Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Sociology 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
United States
George Ritzer
Sociological Theory
globalization
consumption
prosumption
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,649
26,724
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
United States
Corey Lm Keyes
Mental health
flourishing
languishing
happiness
mental illness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,981
39,782
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
United States
Peter Evans
Sociology
Economic Development
Politics of Globalization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,091
15,951
0.215
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Spain
Fernando Alvarez Uria Rico
desviación social
marginación
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,274
22,856
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
United States
Gary Gereffi
global value chains
industrial governance
economic and social upgrading
private governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,669
26,448
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
United States
Paul D Allison
Quantitative Methods
Statistics
Sociology of Science
Missing Data
Survival Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,093
21,352
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
United States
Paul R Amato
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,639
17,268
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
United Kingdom
Jason Powell
Wellbeing
Care
Health and Social Care
Age
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,196
25,888
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
United States
Alex Piquero|Alexis Piquero
criminological theory
criminal careers
quantitative research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,595
29,471
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
United States
William Wilson
Race relations
Urban Sociology
Socia Stratification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,931
10,691
0.162
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
United States
Daniel W Russell
Social support and loneliness
quantitative research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,692
22,617
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
United States
Rogers Brubaker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,189
22,193
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
United States
Nan Lin
sociology
economic sociology
social networks
social capital
china
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,942
17,180
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
United States
Rubén G Rumbaut
Immigration
race and ethnicity
transition to adulthood
inequality
sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,539
15,323
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
United States
Linda George
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,484
8,568
0.137
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Indonesia
AA Anwar Prabu Mangkunegara
Psikologi SDM Organisasi
Kepemimpinan
Ilmu Sosial
Sosiologi Organisasi..
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,663
43,813
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
United States
Neil Brenner
Critical urban theory
urbanization
geopolitical economy
geopolitical ecologies of planetary urbanization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,434
23,922
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
United Kingdom
John Goldthorpe
Sociology
Social Inequality
Social Mobility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,288
14,449
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Australia
Deborah Lupton
sociology
medical sociology
media and communications
cultural studies
risk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,887
26,865
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Australia
Stephen Castles
migration
citizenship
race
ethnciity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,500
17,657
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
United States
Edward Laumann
social networks
sexuality
organizational analysis
social stratification
political sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,034
13,175
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
United States
Ofelia Garcia
Bilingual Education
Bilingualism
Sociology of Language
US Spanish
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,198
37,200
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Germany
Nina Baur
Sociology
Economic Sociology
Social Processes
Spatial Sociology
Mixed Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,185
28,024
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
United Kingdom
Catherine Pope
medical sociology
primary care
health services research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,873
19,432
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
United States
Herbert Gans
Urban sociology
ethnicity
popular culture
community studies
mass media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,923
8,980
0.173
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,792
United States
2,280
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
George Ritzer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,649
26,724
0.340
Sociological Theory
globalization
consumption
prosumption
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,099
United States
2,420
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Corey Lm Keyes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,981
39,782
0.524
Mental health
flourishing
languishing
happiness
mental illness
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,328
United States
2,526
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Peter Evans
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,091
15,951
0.215
Sociology
Economic Development
Politics of Globalization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,407
Spain
104
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Fernando Alvarez Uria Rico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,274
22,856
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,478
United States
2,598
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Gary Gereffi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,669
26,448
0.364
global value chains
industrial governance
economic and social upgrading
private governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,545
United States
2,625
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Paul D Allison
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,093
21,352
0.296
Quantitative Methods
Statistics
Sociology of Science
Missing Data
Survival Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,006
United States
2,852
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Paul R Amato
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,639
17,268
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,224
United Kingdom
529
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Jason Powell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,196
25,888
0.385
Wellbeing
Care
Health and Social Care
Age
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,295
United States
2,982
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Alex Piquero|Alexis Piquero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,595
29,471
0.443
criminological theory
criminal careers
quantitative research methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,403
United States
3,028
242
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
William Wilson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,931
10,691
0.162
Race relations
Urban Sociology
Socia Stratification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,443
United States
3,044
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Daniel W Russell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,692
22,617
0.344
Social support and loneliness
quantitative research methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,511
United States
3,078
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Rogers Brubaker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,189
22,193
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,559
United States
3,098
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Nan Lin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,942
17,180
0.265
sociology
economic sociology
social networks
social capital
china
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,629
United States
3,135
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Rubén G Rumbaut
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,539
15,323
0.237
Immigration
race and ethnicity
transition to adulthood
inequality
sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,995
United States
3,321
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Linda George
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,484
8,568
0.137
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,157
Indonesia
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
AA Anwar Prabu Mangkunegara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,663
43,813
0.711
Psikologi SDM Organisasi
Kepemimpinan
Ilmu Sosial
Sosiologi Organisasi..
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,373
United States
3,499
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Neil Brenner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,434
23,922
0.396
Critical urban theory
urbanization
geopolitical economy
geopolitical ecologies of planetary urbanization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,606
United Kingdom
666
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
John Goldthorpe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,288
14,449
0.244
Sociology
Social Inequality
Social Mobility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,686
Australia
296
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Deborah Lupton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,887
26,865
0.456
sociology
medical sociology
media and communications
cultural studies
risk
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,766
Australia
299
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Stephen Castles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,500
17,657
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,849
United States
3,736
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Edward Laumann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,034
13,175
0.227
social networks
sexuality
organizational analysis
social stratification
political sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,288
United States
3,959
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Ofelia Garcia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,198
37,200
0.662
Bilingual Education
Bilingualism
Sociology of Language
US Spanish
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,817
Germany
351
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Nina Baur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,185
28,024
0.517
Sociology
Economic Sociology
Social Processes
Spatial Sociology
Mixed Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,156
United Kingdom
803
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Catherine Pope
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,873
19,432
0.368
medical sociology
primary care
health services research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,423
United States
4,503
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Herbert Gans
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,923
8,980
0.173
Urban sociology
ethnicity
popular culture
community studies
mass media