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 :26
IR Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,327
19,600
0.368
* 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
52,898
18,555
0.351
* 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
52,089
16,459
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
international relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,108
10,052
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Political science
Comparative politics
Methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,878
26,536
0.522
* 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
49,757
33,304
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Political science
Comparative politics
Political behavior
European Union
Multilevel governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,655
18,213
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
International Relations
European Union
Qualitative Methods
Democratic Theory
Sociology of Opera and Music
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,580
10,587
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,847
24,208
0.506
* 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
46,861
12,964
0.277
* 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
46,337
15,920
0.344
* 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
46,267
37,434
0.809
* 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
45,091
7,983
0.177
* 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
44,817
17,984
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,726
25,005
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Comparative politics
political behavior
social movements
political communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,138
18,366
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
political regimes
political parties
democratization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,530
21,681
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Political Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,375
9,772
0.225
* 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
42,217
8,225
0.195
* 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
42,071
11,947
0.284
* 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
41,682
15,106
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
international relations
international organizations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,441
12,688
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
American national government
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,379
11,230
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Global governance
corporate responsibility
human rights
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,290
10,243
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
international management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,865
13,184
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,976
4,281
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
John Mearsheimer
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,327
19,600
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,084
63
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Ole Wæver
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,898
18,555
0.351
Security studies
Sociology of Science
International Relations Theory
Securitization
Conflict Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,296
362
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
John Dryzek
University of Canberra
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,089
16,459
0.316
Political Science
Political Theory
Environmental politics
Deliberative Democracy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,578
4,563
219
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Stephen Krasner
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,108
10,052
0.197
international relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,646
4,596
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
John Gerring
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,878
26,536
0.522
Political science
Comparative politics
Methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,021
4,772
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Cas Mudde
University of Georgia
Athens, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,757
33,304
0.669
Comparative Politics
Political Science
Far Right
Political Parties
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,359
4,931
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Liesbet Hooghe
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,655
18,213
0.374
Political science
Comparative politics
Political behavior
European Union
Multilevel governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,386
4,945
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Andrew Moravcsik
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,580
10,587
0.218
International Relations
European Union
Qualitative Methods
Democratic Theory
Sociology of Opera and Music
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,637
5,055
128
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Wendy Brown
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,847
24,208
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,992
5,209
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Henry E Brady
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,861
12,964
0.277
American politics
political methodology
public opinion
comparative politics of post-communist countries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,172
447
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Karen Jehn
Melbourne Business School
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,337
15,920
0.344
conflict management and negotiations
group processes and team effectiveness
research methodology
workplace diversity
politic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,204
342
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Xiao Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,267
37,434
0.809
Uncertainty Theory
Information Granulation and Cluster Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,664
5,533
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Warren E Miller
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,091
7,983
0.177
american politics
elections
political science
representation
voting behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,795
5,594
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
K Michele Kacmar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,817
17,984
0.401
work-family
ethics
organizational politics
impression management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,827
285
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
44,726
25,005
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,116
515
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Hanspeter Kriesi
European University Institute
Fiesole, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,138
18,366
0.416
Comparative politics
political behavior
social movements
political communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,378
5,875
393
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Steven Levitsky
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,530
21,681
0.498
political regimes
political parties
democratization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,450
5,909
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Thomas Pogge
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,375
9,772
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,007
6,173
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Mathew Mccubbins
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,217
8,225
0.195
Duke University Department of Political Science and School of Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,094
516
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Robert E Goodin
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,071
11,947
0.284
political philosophy
political theory
political science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,270
6,290
75
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
41,682
15,106
0.362
political science
public policy
policing
capital punishment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,414
6,349
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Martha Finnemore
George Washington University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,441
12,688
0.306
international relations
international organizations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,443
6,363
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
John W Kingdon
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,379
11,230
0.271
American national government
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,474
6,374
415
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
John G Ruggie
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,290
10,243
0.248
Global governance
corporate responsibility
human rights
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,703
6,484
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Mansour Javidan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,865
13,184
0.323
international management