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Social Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 8.580 Scientists Citation in United Kingdom Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
transnational migration
cities
immigration
cosmopolitanism
Hait
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,948
17,967
0.295
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Health Psychology
Illness Cognition
Adherence
Recover
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,425
18,347
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Psychosis
delusions
treatment of mental illness
public mental healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,393
20,397
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Sociology
Social Inequality
Social Mobilit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,949
12,577
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Metacognitive Therapy
Metacognition
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Anxiety Disorders
Depressio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,632
19,145
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Language
Reading
Intervention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,256
20,742
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
exercise
energy balance
appetite
obesity
satiet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,947
16,257
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
psychology
breast cancer
communicatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,039
17,190
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,707
25,218
0.453
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Psychopharmacology
serotonin. mood disorder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,845
15,095
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
medical sociology
primary care
health services researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,520
17,618
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Social Cognition
Evolutionary Psychology
Comparative Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Social Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,253
13,750
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
pain
pain management
evidence
attention
adolescent pai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,468
19,750
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Psychology
Social Psychology
Social Identity
Group Processes
Developmental Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,047
17,790
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
consumer culture
social theory
globalization
the body
the super-ric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,519
7,921
0.151
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Patient safety
risk management
quality of healthcar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,057
15,595
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Preterm
Developmental Psychology
Individual Difference
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,999
21,769
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Parkinson's disease
neuropsychology
mood and anxiet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,846
15,626
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,632
12,712
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Psychological Intervention and Behaviour Chang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,258
20,119
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Psychiatr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,972
13,482
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Higher educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,272
8,958
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Social Theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,042
14,955
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Clinical Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,936
19,556
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Human nutrition
Anthropology
Human evolution
Body composition
Breastfeedin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,781
20,583
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,903
685
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Nina Glick Schiller
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,948
17,967
0.295
transnational migration
cities
immigration
cosmopolitanism
Hait
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,024
694
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
John Weinman
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,425
18,347
0.304
Health Psychology
Illness Cognition
Adherence
Recover
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,036
695
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Richard P Bentall
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,393
20,397
0.338
Psychosis
delusions
treatment of mental illness
public mental healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,133
703
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
John Goldthorpe
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,949
12,577
0.210
Sociology
Social Inequality
Social Mobilit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,211
712
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Adrian Wells
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,632
19,145
0.321
Metacognitive Therapy
Metacognition
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Anxiety Disorders
Depressio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,491
738
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Charles Hulme
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,256
20,742
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,564
742
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
John Blundell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,947
16,257
0.281
exercise
energy balance
appetite
obesity
satiet
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,057
781
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Lesley J Fallowfield
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,039
17,190
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,139
786
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Charles Abraham
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,707
25,218
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,378
812
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Philip Cowen
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,845
15,095
0.275
Psychopharmacology
serotonin. mood disorder
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,457
821
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Catherine Pope
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,520
17,618
0.323
medical sociology
primary care
health services researc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,541
829
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Andrew Whiten
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,253
13,750
0.253
Social Cognition
Evolutionary Psychology
Comparative Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Social Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,763
849
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Christopher Eccleston
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,468
19,750
0.369
pain
pain management
evidence
attention
adolescent pai
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,866
862
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Dominic Abrams
University of Kent
Canterbury, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,047
17,790
0.335
Psychology
Social Psychology
Social Identity
Group Processes
Developmental Psycholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,023
871
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Mike Featherstone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,519
7,921
0.151
consumer culture
social theory
globalization
the body
the super-ric
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,163
885
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Charles Vincent
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,057
15,595
0.300
Patient safety
risk management
quality of healthcar
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,179
887
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Dieter Wolke
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,999
21,769
0.419
Preterm
Developmental Psychology
Individual Difference
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,526
914
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Richard G Brown
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,846
15,626
0.307
Parkinson's disease
neuropsychology
mood and anxiet
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,909
953
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Paul Salkovskis
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,632
12,712
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,052
966
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Christopher J Armitage
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,258
20,119
0.408
Psychological Intervention and Behaviour Chang
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,156
975
139
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Michael Sharpe
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,972
13,482
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,422
1,000
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Peter Scott
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,272
8,958
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,502
1,011
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Margaret S Archer
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,042
14,955
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,543
1,014
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Tim Dalgleish
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,936
19,556
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,613
1,018
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Jonathan CK Wells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,781
20,583
0.431
Human nutrition
Anthropology
Human evolution
Body composition
Breastfeedin