Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / International Relations 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 :101
political economy
political science
international relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,151
7,935
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :102
Political science
American politics
Political behavior
Political communication
Misinformation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,929
23,026
0.824
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :103
political science
comparative politics
European politics
European Union
electoral systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,882
6,371
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :104
International Relations Theory
Foreign Policy Analysis
Philosophy of Social Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,683
6,627
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :105
political theory
global politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,302
6,658
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :106
global governance
global environmental politics
global environmental governance
environmental politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,151
13,456
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :107
Environmental Studies
International Studies
Development
Citizenship
Political Participation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,095
6,873
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :108
Political Polarization
Congress
Statistics
Political-Economic History
Railroads
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,912
7,228
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :109
Political science
trust
corruption
social capital
Congress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,660
8,969
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :110
Political Communication
Online Communities
Health Technology
Computational Social Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,636
10,457
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :111
Political Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,614
6,230
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :112
political economy
political science
globalisation
political analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,551
8,479
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :113
Conflict
international relations
democratization
statistical methods
political science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,545
9,845
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :114
Political science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,348
6,459
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :115
Political Behavior
Voting
Partisanship
Protest
Social Media and Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,336
21,381
0.812
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :116
knowledge
inter-organizations
economics
political science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,286
3,127
0.119
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :117
Political Theory
American Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,266
5,400
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :118
political theory
feminism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,193
5,855
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :119
political behavior
american politics
research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,141
10,695
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :120
Political science
Public Policy
Regulation
European Studies
Research Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,027
7,656
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :121
Political Psychology
Political Methodology
Public Opinion
Political Ideology
Authoritarianism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,948
7,421
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :122
Political Economy
Climate Change
Political Science
Resource Curse
Democratization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,932
8,300
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :123
Social and cultural history
social theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,783
7,204
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :124
Political Science
American Politics
Science Communication
Persuasion
Public Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,597
10,358
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :125
Political behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,562
5,039
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,928
11,060
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 101
Helen V Milner
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,151
7,935
0.282
political economy
political science
international relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,219
11,189
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 102
Brendan Nyhan
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,929
23,026
0.824
Political science
American politics
Political behavior
Political communication
Misinformation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,298
2,127
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 103
Simon Hix
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,882
6,371
0.228
political science
comparative politics
European politics
European Union
electoral systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,534
312
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 104
Walter Carlsnaes
Uppsala University
Uppsala, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,683
6,627
0.239
International Relations Theory
Foreign Policy Analysis
Philosophy of Social Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,034
11,559
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 105
William Connolly
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,302
6,658
0.244
political theory
global politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,242
653
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 106
Frank Biermann
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,151
13,456
0.496
global governance
global environmental politics
global environmental governance
environmental politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,315
2,207
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 107
Mark J Smith
Open University UK
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,095
6,873
0.254
Environmental Studies
International Studies
Development
Citizenship
Political Participation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,578
11,797
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 108
Keith Poole
University of Georgia
Athens, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,912
7,228
0.269
Political Polarization
Congress
Statistics
Political-Economic History
Railroads
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,939
11,934
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 109
Eric M Uslaner
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,660
8,969
0.336
Political science
trust
corruption
social capital
Congress
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,972
11,949
138
Ranking Based On Selection: 110
Dhavan Shah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,636
10,457
0.393
Political Communication
Online Communities
Health Technology
Computational Social Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,012
11,969
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 111
Joshua Cohen
Apple Inc
Los Altos, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,614
6,230
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,103
521
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 112
Colin Hay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,551
8,479
0.319
political economy
political science
globalisation
political analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,113
2,278
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 113
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,545
9,845
0.371
Conflict
international relations
democratization
statistical methods
political science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,411
2,303
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 114
Michael Keating
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,348
6,459
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,429
12,171
145
Ranking Based On Selection: 115
Joshua A Tucker
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,336
21,381
0.812
Political Behavior
Voting
Partisanship
Protest
Social Media and Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,498
12,202
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 116
Jerald Hage
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,286
3,127
0.119
knowledge
inter-organizations
economics
political science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,532
12,215
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 117
Thomas Dumm
Amherst College
Amherst, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,266
5,400
0.206
Political Theory
American Literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,642
2,323
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 118
Anne Phillips
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,193
5,855
0.224
political theory
feminism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,727
12,296
195
Ranking Based On Selection: 119
Alan Gerber
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,141
10,695
0.409
political behavior
american politics
research methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,906
2,342
217
Ranking Based On Selection: 120
Claudio M Radaelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,027
7,656
0.294
Political science
Public Policy
Regulation
European Studies
Research Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,019
12,419
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 121
Stanley Feldman
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,948
7,421
0.286
Political Psychology
Political Methodology
Public Opinion
Political Ideology
Authoritarianism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,045
12,432
257
Ranking Based On Selection: 122
Michael Ross
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,932
8,300
0.320
Political Economy
Climate Change
Political Science
Resource Curse
Democratization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,291
12,539
136
Ranking Based On Selection: 123
William H Sewell Jr
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,783
7,204
0.279
Social and cultural history
social theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,559
12,649
283
Ranking Based On Selection: 124
Arthur Lupia
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,597
10,358
0.405
Political Science
American Politics
Science Communication
Persuasion
Public Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,615
12,680
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 125
M Kent Jennings
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,562
5,039
0.197