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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
4,816
2,283
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
George Ritzer
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
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
5,124
2,423
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Corey Lm Keyes
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
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
5,355
2,529
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
5,438
105
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
5,510
2,602
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Gary Gereffi
Duke University
Durham, United States
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
5,577
2,629
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Paul D Allison
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
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
6,041
2,856
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Paul R Amato
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,639
17,268
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,258
531
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Jason Powell
University of Chester
Chester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,196
25,888
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,330
2,986
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Alex Piquero|Alexis Piquero
University of Miami
Coral Gables, United States
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
6,438
3,033
244
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
William Wilson
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
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
6,479
3,049
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
6,547
3,083
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Rogers Brubaker
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,189
22,193
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,596
3,103
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Nan Lin
Duke University
Durham, United States
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
6,667
3,140
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
7,034
3,326
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Linda George
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,484
8,568
0.137
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,196
10
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
AA Anwar Prabu Mangkunegara
Universitas Mercu Buana
Jakarta, Indonesia
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
7,413
3,504
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Neil Brenner
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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
7,645
668
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
John Goldthorpe
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
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
7,725
295
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
7,806
298
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Stephen Castles
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,500
17,657
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,889
3,741
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Edward Laumann
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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
8,329
3,964
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Ofelia Garcia
City University of New York
New York City, United States
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
8,860
352
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Nina Baur
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
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
9,200
805
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Catherine Pope
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
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
9,467
4,509
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Herbert Gans
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
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