Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / International Relations 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 :26
IR Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,387
18,894
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Security studies
Sociology of Science
International Relations Theory
Securitization
Conflict Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,085
18,000
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Political Science
Political Theory
Environmental politics
Deliberative Democracy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,267
15,883
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
international relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,535
9,732
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Political science
Comparative politics
Methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,588
25,394
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Comparative Politics
Political Science
Far Right
Political Parties
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,475
32,183
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
International Relations
European Union
Qualitative Methods
Democratic Theory
Sociology of Opera and Music
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,084
10,288
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Political science
Comparative politics
Political behavior
European Union
Multilevel governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,909
17,623
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,655
23,272
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
American politics
political methodology
public opinion
comparative politics of post-communist countries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,129
12,420
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
conflict management and negotiations
group processes and team effectiveness
research methodology
workplace diversity
politic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,711
15,409
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Uncertainty Theory
Information Granulation and Cluster Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,015
36,224
0.805
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
american politics
elections
political science
representation
voting behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,549
7,725
0.173
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
work-family
ethics
organizational politics
impression management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,171
17,458
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,815
24,146
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Political Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,937
9,497
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
political regimes
political parties
democratization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,845
21,103
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Comparative politics
political behavior
social movements
political communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,521
17,173
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Duke University Department of Political Science and School of Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,689
7,928
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
political philosophy
political theory
political science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,394
11,544
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
political science
public policy
policing
capital punishment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,984
14,620
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Global governance
corporate responsibility
human rights
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,924
10,011
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
international relations
international organizations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,877
12,273
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
American national government
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,800
10,862
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
international management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,253
12,753
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,969
4,299
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
John Mearsheimer
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,387
18,894
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,048
63
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Ole Wæver
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,085
18,000
0.346
Security studies
Sociology of Science
International Relations Theory
Securitization
Conflict Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,259
361
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
John Dryzek
University of Canberra
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,267
15,883
0.310
Political Science
Political Theory
Environmental politics
Deliberative Democracy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,485
4,550
218
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Stephen Krasner
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,535
9,732
0.193
international relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,796
4,691
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
John Gerring
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,588
25,394
0.512
Political science
Comparative politics
Methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,137
4,852
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Cas Mudde
University of Georgia
Athens, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,475
32,183
0.664
Comparative Politics
Political Science
Far Right
Political Parties
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,254
4,910
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Andrew Moravcsik
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,084
10,288
0.214
International Relations
European Union
Qualitative Methods
Democratic Theory
Sociology of Opera and Music
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,315
4,934
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Liesbet Hooghe
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,909
17,623
0.368
Political science
Comparative politics
Political behavior
European Union
Multilevel governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,758
5,137
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Wendy Brown
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,655
23,272
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,935
5,219
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Henry E Brady
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,129
12,420
0.269
American politics
political methodology
public opinion
comparative politics of post-communist countries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,110
446
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Karen Jehn
Melbourne Business School
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,711
15,409
0.337
conflict management and negotiations
group processes and team effectiveness
research methodology
workplace diversity
politic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,366
338
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Xiao Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,015
36,224
0.805
Uncertainty Theory
Information Granulation and Cluster Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,560
5,522
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Warren E Miller
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,549
7,725
0.173
american politics
elections
political science
representation
voting behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,720
5,598
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
K Michele Kacmar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,171
17,458
0.395
work-family
ethics
organizational politics
impression management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,873
287
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Claes H De Vreese
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,815
24,146
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,276
5,853
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Thomas Pogge
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,937
9,497
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,315
5,874
387
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Steven Levitsky
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,845
21,103
0.493
political regimes
political parties
democratization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,484
525
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Hanspeter Kriesi
European University Institute
Fiesole, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,521
17,173
0.404
Comparative politics
political behavior
social movements
political communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,907
6,159
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Mathew Mccubbins
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,689
7,928
0.190
Duke University Department of Political Science and School of Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,040
513
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Robert E Goodin
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,394
11,544
0.279
political philosophy
political theory
political science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,243
6,304
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Frank Baumgartner
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,984
14,620
0.357
political science
public policy
policing
capital punishment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,280
6,328
407
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
John G Ruggie
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,924
10,011
0.245
Global governance
corporate responsibility
human rights
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,303
6,341
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Martha Finnemore
George Washington University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,877
12,273
0.300
international relations
international organizations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,341
6,359
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
John W Kingdon
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,800
10,862
0.266
American national government
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,638
6,484
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Mansour Javidan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,253
12,753
0.317
international management