Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Social Policy Highly Cited Researchers 63 Scientists Citation in United Kingdom 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
inequality
poverty
income
earnings
survival analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,927
5,779
0.215
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
poverty social security living standards
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,591
4,869
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Social Policy
Inequality
Social Class
Urban Studies
Gypsies and Travellers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,556
4,476
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
poverty and inequality
labour market flows
education
charitable giving
survey methods.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,252
1,538
0.137
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Social Simulation
Philosophy of Science
Agent-based Simulation
Modelling Methodology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,086
3,320
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Social security
poverty
pensions
statistical methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,618
1,951
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Alcohol policy
alcohol pricing
drinking guidelines internet use
child poverty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,125
4,116
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,301
1,067
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
social policy
ageing
mental health
social epidemiology
policy evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,878
2,923
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,839
3,083
0.803
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
International Development
Poverty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,707
916
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
social security
personal finance
taxation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,691
1,049
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Poverty
charitable food
inequalities
stigma
health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,629
1,918
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
play
poverty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,465
979
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
poverty
inequality
social policy
reconciling social and environmental objectives
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,710
1,498
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
workplace equality and diversity
ethnicity 'race' and employment
mental health
precarious work
poverty traps
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,297
327
0.142
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,154
594
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Poverty
Social Security
Looked after children
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,064
1,147
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
poverty
social security
participatory approaches
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,036
1,331
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Poverty
childhood
participatory methods
mixed methods
social justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,977
1,053
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Socio-ecological systems
Remote Sensing
Poverty
Development
Vulnerability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,869
1,496
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
social policy
migration
refugees
inequalities
social networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,753
1,083
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Comparative welfare studies
income inequality
poverty
migration
ethnicity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,733
793
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
poverty and income inequality
distributional effects of fiscal policies
tax-benefit microsimulation modelling
pension policy and reform
tax evasion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,582
653
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Family
fatherhood
masculinities
poverty
qualitative secondary analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,460
1,033
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,072
2,356
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Stephen P Jenkins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,927
5,779
0.215
inequality
poverty
income
earnings
survival analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,907
2,876
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jonathan Bradshaw
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,591
4,869
0.206
poverty social security living standards
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,023
7,169
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
David Martin Smith
Anglia Ruskin University
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,556
4,476
0.387
Social Policy
Inequality
Social Class
Urban Studies
Gypsies and Travellers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,644
7,388
607
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
John Micklewright
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,252
1,538
0.137
poverty and inequality
labour market flows
education
charitable giving
survey methods.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,575
8,282
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bruce Edmonds
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,086
3,320
0.329
Social Simulation
Philosophy of Science
Agent-based Simulation
Modelling Methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
158,117
12,449
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Stephen McKay
Lincoln University
Lincoln, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,618
1,951
0.295
Social security
poverty
pensions
statistical methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,093
13,301
323
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
John Holmes
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,125
4,116
0.672
Alcohol policy
alcohol pricing
drinking guidelines internet use
child poverty
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
197,346
15,134
493
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jochen Clasen
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,301
1,067
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
264,240
19,427
200
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Emilie Courtin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,878
2,923
0.754
social policy
ageing
mental health
social epidemiology
policy evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
266,565
19,584
570
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Harriet Thomson
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,839
3,083
0.803
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
274,775
20,102
210
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Richard Palmer Jones
University of East Anglia
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,707
916
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
275,770
20,157
586
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Karen Rowlingson
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,691
1,049
0.284
social security
personal finance
taxation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
279,918
20,395
597
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kayleigh Garthwaite (she/her)
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,629
1,918
0.529
Poverty
charitable food
inequalities
stigma
health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
291,880
21,104
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
John H McKendrick
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,465
979
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
356,708
24,843
1,770
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Tim Goedemé
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,710
1,498
0.553
poverty
inequality
social policy
reconciling social and environmental objectives
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
404,962
27,500
212
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Maria Hudson
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,297
327
0.142
workplace equality and diversity
ethnicity 'race' and employment
mental health
precarious work
poverty traps
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
424,664
28,496
615
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Patricia Kennett
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,154
594
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
437,924
29,187
216
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Marsha Wood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,064
1,147
0.556
Poverty
Social Security
Looked after children
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
442,259
29,403
363
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ruth Patrick
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,036
1,331
0.654
poverty
social security
participatory approaches
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
451,616
29,910
761
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Gill Main
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,977
1,053
0.533
Poverty
childhood
participatory methods
mixed methods
social justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
469,553
30,811
933
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Gary R Watmough
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,869
1,496
0.800
Socio-ecological systems
Remote Sensing
Poverty
Development
Vulnerability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
490,885
31,959
837
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Alessio D Angelo
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,753
1,083
0.618
social policy
migration
refugees
inequalities
social networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
494,698
32,152
267
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Katrin Gasior
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,733
793
0.458
Comparative welfare studies
income inequality
poverty
migration
ethnicity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
525,352
33,731
288
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Chrysa Leventi
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,582
653
0.413
poverty and income inequality
distributional effects of fiscal policies
tax-benefit microsimulation modelling
pension policy and reform
tax evasion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
552,541
35,075
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Anna Tarrant
Lincoln University
Lincoln, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,460
1,033
0.708
Family
fatherhood
masculinities
poverty
qualitative secondary analysis