Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Spain Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Social Science in Spain Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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 Impact
Sociological Theory
Hate Speech
Gender Violence
Masculinities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,856
9,608
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
political science
ciencia política
sociology
sociología
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,927
5,023
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Scientometrics
Bibliometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,701
5,043
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Policy Analysis and Evaluation
Public Sector Reform
Local Public Services
Infrastructure and
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,589
6,604
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Intelligent Vehicles
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,552
5,739
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Complex Systems
Computational Social Sciences
Evolutionary Game Theory
Behavioral Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,047
3,611
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
user-centered design
technology_enhance_learning
gamification
educational games
women studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,997
7,294
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Gender equality policies
Europeanization
gender and political representation
feminist political theory
gender mainstreaming
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,698
4,648
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
international relations
integración regional
Latin America
relaciones internacionales
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,607
4,205
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Bibliometrics
Scientometrics
Quantitative Studies of Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,406
2,714
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Bibliometrics
Informetrics
Scientometrics
Research evaluation
Open data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,103
3,718
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Soc Sciences measurement
leadership competencies
structural equation
smartphone&screens addiction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,531
3,296
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Intelligent Transportation Systems
autonomous driving
Planning and control
Fuzzy logic systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,179
4,935
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Sustainable Transportation
Routing and Metaheuristics
Simheuristics
Simulation
Smart Cities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,084
4,458
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
scientometrics
bibliometrics
science policy
research evaluation
scholarly communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,808
3,069
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
International Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,479
1,861
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
museografia
didactica
historia
arqueologia
educación patrimonial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,347
2,465
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Political Science
Public Policy
Regulation
Accountability
Latin America
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,314
2,063
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Positive emotions at work
emotion regulation
gender
work/home interface
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,216
3,477
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Pragmática
análisis del discurso
marcadores del discurso
censura
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,941
1,743
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Contabilidad
Fiscalidad
Cooperativismo
Gestión del Patrimonio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,729
2,631
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Sexuality
Sexual and gender-based violence (offline vs. online)
Sexism
Gender Stereotypes.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,607
2,968
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
sociological theory
social impact
public sociology
gender violence
género
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,593
2,608
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Transporte marítimo
Eficiencia económica
Economía de las infraestructuras
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,572
1,849
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Transportation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,307
3,438
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,951
508
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ramon Flecha
Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,856
9,608
0.372
Social Impact
Sociological Theory
Hate Speech
Gender Violence
Masculinities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,934
721
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Luis Moreno Fernández
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,927
5,023
0.240
political science
ciencia política
sociology
sociología
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,080
1,414
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Félix de Moya Anegón
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,701
5,043
0.368
Scientometrics
Bibliometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,801
1,437
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Germà Bel
Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,589
6,604
0.486
Policy Analysis and Evaluation
Public Sector Reform
Local Public Services
Infrastructure and
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,357
2,114
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Miguel Angel Sotelo
Universidad de Alcalá
Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,552
5,739
0.544
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Intelligent Vehicles
Computer Vision
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,757
2,277
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Angel Sánchez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,047
3,611
0.359
Complex Systems
Computational Social Sciences
Evolutionary Game Theory
Behavioral Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,286
2,294
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Carina Gonzalez|Carina Soledad González González, C. S. Gonzalez, C. S. Gonzalez-Gonzalez
Universidad de La Laguna
San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,997
7,294
0.730
user-centered design
technology_enhance_learning
gamification
educational games
women studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,117
2,763
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Emanuela Lombardo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,698
4,648
0.534
Gender equality policies
Europeanization
gender and political representation
feminist political theory
gender mainstreaming
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,492
2,812
152
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
José Antonio Sanahuja Perales|José Antonio Sanahuja Perales, JAS Perales
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,607
4,205
0.489
international relations
integración regional
Latin America
relaciones internacionales
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,636
2,919
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Maria Bordons
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,406
2,714
0.323
Bibliometrics
Scientometrics
Quantitative Studies of Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124,581
3,080
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Rafael Aleixandre-Benavent
Universitat de València
Valencia, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,103
3,718
0.459
Bibliometrics
Informetrics
Scientometrics
Research evaluation
Open data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134,940
3,396
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Joan Manuel Batista Foguet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,531
3,296
0.438
Soc Sciences measurement
leadership competencies
structural equation
smartphone&screens addiction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,051
3,636
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Joshue Perez Rastelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,179
4,935
0.687
Intelligent Transportation Systems
autonomous driving
Planning and control
Fuzzy logic systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,096
3,710
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Javier Faulin
Universidad Pública de Navarra
Pamplona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,084
4,458
0.629
Sustainable Transportation
Routing and Metaheuristics
Simheuristics
Simulation
Smart Cities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,255
3,912
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Zaida Chinchilla-Rodríguez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,808
3,069
0.451
scientometrics
bibliometrics
science policy
research evaluation
scholarly communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
158,176
4,183
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Esther Barbé
Institut Barcelona D'Estudis Internacionals
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,479
1,861
0.287
International Relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,484
4,296
300
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Joan Santacana Mestre
Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,347
2,465
0.388
museografia
didactica
historia
arqueologia
educación patrimonial
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
162,367
4,331
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jacint Jordana
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,314
2,063
0.327
Political Science
Public Policy
Regulation
Accountability
Latin America
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
165,000
4,427
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Eva Cifre Gallego
Universitat Jaume I
Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,216
3,477
0.559
Positive emotions at work
emotion regulation
gender
work/home interface
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,669
4,677
145
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
José Portolés
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Madrid, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,941
1,743
0.293
Pragmática
análisis del discurso
marcadores del discurso
censura
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
178,988
4,873
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Maria Del Mar Marin-Sanchez
Universitat Politècnica de València
Valencia, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,729
2,631
0.459
Contabilidad
Fiscalidad
Cooperativismo
Gestión del Patrimonio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,939
4,993
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Yolanda Rodriguez Castro
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,607
2,968
0.529
Sexuality
Sexual and gender-based violence (offline vs. online)
Sexism
Gender Stereotypes.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183,376
5,004
338
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Marta Soler-Gallart
Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,593
2,608
0.466
sociological theory
social impact
public sociology
gender violence
género
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
184,018
5,021
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Lourdes Trujillo
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,572
1,849
0.332
Transporte marítimo
Eficiencia económica
Economía de las infraestructuras
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
192,803
5,328
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Luigi Dell'Olio
Universidad de Cantabria
Santander, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,307
3,438
0.648