Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Ludwig Maximilians Universität München Highly Cited Researchers Citation Social Sciences Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,401
2,821
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
migration
health
ethics
qualitative and participatory methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,065
2,688
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Phonetics
Sound Change
Speech Recognition
Speech Databases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,863
1,707
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
psychosis
personalised psychiatry
machine learning
neuroimaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,845
3,433
0.893
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
theatre studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,461
1,302
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
EEG/MEG
iEEG
memory
brain oscillations
thalamus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,382
1,913
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Multilingualism
Language Contact
Linguistic Minorities
Multiliteracy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,530
1,329
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Cognitive Neuroscience
Neurophysiology
Schizophrenia
Cognition
Beads Task
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,869
1,370
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Soziologie
Gesellschaftstheorie
qualitative Forschung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,824
600
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
International Relations
International Political Economy
Security Studies
international institutions
private actors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,713
782
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Quantitative methods
Measurement
Public Policy
Comparative Politics
Public Administration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,641
1,051
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
European Union Politics
Comparative Politics
Political Parties
Political Trust
Public Opinion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,586
1,099
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Psycho-Oncology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,502
744
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,325
645
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Social Theory
Political Sociology
Sociology of Political Organizations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,172
730
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Moral Psychology
Theory of Normativity
Diachronic Action
Normative Ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,037
552
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
European Parliament
European Union Politics
Legislative Politics
Comparative Public Policy
Morality Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,031
830
0.805
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Political Theory
Democratic Theory
Liberalism
Religion and Politics
Populism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
808
246
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Sociology
Social Theory
Intersectionality
Prisons and Social Inequalities
Urban Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
716
391
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
English literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
625
241
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Political Science
Public Administration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
516
465
0.901
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Comparative public policy
legislative behavior
religion
gender
regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
510
368
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
international relations theory
international political theory
critical theory
practice theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
458
378
0.825
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Phonetics
phonology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
425
160
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
political behavior
comparative politics
environmental politics
causal inference
political methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
422
393
0.931
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
225,128
9,072
370
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Katrin Auspurg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,401
2,821
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
242,279
9,694
390
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Hella Von Unger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,065
2,688
0.661
migration
health
ethics
qualitative and participatory methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,890
10,068
401
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Florian Schiel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,863
1,707
0.442
Phonetics
Sound Change
Speech Recognition
Speech Databases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
254,867
10,100
403
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Dominic B Dwyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,845
3,433
0.893
psychosis
personalised psychiatry
machine learning
neuroimaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
279,121
10,944
425
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Christopher B. Balme
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,461
1,302
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,660
11,142
430
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Tobias Staudigl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,382
1,913
0.566
EEG/MEG
iEEG
memory
brain oscillations
thalamus
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
361,193
13,668
508
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Claudia Maria Riehl
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,530
1,329
0.525
Multilingualism
Language Contact
Linguistic Minorities
Multiliteracy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
452,024
16,493
544
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Wolfgang Strube
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,869
1,370
0.733
Cognitive Neuroscience
Neurophysiology
Schizophrenia
Cognition
Beads Task
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
459,926
16,734
548
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Irmhild Saake
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,824
600
0.329
Soziologie
Gesellschaftstheorie
qualitative Forschung
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
479,924
17,356
558
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Andreas Kruck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,713
782
0.457
International Relations
International Political Economy
Security Studies
international institutions
private actors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
494,037
17,810
562
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Xavier Fernández i Marín
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,641
1,051
0.640
Quantitative methods
Measurement
Public Policy
Comparative Politics
Public Administration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
505,466
18,140
568
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Daniela Braun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,586
1,099
0.693
European Union Politics
Comparative Politics
Political Parties
Political Trust
Public Opinion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
524,020
18,685
574
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Kerstin Hermelink
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,502
744
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
566,689
19,970
585
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Felicitas Kleber
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,325
645
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
609,494
21,206
596
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Jasmin Siri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,172
730
0.623
Social Theory
Political Sociology
Sociology of Political Organizations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
653,399
22,543
609
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Monika Betzler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,037
552
0.532
Moral Psychology
Theory of Normativity
Diachronic Action
Normative Ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
655,272
22,594
610
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Steffen Hurka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,031
830
0.805
European Parliament
European Union Politics
Legislative Politics
Comparative Public Policy
Morality Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
742,846
25,193
639
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Karsten Fischer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
808
246
0.304
Political Theory
Democratic Theory
Liberalism
Religion and Politics
Populism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
784,916
26,444
659
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Ana Ana Cárdenas Tomažič
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
716
391
0.546
Sociology
Social Theory
Intersectionality
Prisons and Social Inequalities
Urban Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
830,949
27,858
677
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Ingo Berensmeyer
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
625
241
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
890,886
29,766
701
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Dovilė Rimkutė
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
516
465
0.901
Political Science
Public Administration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
894,615
29,893
704
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Eva-Maria Euchner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
510
368
0.722
Comparative public policy
legislative behavior
religion
gender
regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
936,797
31,406
728
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Sebastian Schindler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
458
378
0.825
international relations theory
international political theory
critical theory
practice theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
967,139
32,572
743
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Lasse Bombien
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
425
160
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
969,422
32,653
745
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Lukas Rudolph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
422
393
0.931
political behavior
comparative politics
environmental politics
causal inference
political methodology