Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Political Science 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 :12,001
International Relations
Innovation Studies
Science and Technology in International Relations.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
19
0.950
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12,002
human rights
local democracy
business and human rights
political economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
19
0.950
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12,003
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
19
0.950
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12,004
Comparative Politics
Authoritarian Regimes
Comparative Area Studies
State socialism
Politics of Memory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
19
0.950
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12,005
Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi
Uluslararası Güvenlik ve Terör
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
19
0.950
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12,006
urban governance
local governments
public policy
urban politics
comparative politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
19
0.950
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12,007
teoría política
historia conceptual
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
19
0.950
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12,008
Public Law
Trans Feminism
Feminist Legal Theory
Transgender Studies
LGBT Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
19
0.950
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12,009
Democratization
social movements
protests
social capital
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
18
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12,010
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
18
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12,011
siyasal iletişim
siyasal liderlik
seçmen davranışları
politikada uzmanlaşma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
18
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12,012
Comparative Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
17
0.850
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12,013
Social Movements
Contentious Politics
Electoral Politics
Party Politics
Electoral Campaign
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
17
0.850
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12,014
political science
democratic theories
green politics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
17
0.850
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12,015
International Relations
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12,016
political theory
democratic theory
activism
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12,017
Political Rhetoric
The American Presidency
American Political Development
Race and Ethnicity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12,018
Siyaset Bilimi
Türkiye'de Siyasal Hayat
Siyasi Düşünceler Tarihi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12,019
Studi Kekuasaan
Tata Kelola Sumber Daya
Demokrasi
Discourse
Post-structuralism
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12,020
política urbana
plano diretor
instrumentos urbanísticos
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12,021
Geopolitics
Hydropolitics
International Relations
Regional Security
Horn of Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
15
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12,022
International Security
Civil War
Coups
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
15
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12,023
cultural and social anthropology
ethnology
social ecology
defense and ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
14
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12,024
Sustainability
Management
Geopolitics
Renewable Energy
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
14
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12,025
political institutions
elections
social orders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
14
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,055,293
99,799
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 12,001
Jeffin Thomas Mammen
University of Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
19
0.950
International Relations
Innovation Studies
Science and Technology in International Relations.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,055,293
82,012
2,752
Ranking Based On Selection: 12,002
Mahesti Hasanah
Universitas Gadjah Mada
Sleman, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
19
0.950
human rights
local democracy
business and human rights
political economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,055,705
34,197
355
Ranking Based On Selection: 12,003
Damola Adegboye
Osun State University
Oshogbo, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
19
0.950
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,055,863
466
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 12,004
Sokol Lleshi
University of New York Tirana
Tirana, Albania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
19
0.950
Comparative Politics
Authoritarian Regimes
Comparative Area Studies
State socialism
Politics of Memory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,055,863
68,262
742
Ranking Based On Selection: 12,005
Alpcan Acar
İnönü University
Malatya, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
19
0.950
Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi
Uluslararası Güvenlik ve Terör
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,055,863
47,661
335
Ranking Based On Selection: 12,006
Marcela Alonso Ferreira|Marcela Ferreira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
19
0.950
urban governance
local governments
public policy
urban politics
comparative politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,055,863
11,504
1,339
Ranking Based On Selection: 12,007
German Aguirre
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
19
0.950
teoría política
historia conceptual
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,056,235
413,262
282
Ranking Based On Selection: 12,008
Kathryn J Perkins
California State University Long Beach
Long Beach, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
19
0.950
Public Law
Trans Feminism
Feminist Legal Theory
Transgender Studies
LGBT Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,056,419
2,136
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 12,009
Nurseit Niyazbekov
Kazakhstan Institute of Management Economics and Strategic Research KIMEP University
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
18
0.900
Democratization
social movements
protests
social capital
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,056,634
90,877
987
Ranking Based On Selection: 12,010
Dominika Partyga
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
18
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,056,946
68,334
487
Ranking Based On Selection: 12,011
Süleyman Şahan
Gaziantep University
Gaziantep, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
18
0.900
siyasal iletişim
siyasal liderlik
seçmen davranışları
politikada uzmanlaşma
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,057,063
413,341
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 12,012
Matthew P Arsenault
Mount Aloysius College
Cresson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
17
0.850
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,057,300
5,199
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 12,013
Arjan P Aguirre
Ateneo de Manila University
Quezon City, Philippines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
17
0.850
Social Movements
Contentious Politics
Electoral Politics
Party Politics
Electoral Campaign
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,057,300
82,246
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 12,014
Hari Zamharir
Universitas Nasional
Jakarta, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
17
0.850
political science
democratic theories
green politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,057,589
39,417
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 12,015
Mahdi Alikhani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
International Relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,057,589
23,159
2,352
Ranking Based On Selection: 12,016
Sofia Helander
Uppsala University
Uppsala, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
political theory
democratic theory
activism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,057,589
413,397
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 12,017
Nathan Angelo
Worcester State University
Worcester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
Political Rhetoric
The American Presidency
American Political Development
Race and Ethnicity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,057,794
68,373
1,588
Ranking Based On Selection: 12,018
Kerem Yavaşça
Hacettepe University
Ankara, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
Siyaset Bilimi
Türkiye'de Siyasal Hayat
Siyasi Düşünceler Tarihi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,057,794
82,277
2,763
Ranking Based On Selection: 12,019
Dias Prasongko
Universitas Gadjah Mada
Sleman, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
Studi Kekuasaan
Tata Kelola Sumber Daya
Demokrasi
Discourse
Post-structuralism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,057,959
61,289
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 12,020
Giovanilton Ferreira
Universidade Vila Velha UVV
Vila Velha, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
política urbana
plano diretor
instrumentos urbanísticos
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,058,002
3,990
256
Ranking Based On Selection: 12,021
Mossa Hussen
Bahir Dar University
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
15
0.750
Geopolitics
Hydropolitics
International Relations
Regional Security
Horn of Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,058,212
31,058
240
Ranking Based On Selection: 12,022
Jungmoo Woo
Dongguk University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
15
0.750
International Security
Civil War
Coups
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,058,422
2,899
1,168
Ranking Based On Selection: 12,023
Dželal Ibraković
University of Sarajevo
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
14
0.700
cultural and social anthropology
ethnology
social ecology
defense and ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,058,422
20,896
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 12,024
Cheng Yong Lau
Nilai University
Nilai, Malaysia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
14
0.700
Sustainability
Management
Geopolitics
Renewable Energy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,058,566
38,002
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 12,025
Asker Tumov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
14
0.700
political institutions
elections
social orders