Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Social Science Highly Cited Researchers 80 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
Social Science
Behavioral science ...
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,496
12,313
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Political Socialization
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,642
5,844
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Psychology
Psychopathology
Emotion
Psychophysiology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,296
6,058
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,624
3,169
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Computational Social Science
Artificial Intelligence
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,684
5,875
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Computational Social Science
Computational Social Systems
Social Data Science
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,276
5,038
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
land use
sustainability
landscape
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,525
4,952
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
AI in Management
Business Analytics
Computational Social Science
AI for Good
Causal ML
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,308
7,094
0.854
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Industrielle Beziehungen
Mindestlohn
Niedriglohnbeschäftigung
Gender
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,917
787
0.160
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sociology
Social Norms
Social Desirability
Research Methods
Health
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,852
3,110
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ethnic inequality
gender inequality
big data
aging
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,468
3,048
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Information Systems
Network Science
Computational Social Science
Crisis Informatics
Collective Intelligence
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,324
1,931
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Theory Formalization in the Social Sciences
Person Judgment
Meta-Science
Ethics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,608
2,172
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Intersections of gender
race
and media
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,512
1,641
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
health demography
social epidemiology
gender and health
health and aging
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,149
1,793
0.569
* 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
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,810
783
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
survey methodology data science computational social science
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,728
367
0.135
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Social Sciences
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,371
2,069
0.873
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Computational Social Science
Mass Communication
Empirical Methods
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,367
1,336
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Social policy
Public finance
Pensions
Corporate Social Responsibility
Sustainable Development
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,001
324
0.162
* 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
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,738
366
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Populism
Political parties
Terrorism
e-government
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,704
728
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
social science research methods
welfare state sociology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,684
910
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Cultural Sociology
Social Theory
Practice Theory
Sociology of (E)Valuation
Digital Sociology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,446
886
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sociology
Causal analysis
Longitudinal data
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,407
976
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,721
774
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gert G. Wagner
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,496
12,313
0.347
Social Science
Behavioral science ...
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,232
2,327
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Klaus Boehnke
Jacobs University Bremen
Bremen, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,642
5,844
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,461
3,148
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Georg W Alpers
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,296
6,058
0.456
Psychology
Psychopathology
Emotion
Psychophysiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,217
3,360
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Kai A. Konrad|Kai A. Konrad
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,624
3,169
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,273
4,541
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Manuel Cebrian
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,684
5,875
0.607
Computational Social Science
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,497
4,765
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Markus Strohmaier
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,276
5,038
0.543
Computational Social Science
Computational Social Systems
Social Data Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,544
5,197
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Claudia Bieling
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,525
4,952
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,964
5,328
233
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Stefan Feuerriegel
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,308
7,094
0.854
AI in Management
Business Analytics
Computational Social Science
AI for Good
Causal ML
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
212,318
8,650
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Claudia Weinkopf
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,917
787
0.160
Industrielle Beziehungen
Mindestlohn
Niedriglohnbeschäftigung
Gender
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
215,032
8,753
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ivar Krumpal
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,852
3,110
0.641
Sociology
Social Norms
Social Desirability
Research Methods
Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
232,277
9,344
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Christian Hunkler
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,468
3,048
0.682
Ethnic inequality
gender inequality
big data
aging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
239,431
9,604
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Kai Fischbach
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,324
1,931
0.447
Information Systems
Network Science
Computational Social Science
Crisis Informatics
Collective Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
281,321
11,054
197
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Daniel Leising
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,608
2,172
0.602
Theory Formalization in the Social Sciences
Person Judgment
Meta-Science
Ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
287,882
11,277
155
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Gabriele Dietze
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,512
1,641
0.467
Intersections of gender
race
and media
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
315,656
12,180
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Anna Oksuzyan
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,149
1,793
0.569
health demography
social epidemiology
gender and health
health and aging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
346,479
13,240
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Christoph de Oliveira Käppler
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,810
783
0.279
Social Inclusion
Human / Children's Rights
Social and Emotional Development / Mental Health
Family Relations
Intercultural S
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
354,911
13,481
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Uwe Engel
Universität Bremen
Bremen, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,728
367
0.135
survey methodology data science computational social science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
395,489
14,796
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Katja Möhring
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,371
2,069
0.873
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
396,064
14,815
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Pascal Jürgens
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,367
1,336
0.564
Computational Social Science
Mass Communication
Empirical Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
447,807
16,417
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Krzysztof Hagemejer
Hochschule Bonn Rhein Sieg
Sankt Augustin, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,001
324
0.162
Social policy
Public finance
Pensions
Corporate Social Responsibility
Sustainable Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
493,765
17,836
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sigrid Betzelt
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,738
366
0.211
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
500,254
18,030
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Florian Hartleb
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,704
728
0.427
Populism
Political parties
Terrorism
e-government
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
504,281
18,165
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Marco Giesselmann
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,684
910
0.540
social science research methods
welfare state sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
555,943
19,707
282
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Hilmar Schäfer
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,446
886
0.613
Cultural Sociology
Social Theory
Practice Theory
Sociology of (E)Valuation
Digital Sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
565,332
20,005
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Volker Ludwig
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,407
976
0.694
Sociology
Causal analysis
Longitudinal data