Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 3.984 Scientists Citation in Australia 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: 101
psychology
rehabilitation medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,209
6,831
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 102
Big Data Analytics
Transportation
Defence Logistics
Trust Security and Risks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,025
5,825
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 103
feminist political theory
policy theory
gender mainstreaming
citizenship
Foucault studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,851
8,331
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 104
Sociology of Religion
Health Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,763
4,905
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 105
Linguistics
Child language
Universal Grammar. Logic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,739
3,251
0.173
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 106
Sustainable Tourism
Tourism
Climate Change
Environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,735
9,483
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 107
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,719
5,129
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 108
Medication Safety
Healthcare Communication
Patient Participation
Transitions of Care
Aged Care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,617
7,859
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 109
Transport
City Logistics
Intelligent Transport Systems
Ports
Maritime Logistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,580
5,922
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 110
environmental politics
environmental justice
environmental political theory
climate justice
political theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,577
10,048
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 111
Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Science
Memory
Misinformation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,392
13,863
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 112
Psychology of eating and weight
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,263
9,683
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 113
complex regional pain syndrome
blushing
migraine
cluster headache
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,149
5,375
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 114
Dendrochronology
palaeoecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,135
11,291
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 115
Archaeology
Geochronology
Quaternary Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,127
7,802
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 116
social psychology
political psychology
social identity
collective action
social change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,100
6,420
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 117
Popular music
youth culture
cultural sociology
ethnography.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,063
6,101
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 118
Loneliness
Social Isolation
Social Identity
Memory Rehabilitation
Aging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,943
10,914
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 119
Psychosis
vocational recovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,830
8,484
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 120
Psychology
environmental studies
management
Water
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,738
12,014
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 121
Social Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,716
10,646
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 122
Visitor Research
Environmental Learning & Interpretation
Eco-Wildlife Tourism
Environmental Education.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,512
6,607
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 123
music psychology
psychology of music
music education
performance science
arts and health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,429
5,348
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 124
assessment of learning in colleges and universities
grading
standards
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,401
5,574
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 125
Developmental psychology
Motor development
Developmental Coordination Disorder
Cognitive Control
Motor control and learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,319
6,570
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,893
1,968
171
Ranking Based On Selection: 101
Ashley Craig
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,209
6,831
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,544
1,993
141
Ranking Based On Selection: 102
Elizabeth Chang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,025
5,825
0.306
Big Data Analytics
Transportation
Defence Logistics
Trust Security and Risks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,057
2,014
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 103
Carol Bacchi
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,851
8,331
0.442
feminist political theory
policy theory
gender mainstreaming
citizenship
Foucault studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,355
2,032
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 104
Douglas Ezzy
University of Tasmania
Hobart, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,763
4,905
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,470
2,037
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 105
Stephen Crain
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,739
3,251
0.173
Linguistics
Child language
Universal Grammar. Logic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,442
2,038
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 106
Susanne Becken
Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,735
9,483
0.506
Sustainable Tourism
Tourism
Climate Change
Environment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,540
2,040
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 107
AH Winefield
University of South Australia
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,719
5,129
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,854
2,059
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 108
Elizabeth Manias
Deakin University
Geelong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,617
7,859
0.422
Medication Safety
Healthcare Communication
Patient Participation
Transitions of Care
Aged Care
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,028
2,065
179
Ranking Based On Selection: 109
Michael Bell
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,580
5,922
0.319
Transport
City Logistics
Intelligent Transport Systems
Ports
Maritime Logistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,989
2,066
180
Ranking Based On Selection: 110
David Schlosberg
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,577
10,048
0.541
environmental politics
environmental justice
environmental political theory
climate justice
political theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,688
2,091
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 111
Ullrich Kh Ecker
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,392
13,863
0.754
Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Science
Memory
Misinformation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,110
2,115
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 112
Lenny R Vartanian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,263
9,683
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,504
2,132
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 113
Peter Drummond
Murdoch University
Murdoch, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,149
5,375
0.296
complex regional pain syndrome
blushing
migraine
cluster headache
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,616
2,136
150
Ranking Based On Selection: 114
Jonathan Palmer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,135
11,291
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,643
2,137
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 115
Zenobia Jacobs
University of Wollongong
Wollongong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,127
7,802
0.430
Archaeology
Geochronology
Quaternary Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,741
2,144
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 116
Craig McGarty
Western Sydney University
Penrith, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,100
6,420
0.355
social psychology
political psychology
social identity
collective action
social change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,810
2,153
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 117
Andy Bennett
Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,063
6,101
0.338
Popular music
youth culture
cultural sociology
ethnography.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,257
2,166
198
Ranking Based On Selection: 118
Catherine Haslam
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,943
10,914
0.608
Loneliness
Social Isolation
Social Identity
Memory Rehabilitation
Aging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,649
2,182
169
Ranking Based On Selection: 119
Mingxing Zhang
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,830
8,484
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,994
2,200
200
Ranking Based On Selection: 120
Kelly Fielding
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,738
12,014
0.677
Psychology
environmental studies
management
Water
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,079
2,204
170
Ranking Based On Selection: 121
Brock Bastian
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,716
10,646
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,880
2,240
209
Ranking Based On Selection: 122
Roy Ballantyne
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,512
6,607
0.377
Visitor Research
Environmental Learning & Interpretation
Eco-Wildlife Tourism
Environmental Education.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,169
2,258
177
Ranking Based On Selection: 123
Jane Davidson
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,429
5,348
0.307
music psychology
psychology of music
music education
performance science
arts and health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,279
2,262
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 124
D Royce Sadler
Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,401
5,574
0.320
assessment of learning in colleges and universities
grading
standards
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,592
2,275
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 125
Peter Wilson
Australian Catholic University
North Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,319
6,570
0.379
Developmental psychology
Motor development
Developmental Coordination Disorder
Cognitive Control
Motor control and learning