Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe Social Sciences and Humanities Highly Cited Researchers 161.996 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
Qualitative research
thematic analysis
sexuality
gender
family
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
349,545
260,078
0.744
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
global health policy
systems innovation
health economics
quantitative methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
316,583
164,441
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Occupational Health Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306,858
133,574
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Decision Sciences
Business Analytics
Multivariate Analysis Methods
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
292,857
222,591
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Marketing
Structural Equation Modeling
Consumer Behavior
PLS
Research Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
271,591
217,927
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
mind
brain
social interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247,030
44,928
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Memory
Working memory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
239,391
46,542
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Psychiatrie
Psychologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229,671
68,292
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210,184
92,472
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Applied linguistics
language learning and teaching
language education policy and practice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209,504
35,704
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Industrial Organization
Finance
Psychology
Macroeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,955
41,907
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Intelligence
Cognitive Aging
Personality
Psychometrics
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191,336
83,761
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
psychosis
schizophrenia
drug abuse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176,350
40,703
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,073
51,405
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Finance
Economics
Regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,255
34,091
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
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: 17
depression
prevention
psychotherapy
meta-analysis
RCTs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156,563
86,985
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Business Process Management
Data Science
Process Mining
Petri nets
Information Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156,199
46,892
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
stroke
epidemiology
pharmacoeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,347
117,694
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Psychology and Behaviour Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,022
86,653
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Behavioral Economics
Neuroeconomics
Experimental Economics
Evolutionary Psychology
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,757
41,422
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
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: 23
Qualitative Research
Health Psychology
Mixed Methods
Social Representations
Qualitative Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,960
55,514
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Physical Activity
Epidemiology
Public Health
Sport Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,369
76,235
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
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
Rankings
136
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Victoria Clarke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
349,545
260,078
0.744
Qualitative research
thematic analysis
sexuality
gender
family
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
189
17
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Kenji Shibuya
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
316,583
164,441
0.519
global health policy
systems innovation
health economics
quantitative methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213
4
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Wilmar Schaufeli
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306,858
133,574
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
256
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Christian M Ringle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
292,857
222,591
0.760
Decision Sciences
Business Analytics
Multivariate Analysis Methods
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
347
13
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Marko Sarstedt
Otto Von Guericke Universität Magdeburg
Magdeburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
271,591
217,927
0.802
Marketing
Structural Equation Modeling
Consumer Behavior
PLS
Research Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
493
39
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Chris Frith
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247,030
44,928
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
557
43
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Alan Baddeley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
239,391
46,542
0.194
Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Memory
Working memory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
611
18
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hans Ulrich Wittchen
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229,671
68,292
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
743
10
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Dorret I Boomsma
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210,184
92,472
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
753
56
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jim Coleman
Open University UK
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209,504
35,704
0.170
Applied linguistics
language learning and teaching
language education policy and practice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
843
18
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jean Tirole
Toulouse School of Economics
Toulouse, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,955
41,907
0.210
Industrial Organization
Finance
Psychology
Macroeconomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
925
67
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ian Deary
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191,336
83,761
0.438
Intelligence
Cognitive Aging
Personality
Psychometrics
Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,073
81
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Robin M Murray
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176,350
40,703
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,163
22
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Stanislas Dehaene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,073
51,405
0.304
Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,295
28
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Florencio Lopez de Silanes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,255
34,091
0.213
Finance
Economics
Regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,331
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Boaventura De Sousa Santos
Universidade de Coimbra
Coimbra, Portugal
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
1,351
26
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pim Cuijpers
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156,563
86,985
0.556
depression
prevention
psychotherapy
meta-analysis
RCTs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,358
35
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Wil van der Aalst
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156,199
46,892
0.300
Business Process Management
Data Science
Process Mining
Petri nets
Information Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,465
11
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Atte Meretoja
University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,347
117,694
0.783
stroke
epidemiology
pharmacoeconomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,469
111
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Susan Michie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,022
86,653
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,477
22
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ernst Fehr
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,757
41,422
0.277
Behavioral Economics
Neuroeconomics
Experimental Economics
Evolutionary Psychology
Evolutionary Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,543
121
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
John Urry
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,435
34,965
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,574
42
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Uwe Flick
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,960
55,514
0.383
Qualitative Research
Health Psychology
Mixed Methods
Social Representations
Qualitative Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,604
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ulf Ekelund
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,369
76,235
0.532
Physical Activity
Epidemiology
Public Health
Sport Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,682
136
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
C Wright Mills
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
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