Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Sociology Highly Cited Researchers 399 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
gender identity disorder
psychosexual differentiation
gender identity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,425
6,834
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Gender
Work and Family
Time Use
Family
Mental Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,542
6,884
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Anthropology
Law
Senses
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,759
5,945
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,417
3,238
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
intersectionality
critical race and decolonial approaches
Black and postcolonial feminisms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,192
11,096
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
global migration
social inequality
precarity
noncitizenship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,599
2,663
0.196
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Power
Gender
Stereotypes
Discrimination
Harassment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,446
5,463
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Work/Stratification
Health/Mental Health
Social Psychology
Religion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,375
6,012
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,115
1,909
0.146
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Gender
Politics
Nationalism
India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,100
7,814
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
food systems
farming systems
world systems
transitions to sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,915
3,116
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
socialization
parenting
child agency
parent-child relationships acculturation culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,880
2,297
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Social Determinants of Health
Chronic Pain
Health Across Lifecourse
Obesity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,106
6,077
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
collective memory
identity
atmosphere
theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,043
2,674
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Gender
Equity
Masculinities
Transgender and Queer Studies in Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,889
2,808
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
movements
networks
politics
corporations
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,752
2,280
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sociology
Environmental Sociology
Urban Sociology
Sociology of Culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,890
1,531
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
sociology
migration
precarious legal status
differential inclusion
Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,609
2,035
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Food
Consumption
Gender
Inequality
Cultural Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,602
3,623
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
work
education
life course
immigration
inequality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,588
2,580
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
sociology of health and mental health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,352
2,046
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
social theory
social movements
LGBT studies
HIV prevention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,191
1,992
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,143
2,098
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sociology of Health
Mental Health
Psychiatric Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,692
2,406
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
sociology
inequalities
race
gender
sexual orientation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,601
3,600
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,559
1,222
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Kenneth J Zucker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,425
6,834
0.269
gender identity disorder
psychosexual differentiation
gender identity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,121
2,012
269
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Melissa Milkie
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,542
6,884
0.371
Gender
Work and Family
Time Use
Family
Mental Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,808
2,309
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
David Howes
Concordia University Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,759
5,945
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,084
2,594
227
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
John A Hall
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,417
3,238
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,263
2,651
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sirma Bilge
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,192
11,096
0.730
intersectionality
critical race and decolonial approaches
Black and postcolonial feminisms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,609
3,087
392
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Patricia Landolt
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,599
2,663
0.196
global migration
social inequality
precarity
noncitizenship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,619
3,131
364
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jennifer Berdahl
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,446
5,463
0.406
Power
Gender
Stereotypes
Discrimination
Harassment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,087
3,147
398
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Scott Schieman
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,375
6,012
0.449
Work/Stratification
Health/Mental Health
Social Psychology
Religion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,879
3,219
402
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
John Myles
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,115
1,909
0.146
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,985
3,222
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sikata Banerjee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,100
7,814
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,949
3,621
443
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Harriet Friedmann
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,915
3,116
0.262
food systems
farming systems
world systems
transitions to sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,258
3,633
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Leon Kuczynski
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,880
2,297
0.193
socialization
parenting
child agency
parent-child relationships acculturation culture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,549
4,460
190
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Anna Zajacova
Western University Canada
London, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,106
6,077
0.601
Social Determinants of Health
Chronic Pain
Health Across Lifecourse
Obesity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,258
4,499
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jeffrey Stepnisky
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,043
2,674
0.266
collective memory
identity
atmosphere
theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,060
4,575
195
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Wayne Martino
Western University Canada
London, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,889
2,808
0.284
Gender
Equity
Masculinities
Transgender and Queer Studies in Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,685
4,637
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
WK Carroll
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,752
2,280
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,226
5,121
593
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
John Hannigan
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,890
1,531
0.172
Sociology
Environmental Sociology
Urban Sociology
Sociology of Culture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,449
5,301
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Luin Goldring
York University
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,609
2,035
0.236
sociology
migration
precarious legal status
differential inclusion
Canada
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,550
5,307
601
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Josée Johnston
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,602
3,623
0.421
Food
Consumption
Gender
Inequality
Cultural Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,761
5,313
352
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Harvey Krahn
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,588
2,580
0.300
work
education
life course
immigration
inequality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,534
5,482
241
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
William R Avison
Western University Canada
London, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,352
2,046
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,196
5,567
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Barry D Adam
University of Windsor
Windsor, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,191
1,992
0.243
social theory
social movements
LGBT studies
HIV prevention
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,983
5,604
627
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Candace Kruttschnitt
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,143
2,098
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,234
5,944
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Terrance J Wade
Brock University
St. Catharines, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,692
2,406
0.313
Sociology of Health
Mental Health
Psychiatric Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,997
6,014
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Brenda L Beagan
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,601
3,600
0.474
sociology
inequalities
race
gender
sexual orientation