Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Higher Education Studies Highly Cited Researchers 1.398 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
Linking teaching and research
inquiry based learning
students as partners and change agents
SoTL
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,727
5,592
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
AI
digital afterlife
postdigital afterlife
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,292
6,753
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Higher Education
Race Relations
Organizational Behavior
Medical Education
College Students
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,253
4,298
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
higher education
cognitive neuroscience
error-related negativity
anterior cingulate cortex
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,233
3,631
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
college students
higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,194
3,388
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Higher Education
gender equality
public service organisations
leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,936
3,422
0.215
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Identity studies
Youth studies
Higher education studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,500
4,434
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
higher education
organizational change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,115
4,114
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Adult Development
Higher Education Policy
Online Learning
Community Colleges
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,587
6,983
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Higher education policy
governance
organisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,447
5,900
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
TPACK
design thinking
higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,111
8,091
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Neurochemistry
Política Científica
Higher Education
Neurobiology
Neurosciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,099
4,039
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
higher education structure and governance: separation processes including freeze drying
spray drying
extraction
absorption
a
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,096
1,559
0.111
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Institutional change in the field of universities
and their role in society and economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,787
3,881
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Plant and Environmental Proteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,699
4,398
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
higher education
leadership
engagement
quality
productivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,671
5,771
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Student Success
College Diversity
College Admissions
Rankings
Center for Research on
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,526
7,334
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Community Colleges
Higher Education
Returns to College
Improving Institutional Performance
Developmental Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,230
4,771
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Multibody Dynamics
Biomechanics
Higher Education
Computational Mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,189
5,922
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Diversity in higher education
multicultural counseling competencies
difficult dialogues teaching and learning
sexual identity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,284
4,628
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Peer review
evaluation
research on higher education
citation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,259
3,870
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Higher education
Visualization and thinking skills
Metacognition
Assessment
STEM Career choice and 21st century skills
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,939
4,991
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Complex systems
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,684
2,538
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Information research
phenomenography
higher education research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,666
3,124
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Higher Education
College Students
Educational Policy
Student Success
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,423
3,923
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,851
4,548
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Mick Healey
University of Gloucestershire
Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,727
5,592
0.334
Linking teaching and research
inquiry based learning
students as partners and change agents
SoTL
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,840
4,720
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Maggi Savin-Baden
University of Worcester
Worcester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,292
6,753
0.414
AI
digital afterlife
postdigital afterlife
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,018
23,556
170
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Jeffrey F Milem
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,253
4,298
0.264
Higher Education
Race Relations
Organizational Behavior
Medical Education
College Students
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,108
23,586
531
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
William J Gehring
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,233
3,631
0.224
higher education
cognitive neuroscience
error-related negativity
anterior cingulate cortex
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,285
23,653
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
John Schuh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,194
3,388
0.209
college students
higher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,400
4,852
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Rosemary Deem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,936
3,422
0.215
Higher Education
gender equality
public service organisations
leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,528
2,571
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
James E Cote
Western University Canada
London, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,500
4,434
0.286
Identity studies
Youth studies
Higher education studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,508
25,665
150
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Ann Austin
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,115
4,114
0.272
higher education
organizational change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,336
26,698
173
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Shanna E Smith Jaggars
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,587
6,983
0.479
Adult Development
Higher Education Policy
Online Learning
Community Colleges
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,174
604
147
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Jeroen Huisman
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,447
5,900
0.408
Higher education policy
governance
organisation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,239
280
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Joyce Hwee Ling Koh
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,111
8,091
0.573
TPACK
design thinking
higher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,327
1,399
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Enric I. Canela
Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,099
4,039
0.286
Neurochemistry
Política Científica
Higher Education
Neurobiology
Neurosciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,343
27,838
538
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
C Judson King
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,096
1,559
0.111
higher education structure and governance: separation processes including freeze drying
spray drying
extraction
absorption
a
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,237
5,845
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Jürgen Enders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,787
3,881
0.281
Institutional change in the field of universities
and their role in society and economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,789
3,151
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Paul A Haynes
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,699
4,398
0.321
Plant and Environmental Proteomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,964
2,844
199
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Hamish Coates
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,671
5,771
0.422
higher education
leadership
engagement
quality
productivity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,928
29,097
159
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Nicholas A Bowman
University of Iowa
Iowa City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,526
7,334
0.542
Student Success
College Diversity
College Admissions
Rankings
Center for Research on
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,923
29,859
547
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Davis Jenkins
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,230
4,771
0.361
Community Colleges
Higher Education
Returns to College
Improving Institutional Performance
Developmental Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,195
186
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Paulo Flores
Universidade do Minho
Braga, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,189
5,922
0.449
Multibody Dynamics
Biomechanics
Higher Education
Computational Mechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,754
32,311
308
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Roger L Worthington
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,284
4,628
0.377
Diversity in higher education
multicultural counseling competencies
difficult dialogues teaching and learning
sexual identity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,936
1,390
289
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Daniel Hd
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,259
3,870
0.316
Peer review
evaluation
research on higher education
citation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,555
613
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Yehudit Judy Dori
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,939
4,991
0.418
Higher education
Visualization and thinking skills
Metacognition
Assessment
STEM Career choice and 21st century skills
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,769
7,072
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Derek Raine
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,684
2,538
0.217
Complex systems
Higher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,932
3,846
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Christine Bruce
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,666
3,124
0.268
Information research
phenomenography
higher education research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,032
34,943
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Shouping Hu
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,423
3,923
0.343
Higher Education
College Students
Educational Policy
Student Success