Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Social Policy Highly Cited Researchers 22 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
child health and development
social epidemiology
social inequality
work-family interface
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,117
2,478
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Social stratification
social inequality
life course
educational inequality
statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,580
906
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Social Stratification
Labor Markets
Migration
Social Inequality
Poverty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,719
1,009
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
North-South relations
Nord-Süd-Beziehungen
demogracy and social inequality
Demokratie und soziale Ungleichheit
Latin Americ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,020
782
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,832
1,056
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Social Research
Inequality
Welfare State
Quantitative Methods
Demography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,493
530
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
social inequality in the labour market
methods of causal inference
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,067
394
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
social inequality
study abroad
shadow education
inclusive education
comparative research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
688
563
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Political Economy
Comparative Politics
Inequality
Redistribution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
641
358
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
European Integration
EMU
Social Europe
Welfare State Reforms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
621
174
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
energy poverty research
energy communities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
438
433
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Welfare State Research
Child and Youth Care
Refugee Studies
Social Pedagogy
Trust Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
388
159
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Social policy
labour market
reforms
attitudes
political economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330
256
0.776
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Migration
Quantitative Methods
Political Sociology
Welfare States
Religion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
328
226
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Tax
Deliberation
Welfare State
Q Methodology
Rstats
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
94
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Social policy
Migration
Central and Eastern Europe
Gender
Ethnicity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177
130
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Social Policy
Political Sociology
International Organizations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
141
0.892
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Social Policy
Comparative Political Economy
Institutional and Cultural Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
133
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
future of work
automation
AI
AI regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
103
0.954
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Armut und Reichtum im Globalen Kapitalismus / Poverty and Wealth in Global Capitalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
18
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
social policy
public policy
long-term care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
20
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
social policy
environmental policy
feminism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,659
6,223
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Li, Jianghong (李江虹)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,117
2,478
0.348
child health and development
social epidemiology
social inequality
work-family interface
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
226,923
9,157
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Karin Kurz
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,580
906
0.198
Social stratification
social inequality
life course
educational inequality
statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
355,785
13,505
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Roland Verwiebe
Universität Potsdam
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,719
1,009
0.371
Social Stratification
Labor Markets
Migration
Social Inequality
Poverty
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
444,772
16,336
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Hans Jürgen Burchardt
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,020
782
0.387
North-South relations
Nord-Süd-Beziehungen
demogracy and social inequality
Demokratie und soziale Ungleichheit
Latin Americ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
476,157
17,307
178
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Carina Schmitt
Universität Bremen
Bremen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,832
1,056
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
545,040
19,381
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Christian Schmitt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,493
530
0.355
Social Research
Inequality
Welfare State
Quantitative Methods
Demography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
663,509
22,936
383
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gerhard Krug
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,067
394
0.369
social inequality in the labour market
methods of causal inference
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
817,856
27,578
241
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Steve R. Entrich
Universität Potsdam
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
688
563
0.818
social inequality
study abroad
shadow education
inclusive education
comparative research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
841,651
28,351
284
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Hanna Lierse
Universität Bremen
Bremen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
641
358
0.559
Political Economy
Comparative Politics
Inequality
Redistribution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
852,288
28,696
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Björn Hacker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
621
174
0.280
European Integration
EMU
Social Europe
Welfare State Reforms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
983,275
33,394
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Florian Hanke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
438
433
0.989
energy poverty research
energy communities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,033,287
35,245
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Philipp Sandermann
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
388
159
0.410
Welfare State Research
Child and Youth Care
Refugee Studies
Social Pedagogy
Trust Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,098,219
37,590
185
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Christopher Buss
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330
256
0.776
Social policy
labour market
reforms
attitudes
political economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,100,868
37,682
460
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Tim Müller|Tim Sven Müller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
328
226
0.689
Migration
Quantitative Methods
Political Sociology
Welfare States
Religion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,351,867
46,212
898
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Maximilian Held
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
94
0.516
Tax
Deliberation
Welfare State
Q Methodology
Rstats
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,363,379
46,566
930
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Anna Safuta
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177
130
0.734
Social policy
Migration
Central and Eastern Europe
Gender
Ethnicity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,412,016
47,989
406
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
John Berten
Universität Bielefeld
Bielefeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
141
0.892
Social Policy
Political Sociology
International Organizations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,428,855
48,506
925
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Christopher Grages
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
133
0.875
Social Policy
Comparative Political Economy
Institutional and Cultural Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,570,122
52,478
629
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Didem Ozkiziltan
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
103
0.954
future of work
automation
AI
AI regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,053,088
62,792
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ina Schildbach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
18
0.783
Armut und Reichtum im Globalen Kapitalismus / Poverty and Wealth in Global Capitalism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,077,359
63,199
546
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cansu Erdogan|Cansu Erdogan Cengiz
Universität Bielefeld
Bielefeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
20
1.000
social policy
public policy
long-term care
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,211,548
65,262
1,219
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Anne Gerstenberg
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
social policy
environmental policy
feminism