Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Political Science 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 :11,876
international relations
geopolitics
crisis management
energy wars
political marketing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
10
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,877
Political Science
International Relations
Comparative Politics
Geopolitics
Democratization
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24
8
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,878
Political Science
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6
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,879
maritime economics
politics
european union
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Last 6 Years
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24
4
0.167
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,880
Political Science
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23
23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,881
visual culture
cultural studies
memory politics
artistic research
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Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,882
international relations
International Criminal Court
African politics
transitional justice
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,883
political science
social policy
European Union
social Europe
basic income
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,884
Environmental governance
environmental politics
political science
critical policy analysis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,885
Politik Lokal dan Otonomi Daerah
Gender dan Politik
Tata Kelola Pemilu
Politik dan Teknologi
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Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,886
Geopolitics
Eastern Europe
Public Opinion
Political Science
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Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,887
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Last 6 Years
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23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,888
Latin American international thought
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Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,889
International Relations
Conflicts & Security
Hybrid War
NATO-Russia relations
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Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,890
International Relations
human security
climate change policy
global city governance
urban climate governance
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23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,891
Citation Metrics
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23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,892
International relations
China in the Balkans
China's foreign policy
Radicalization and violent
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Last 6 Years
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23
23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,893
Political Anthropology
Post-Colonial Theory
Representations
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23
23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,894
Security
Social Services
International Relations
Diplomacy
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23
23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,895
Political Economy
Hydropolitics
International Relations
Human Rights
Water governance
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23
23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,896
Gandhian Thought
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23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,897
Migration
Environmental Politics
Resource Governance
Regional Integration
Peace and Conflict
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23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,898
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Last 6 Years
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23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,899
Political Science
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
22
0.957
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,900
Political Science
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23
22
0.957
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,028,226
1,513
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,876
Yiannos Charalambides
Ledra College
Strovolos, Cyprus
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
10
0.417
international relations
geopolitics
crisis management
energy wars
political marketing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,028,404
58,475
499
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,877
Gaetano Calenzo
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
8
0.333
Political Science
International Relations
Comparative Politics
Geopolitics
Democratization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,028,611
32,968
242
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,878
Isao Niwa
Kindai University
Osaka, Japan
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24
6
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,028,788
11,671
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,879
Georgios Spyros Tsiotsis
Metropolitan College
Marousi, Greece
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
4
0.167
maritime economics
politics
european union
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,029,160
408,912
2,220
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,880
Shu Fu
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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Last 6 Years
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23
23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,029,160
7,713
1,361
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,881
Andrea Průchová Hrůzová
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
visual culture
cultural studies
memory politics
artistic research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,029,160
15,063
1,432
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,882
Maxine Rubin
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
international relations
International Criminal Court
African politics
transitional justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,030,164
62,178
1,234
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,883
Dominic Afscharian
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
political science
social policy
European Union
social Europe
basic income
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,030,164
26,015
2,484
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,884
Cille Kaiser
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
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Last 6 Years
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23
23
1.000
Environmental governance
environmental politics
political science
critical policy analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,030,164
80,327
398
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,885
Febrianto SyamS Ip Mip
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23
23
1.000
Politik Lokal dan Otonomi Daerah
Gender dan Politik
Tata Kelola Pemilu
Politik dan Teknologi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,030,164
3,198
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,886
Ángel Torres-Adán|Ángel Luis Torres Adán
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
Geopolitics
Eastern Europe
Public Opinion
Political Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,030,164
26,015
2,141
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,887
Haylee Kelsall
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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23
23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,031,758
7,364
434
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,888
Andrés Figueroa Jiménez
Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Santiago, Chile
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Last 6 Years
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23
23
1.000
Latin American international thought
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,032,511
61,446
1,525
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,889
Yavor Raychev
Universidad de Granada
Granada, Spain
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Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
International Relations
Conflicts & Security
Hybrid War
NATO-Russia relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,032,511
54,900
1,659
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,890
Devon Cantwell-Chavez
Université d'Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
International Relations
human security
climate change policy
global city governance
urban climate governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,032,511
38,852
204
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,891
Sayadi Fariba
Kharazmi University
Tehran, Iran
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,032,511
2,793
1,125
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,892
Muamer Hirkić
University of Sarajevo
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
International relations
China in the Balkans
China's foreign policy
Radicalization and violent
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,032,511
19,015
609
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,893
Zahid Ali Shah
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
Political Anthropology
Post-Colonial Theory
Representations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,032,511
1,718
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,894
Anne Abaho
Nkumba University
Entebbe, Uganda
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
Security
Social Services
International Relations
Diplomacy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,032,511
3,959
256
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,895
Getahun Kumie
Bahir Dar University
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
Political Economy
Hydropolitics
International Relations
Human Rights
Water governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,032,511
97,936
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,896
Vikas Ade
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,032,511
33,764
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,897
Bashiru Salihu
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
Migration
Environmental Politics
Resource Governance
Regional Integration
Peace and Conflict
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,033,636
90,212
979
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,898
Juan Camilo Giraldo Mora
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,033,755
62,245
128
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,899
Tassilo Heinrich
Universität Regensburg
Regensburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
22
0.957
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,033,755
80,736
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,900
Muhammad Herowandi
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
22
0.957