Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Social Science Highly Cited Researchers 329 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.
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Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Psychology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,246
23,675
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Resilience
vulnerability and adaptation
Global environmental change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,940
15,622
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Social Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,399
9,418
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
equality
political economy
social theory
ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,880
8,933
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sociology of Ageing
Social Policy
Social Quality
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,659
5,552
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
social marketing
critical marketing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,538
7,984
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sociolinguistics
interaction
ethnography
linguistic anthropology
education
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,891
5,766
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Inequality
poverty
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,379
4,547
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Work Stress
Health Inequalities
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,233
7,121
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
anthropology and development
NGOs and civil society
agrarian change
Bangladesh
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,624
5,491
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Human Computer Interaction
interaction design
human factors
ncl_cs_sys
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,689
6,183
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Medical Sociology
Sociology of Law
Science and Technology Studies
Qualitative Methods
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,550
4,521
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Social Informatics
Data Science & AI
CSCW
Ethnography
Participatory Design
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,691
8,896
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Transformations
Resilience
Societal Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,174
8,929
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
end-of-life decision making
conversation analysis
qualitative methods
feminism
LGBT issues
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,839
4,990
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Identities
narratives
gender
masculinities
childhood wellbeing
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,485
4,129
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Systematic Reviews
Trials (many of them RCTs) and Methods Advances in Complex Intereventions.
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,743
8,077
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Risk
Welfare state
Comparative social policy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,561
2,825
0.171
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
social policy
implementation science
child development
human development
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,083
5,215
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Men and Masculinities
Sport
Masculinities
Sexualities
Feminism
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,750
6,592
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Social Entrepreneurship
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,592
5,879
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
peace
conflict
peacebuilding
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,346
6,573
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,653
4,886
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
social science in applied health and care research
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,161
9,308
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,817
5,361
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,059
788
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Charles Abraham
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,246
23,675
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,614
1,199
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Katrina Brown
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,940
15,622
0.372
Resilience
vulnerability and adaptation
Global environmental change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,473
1,261
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jane Lewis
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,399
9,418
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,053
1,394
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Andrew Sayer
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,880
8,933
0.236
equality
political economy
social theory
ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,850
2,868
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Alan Walker
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,659
5,552
0.235
Sociology of Ageing
Social Policy
Social Quality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,090
2,894
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
gerard hastings
University of Stirling
Stirling, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,538
7,984
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,385
3,014
160
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
B Rampton
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,891
5,766
0.252
Sociolinguistics
interaction
ethnography
linguistic anthropology
education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,505
3,106
371
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Brian Nolan
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,379
4,547
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,839
3,140
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Tarani Chandola
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,233
7,121
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,259
3,264
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
David Lewis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,624
5,491
0.254
anthropology and development
NGOs and civil society
agrarian change
Bangladesh
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,718
3,457
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Peter Wright
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,689
6,183
0.299
Human Computer Interaction
interaction design
human factors
ncl_cs_sys
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,115
3,499
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Robert Dingwall
Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,550
4,521
0.220
Medical Sociology
Sociology of Law
Science and Technology Studies
Qualitative Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,461
3,697
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Rob Procter
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,691
8,896
0.452
Social Informatics
Data Science & AI
CSCW
Ethnography
Participatory Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,405
4,116
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ioan Fazey
University of Dundee
Dundee, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,174
8,929
0.491
Transformations
Resilience
Societal Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,609
4,216
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sue Wilkinson
Loughborough University
Loughborough, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,839
4,990
0.280
end-of-life decision making
conversation analysis
qualitative methods
feminism
LGBT issues
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,966
4,328
389
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ann Phoenix
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,485
4,129
0.236
Identities
narratives
gender
masculinities
childhood wellbeing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,888
4,549
119
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Paul Montgomery
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,743
8,077
0.482
Systematic Reviews
Trials (many of them RCTs) and Methods Advances in Complex Intereventions.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,713
4,624
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Peter Taylor Gooby
University of Kent
Canterbury, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,561
2,825
0.171
Risk
Welfare state
Comparative social policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,894
4,804
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Leon Feinstein
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,083
5,215
0.324
social policy
implementation science
child development
human development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,598
5,361
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Eric Anderson
University of Winchester
Winchester, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,750
6,592
0.447
Men and Masculinities
Sport
Masculinities
Sexualities
Feminism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,457
5,433
582
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Alex Nicholls
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,592
5,879
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,935
5,563
230
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Roger Mac Ginty
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,346
6,573
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,252
5,921
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Alan Felstead
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,653
4,886
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,534
6,190
147
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sabi Redwood
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,161
9,308
0.707
social science in applied health and care research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,013
6,385
287
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Christopher Mckevitt
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,817
5,361
0.418