355
Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,317
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Boaventura De Sousa Santos
Universidade de Coimbra
Coimbra, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,954
65,764
0.422
Sociologia
Epistemologia
Direitos Humanos
Estudos Pós-Coloniais
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,385
26
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Pim Cuijpers
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,255
94,580
0.621
depression
prevention
psychotherapy
meta-analysis
RCTs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,489
112
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Susan Michie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,654
95,106
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,534
121
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
John Urry
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,785
41,975
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,583
43
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Uwe Flick
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,942
63,216
0.445
Qualitative Research
Health Psychology
Mixed Methods
Social Representations
Qualitative Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,662
134
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
C Wright Mills
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,404
34,771
0.251
Sociology
sociological theory
social theory
political sociology
social psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,691
137
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Nikolas Rose
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,273
37,109
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,781
145
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Zoltán Dörnyei
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,441
60,092
0.450
applied linguistics
second language acquisition
motivation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,830
50
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Edgar Erdfelder
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,874
85,394
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,872
42
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Marshall Herbert Mcluhan
Maastricht University
Maastricht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,055
35,565
0.273
Literature studies
Media theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,022
57
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Franz Petermann
Universität Bremen
Bremen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,858
33,786
0.271
Clinical Psychology
Psychotherapy
Psychology
Diagnostics
Developmental Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,048
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Nataliya Foigt
DF Chebotarev Institute of Gerontology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,600
101,265
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,280
31
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Klaus R Scherer
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,902
40,125
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,433
190
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
David Silverman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,245
33,547
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,546
200
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Allan Young
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,684
56,447
0.510