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 :151
Comparative Politics
Representation
Elections
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,403
4,599
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :152
Comparative politics
political methodology
democratization
corruption
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,389
12,575
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :153
political science
crisis management
political leadership
public leadership
crisis leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,305
10,746
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :154
social and political theory
biopolitics
new materialisms
science and technology studies
cryotechnologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,230
8,247
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :155
Constitutional politics
Canadian politics
Nationalism
Comparative federalism
Party Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,060
7,293
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :156
Comparative Public Policy
Comparative Public Administration
Regulation
Environmental Policy
Morality Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,013
7,324
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :157
Political Theory
Social Theory
Critical Theory
Philosophy of Social Science
History of Political Thought
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,877
8,440
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :158
Comparative Politics
Welfare States
Democratization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,786
4,812
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :159
Economics
complexity
diversity
management
political science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,736
8,822
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :160
political communication
media sociology
globalization and journalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,708
7,358
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :161
Political Science
International Relations
Civil Wars
Immigration
Conflict
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,694
5,996
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :162
Political Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,607
5,795
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :163
Political Science
Public Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,475
5,393
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :164
Political Communication
Public Opinion
Political Behavior
Political Psychology
American Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,206
6,285
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :165
international relations theory
international security
social theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,964
6,105
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :166
Political Geography
Science and Technology Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,863
7,484
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :167
Comparative Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,748
5,697
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :168
Foreign policy analysis
EU
UK
Italy
France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,633
6,170
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :169
political ecology
territory
property
agrarian change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,602
7,913
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :170
International Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,580
5,280
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :171
Policy Analysis
Health Systems
Health Financing
Quality Improvement
Provider Behavior Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,545
13,290
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :172
multilevel governance
network governance
organizational change
local government
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,489
9,247
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :173
Welfare state
Comparative politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,467
3,285
0.153
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :174
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,233
13,546
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :175
Political Science - Comparative Politics - Democracy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,832
14,535
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,483
14,312
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 151
G Bingham Powell
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,403
4,599
0.197
Comparative Politics
Representation
Elections
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,517
404
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 152
Jan Teorell
Lund University
Lund, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,389
12,575
0.538
Comparative politics
political methodology
democratization
corruption
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,681
847
109
Ranking Based On Selection: 153
Paul T Hart
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,305
10,746
0.461
political science
crisis management
political leadership
public leadership
crisis leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,832
1,378
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 154
Thomas Lemke
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,230
8,247
0.355
social and political theory
biopolitics
new materialisms
science and technology studies
cryotechnologies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,188
1,366
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 155
Alain-G. Gagnon
Université du Québec Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,060
7,293
0.316
Constitutional politics
Canadian politics
Nationalism
Comparative federalism
Party Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,281
1,403
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 156
Christoph Knill
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,013
7,324
0.318
Comparative Public Policy
Comparative Public Administration
Regulation
Environmental Policy
Morality Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,549
14,733
341
Ranking Based On Selection: 157
Mark Bevir
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,877
8,440
0.369
Political Theory
Social Theory
Critical Theory
Philosophy of Social Science
History of Political Thought
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,717
14,806
163
Ranking Based On Selection: 158
Evelyne Huber
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,786
4,812
0.211
Comparative Politics
Welfare States
Democratization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,815
14,844
328
Ranking Based On Selection: 159
Scott E Page
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,736
8,822
0.388
Economics
complexity
diversity
management
political science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,872
14,873
153
Ranking Based On Selection: 160
Stephen D Reese
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,708
7,358
0.324
political communication
media sociology
globalization and journalism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,904
14,887
263
Ranking Based On Selection: 161
Nicholas Sambanis
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,694
5,996
0.264
Political Science
International Relations
Civil Wars
Immigration
Conflict
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,083
14,965
290
Ranking Based On Selection: 162
Kaare Strom
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,607
5,795
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,334
15,080
347
Ranking Based On Selection: 163
David Vogel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,475
5,393
0.240
Political Science
Public Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,890
15,327
270
Ranking Based On Selection: 164
Michael Delli Carpini
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,206
6,285
0.283
Political Communication
Public Opinion
Political Behavior
Political Psychology
American Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,398
1,463
200
Ranking Based On Selection: 165
Emanuel Adler
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,964
6,105
0.278
international relations theory
international security
social theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,660
3,044
278
Ranking Based On Selection: 166
Andrew Barry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,863
7,484
0.342
Political Geography
Science and Technology Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,917
15,745
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 167
José Antonio Cheibub
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,748
5,697
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,167
3,093
214
Ranking Based On Selection: 168
Christopher Hill
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,633
6,170
0.285
Foreign policy analysis
EU
UK
Italy
France
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,255
15,897
368
Ranking Based On Selection: 169
Nancy Lee Peluso
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,602
7,913
0.366
political ecology
territory
property
agrarian change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,305
15,921
286
Ranking Based On Selection: 170
Edward Mansfield
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,580
5,280
0.245
International Relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,379
214
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 171
Arash Rashidian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,545
13,290
0.617
Policy Analysis
Health Systems
Health Financing
Quality Improvement
Provider Behavior Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,529
175
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 172
Dag Ingvar Jacobsen
University of Agder
Kristiansand, Norway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,489
9,247
0.430
multilevel governance
network governance
organizational change
local government
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,575
1,559
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 173
Francis G Castles
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,467
3,285
0.153
Welfare state
Comparative politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,140
16,230
377
Ranking Based On Selection: 174
Adam J Berinsky
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,233
13,546
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,124
500
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 175
Staffan I Lindberg
University of Gothenburg
Göteborg, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,832
14,535
0.698
Political Science - Comparative Politics - Democracy