Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Social Work Highly Cited Researchers 24 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
Negotiation and Conflict
Teamwork
Work and Health
Open Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,913
3,563
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,781
1,151
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
social work
Theories
Populism
International Social Work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,252
447
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
991
724
0.731
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Social Work
Digitization of Social Work
Normalization & Normality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
859
562
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Addictions
Psychiatry
HIV
Public Health
Clinical Social Work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
670
567
0.846
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
White privilege
Anti-racism
Social work education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
436
354
0.812
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sociology
social work
Psy professions
sexuality
friendship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
395
245
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Social Work
methods of empirical social research
organizational theory
sociology of work
social exclusion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
338
271
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
LGBTQ+ communities
Latinx communities
Oppression
Mental Health
Social Work Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
285
270
0.947
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Religion
Development
Sustainability
Diaconia
Social Work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277
245
0.884
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Transkulturelle Psychotherapie
Flüchtlinge
Diversity
Gender
International Social Work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
145
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
164
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Social Work
Silence practices
Sexual violence
Anti-Semitism in institutional contexts
Prison
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188
167
0.888
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
evaluation
impact evaluation
quantitative data analysis
social work
sroi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
123
0.932
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
social change and resilience
post-traditional communities
science of social work
grounded theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
65
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Social Work
Physical Activity
Public Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
96
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Prevention Health promotion over the lifespan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
29
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Klassismuskritik
Antidiskriminierung
Gender Studies
menschenrechtsorientierte Soziale Arbeit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
117
0.959
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
comparative social work
comparative child welfare
internationalising social work education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
53
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Social Work
Policy Practice
Political Social Work
Macro Practice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
48
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
social work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
1
0.031
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Religion
Education
Migration
Social Work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
26
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Forced Migration
Social Work
Rural Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
8
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
212,444
8,662
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Joachim Hüffmeier
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,913
3,563
0.725
Negotiation and Conflict
Teamwork
Work and Health
Open Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
485,491
17,598
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ilker Ataç
Hochschule Fulda
Fulda, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,781
1,151
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
606,351
21,178
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Stefan Borrmann
Hochschule Landshut
Landshut, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,252
447
0.357
social work
Theories
Populism
International Social Work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
689,835
23,735
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
David Kergel
IUBH Duales Studium
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
991
724
0.731
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
741,108
25,234
193
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Udo Seelmeyer
Universität Bielefeld
Bielefeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
859
562
0.654
Social Work
Digitization of Social Work
Normalization & Normality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
826,635
27,860
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Daniel Deimel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
670
567
0.846
Addictions
Psychiatry
HIV
Public Health
Clinical Social Work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
985,425
33,477
173
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ashley Davis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
436
354
0.812
White privilege
Anti-racism
Social work education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,025,844
34,965
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sabine Flick
Hochschule Fulda
Fulda, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
395
245
0.620
Sociology
social work
Psy professions
sexuality
friendship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,088,335
37,233
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Carolin Freier
Ohm-Hochschule Nürnberg
Nürnberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
338
271
0.802
Social Work
methods of empirical social research
organizational theory
sociology of work
social exclusion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,159,082
39,775
490
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Luis R Alvarez-Hernandez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
285
270
0.947
LGBTQ+ communities
Latinx communities
Oppression
Mental Health
Social Work Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,171,327
40,230
471
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Philipp Öhlmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277
245
0.884
Religion
Development
Sustainability
Diaconia
Social Work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,178,062
40,475
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Cinur Ghaderi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
145
0.531
Transkulturelle Psychotherapie
Flüchtlinge
Diversity
Gender
International Social Work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,247,237
42,903
359
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Stephan Dahmen
Universität Bielefeld
Bielefeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
164
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,336,699
45,737
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Friederike LorenzSinai
Fachhochschule Potsdam
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188
167
0.888
Social Work
Silence practices
Sexual violence
Anti-Semitism in institutional contexts
Prison
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,488,320
50,201
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sebastian Ottmann
Evangelische Hochschule Nurnberg
Nürnberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
123
0.932
evaluation
impact evaluation
quantitative data analysis
social work
sroi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,492,982
50,324
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sebastian SchröerWerner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
65
0.496
social change and resilience
post-traditional communities
science of social work
grounded theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,508,406
50,779
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Wolfgang Ruf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
96
0.762
Social Work
Physical Activity
Public Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,516,395
50,992
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Knut Tielking
Hochschule Emden Leer
Emden, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
29
0.234
Prevention Health promotion over the lifespan
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,520,700
51,133
582
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Francis Seeck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
117
0.959
Klassismuskritik
Antidiskriminierung
Gender Studies
menschenrechtsorientierte Soziale Arbeit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,739,852
56,665
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Magnus Frampton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
53
0.768
comparative social work
comparative child welfare
internationalising social work education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,820,224
58,448
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Miriam Burzlaff
Hochschule Neubrandenburg
Neubrandenburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
48
0.889
Social Work
Policy Practice
Political Social Work
Macro Practice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,975,389
61,427
1,458
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Anita Mulcahey, Al Mulcahey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
1
0.031
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,018,926
62,181
410
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Stefan Van Der Hoek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
26
1.000
Religion
Education
Migration
Social Work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,206,192
65,218
202
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Tilman Kallenbach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
8
0.800
Forced Migration
Social Work
Rural Studies