Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 169 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: 1
educational technology
higher education
online learning
learning analytics
teaching and learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,186
13,173
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Workplace learning
Vocational education
Professional education
Adult education
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,362
10,414
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Higher education
teacher professionalism
teacher professional development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,488
6,666
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
mathematical social sciences
social networks
higher education
psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,648
7,486
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
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: 6
Plant and Environmental Proteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,699
4,398
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Information research
phenomenography
higher education research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,666
3,124
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Arts and Health
Arts Psychotherapy
Music Emotion and Self-regulation
Higher Education student and staff experiences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,220
2,528
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Feedback
cheating
academic integrity
assessment
higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,791
8,230
0.763
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Higher Education
Health Professions Education
Feedback
Professional Learning
Qualitative
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,741
8,150
0.759
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
educational technology
online learning
virtual worlds
higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,475
4,001
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Higher Education
academic development
undergraduate research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,254
2,776
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
higher education
workplace learning
professional education
philosophy of higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,985
2,312
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Digital Health
eHealth
Health Informatics
Higher Education
Information Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,311
3,299
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
self-regulated learning
online learning
higher education
assessment
health behaviour change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,566
6,839
0.798
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Higher Education
Teaching and Learning
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,564
1,359
0.159
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
higher education
medical education
clinical simulation
digital learning
feedback
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,249
5,689
0.785
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
higher education
graduate employability
identity
careers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,157
4,503
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,890
1,392
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
graduate employability
career development learning
future capability
educational transformation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,811
3,646
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sociology of Education
Higher Education
Social Inclusion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,515
1,125
0.173
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,467
2,328
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Higher education policy
radiative transport
astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,440
707
0.110
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
educational psychology
learning sciences
higher education
educational technology
self-regulated learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,933
4,956
0.835
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,735
1,584
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,985
563
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gregor Kennedy
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,186
13,173
0.320
educational technology
higher education
online learning
learning analytics
teaching and learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,460
918
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Stephen Billett
Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,362
10,414
0.332
Workplace learning
Vocational education
Professional education
Adult education
Higher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,881
1,089
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Judyth Sachs
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,488
6,666
0.234
Higher education
teacher professionalism
teacher professional development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,510
1,216
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Philippa Pip Pattison
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,648
7,486
0.281
mathematical social sciences
social networks
higher education
psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,164
2,259
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
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
68,791
3,151
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Paul A Haynes
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,699
4,398
0.321
Plant and Environmental Proteomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,933
3,846
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Christine Bruce
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,666
3,124
0.268
Information research
phenomenography
higher education research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,932
4,038
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jane Edwards
University of New England Australia
Armidale, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,220
2,528
0.225
Arts and Health
Arts Psychotherapy
Music Emotion and Self-regulation
Higher Education student and staff experiences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,107
4,261
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Phillip Dawson
Deakin University
Geelong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,791
8,230
0.763
Feedback
cheating
academic integrity
assessment
higher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,632
4,294
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rola Ajjawi
Deakin University
Geelong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,741
8,150
0.759
Higher Education
Health Professions Education
Feedback
Professional Learning
Qualitative
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,275
4,396
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Barney Dalgarno
University of Canberra
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,475
4,001
0.382
educational technology
online learning
virtual worlds
higher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,707
4,522
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Angela Brew
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,254
2,776
0.271
Higher Education
academic development
undergraduate research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,710
4,644
390
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Gloria Dall Alba
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,985
2,312
0.232
higher education
workplace learning
professional education
philosophy of higher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,072
5,033
406
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Kathleen Gray
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,311
3,299
0.354
Digital Health
eHealth
Health Informatics
Higher Education
Information Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,874
5,482
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jaclyn Broadbent
Deakin University
Geelong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,566
6,839
0.798
self-regulated learning
online learning
higher education
assessment
health behaviour change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,921
5,484
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
John D Bain
Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,564
1,359
0.159
Higher Education
Teaching and Learning
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,803
6,612
173
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Margaret Bearman
Deakin University
Geelong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,249
5,689
0.785
higher education
medical education
clinical simulation
digital learning
feedback
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,767
6,706
172
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Dawn Bennett
Curtin University
Bentley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,157
4,503
0.629
higher education
graduate employability
identity
careers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,693
6,993
542
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Vincent Lynn Meek
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,890
1,392
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,532
7,074
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ruth Bridgstock
Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,811
3,646
0.535
graduate employability
career development learning
future capability
educational transformation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,714
7,386
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Kate Hughes
Monash College
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,515
1,125
0.173
Sociology of Education
Higher Education
Social Inclusion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,935
7,436
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Marcia Devlin
Victoria University
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,467
2,328
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
162,692
7,470
379
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Lawrence Cram
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,440
707
0.110
Higher education policy
radiative transport
astronomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176,640
8,073
657
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jason M Lodge|Jason Lodge
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,933
4,956
0.835
educational psychology
learning sciences
higher education
educational technology
self-regulated learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,785
8,372
130
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Simon Barrie
Western Sydney University
Penrith, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,735
1,584
0.276