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Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There is still much work to be done in this area. See also for more specific citation analyses: "last 6 years citation index" Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years Citations)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Social Science
Behavioral science ...
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,392
13,507
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Political Socialization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,981
6,116
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Psychology
Psychopathology
Emotion
Psychophysiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,693
6,454
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Social Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,344
3,691
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Computational Social Science
Network Science
Crowdsourcing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,091
6,046
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Computational Social Science
Computational Social Systems
Social Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,675
5,076
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
land use
sustainability
landscape
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,082
5,350
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
AI in Management
Business Analytics
Computational Social Science
AI for Good
Causal ML
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,871
6,040
0.879
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Industrielle Beziehungen
Mindestlohn
Niedriglohnbeschäftigung
Gender
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,797
909
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Sociology
Social Norms
Social Desirability
Research Methods
Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,527
3,196
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Ethnic inequality
gender inequality
big data
aging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,202
3,168
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Information Systems
Network Science
Computational Social Science
Crisis Informatics
Collective Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,160
2,133
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Theory Formalization in the Social Sciences
Person Judgment
Meta-Science
Ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,352
2,203
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Intersections of gender
race
and media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,296
1,665
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
health demography
social epidemiology
gender and health
health and aging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,012
1,918
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Social Inclusion
Human / Children's Rights
Social and Emotional Development / Mental Health
Family Relations
Intercultural S
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,719
843
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
survey methodology data science computational social science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,694
443
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Social Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,239
2,014
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Computational Social Science
Mass Communication
Empirical Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,189
1,377
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Social policy
Public finance
Pensions
Corporate Social Responsibility
Sustainable Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,963
406
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Sozial- & Arbeitsmarktpolitik (national und vergleichend)
soziale Ungleichheit / Gender in Bezug auf Arbeitsmarkt(politik) und Sozialpolitik
soziologisch-/sozialtheoretische Ansätze zu Angst & (individueller) Autonomie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,695
394
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Populism
Political parties
Terrorism
e-government
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,633
813
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
social science research methods
welfare state sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,602
962
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Cultural Sociology
Social Theory
Practice Theory
Sociology of (E)Valuation
Digital Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,348
929
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
social sciences
public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,329
514
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,509
760
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gert G. Wagner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,392
13,507
0.393
Social Science
Behavioral science ...
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,296
2,325
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Klaus Boehnke
Jacobs University Bremen
Bremen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,981
6,116
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,007
3,172
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Georg W Alpers
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,693
6,454
0.508
Psychology
Psychopathology
Emotion
Psychophysiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,488
3,270
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Kai A. Konrad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,344
3,691
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,708
4,646
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Manuel Cebrian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,091
6,046
0.665
Computational Social Science
Network Science
Crowdsourcing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,523
4,887
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Markus Strohmaier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,675
5,076
0.585
Computational Social Science
Computational Social Systems
Social Data Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,817
5,238
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Claudia Bieling
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,082
5,350
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,217
6,152
258
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Stefan Feuerriegel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,871
6,040
0.879
AI in Management
Business Analytics
Computational Social Science
AI for Good
Causal ML
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
207,703
8,468
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Claudia Weinkopf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,797
909
0.189
Industrielle Beziehungen
Mindestlohn
Niedriglohnbeschäftigung
Gender
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
219,366
8,887
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ivar Krumpal
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,527
3,196
0.706
Sociology
Social Norms
Social Desirability
Research Methods
Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
234,963
9,416
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Christian Hunkler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,202
3,168
0.754
Ethnic inequality
gender inequality
big data
aging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
237,195
9,496
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Kai Fischbach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,160
2,133
0.513
Information Systems
Network Science
Computational Social Science
Crisis Informatics
Collective Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
286,825
11,224
201
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Daniel Leising
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,352
2,203
0.657
Theory Formalization in the Social Sciences
Person Judgment
Meta-Science
Ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
291,049
11,371
158
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Gabriele Dietze
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,296
1,665
0.505
Intersections of gender
race
and media
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
313,840
12,095
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Anna Oksuzyan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,012
1,918
0.637
health demography
social epidemiology
gender and health
health and aging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
341,179
13,034
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Christoph de Oliveira Käppler
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,719
843
0.310
Social Inclusion
Human / Children's Rights
Social and Emotional Development / Mental Health
Family Relations
Intercultural S
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
343,700
13,126
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Uwe Engel
Universität Bremen
Bremen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,694
443
0.164
survey methodology data science computational social science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
396,349
14,807
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Katja Möhring
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,239
2,014
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
403,004
14,994
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Pascal Jürgens
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,189
1,377
0.629
Computational Social Science
Mass Communication
Empirical Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
436,466
16,045
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Krzysztof Hagemejer
Hochschule Bonn Rhein Sieg
Sankt Augustin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,963
406
0.207
Social policy
Public finance
Pensions
Corporate Social Responsibility
Sustainable Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
483,374
17,465
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sigrid Betzelt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,695
394
0.232
Sozial- & Arbeitsmarktpolitik (national und vergleichend)
soziale Ungleichheit / Gender in Bezug auf Arbeitsmarkt(politik) und Sozialpolitik
soziologisch-/sozialtheoretische Ansätze zu Angst & (individueller) Autonomie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
495,764
17,864
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Florian Hartleb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,633
813
0.498
Populism
Political parties
Terrorism
e-government
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
502,132
18,037
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Marco Giesselmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,602
962
0.600
social science research methods
welfare state sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
560,550
19,787
282
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Hilmar Schäfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,348
929
0.689
Cultural Sociology
Social Theory
Practice Theory
Sociology of (E)Valuation
Digital Sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
565,636
19,932
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Peter Kriwy
Technische Universität Chemnitz
Chemnitz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,329
514
0.387