Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Social Work Highly Cited Researchers 121 Scientists Citation in Canada 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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,883
18,501
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
HIV prevention
HIV vaccines
LGBT health
Community engagement
Qualitative methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,066
7,471
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Child Maltreatment
Child Welfare
Social Work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,128
3,648
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Social Work
Clinical Practice
Bullying
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,945
5,068
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
social epidemiology
mental health
grandparents raising grandchildren
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,862
3,833
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
social work practice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,590
4,412
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sexual and gender minority youth
implementation science
health
media
social work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,036
5,872
0.731
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
LGBTQ individuals
discrimination
campus climate
mental health
resilience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,888
5,001
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Access to Justice
Children and the Law
Child Custody
Child Welfare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,726
2,841
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
gay and bisexual men
HIV
social determinants of health
sexual health
online health interventions/apps
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,342
3,767
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
restructuring social services
anti-oppressive theory and practice
care labour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,997
2,160
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Public Health
HIV
Ethics
Critical Theory
Community-based Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,149
2,670
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
aging
dementia
family care
incapacity assessment
elder abuse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,636
1,498
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Grief
grief literacy
tattoos
posttraumatic growth
palliative care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,507
1,291
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
social work practice with immigrants
the wellbeing of people of African descent
African Canadian history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,408
1,487
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
International Social Work
Climate Change
Disasters
Social Protection
Field Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,635
1,953
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,594
1,413
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
psychotherapy
behavioral intervention
cross-cultural
mental health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,539
768
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
substance use
harm reduction
oral health
health equity
homelessness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,534
2,071
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Trans children and youth
families of trans youth
Ethics
group work
social action
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,525
1,933
0.766
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
social work
indigenous research ethics
indigenous child welfare
settler colonialism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,410
1,065
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
arts-based
mindfulness
group work
youth
qualitative research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,280
1,020
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,271
643
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Addiction
Employee Assistance Programming
Mental Health
Spirituality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,269
794
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Critical Disability Studies
Intellectual Disabilities
Community Based Research
Inclusive Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,202
1,035
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,425
722
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Michael Ungar
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,883
18,501
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,764
2,680
347
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Peter A Newman
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,066
7,471
0.496
HIV prevention
HIV vaccines
LGBT health
Community engagement
Qualitative methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,031
3,539
302
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nico Trocme
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,128
3,648
0.301
Child Maltreatment
Child Welfare
Social Work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,498
3,609
440
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Faye Mishna
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,945
5,068
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,369
4,072
491
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Esme Fuller Thomson
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,862
3,833
0.353
social epidemiology
mental health
grandparents raising grandchildren
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,449
4,712
556
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Marion Bogo
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,590
4,412
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,606
5,682
638
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Shelley L Craig
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,036
5,872
0.731
Sexual and gender minority youth
implementation science
health
media
social work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,290
5,789
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Michael R Woodford
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,888
5,001
0.634
LGBTQ individuals
discrimination
campus climate
mental health
resilience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183,027
7,883
862
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Michael Saini
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,726
2,841
0.496
Access to Justice
Children and the Law
Child Custody
Child Welfare
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
195,876
8,406
915
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
David J Brennan
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,342
3,767
0.705
gay and bisexual men
HIV
social determinants of health
sexual health
online health interventions/apps
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
209,079
8,962
871
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Donna Baines
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,997
2,160
0.432
restructuring social services
anti-oppressive theory and practice
care labour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
248,663
10,497
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Adrian Guta
University of Windsor
Windsor, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,149
2,670
0.644
Public Health
HIV
Ethics
Critical Theory
Community-based Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
279,463
11,636
1,076
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Deborah O Connor
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,636
1,498
0.412
aging
dementia
family care
incapacity assessment
elder abuse
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
288,253
11,965
479
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Susan Cadell
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,507
1,291
0.368
Grief
grief literacy
tattoos
posttraumatic growth
palliative care
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
295,492
12,229
556
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
David Este
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,408
1,487
0.436
social work practice with immigrants
the wellbeing of people of African descent
African Canadian history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
364,704
14,645
647
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Julie Drolet
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,635
1,953
0.741
International Social Work
Climate Change
Disasters
Social Protection
Field Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
369,124
14,776
1,135
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jill Hanley
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,594
1,413
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
375,438
14,997
1,565
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
KA Tat Tsang
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,539
768
0.302
psychotherapy
behavioral intervention
cross-cultural
mental health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
375,916
15,017
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bruce Wallace
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,534
2,071
0.817
substance use
harm reduction
oral health
health equity
homelessness
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
376,948
15,049
558
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Pullen Sansfacon Annie
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,525
1,933
0.766
Trans children and youth
families of trans youth
Ethics
group work
social action
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
390,755
15,492
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Raven Sinclair
University of Regina
Regina, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,410
1,065
0.442
social work
indigenous research ethics
indigenous child welfare
settler colonialism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
407,137
16,014
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Diana Coholic
Université Laurentienne
Sudbury, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,280
1,020
0.447
arts-based
mindfulness
group work
youth
qualitative research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
408,339
16,040
697
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Chris Sinding
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,271
643
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
408,585
16,049
630
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Rick Csiernik
Western University Canada
London, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,269
794
0.350
Addiction
Employee Assistance Programming
Mental Health
Spirituality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
417,712
16,341
1,393
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Rachelle Hole
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,202
1,035
0.470
Critical Disability Studies
Intellectual Disabilities
Community Based Research
Inclusive Research