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 :11,926
Brazil
Elton Gomes Dos Reis
Ciência Política
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
16
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,927
Brazil
William Torres Laureano Da Rosa
Relações Internacionais
Direitos Humanos
Deslocamento Forçados
Decolonialismo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
16
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,928
Australia
Stuart Rollo
International Relations
History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
16
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,929
Japan
Masukata Shuichiro
International Relations
Brazilian Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
16
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,930
Brazil
Rinaldi, Pn
Relações Internacionais
Organizações Internacionais
Cooperação Internacional para o Desenvolvimento
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
15
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,931
Chile
A Alexander Stummvoll
International Relations
History
Theology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
15
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,932
Türkiye
Belgin Tarhan
siyaset teorisi
siyasal düşünceler tarihi
siyasi tarih
siyaset sosyolojisi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
15
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,933
Mexico
Lenin Ullianoff Blanco Cruz
Innovation
Development
Politics
Gestion
Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
15
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,934
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jelena Brkić Šmigoc
social psychology
political psychology
violence
victimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
14
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,935
Libya
Mustafa Abdalla Abulgasem Kashiem|أ. د. مصطفى عبد الله أبو القاسم خشيم
Political Science
International Relations
Public Administration and Policy
and Political Methodology.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
14
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,936
Tanzania
Lupa Ramadhani
Conflict resolution in Africa
African International Relations
Democratisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
14
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,937
Russia
Виктор Мажников
Политология
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
13
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,938
Russia
Olga Varentsova
Сравнительная политология
политические режимы
популизм
Латинская
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
13
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,939
United States
Zach Messitte
politics
history
media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
13
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,940
United States
Shamira Gelbman
American political development
lobbying
civil rights movement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
13
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,941
Greece
Panagiota Georgopoulou
Posthumanisms
Contemporary Social Theory
Sociology of technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
12
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,942
United Arab Emirates
Linda Smith
Comparative Politics
Social Movements
Afro-descendents
Higher Education Policy
Social Citizenship Rights
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
12
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,943
Egypt
Kareem Mahmoud Kamel
International Relations
Comparative Politics of the Middle East
The Politics of Nationalism and National Identity
Theories of
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
12
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,944
South Africa
Raymond Steenkamp Fonseca
International Relations
Foreign Policy and Diplomacy
Geopolitics
Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
11
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,945
Japan
Scott Koga-Browes
mass media
visual communication
news production
visual semiotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
10
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,946
Saudi Arabia
Mustafa Abdelwahid
political science
public policy
Islam
libraries
political Islam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
10
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,947
Türkiye
Özlem Genç
Avrupa Birliği Ekonomisi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
9
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,949
United Kingdom
Ven Mothkur
Healthcare Management
Healthcare Strategy
Healthcare Operations
Healthcare Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
7
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11,950
Nigeria
Basil Ekot
African Politics
Governance
Political Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
7
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,037,006
Brazil
60,465
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,926
Elton Gomes Dos Reis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
16
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,037,031
Brazil
60,467
12,167
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,927
William Torres Laureano Da Rosa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
16
0.696
Relações Internacionais
Direitos Humanos
Deslocamento Forçados
Decolonialismo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,037,043
Australia
44,884
3,087
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,928
Stuart Rollo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
16
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,037,128
Japan
33,091
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,929
Masukata Shuichiro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
16
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,037,142
Brazil
60,472
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,930
Rinaldi, Pn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
15
0.652
Relações Internacionais
Organizações Internacionais
Cooperação Internacional para o Desenvolvimento
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,037,142
Chile
7,402
498
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,931
A Alexander Stummvoll
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
15
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,037,296
Türkiye
67,397
675
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,932
Belgin Tarhan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
15
0.652
siyaset teorisi
siyasal düşünceler tarihi
siyasi tarih
siyaset sosyolojisi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,037,296
Mexico
30,205
364
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,933
Lenin Ullianoff Blanco Cruz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
15
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,037,498
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2,812
1,132
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,934
Jelena Brkić Šmigoc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
14
0.609
social psychology
political psychology
violence
victimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,037,528
Libya
1,481
292
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,935
Political Science
International Relations
Public Administration and Policy
and Political Methodology.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,037,602
Tanzania
2,421
636
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,936
Lupa Ramadhani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
14
0.609
Conflict resolution in Africa
African International Relations
Democratisation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,037,622
Russia
37,374
481
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,937
Виктор Мажников
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
13
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,037,658
Russia
37,377
533
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,938
Olga Varentsova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
13
0.565
Сравнительная политология
политические режимы
популизм
Латинская
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,037,767
United States
409,995
2,736
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,939
Zach Messitte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
13
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,037,767
United States
409,995
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,940
Shamira Gelbman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
13
0.565
American political development
lobbying
civil rights movement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,037,836
Greece
11,701
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,941
Panagiota Georgopoulou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
12
0.522
Posthumanisms
Contemporary Social Theory
Sociology of technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,037,884
United Arab Emirates
3,823
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,942
Linda Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
12
0.522
Comparative Politics
Social Movements
Afro-descendents
Higher Education Policy
Social Citizenship Rights
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,037,940
Egypt
25,899
464
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,943
Kareem Mahmoud Kamel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
12
0.522
International Relations
Comparative Politics of the Middle East
The Politics of Nationalism and National Identity
Theories of
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,038,115
South Africa
15,150
1,431
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,944
Raymond Steenkamp Fonseca
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
11
0.478
International Relations
Foreign Policy and Diplomacy
Geopolitics
Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,038,183
Japan
33,107
292
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,945
Scott Koga-Browes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
10
0.435
mass media
visual communication
news production
visual semiotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,038,244
Saudi Arabia
12,609
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,946
Mustafa Abdelwahid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
10
0.435
political science
public policy
Islam
libraries
political Islam
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,038,436
Türkiye
67,430
1,262
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,947
Özlem Genç
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
9
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,038,662
China
89,392
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,948
Juan Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
7
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,038,662
United Kingdom
90,297
981
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,949
Ven Mothkur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
7
0.304
Healthcare Management
Healthcare Strategy
Healthcare Operations
Healthcare Finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,038,662
Nigeria
34,014
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 11,950
Basil Ekot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
7
0.304