Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 415 Scientists Citation in Germany 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
Sociology
Economic Sociology
Social Processes
Spatial Sociology
Mixed Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,809
25,623
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Soziologische Theorie
Kultursoziologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,006
15,308
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
migration
transnationalization
citizenship
development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,774
8,007
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sozialstrukturanalyse
Subj. Wohlbefinden
Umfrageforschung
Längsschnittanalyse
Grundeinkommen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,053
11,252
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,211
8,045
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
sociology cultural studies climate socio-economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,906
4,726
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
sociology of science
science communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,454
4,909
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
sociology
methodology
qualitative methods
evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,646
5,313
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,856
4,307
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Social Stratification
Mobility
Education
Labour Market
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,751
3,121
0.166
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
sociological theory
culture theory
calculus of indications
systems theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,035
4,055
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Structural equation modeling
comparative empirical research
values (the Schwartz value theory)
attitudes toward immigrants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,289
9,330
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
rational choice
sociological theory
protest
social movements
norms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,632
3,115
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sociology of health and illness
Social Determinants of Health
Child and adolescent health
Life
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,468
5,933
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Organization Research
Entrepreneurship
Environmental Sociology
Quantitative Social Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,745
3,008
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sociology
Methods of Social Research
Inequality
Family Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,694
3,435
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
sociology
social inequality
borders
digitization
welfare states
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,305
5,135
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Health Services Research
Outcomes Research
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,186
9,026
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ethnomethodology
Conversation Analysis
Studies of Work
Qualitative Methods
Disaster Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,159
3,116
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sociology
Social Stratification
Social Inequality
Sociology of Education
Labor Market Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,063
3,112
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Soziologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,511
4,176
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sociology of Religion
Cultural Sociology
Qualitative Methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,956
4,194
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Professor for Sport Management and Sport Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,395
6,311
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Soziologie
Demographie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,130
2,031
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
families
aging
health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,056
3,745
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,652
344
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Nina Baur
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,809
25,623
0.459
Sociology
Economic Sociology
Social Processes
Spatial Sociology
Mixed Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,846
886
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Andreas Reckwitz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,006
15,308
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,553
1,079
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Thomas Faist
Universität Bielefeld
Bielefeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,774
8,007
0.278
migration
transnationalization
citizenship
development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,483
1,115
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jürgen Schupp
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,053
11,252
0.401
Sozialstrukturanalyse
Subj. Wohlbefinden
Umfrageforschung
Längsschnittanalyse
Grundeinkommen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,757
1,378
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hubert Knoblauch
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,211
8,045
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,363
1,499
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Stehr, Nico
Zeppelin Universität
Friedrichshafen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,906
4,726
0.206
sociology cultural studies climate socio-economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,326
1,532
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Peter Weingart
Universität Bielefeld
Bielefeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,454
4,909
0.219
sociology of science
science communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,844
1,723
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Udo Kelle
Helmut Schmidt Universität
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,646
5,313
0.257
sociology
methodology
qualitative methods
evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,992
1,802
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Juergen Gerhards
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,856
4,307
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,386
1,957
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Walter Müller
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,751
3,121
0.166
Social Stratification
Mobility
Education
Labour Market
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,902
2,061
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Dirk Baecker
Universität Witten Herdecke
Witten, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,035
4,055
0.225
sociological theory
culture theory
calculus of indications
systems theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,701
2,202
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Eldad Davidov
Universität zu Köln
Köln, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,289
9,330
0.540
Structural equation modeling
comparative empirical research
values (the Schwartz value theory)
attitudes toward immigrants
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,394
2,333
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Karl Dieter Opp
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,632
3,115
0.187
rational choice
sociological theory
protest
social movements
norms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,151
2,370
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Matthias Richter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,468
5,933
0.360
Sociology of health and illness
Social Determinants of Health
Child and adolescent health
Life
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,630
2,754
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Peter Preisendörfer
Helmholtz Institut Mainz
Mainz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,745
3,008
0.204
Organization Research
Entrepreneurship
Environmental Sociology
Quantitative Social Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,970
3,030
149
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Josef Brüderl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,694
3,435
0.251
Sociology
Methods of Social Research
Inequality
Family Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,562
3,146
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Steffen Mau
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,305
5,135
0.386
sociology
social inequality
borders
digitization
welfare states
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,368
3,191
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Christian Apfelbacher
Universität Regensburg
Regensburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,186
9,026
0.685
Health Services Research
Outcomes Research
Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,556
3,204
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Joerg Bergmann
Universität Bielefeld
Bielefeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,159
3,116
0.237
Ethnomethodology
Conversation Analysis
Studies of Work
Qualitative Methods
Disaster Communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,707
3,546
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Heike Solga
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,063
3,112
0.258
Sociology
Social Stratification
Social Inequality
Sociology of Education
Labor Market Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,406
3,763
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Martina Löw
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,511
4,176
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,678
3,970
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Monika Wohlrab Sahr
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,956
4,194
0.383
Sociology of Religion
Cultural Sociology
Qualitative Methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,349
4,201
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Pamela Wicker
Universität Bielefeld
Bielefeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,395
6,311
0.607
Professor for Sport Management and Sport Sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,283
4,336
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Bernhard Nauck
Technische Universität Chemnitz
Chemnitz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,130
2,031
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,109
4,363
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Karsten Hank
Universität zu Köln
Köln, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,056
3,745
0.372