Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Higher Education Studies 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 :1,176
Film Studies
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
9
0.136
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,177
Higher Education
Public Policy
Policy Evaluation
International Aid in Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
65
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,178
Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
64
0.985
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,179
Women and leadership in higher education
gender equality
women in STEM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
55
0.846
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,180
Supervision
Doctoral Education
Higher Education
Culture
Identity development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
51
0.797
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,181
Film
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
29
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,182
intercultural competence
internationalisation
higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
63
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,183
higher education
neoliberalism
LGBTQ+ lives
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
63
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,184
Higher education
Educational Assessment
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
60
0.952
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,185
GIS
Higher Education
Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
13
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,186
higher education
professional education
e-learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
62
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,187
higher education studies
english studies
academic development
social justice
critical and decolonial theories
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
60
0.984
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,188
Quality of Service
Web Technology
Higher Education
Open Data
Scholarly Communications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
59
0.967
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,189
higher education
Africa
humanizing education
ubuntu
Ikeda/Soka Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
51
0.836
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,190
First interest
Second interest
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
45
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,191
higher education
information technology workers
intent to quit
job embeddedness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
59
0.983
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,192
higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
42
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,193
Game Studies
Student Development
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
33
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,194
assessment
autonomous learning
mentoring
tutoring
tutorship in higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
25
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,195
Labour Geography
Labour Process
Technology and Labour
Urban Studies
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
58
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,196
Online doctoral student success
student persistence
higher education administration
academic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
58
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,197
Philosophy of Education
Humanism
Higher Education
Analogy
Third Sector
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
51
0.879
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,198
teacher training
digitalisation
content of preschool teacher training in higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
47
0.810
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,199
quality management
higher education
BPM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
42
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,200
higher education social science research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
30
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,733,727
369,818
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,176
Roberta Jill Craven
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Millersville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
9
0.136
Film Studies
Higher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,734,163
42,178
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,177
Eglis Chacon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
65
1.000
Higher Education
Public Policy
Policy Evaluation
International Aid in Higher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,735,644
7,809
582
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,178
Amila Omazic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
64
0.985
Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,736,928
6,536
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,179
Ngoc Lan Thi Dang
Vietnamese-German University
Vietnam, Vietnam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
55
0.846
Women and leadership in higher education
gender equality
women in STEM
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,742,472
12,266
1,056
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,180
Puleng Motshoane
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
51
0.797
Supervision
Doctoral Education
Higher Education
Culture
Identity development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,743,806
371,204
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,181
John Fitch III
California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
29
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,744,728
28,841
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,182
Ana Sofia Hofmeyr
Kansai University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
63
1.000
intercultural competence
internationalisation
higher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,745,832
371,534
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,183
Rob Loren Hill
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
63
1.000
higher education
neoliberalism
LGBTQ+ lives
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,746,759
8,088
184
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,184
Nowreen Yasmin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
60
0.952
Higher education
Educational Assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,749,732
372,023
1,216
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,185
Kevin L Kane
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
13
0.206
GIS
Higher Education
Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,750,282
3,254
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,186
Jamina Camayang
Quirino State University
Qurini, Philippines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
62
1.000
higher education
professional education
e-learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,757,110
12,388
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,187
Nkosinathi Emmanuel Madondo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
60
0.984
higher education studies
english studies
academic development
social justice
critical and decolonial theories
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,757,394
85
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,188
Mohamud Mohamed Hassan Harbi|Mohamud M. Hassan, Mohamud Mohamed Hassan Harbi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
59
0.967
Quality of Service
Web Technology
Higher Education
Open Data
Scholarly Communications
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,758,412
3,774
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,189
Takako Mino
Ashesi University
Berekuso, Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
51
0.836
higher education
Africa
humanizing education
ubuntu
Ikeda/Soka Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,758,985
1,277
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,190
Denis Thaddeus Ofoyuru
Gulu University
Gulu, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
45
0.738
First interest
Second interest
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,762,365
373,772
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,191
Kristin C Scott
McNeese State University
Lake Charles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
59
0.983
higher education
information technology workers
intent to quit
job embeddedness
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,764,722
29,128
262
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,192
Yoshinobu Onishi
Chiba University
Chiba, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
42
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,765,269
374,100
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,193
Vanessa L Haddad
Erie Community College
Williamsville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
33
0.550
Game Studies
Student Development
Higher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,765,624
56,440
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,194
Arantza Mongelos Garcia
Universidad de Mondragon
Gipuzkoa, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
25
0.417
assessment
autonomous learning
mentoring
tutoring
tutorship in higher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,772,104
12,546
190
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,195
John Mashayamombe
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
58
1.000
Labour Geography
Labour Process
Technology and Labour
Urban Studies
Higher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,772,766
375,177
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,196
Todd D Fiore
Saint Thomas University Miami
Fredericton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
58
1.000
Online doctoral student success
student persistence
higher education administration
academic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,774,947
23,069
698
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,197
Ricardo Lindquist|RL Sánchez, R Lindquist
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
Baja California, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
51
0.879
Philosophy of Education
Humanism
Higher Education
Analogy
Third Sector
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,775,471
26,847
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,198
Анна Федорович|Анна Федорович
National Pedagogical University
Drohobych, Ukraine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
47
0.810
teacher training
digitalisation
content of preschool teacher training in higher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,781,675
9,761
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,199
Luis Raposo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
42
0.737
quality management
higher education
BPM
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,782,477
3,422
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,200
Juanita Pascua
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
30
0.526
higher education social science research