Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / International Relations 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 :201
Political Science
Institutional Theory
Evolutionary Theory
Comparative Politics
Tax Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,081
4,753
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :202
political science
public policy
state politics
policy diffusion
political methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,076
5,113
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :203
NATO
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,047
11,619
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :204
political science
generational change
strategic voting
Condorcet
partisan realignment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,047
2,748
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :205
democracy
democratization
transition
authoritarianism
revolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,032
8,068
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :206
comparative politics
populism
democracy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,813
15,567
0.827
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :207
Political theory
legal theory
political philosophy
democratic theory
European Union
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,769
6,329
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :208
popular politics
satire
television studies
political culture
civic engagement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,736
7,721
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :209
democracy
elections
public opinion
Latin America
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,688
4,675
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :210
Political risk management
stakeholder engagement
corporate diplomacy
ESG
CSR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,626
5,977
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :211
American politics
public opinion
World War II history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,585
2,944
0.158
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :212
feminist political theory
policy theory
gender mainstreaming
citizenship
Foucault studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,325
9,278
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :213
Public Administration
Behavioral Public Administration
Leadership
Behavior Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,320
14,525
0.793
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :214
Political Psychology
Political Behavior
Electoral Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,175
6,602
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :215
Political science
international relations
power
international political economy
American foreign policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,168
5,162
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :216
Political theory
comparative political science
citizenship studies
migration studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,161
5,929
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :217
Coalition politics
political parties
political competition
political institutions
political economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,083
5,337
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :218
Territory
Political Geography
Continental Philosophy
History of Political Thought
History of Geographical Thought
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,022
7,677
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :219
American politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,014
3,544
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :220
Political Science
Misinformation
Governance
Surveys
Experiments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,918
12,951
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :221
environmental politics
environmental justice
environmental political theory
climate justice
political theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,782
10,541
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :222
international relations
psychology
philosophy of social science
science diplomacy
positioning theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,661
5,333
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :223
Political regimes: Democracy - dictatorships
democratization
political parties
social democracy
social justi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,653
5,154
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :224
Critical Geopolitics
Political Geography
Conflict Regions
Balkans
Caucasus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,556
5,848
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :225
Political Theory
Political Philosophy
Political Science
Comparative Politics
Theory of Democracy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,547
3,706
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,011
18,873
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 201
Sven Steinmo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,081
4,753
0.249
Political Science
Institutional Theory
Evolutionary Theory
Comparative Politics
Tax Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,027
18,881
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 202
William D Berry
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,076
5,113
0.268
political science
public policy
state politics
policy diffusion
political methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,100
3,758
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 203
Mark Webber
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,047
11,619
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,102
18,912
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 204
Paul Abramson
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,047
2,748
0.144
political science
generational change
strategic voting
Condorcet
partisan realignment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,150
1,881
255
Ranking Based On Selection: 205
Lucan Way
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,032
8,068
0.424
democracy
democratization
transition
authoritarianism
revolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,822
48
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 206
Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser
Universidad Diego Portales
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,813
15,567
0.827
comparative politics
populism
democracy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,956
3,826
339
Ranking Based On Selection: 207
Richard Bellamy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,769
6,329
0.337
Political theory
legal theory
political philosophy
democratic theory
European Union
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,050
19,269
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 208
Jeffrey P Jones
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,736
7,721
0.412
popular politics
satire
television studies
political culture
civic engagement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,221
19,328
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 209
John M Carey
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,688
4,675
0.250
democracy
elections
public opinion
Latin America
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,426
19,419
347
Ranking Based On Selection: 210
Witold J Henisz
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,626
5,977
0.321
Political risk management
stakeholder engagement
corporate diplomacy
ESG
CSR
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,554
19,457
208
Ranking Based On Selection: 211
Susan Welch
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,585
2,944
0.158
American politics
public opinion
World War II history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,436
2,028
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 212
Carol Bacchi
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,325
9,278
0.506
feminist political theory
policy theory
gender mainstreaming
citizenship
Foucault studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,454
1,202
167
Ranking Based On Selection: 213
Lars Tummers
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,320
14,525
0.793
Public Administration
Behavioral Public Administration
Leadership
Behavior Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,959
20,006
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 214
Milton Lodge
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,175
6,602
0.363
Political Psychology
Political Behavior
Electoral Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,991
20,018
199
Ranking Based On Selection: 215
David A Baldwin
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,168
5,162
0.284
Political science
international relations
power
international political economy
American foreign policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,016
1,787
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 216
Rainer Bauböck
European University Institute
Fiesole, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,161
5,929
0.326
Political theory
comparative political science
citizenship studies
migration studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,304
243
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 217
Müller Wolfgang C
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,083
5,337
0.295
Coalition politics
political parties
political competition
political institutions
political economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,501
4,038
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 218
Stuart Elden
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,022
7,677
0.426
Territory
Political Geography
Continental Philosophy
History of Political Thought
History of Geographical Thought
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,530
20,224
378
Ranking Based On Selection: 219
Gary C Jacobson
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,014
3,544
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,853
4,061
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 220
Jason Reifler
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,918
12,951
0.723
Political Science
Misinformation
Governance
Surveys
Experiments
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,385
2,108
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 221
David Schlosberg
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,782
10,541
0.593
environmental politics
environmental justice
environmental political theory
climate justice
political theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,853
448
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 222
Luk Van Langenhove
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,661
5,333
0.302
international relations
psychology
philosophy of social science
science diplomacy
positioning theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,877
2,048
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 223
Wolfgang Merkel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,653
5,154
0.292
Political regimes: Democracy - dictatorships
democratization
political parties
social democracy
social justi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,226
20,897
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 224
Gerard Toal Gearóİd Ó Tuathail
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,556
5,848
0.333
Critical Geopolitics
Political Geography
Conflict Regions
Balkans
Caucasus
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,260
126
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 225
César Cansino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,547
3,706
0.211
Political Theory
Political Philosophy
Political Science
Comparative Politics
Theory of Democracy