Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Emory University Highly Cited Researchers Citation Social Sciences 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
Mental health
flourishing
languishing
happiness
mental illness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,169
38,143
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
personalty disorders
psychiatric classification and diagnosis
scientific thinking in psychology
psychological pseudoscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,511
21,994
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Psychosocial Epidemiology/Health Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,765
38,438
0.899
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
child clinical psychology
ADHD
ODD
CD
conduct problems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,183
17,917
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Vitamin D
Osteoporosis
Cystic Fibrosis
Transgender
Transgender Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,476
18,253
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
developmental psychopathology
offspring of depressed mothers
vulnerabilities to the development of depression
mother-infant i
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,543
9,737
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Health
aging
religion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,042
6,071
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
globalization
ingos
nongovernmental organizations
education
political sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,229
4,689
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Demography
Sociology
Public Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,719
13,019
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Bioarchaeology
Race and Racism
Paleopathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,948
4,953
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Clinical Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,453
6,290
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
mri decision making animal cognition dogs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,257
5,732
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Developmental psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,411
5,053
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Affective Neuroscience
Neuropsychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,121
5,102
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
American elections and voting behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,984
6,707
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Computational psychiatry
motivation
decision-making
anhedonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,651
8,910
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
influence
strategy
campaigns
media
diplomacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,964
4,451
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
multilevel modeling
psychometrics
cluster-randomized trials
intimate partner violence
agency and empowerment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,722
3,213
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Comparative Politics
Political Institutions
Political Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,638
4,883
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Economic Anthropology
Political Ecology
Development Studies
Pastoralism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,947
2,651
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
demography
women's health
women's empowerment
gender-based violence
research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,813
6,621
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
psychology
mental health
bullying
adolescents
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,984
9,271
0.929
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Substance use disorders
Clinical psychopharmacology
Genetics of mental disorders
Mental health of
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,030
4,640
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Judicial Politics
Comparative Politics
Latin America
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,340
5,443
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
queer theory
Renaissance art and literature
modernism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,048
1,484
0.184
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,119
2,450
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Corey Lm Keyes
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,169
38,143
0.514
Mental health
flourishing
languishing
happiness
mental illness
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,414
4,036
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Scott O Lilienfeld
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,511
21,994
0.403
personalty disorders
psychiatric classification and diagnosis
scientific thinking in psychology
psychological pseudoscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,348
5,891
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tené T Lewis *
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,765
38,438
0.899
Psychosocial Epidemiology/Health Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,679
6,506
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Irwin D Waldman
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,183
17,917
0.446
child clinical psychology
ADHD
ODD
CD
conduct problems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,066
9,362
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Vin Tangpricha
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,476
18,253
0.580
Vitamin D
Osteoporosis
Cystic Fibrosis
Transgender
Transgender Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,398
10,842
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sherryl H Goodman
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,543
9,737
0.341
developmental psychopathology
offspring of depressed mothers
vulnerabilities to the development of depression
mother-infant i
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,074
11,128
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ellen Idler
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,042
6,071
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,196
12,929
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
John Boli
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,229
4,689
0.186
globalization
ingos
nongovernmental organizations
education
political sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,977
15,779
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Solveig A Cunningham
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,719
13,019
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,845
16,526
119
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
George J Armelagos
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,948
4,953
0.236
Bioarchaeology
Race and Racism
Paleopathology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,876
18,149
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Patricia A Brennan
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,453
6,290
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,442
18,364
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Gregory Berns
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,257
5,732
0.298
mri decision making animal cognition dogs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,504
20,729
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Philippe Rochat
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,411
5,053
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,627
21,180
150
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Stephan Hamann
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,121
5,102
0.298
Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Affective Neuroscience
Neuropsychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,129
21,355
152
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Alan I Abramowitz
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,984
6,707
0.395
American elections and voting behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,802
23,577
175
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Michael T Treadway
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,651
8,910
0.569
Computational psychiatry
motivation
decision-making
anhedonia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,127
24,848
184
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Holli A Semetko
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,964
4,451
0.297
influence
strategy
campaigns
media
diplomacy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,794
29,903
216
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Yuk Fai Cheong
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,722
3,213
0.253
multilevel modeling
psychometrics
cluster-randomized trials
intimate partner violence
agency and empowerment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,011
32,907
230
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jennifer Gandhi
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,638
4,883
0.420
Comparative Politics
Political Institutions
Political Economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,142
35,102
244
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Peter D Little
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,947
2,651
0.242
Economic Anthropology
Political Ecology
Development Studies
Pastoralism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,376
35,527
248
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Kathryn M Yount
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,813
6,621
0.612
demography
women's health
women's empowerment
gender-based violence
research methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,963
38,527
265
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Thomas Hsiao
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,984
9,271
0.929
psychology
mental health
bullying
adolescents
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,502
42,553
289
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Yilang Tang|Yilang Tang, MD,, Yilang Tang
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,030
4,640
0.514
Substance use disorders
Clinical psychopharmacology
Genetics of mental disorders
Mental health of
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,648
46,030
308
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jeffrey Staton
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,340
5,443
0.653
Judicial Politics
Comparative Politics
Latin America
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,366
47,604
321
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jonathan Goldberg
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,048
1,484
0.184
queer theory
Renaissance art and literature
modernism