Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations Highly Cited Researchers 15.607 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
Political Science
International Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,230
13,097
0.242
* 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
54,099
16,152
0.299
* 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
53,006
14,377
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Political science
Comparative politics
Methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,277
23,857
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Comparative Politics
Political Science
Far Right
Political Parties
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,973
30,775
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
international relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,740
8,364
0.162
* 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
49,759
16,134
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,219
21,633
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
International Relations
European Union
Qualitative Methods
Democratic Theory
Sociology of Opera and Music
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,175
8,840
0.180
* 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
47,509
11,117
0.234
* 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
47,194
13,727
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,650
23,282
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
work-family
ethics
organizational politics
impression management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,836
15,837
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
american politics
elections
political science
representation
voting behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,586
6,682
0.147
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Comparative politics
political behavior
social movements
political communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,159
16,028
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
political regimes
political parties
democratization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,979
19,764
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Political Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,899
8,131
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
political philosophy
political theory
political science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,776
10,366
0.242
* 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
42,540
6,750
0.159
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
political science
public policy
policing
capital punishment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,455
13,026
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
international relations
international organizations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,134
10,835
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
American national government
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,066
9,767
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Global governance
corporate responsibility
human rights
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,866
8,629
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
international management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,589
11,286
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,819
7,297
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,043
4,309
206
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
James Fearon
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,230
13,097
0.242
Political Science
International Relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,078
64
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Ole Wæver
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,099
16,152
0.299
Security studies
Sociology of Science
International Relations Theory
Securitization
Conflict Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,362
364
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
John Dryzek
University of Canberra
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,006
14,377
0.271
Political Science
Political Theory
Environmental politics
Deliberative Democracy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,582
4,548
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
John Gerring
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,277
23,857
0.456
Political science
Comparative politics
Methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,675
4,590
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Cas Mudde
University of Georgia
Athens, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,973
30,775
0.592
Comparative Politics
Political Science
Far Right
Political Parties
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,747
4,631
224
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Stephen Krasner
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,740
8,364
0.162
international relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,352
4,916
61
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
49,759
16,134
0.324
Political science
Comparative politics
Political behavior
European Union
Multilevel governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,516
4,993
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Wendy Brown
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,219
21,633
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,525
4,999
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Andrew Moravcsik
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,175
8,840
0.180
International Relations
European Union
Qualitative Methods
Democratic Theory
Sociology of Opera and Music
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,085
5,244
130
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Henry E Brady
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,509
11,117
0.234
American politics
political methodology
public opinion
comparative politics of post-communist countries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,213
451
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Karen Jehn
Melbourne Business School
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,194
13,727
0.291
conflict management and negotiations
group processes and team effectiveness
research methodology
workplace diversity
politic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,432
272
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Claes H De Vreese
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,650
23,282
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,749
5,569
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
K Michele Kacmar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,836
15,837
0.346
work-family
ethics
organizational politics
impression management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,862
5,621
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Warren E Miller
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,586
6,682
0.147
american politics
elections
political science
representation
voting behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,042
512
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Hanspeter Kriesi
European University Institute
Fiesole, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,159
16,028
0.355
Comparative politics
political behavior
social movements
political communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,113
5,738
387
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Steven Levitsky
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,979
19,764
0.439
political regimes
political parties
democratization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,628
5,975
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Thomas Pogge
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,899
8,131
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,159
522
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Robert E Goodin
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,776
10,366
0.242
political philosophy
political theory
political science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,289
6,283
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Mathew Mccubbins
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,540
6,750
0.159
Duke University Department of Political Science and School of Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,334
6,300
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Frank Baumgartner
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,455
13,026
0.307
political science
public policy
policing
capital punishment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,476
6,359
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Martha Finnemore
George Washington University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,134
10,835
0.257
international relations
international organizations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,515
6,379
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
John W Kingdon
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,066
9,767
0.232
American national government
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,619
6,423
419
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
John G Ruggie
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,866
8,629
0.206
Global governance
corporate responsibility
human rights
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,764
6,497
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Mansour Javidan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,589
11,286
0.271
international management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,204
6,687
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Donald Kinder
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,819
7,297
0.179