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