Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Social Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 7.291 Scientists Citation in Brazil 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
Brazil
Andre Faro
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
Brazil
Sergio Tufik
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
Brazil
Ricardo Antunes
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
Brazil
Jose Carlos Libaneo
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
Brazil
Paulo Sérgio Boggio
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
Brazil
João Paulo Souza
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: 7
Brazil
Silvia Helena Koller
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: 8
Brazil
Fernando Limongi
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: 9
Brazil
Suely Rolnik
micropolítica
psicanálise
subjetividade
colonialidade
arte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,317
9,307
0.341

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Brazil
Manoel Antonio Dos Santos
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: 11
Brazil
Abel L Packer
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: 12
Brazil
Roxane Rojo
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: 13
Brazil
Estela Aquino
Gênero e saúde
Saúde Coletiva
Epidemiologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,025
7,539
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Brazil
Sergio Schneider
Sociologia Rural
Sociologia da Alimentacão
Sociologia do Desenvolvimento
Economia do Desenvolvimento
Desenvolvimento Susten
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,927
7,544
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Brazil
Zilda AP Del Prette
Vivências
Psicologia das Relações interpessoais
Habilidades Sociais
Social Skills
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,221
5,509
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Brazil
Valdiney V Gouveia
Human values
Attitudes
Antisocial and Prosocial Behaviors
Personality Traits
Subjective Well-Being
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,796
6,916
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Brazil
Kabengele Munanga
Antropologia Social
Antropologia das Populações Afro-Brasileiras
Diversidade cultural
Diversidade étnica
África
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,080
7,257
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Brazil
Evelina Dagnino
Democracia
participação
cidadania
movimentos sociais
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,423
2,783
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Brazil
Claudio Hutz
Psychological assessment
Positive Psychology. Personality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,115
5,873
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Brazil
Anuário Antropológico
Social Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Ethnography
Social Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,848
5,418
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Brazil
Eduardo Goes Neves
Archaeology
Amazonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,819
6,228
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Brazil
Celina Souza
Federalismo
Políticas Públicas
Burocracia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,784
4,879
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Brazil
Ricardo Paes De Barros
políticas públicas
educação
primeira infância
desigualdade
pobreza e mercado de trabalho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,691
2,189
0.149
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Brazil
Ricardo Ventura Santos
Anthropology
Public Health
Indigenous Peoples
Race and Ethnicity
History of Physical/Biological Anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,488
4,925
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Brazil
Joao Ferreira De Oliveira
Educação Superior
Políticas Educacionais
Gestão da Educação
Educação Básica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,248
5,155
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,339
Brazil
32
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Andre Faro
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
6,314
Brazil
59
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sergio Tufik
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
11,885
Brazil
95
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ricardo Antunes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,520
15,576
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,756
Brazil
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
13,404
Brazil
108
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Paulo Sérgio Boggio
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
14,559
Brazil
114
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
João Paulo Souza
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
21,618
Brazil
162
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Silvia Helena Koller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,198
10,868
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,797
Brazil
175
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Fernando Limongi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,181
5,753
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,472
Brazil
212
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
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
32,703
Brazil
274
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Manoel Antonio Dos Santos
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

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,766
Brazil
390
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
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
43,034
Brazil
395
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Roxane Rojo
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
47,854
Brazil
463
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Estela Aquino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,025
7,539
0.418
Gênero e saúde
Saúde Coletiva
Epidemiologia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,210
Brazil
469
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sergio Schneider
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,927
7,544
0.421
Sociologia Rural
Sociologia da Alimentacão
Sociologia do Desenvolvimento
Economia do Desenvolvimento
Desenvolvimento Susten
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,852
Brazil
508
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Zilda AP Del Prette
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,221
5,509
0.320
Vivências
Psicologia das Relações interpessoais
Habilidades Sociais
Social Skills
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,557
Brazil
541
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Valdiney V Gouveia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,796
6,916
0.412
Human values
Attitudes
Antisocial and Prosocial Behaviors
Personality Traits
Subjective Well-Being
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,806
Brazil
588
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kabengele Munanga
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,080
7,257
0.451
Antropologia Social
Antropologia das Populações Afro-Brasileiras
Diversidade cultural
Diversidade étnica
África
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,946
Brazil
651
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Evelina Dagnino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,423
2,783
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,525
Brazil
672
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Claudio Hutz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,115
5,873
0.389
Psychological assessment
Positive Psychology. Personality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,958
Brazil
689
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Anuário Antropológico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,848
5,418
0.365
Social Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Ethnography
Social Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,117
Brazil
692
211
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Eduardo Goes Neves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,819
6,228
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,306
Brazil
696
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Celina Souza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,784
4,879
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,817
Brazil
711
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ricardo Paes De Barros
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,691
2,189
0.149
políticas públicas
educação
primeira infância
desigualdade
pobreza e mercado de trabalho
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,939
Brazil
730
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ricardo Ventura Santos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,488
4,925
0.340
Anthropology
Public Health
Indigenous Peoples
Race and Ethnicity
History of Physical/Biological Anthropology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,423
Brazil
747
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Joao Ferreira De Oliveira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,248
5,155
0.362
Educação Superior
Políticas Educacionais
Gestão da Educação
Educação Básica
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