Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
North America Social Sciences and Humanities 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
Competitive Strategy
Digital Transformation
Economic Development
Health Care
U.S. Political System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
631,797
169,672
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
555,707
184,757
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
self-determination theory
motivation
psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
537,721
247,365
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
multivariate analysis
business analytics
marketing
structural equation modeling
PLS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
504,607
318,406
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
429,607
114,496
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
387,807
91,420
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
373,636
101,212
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Psychology
Social psychology
Personality psychology
Positive Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
369,161
148,611
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Marketing
Branding
Brands
Brand Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355,354
146,880
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Positive Psychology
Learned Helplessness
Prospection
Depression
Optimism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318,023
103,801
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
marketing
services marketing
service management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
312,576
97,580
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Linguistics
Cognitive Science
Politics
Law
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278,823
76,721
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty
Selling and Sales Management
Multivariate Data Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276,221
129,031
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Psychology
Health Neuroscience
Stress and Resilience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
275,819
144,963
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
The role of culture in human development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264,053
75,108
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
labor economics
microeconomics
soft skills
early childhood development
personality psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
262,243
79,796
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Services Marketing
Service Quality
Health Services Research
Improving Cancer Care Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
261,439
76,069
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Services Marketing
Service Quality
Technology & Service
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260,233
86,568
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
251,146
62,917
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249,178
112,404
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
management
organization
strategy
rebalancing society
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247,028
48,033
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Health economics
cost-benefit analysis
program evaluation
injury
health planning & policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,568
174,344
0.719
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Emotion
Emotion Regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
239,679
122,533
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Marketing
Management
social psychology
statistics
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,053
91,297
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
strategic management
entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237,554
79,509
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5
3
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Michael E Porter
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
631,797
169,672
0.269
Competitive Strategy
Digital Transformation
Economic Development
Health Care
U.S. Political System
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Daniel Kahneman
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
555,707
184,757
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Edward L Deci
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
537,721
247,365
0.460
self-determination theory
motivation
psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27
16
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Joseph F Hair Jr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
504,607
318,406
0.631
multivariate analysis
business analytics
marketing
structural equation modeling
PLS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53
29
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Andrei Shleifer
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
429,607
114,496
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78
39
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Joseph E Stiglitz
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
387,807
91,420
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89
46
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Amartya Kumar Sen
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
373,636
101,212
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96
49
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ed Diener
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
369,161
148,611
0.403
Psychology
Social psychology
Personality psychology
Positive Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115
57
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Kevin Lane Keller
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355,354
146,880
0.413
Marketing
Branding
Brands
Brand Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176
79
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Martin Seligman
Nemours Children's Health System
Wilmington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318,023
103,801
0.326
Positive Psychology
Learned Helplessness
Prospection
Depression
Optimism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183
85
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Valarie Zeithaml
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
312,576
97,580
0.312
marketing
services marketing
service management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
292
125
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
George Lakoff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278,823
76,721
0.275
Linguistics
Cognitive Science
Politics
Law
Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
298
129
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Rolph Anderson
Drexel University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276,221
129,031
0.467
Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty
Selling and Sales Management
Multivariate Data Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
302
132
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
David Creswell
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
275,819
144,963
0.526
Psychology
Health Neuroscience
Stress and Resilience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
358
152
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Michael Cole
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264,053
75,108
0.284
The role of culture in human development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
371
159
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
James Heckman
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
262,243
79,796
0.304
labor economics
microeconomics
soft skills
early childhood development
personality psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
378
162
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Leonard Berry
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
261,439
76,069
0.291
Services Marketing
Service Quality
Health Services Research
Improving Cancer Care Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
384
164
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
A Parasuraman
University of Miami
Coral Gables, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260,233
86,568
0.333
Services Marketing
Service Quality
Technology & Service
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
436
183
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Robert Sternberg
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
251,146
62,917
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
453
188
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Daron Acemoğlu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249,178
112,404
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
465
23
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Henry Mintzberg
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247,028
48,033
0.194
management
organization
strategy
rebalancing society
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
492
198
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ted R Miller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,568
174,344
0.719
Health economics
cost-benefit analysis
program evaluation
injury
health planning & policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
516
208
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
James J Gross
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
239,679
122,533
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
535
213
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
R Bagozzi
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,053
91,297
0.384
Marketing
Management
social psychology
statistics
neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
538
214
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jay Barney
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237,554
79,509
0.335
strategic management
entrepreneurship