Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / International Relations Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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 :101
political science
international affairs
Canadian foreign policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,636
6,067
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :102
political science
comparative politics
European politics
European Union
electoral systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,417
6,684
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :103
Reading
Language
politics of reading
literacy
defense of teachers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,131
3,086
0.110
* 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
27,943
6,788
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :105
political theory
global politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,579
6,824
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :106
Political Behavior
Voting
Partisanship
Protest
Social Media and Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,530
22,543
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :107
global governance
global environmental politics
global environmental governance
environmental politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,452
13,875
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :108
Environmental Studies
International Studies
Development
Citizenship
Political Participation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,368
7,093
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :109
Political Polarization
Congress
Statistics
Political-Economic History
Railroads
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,226
7,446
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :110
Political science
trust
corruption
social capital
Congress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,126
9,333
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :111
Political Communication
Online Communities
Health Technology
Computational Social Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,004
10,736
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :112
Conflict
international relations
democratization
statistical methods
political science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,937
10,183
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :113
Political Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,928
6,429
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :114
political economy
political science
globalisation
political analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,913
8,749
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :115
Political science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,748
6,714
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :116
political behavior
american politics
research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,673
11,151
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :117
Political Theory
American Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,553
5,550
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :118
political theory
feminism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,526
6,059
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :119
knowledge
inter-organizations
economics
political science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,516
3,219
0.121
* 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
26,372
7,907
0.300
* 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
26,298
7,676
0.292
* 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
26,250
8,533
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :123
Governance
Public Administration
Comparative Public Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,159
15,788
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :124
Social and cultural history
social theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,126
7,403
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :125
Political science
Public Policy
Public Management
Public Administration
Political Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,978
6,810
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,959
988
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 101
Fen Hampson
Carleton University
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,636
6,067
0.212
political science
international affairs
Canadian foreign policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,246
2,114
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 102
Simon Hix
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,417
6,684
0.235
political science
comparative politics
European politics
European Union
electoral systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,624
11,309
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 103
Kenneth S Goodman
University of Arizona
Tucson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,131
3,086
0.110
Reading
Language
politics of reading
literacy
defense of teachers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,865
314
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 104
Walter Carlsnaes
Uppsala University
Uppsala, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,943
6,788
0.243
International Relations Theory
Foreign Policy Analysis
Philosophy of Social Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,345
11,635
149
Ranking Based On Selection: 105
William Connolly
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,579
6,824
0.247
political theory
global politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,414
11,666
138
Ranking Based On Selection: 106
Joshua A Tucker
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,530
22,543
0.819
Political Behavior
Voting
Partisanship
Protest
Social Media and Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,511
654
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 107
Frank Biermann
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,452
13,875
0.505
global governance
global environmental politics
global environmental governance
environmental politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,623
2,221
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 108
Mark J Smith
Open University UK
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,368
7,093
0.259
Environmental Studies
International Studies
Development
Citizenship
Political Participation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,812
11,834
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 109
Keith Poole
University of Georgia
Athens, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,226
7,446
0.273
Political Polarization
Congress
Statistics
Political-Economic History
Railroads
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,946
11,889
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 110
Eric M Uslaner
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,126
9,333
0.344
Political science
trust
corruption
social capital
Congress
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,165
11,982
140
Ranking Based On Selection: 111
Dhavan Shah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,004
10,736
0.398
Political Communication
Online Communities
Health Technology
Computational Social Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,262
2,279
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 112
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,937
10,183
0.378
Conflict
international relations
democratization
statistical methods
political science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,284
12,039
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 113
Joshua Cohen
Apple Inc
Los Altos, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,928
6,429
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,298
524
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 114
Colin Hay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,913
8,749
0.325
political economy
political science
globalisation
political analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,515
2,298
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 115
Michael Keating
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,748
6,714
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,644
12,201
192
Ranking Based On Selection: 116
Alan Gerber
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,673
11,151
0.418
political behavior
american politics
research methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,818
12,270
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 117
Thomas Dumm
Amherst College
Amherst, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,553
5,550
0.209
Political Theory
American Literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,872
2,327
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 118
Anne Phillips
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,526
6,059
0.228
political theory
feminism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,896
12,293
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 119
Jerald Hage
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,516
3,219
0.121
knowledge
inter-organizations
economics
political science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,114
2,346
217
Ranking Based On Selection: 120
Claudio M Radaelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,372
7,907
0.300
Political science
Public Policy
Regulation
European Studies
Research Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,229
12,434
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 121
Stanley Feldman
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,298
7,676
0.292
Political Psychology
Political Methodology
Public Opinion
Political Ideology
Authoritarianism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,298
12,470
253
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
26,250
8,533
0.325
Political Economy
Climate Change
Political Science
Resource Curse
Democratization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,437
12,530
290
Ranking Based On Selection: 123
Christopher Ansell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,159
15,788
0.604
Governance
Public Administration
Comparative Public Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,489
12,554
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 124
William H Sewell Jr
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,126
7,403
0.283
Social and cultural history
social theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,723
2,402
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 125
Patrick Dunleavy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,978
6,810
0.262
Political science
Public Policy
Public Management
Public Administration
Political Theory