Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World 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 :101
emotion
voice
appraisal
speech
music
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,692
38,270
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :102
structural equation models
latent variables
population and health
democracy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,682
32,893
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :103
psychology
evolution
artificial intelligence
philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,655
24,776
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :104
psychology
education
expertise
cognitive psychology
medical education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,272
29,406
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :105
Communication Science and Sociology
Social Research Methods.
Fambus & Management Entrepreneur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,209
77,184
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :106
Conversation analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,575
27,915
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :107
Suicide prevention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,532
52,296
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :108
Psychological Contracts
Idiosyncratic Deals
Evidence Based Management
Organizational Behavior
Human Resource Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,391
33,217
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :109
Masculinities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,218
42,355
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :110
qualitative research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,213
32,058
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :111
psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,934
52,119
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :112
Network Science
Computational Neuroscience
Theoretical Neuroscience
Connectome
Connectomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,694
53,390
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :113
political science
comparative politics
elections
political behavior
political communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,291
38,980
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :114
emotion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,067
39,955
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :115
social-ecological resilience
commons
traditional ecological knowledge
indigenous knowledge
human ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,913
36,973
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :116
Psychology
social psychology
methodology
open science
metascience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,163
60,266
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :117
Passion
Motivation
Self
Positive Psychology
Social Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,967
42,839
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :118
psychopharmacology
biological psychiatry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,127
53,191
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :119
positive psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,075
37,775
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :120
Health Psychology
Psychology
Mental Health
Psicologia
Psicologia da Saúde
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,989
95,890
0.896
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :121
motivation
self-concept
gender differences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,983
38,462
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :122
climate change
human ecology
environmental sociology
macro energy systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,939
43,132
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :123
prejudice
intergroup relations
prosocial behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,595
41,364
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :124
Cognitive Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,529
30,602
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :125
suicide
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,996
38,950
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,272
31
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 101
Klaus R Scherer
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,692
38,270
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,340
1,108
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 102
Kenneth Bollen
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,682
32,893
0.292
structural equation models
latent variables
population and health
democracy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,342
1,110
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 103
Daniel C Dennett
Tufts University
Medford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,655
24,776
0.220
psychology
evolution
artificial intelligence
philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,361
1,124
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 104
K Anders Ericsson
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,272
29,406
0.262
psychology
education
expertise
cognitive psychology
medical education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,365
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 105
Burhan Bungin
Ciputra University
Surabaya, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,209
77,184
0.688
Communication Science and Sociology
Social Research Methods.
Fambus & Management Entrepreneur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,388
1,141
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 106
Emanuel Schegloff
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,575
27,915
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,392
1,143
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 107
Thomas Joiner
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,532
52,296
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,399
1,147
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 108
Denise M Rousseau
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,391
33,217
0.298
Psychological Contracts
Idiosyncratic Deals
Evidence Based Management
Organizational Behavior
Human Resource Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,405
82
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 109
Raewyn Connell
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,218
42,355
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,407
188
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 110
David Silverman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,213
32,058
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,461
1,179
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 111
Harris Cooper
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,934
52,119
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,473
1,184
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 112
Olaf Sporns
Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,694
53,390
0.487
Network Science
Computational Neuroscience
Theoretical Neuroscience
Connectome
Connectomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,489
1,191
112
Ranking Based On Selection: 113
Pippa Norris
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,291
38,980
0.357
political science
comparative politics
elections
political behavior
political communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,501
1,198
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 114
James A Russell
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,067
39,955
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,508
96
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 115
Fikret Berkes
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,913
36,973
0.339
social-ecological resilience
commons
traditional ecological knowledge
indigenous knowledge
human ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,535
1,214
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 116
Brian Nosek
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,163
60,266
0.557
Psychology
social psychology
methodology
open science
metascience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,546
97
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 117
Robert J Vallerand
Université du Québec Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,967
42,839
0.397
Passion
Motivation
Self
Positive Psychology
Social Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,589
203
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 118
Allan Young
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,127
53,191
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,591
1,239
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 119
Christopher Peterson
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,075
37,775
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,596
34
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 120
Andre Faro
Universidade Federal de Sergipe UFS
Sao Cristovao, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,989
95,890
0.896
Health Psychology
Psychology
Mental Health
Psicologia
Psicologia da Saúde
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,597
1,244
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 121
Allan Wigfield
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,983
38,462
0.360
motivation
self-concept
gender differences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,598
1,245
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 122
Thomas Dietz
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,939
43,132
0.403
climate change
human ecology
environmental sociology
macro energy systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,618
1,254
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 123
John Dovidio
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,595
41,364
0.388
prejudice
intergroup relations
prosocial behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,620
1,256
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 124
John Gabrieli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,529
30,602
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,650
1,274
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 125
Gregory K Brown
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,996
38,950
0.367