Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Social Work 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 :226
Addiction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,411
1,230
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :227
Gerontology
Long Term Care
Caregiving
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,398
907
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :228
Intervention research
I-FAST
Solution-focused brief therapy
Integrative body-mind-spirit social work
cultural competence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,389
1,060
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :229
Gerontology
spirituality and aging
end-of-life care
virtue research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,380
1,632
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :230
Grief
grief literacy
tattoos
posttraumatic growth
palliative care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,372
1,391
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :231
Immigrant health
social epidemiology
health inequities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,368
1,819
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :232
Disability
mental health
social work
technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,359
1,186
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :233
Emancipatory Social Work
Community Intervention
Racism
Migration
Gender
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,348
1,324
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :234
Child Welfare
Social Work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,336
2,458
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :235
grandparents
disability
families
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,316
1,526
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :236
Forensic mental health
intervention research
psychobiography and study of lives
child traumatic stress
addiction research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,314
1,378
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :237
Cognitive Neuroscience
Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health
Specific Learning Disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,306
1,725
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :238
social media
youth violence
qualitative methods
AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,279
2,645
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :239
social work practice with immigrants
the wellbeing of people of African descent
African Canadian history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,269
1,628
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :240
Education
Child Rights
Comparative Religion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,262
1,843
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :241
hate crimes
issues impacting LGBT people
stigma and discrimination
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,255
1,919
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :242
poverty
social support
inequality
child welfare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,253
1,916
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :243
Child Maltreatment
Forensic investigations with children
Prevention
Strong Commmunities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,237
2,303
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :244
school social work
school mental health
behavioral health
positive youth development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,232
2,280
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :245
Social work
social policy.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,197
727
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :246
social work
mental health
migration
child welfare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,186
1,404
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :247
School Social Work
Evidence-Based Practice
Solution-focused Brief Therapy
Religion and Spirituality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,142
1,897
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :248
cancer
social work
international
psychooncology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,102
1,069
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :249
human behavior theory
native americans
mediation
mentorship
cults
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,086
861
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :250
Health social work
kidney disease
kidney transplant
nephrology social work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,080
2,269
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
282,605
96,380
372
Ranking Based On Selection: 226
Clara M Bradizza|Bradizza, C.M.
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,411
1,230
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
283,582
96,670
1,867
Ranking Based On Selection: 227
Ruth E Dunkle
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,398
907
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,195
96,847
758
Ranking Based On Selection: 228
MO Yee Lee
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,389
1,060
0.313
Intervention research
I-FAST
Solution-focused brief therapy
Integrative body-mind-spirit social work
cultural competence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,838
20,685
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 229
Holly Nelson-Becker
Brunel University
Uxbridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,380
1,632
0.483
Gerontology
spirituality and aging
end-of-life care
virtue research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
285,424
11,897
478
Ranking Based On Selection: 230
Susan Cadell
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,372
1,391
0.413
Grief
grief literacy
tattoos
posttraumatic growth
palliative care
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
285,699
97,309
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 231
Joanna Almeida
Simmons University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,368
1,819
0.540
Immigrant health
social epidemiology
health inequities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
286,364
20,784
220
Ranking Based On Selection: 232
Bob Sapey
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,359
1,186
0.353
Disability
mental health
social work
technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
287,159
8,537
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 233
Maria-Jose Aguilar-Idí¡ñez
Universidad de Castilla la Mancha
Ciudad Real, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,348
1,324
0.395
Emancipatory Social Work
Community Intervention
Racism
Migration
Gender
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
287,974
97,939
491
Ranking Based On Selection: 234
Jennifer Geiger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,336
2,458
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
289,482
2,517
208
Ranking Based On Selection: 235
Liora Findler
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,316
1,526
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
289,652
98,409
312
Ranking Based On Selection: 236
James J Clark
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,314
1,378
0.416
Forensic mental health
intervention research
psychobiography and study of lives
child traumatic stress
addiction research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
290,265
98,586
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 237
Jessica M Black
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,306
1,725
0.522
Cognitive Neuroscience
Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health
Specific Learning Disorders
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
292,256
99,151
1,374
Ranking Based On Selection: 238
Desmond Upton Patton
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,279
2,645
0.807
social media
youth violence
qualitative methods
AI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
293,031
12,192
553
Ranking Based On Selection: 239
David Este
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,269
1,628
0.498
social work practice with immigrants
the wellbeing of people of African descent
African Canadian history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
293,557
1,404
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 240
Mohammed Shamim Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,262
1,843
0.565
Education
Child Rights
Comparative Religion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
294,137
99,679
241
Ranking Based On Selection: 241
Rebecca L Stotzer
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,255
1,919
0.590
hate crimes
issues impacting LGBT people
stigma and discrimination
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
294,279
99,718
317
Ranking Based On Selection: 242
Melissa Radey
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,253
1,916
0.589
poverty
social support
inequality
child welfare
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
295,496
2,566
473
Ranking Based On Selection: 243
Carmit Katz
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,237
2,303
0.711
Child Maltreatment
Forensic investigations with children
Prevention
Strong Commmunities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
295,882
100,173
295
Ranking Based On Selection: 244
Aidyn Iachini
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,232
2,280
0.705
school social work
school mental health
behavioral health
positive youth development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
298,634
21,457
153
Ranking Based On Selection: 245
Ian Butler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,197
727
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
299,487
13,730
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 246
xuesong He
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,186
1,404
0.441
social work
mental health
migration
child welfare
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
303,011
102,190
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 247
Michael S Kelly
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,142
1,897
0.604
School Social Work
Evidence-Based Practice
Solution-focused Brief Therapy
Religion and Spirituality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
306,276
13,390
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 248
Cindy Davis
University of the Sunshine Coast
Sippy Downs, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,102
1,069
0.345
cancer
social work
international
psychooncology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
307,601
103,549
343
Ranking Based On Selection: 249
Susan P Robbins
University of Houston
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,086
861
0.279
human behavior theory
native americans
mediation
mentorship
cults
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
308,013
103,658
303
Ranking Based On Selection: 250
Teri Browne
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,080
2,269
0.737
Health social work
kidney disease
kidney transplant
nephrology social work