Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Latin America Social Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 18.062 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
Health Psychology
Mental Health
Psicologia
Psicologia da Saúde
Public Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,427
97,210
0.828
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sono
Privação de Sono
REM
Distúrbios do Sono
Sonolência e Acidente
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,729
26,464
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sociologia
Sociologia do trabalho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,520
15,576
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
teorias da educação
didática
psicologia da educação
organização escolar
políticas públicas para a escola
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,645
15,852
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Neuroscience
Morality
Emotions
Cognition
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,313
19,334
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Metodología de la Investigación
Metodologia de la investigación
Economía del Deporte
Bibliometría
Bibliometria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,243
23,521
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Health Promotion
Life Course
Maternal Health
Traditional Medicine
Information Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,204
21,612
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Political ecology
environmental sociology
ecological economics
environmental philosophy
environmental education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,180
12,264
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Psicogénesis de la lengua escrita
alfabetización.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,914
7,157
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,198
10,868
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
decolonial pedagogy and thought
social-political struggle
interculturality
gender otherwise
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,825
18,228
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Epidemiología
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,759
7,519
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
política comparada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,181
5,753
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
micropolítica
psicanálise
subjetividade
colonialidade
arte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,317
9,307
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Psicologia Clínica
Psicologia da Saúde
Sexualidade e Gênero
Saúde Mental
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,695
9,801
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
demografia
historia de la población
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,698
5,467
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Higher education
Political economy of education
Policy and cultural analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,633
4,775
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Antropología social y etnología
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,936
8,249
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
transport
urbanism
econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,849
6,974
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
comparative politics
democratic crises
polarization
trust
concept analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,339
5,730
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Psicología
investigación
Educación.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,125
13,679
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
comparative politics
populism
democracy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,083
14,783
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Information Science
Library
knowledge management
ebook
livro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,551
14,381
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
language teaching
textbooks
literacies
new literacies
multiliteracies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,459
7,602
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Sentic Computing
Opinion Mining
Sentiment Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,330
11,110
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,339
32
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Andre Faro
Universidade Federal de Sergipe UFS
Sao Cristovao, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,427
97,210
0.828
Health Psychology
Mental Health
Psicologia
Psicologia da Saúde
Public Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,313
59
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sergio Tufik
Universidade Federal de São Paulo UNIFESP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,729
26,464
0.391
Sono
Privação de Sono
REM
Distúrbios do Sono
Sonolência e Acidente
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,883
95
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ricardo Antunes
Universidade Estadual de Campinas UNICAMP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,520
15,576
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,754
103
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jose Carlos Libaneo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,645
15,852
0.363
teorias da educação
didática
psicologia da educação
organização escolar
políticas públicas para a escola
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,402
108
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Paulo Sérgio Boggio
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
Santiago, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,313
19,334
0.457
Neuroscience
Morality
Emotions
Cognition
Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,435
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Fidias Arias
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,243
23,521
0.557
Metodología de la Investigación
Metodologia de la investigación
Economía del Deporte
Bibliometría
Bibliometria
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,556
114
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
João Paulo Souza
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,204
21,612
0.538
Health Promotion
Life Course
Maternal Health
Traditional Medicine
Information Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,170
43
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Enrique Leff
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Mexico City, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,180
12,264
0.313
Political ecology
environmental sociology
ecological economics
environmental philosophy
environmental education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,877
58
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Emilia Ferreiro
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN CINVESTAV
Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,914
7,157
0.224
Psicogénesis de la lengua escrita
alfabetización.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,613
162
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Silvia Helena Koller
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,198
10,868
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,005
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Catherine Walsh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,825
18,228
0.591
decolonial pedagogy and thought
social-political struggle
interculturality
gender otherwise
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,087
63
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jorge Salmerón
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Mexico City, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,759
7,519
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,791
175
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Fernando Limongi
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,181
5,753
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,466
212
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Suely Rolnik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,317
9,307
0.341
micropolítica
psicanálise
subjetividade
colonialidade
arte
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,695
274
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Manoel Antonio Dos Santos
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,695
9,801
0.414
Psicologia Clínica
Psicologia da Saúde
Sexualidade e Gênero
Saúde Mental
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,724
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Adela Pellegrino
Universidad de la República
Montevideo, Uruguay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,698
5,467
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,151
43
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jose Joaquin Brunner
Universidad Diego Portales
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,633
4,775
0.221
Higher education
Political economy of education
Policy and cultural analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,961
98
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Alteridades
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
Mexico City, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,936
8,249
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,203
45
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Juan De Dios Ortúzar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,849
6,974
0.335
transport
urbanism
econometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,532
102
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Andreas Schedler
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
Mexico City, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,339
5,730
0.282
comparative politics
democratic crises
polarization
trust
concept analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,136
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hector Hugo Sanchez Carlessi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,125
13,679
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,245
46
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser
Universidad Diego Portales
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,083
14,783
0.736
comparative politics
populism
democracy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,756
390
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Abel L Packer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,551
14,381
0.736
Information Science
Library
knowledge management
ebook
livro
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,024
395
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Roxane Rojo
Universidade Estadual de Campinas UNICAMP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,459
7,602
0.391
language teaching
textbooks
literacies
new literacies
multiliteracies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,413
110
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Alexander Gelbukh
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Mexico City, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,330
11,110
0.575
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Sentic Computing
Opinion Mining
Sentiment Analysis