Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences and Humanities Highly Cited Researchers 80.040 Scientists Citation in United States 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: 26
Educational psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,908
80,256
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Balanced Scorecard
Activity-Based Costing
Strategy Execution
E-liability Carbon Accounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236,993
44,419
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
developmental psychology
ecological systems theory
child development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229,692
70,714
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
child injury prevention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224,293
131,460
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Leadership
Leader Development
Individual to Global Strategic Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223,950
76,991
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Customer Satisfaction
Marketing
Customer Experience Management
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223,741
94,412
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223,160
71,846
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
developmental psychology
evolutionary anthropology
cognitive science
evolutionary psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220,869
63,437
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Personality five- factor model. NEO-PI-R
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219,975
50,734
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Behavioral Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217,309
63,275
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Administrative law
behavioral economics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217,263
76,679
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Organizational Citizenship Behavior
Organizational Research Methods
Leadership
Research Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211,351
89,527
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Psychology
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209,013
54,678
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Information Systems
Operations Management
Management
Psychology
Technology Adoption
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,826
97,587
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
psychology
social psychology
psychoneuroimmunology
health psychology
social support
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,961
62,789
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
quantitative research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,016
47,224
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Finance
financial regulation
economic growth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,877
51,598
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Economic History
Institutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,219
39,899
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198,298
37,042
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Decision Making
AHP
ANP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,776
60,758
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194,937
51,377
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
attention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194,800
35,722
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Marketing
consumer behavior
research methods
advertising
leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,175
81,325
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Affect
Personality
Psychopathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,803
58,790
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Cognitive Neuroscience
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Control
Cognitive Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,423
48,227
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
563
221
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Richard E Mayer
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,908
80,256
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
576
224
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Robert Kaplan
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236,993
44,419
0.187
Balanced Scorecard
Activity-Based Costing
Strategy Execution
E-liability Carbon Accounting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
609
240
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Urie Bronfenbrenner
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229,692
70,714
0.308
developmental psychology
ecological systems theory
child development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
647
254
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
David Schwebel
University of Alabama Birmingham
Birmingham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224,293
131,460
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
651
257
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Bruce Avolio
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223,950
76,991
0.344
Leadership
Leader Development
Individual to Global Strategic Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
655
258
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Claes Fornell
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223,741
94,412
0.422
Customer Satisfaction
Marketing
Customer Experience Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
657
259
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
David J Teece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223,160
71,846
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
672
265
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Michael Tomasello
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220,869
63,437
0.287
developmental psychology
evolutionary anthropology
cognitive science
evolutionary psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
676
267
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Paul Costa
Duke University
Durham, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219,975
50,734
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
693
277
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Richard Thaler
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217,309
63,275
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
695
278
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Cass Sunstein
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217,263
76,679
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
736
292
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Philip Podsakoff
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211,351
89,527
0.424
Organizational Citizenship Behavior
Organizational Research Methods
Leadership
Research Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
757
300
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209,013
54,678
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
780
308
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Viswanath Venkatesh
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,826
97,587
0.472
Information Systems
Operations Management
Management
Psychology
Technology Adoption
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
819
327
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Sheldon Cohen
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,961
62,789
0.309
psychology
social psychology
psychoneuroimmunology
health psychology
social support
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
829
332
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Stephen West
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,016
47,224
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
836
336
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Ross Levine
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,877
51,598
0.257
Finance
financial regulation
economic growth
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
852
344
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Douglass C North
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,219
39,899
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
861
349
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Mark Granovetter
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198,298
37,042
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
880
360
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Thomas Saaty
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,776
60,758
0.310
Decision Making
AHP
ANP
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
888
364
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Charles S Carver
University of Miami
Coral Gables, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194,937
51,377
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
890
365
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Michael I Posner
University of Oregon
Eugene, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194,800
35,722
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
904
368
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Scott B Mackenzie
Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,175
81,325
0.421
Marketing
consumer behavior
research methods
advertising
leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
909
370
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
David Watson
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,803
58,790
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
910
371
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Jonathan D Cohen
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,423
48,227
0.251
Cognitive Neuroscience
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Control
Cognitive Science