Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Spain Highly Cited Researchers Citation Social Sciences Social Sciences / Social Work in Spain Rankings 2025
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 should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Disability
IRT
SEM
PLS
Adaptive Behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,031
3,994
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
ANXIETY DISORDERS
PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS
SOCIAL SKILLS
NEUROEDUCATION
EMOTIONAL REGULATION
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,590
3,626
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Emancipatory Social Work
Community Intervention
Racism
Migration
Gender
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,348
1,324
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
CSCL
Case Study
Qualitative Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,621
792
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Social Movements
Citizenship Involvement
Non Profit-Third Sector and Participatory Action Research (PAR) Methodologies. Socioc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,470
1,303
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Trabajo Social
Servicios Sociales
Social Work
Mediación
intervención comunitaria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,270
1,325
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
sociocybernetics
trabajo social
trabajo social digital
sociología
economía social
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,066
1,241
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
migraciones
trabajo social
desarrollo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,460
557
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Trabajo Social. Intervención Social. Relaciones Interculturales. Social Work. Social Services
Intercultural Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,368
858
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Trabajo Social
Social Work
Violencia contra las mujeres
Violence Against Women
Género
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,296
831
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Trabajo Social
Servicios sociales
victimología
prisión
alcohol y otras drogas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,285
1,124
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
social work
social services
social welfare
trabajo social
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,037
583
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Terapia Familiar. Socioterapia. Constelaciones Familiares. Trabajo Social. Política Social.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
921
328
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
health and social care
social welfare and social work
gerontology
Biomechanics
Assistive Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
893
388
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Teacher Training
Social work education
Social inclusion
Education
Citizenship and Democracy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
859
323
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Trabajo Social
Servicios Sociales
Intervención Social
Exclusión Social
Resiliencia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
785
561
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Technology Enhanced Learning
RUTE
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
762
440
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Social Work
Social Services
Community work
Immigration
Social Exclusion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
671
414
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
international development
transformative education
transitions to sustainability
grassroots innovations
social work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
670
548
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Trabajo Social
Política Social
Ciencias Sociales
Gerontología
Nuevas Tecnologías.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
656
456
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Servicios Sociales
Trabajo Social
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
557
246
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Trabajo Social
Servicios Sociales
Familia
Juventud
desarrollo comunitario
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
516
260
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Social Work
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Intercultural Education
Migration and Gender Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501
260
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
trabajo social
comunidad gitana
parentalidad positiva
drogodependencias
envejecimiento activo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496
297
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Servicios Sociales
Trabajo Social
Delincuencia Juvenil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
491
278
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,628
3,025
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Benito Arias
Universidad de Valladolid
Valladolid, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,031
3,994
0.497
Disability
IRT
SEM
PLS
Adaptive Behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,040
4,904
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
María Jesús Irurtia
Universidad de Valladolid
Valladolid, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,590
3,626
0.649
ANXIETY DISORDERS
PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS
SOCIAL SKILLS
NEUROEDUCATION
EMOTIONAL REGULATION
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
287,161
8,537
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Maria-Jose Aguilar-Idí¡ñez
Universidad de Castilla la Mancha
Ciudad Real, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,348
1,324
0.395
Emancipatory Social Work
Community Intervention
Racism
Migration
Gender
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
351,288
10,693
182
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Bartolomé Rubia-Avi
Universidad de Valladolid
Valladolid, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,621
792
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
367,938
11,234
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tomás Alberich-Nistal
Universidad de Jaén
Jaén, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,470
1,303
0.528
Social Movements
Citizenship Involvement
Non Profit-Third Sector and Participatory Action Research (PAR) Methodologies. Socioc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
392,346
12,087
280
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Enrique Pastor Seller
Universidad de Murcia
Murcia, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,270
1,325
0.584
Trabajo Social
Servicios Sociales
Social Work
Mediación
intervención comunitaria
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
420,431
13,076
398
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Chaime Marcuello-Servós
Universidad de Zaragoza
Zaragoza, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,066
1,241
0.601
sociocybernetics
trabajo social
trabajo social digital
sociología
economía social
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
533,559
16,852
657
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Joan Lacomba
Universitat de València
Valencia, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,460
557
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
555,524
17,601
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Octavio Vázquez Aguado
Universidad de Huelva
Huelva, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,368
858
0.627
Trabajo Social. Intervención Social. Relaciones Interculturales. Social Work. Social Services
Intercultural Relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
574,307
18,166
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Patricia Melgar
Universitat de Girona
Girona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,296
831
0.641
Trabajo Social
Social Work
Violencia contra las mujeres
Violence Against Women
Género
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
577,194
18,273
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Francisco Caravaca Sánchez
Universidad Pablo de Olavide
Sevilla, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,285
1,124
0.875
Trabajo Social
Servicios sociales
victimología
prisión
alcohol y otras drogas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
653,386
20,786
162
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Juan Jesus Viscarret Garro
Universidad Pública de Navarra
Pamplona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,037
583
0.562
social work
social services
social welfare
trabajo social
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
696,079
22,119
1,534
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Francisco Gomez Gomez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
921
328
0.356
Terapia Familiar. Socioterapia. Constelaciones Familiares. Trabajo Social. Política Social.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
707,071
22,433
715
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rakel Poveda-Puente
Universitat Politècnica de València
Valencia, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
893
388
0.434
health and social care
social welfare and social work
gerontology
Biomechanics
Assistive Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
720,969
22,827
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Núria Simó-Gil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
859
323
0.376
Teacher Training
Social work education
Social inclusion
Education
Citizenship and Democracy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
752,825
23,879
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
María De Las Olas Palma García
Universidad de Málaga
Málaga, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
785
561
0.715
Trabajo Social
Servicios Sociales
Intervención Social
Exclusión Social
Resiliencia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
763,341
24,225
471
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sara Villagrá-Sobrino
Universidad de Valladolid
Valladolid, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
762
440
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
806,957
25,658
771
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Antonio Eito Mateo
Universidad de Zaragoza
Zaragoza, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
671
414
0.617
Social Work
Social Services
Community work
Immigration
Social Exclusion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
807,288
25,669
734
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sergio Belda-Miquel
Universitat de València
Valencia, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
670
548
0.818
international development
transformative education
transitions to sustainability
grassroots innovations
social work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
814,571
25,907
217
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Evaristo Barrera-Algarín
Universidad Pablo de Olavide
Sevilla, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
656
456
0.695
Trabajo Social
Política Social
Ciencias Sociales
Gerontología
Nuevas Tecnologías.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
867,788
27,592
120
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
José Manuel Ramírez Navarro
Universidad de Málaga
Málaga, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
557
246
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
891,207
28,320
795
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
José Vicente Pérez Cosín
Universitat de València
Valencia, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
516
260
0.504
Trabajo Social
Servicios Sociales
Familia
Juventud
desarrollo comunitario
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
900,756
28,687
531
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Inmaculada Antolinez-Dominguez
Universidad de Cádiz
Cádiz, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501
260
0.519
Social Work
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Intercultural Education
Migration and Gender Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
904,748
28,854
224
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Javier Arza Porras
Universidad Pública de Navarra
Pamplona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496
297
0.599
trabajo social
comunidad gitana
parentalidad positiva
drogodependencias
envejecimiento activo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
908,937
29,021
811
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Francesc Xavier Uceda Maza
Universitat de València
Valencia, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
491
278
0.566
Servicios Sociales
Trabajo Social
Delincuencia Juvenil