Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Social Work 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 :376
Addiction
Employee Assistance Programming
Mental Health
Spirituality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,157
825
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :377
arts-based
mindfulness
group work
youth
qualitative research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,145
1,117
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :378
social work
social policy
disability studies
intellectual disability
mental health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,144
907
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :379
Social work
child protection
social inequality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,121
1,227
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :380
Child maltreatment
emotional trauma
child sexual victimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,119
961
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :381
Child Welfare
Social Work
Sociology
Social Epidemiology
Spatial Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,118
1,261
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :382
Social Work
LGBTQ+
Ageing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,099
1,146
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :383
childhood disability
children in care
leaving care
transitions and identities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,097
978
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :384
Mental health and substance use disorders
Integrated services and interventions
Implementation research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,091
1,290
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :385
immigration
gender based violence
citizenship
feminist and decolonizing methodologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,090
1,158
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :386
social work
social justice
public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,082
1,406
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :387
Co-occuring disorders
serious mental illness
statistical analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,082
647
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :388
family
parenting
qualitative study
social work education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,081
795
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :389
Cognitive psychology
Service Science
Safety science
Transportation
Social work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,079
1,321
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :390
Critical Disability Studies
Intellectual Disabilities
Community Based Research
Inclusive Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,074
1,074
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :391
Child and family policy
Shared parenting and family mediation
Parental alienation
Fathers and divorce
Women and addiction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,074
778
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :392
Trabajo social
Violencia de genero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,070
1,044
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :393
sociocybernetics
trabajo social
trabajo social digital
sociología
economía social
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,066
1,241
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :394
sexual harassment
sex discrimination
gender violence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,046
684
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :395
education
children and youth
Rwanda
development
child protection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,043
1,031
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :396
Mental Health Policy
Psychiatric Epidemiology
Homelessness
Managed Care
Complex Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,017
763
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :397
Community work
Elderly services
Policy and politics
Housing issues
Urban development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,009
1,193
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :398
Theory for practice
relational/care ethics
family support
prof. judgement & decisionmaking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,009
836
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :399
Domestic violence
asian communities
intervention design and development
HIV prevention
family therapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,008
430
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :400
LGBTQIA+
transgender
social policy
social determinants of health
anti-racist policies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,005
1,624
0.810
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
407,483
16,025
629
Ranking Based On Selection: 376
Rick Csiernik
Western University Canada
London, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,157
825
0.382
Addiction
Employee Assistance Programming
Mental Health
Spirituality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
409,075
16,070
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 377
Diana Coholic
Université Laurentienne
Sudbury, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,145
1,117
0.521
arts-based
mindfulness
group work
youth
qualitative research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
409,234
17,198
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 378
Kathy Boxall
Edith Cowan University
Joondalup, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,144
907
0.423
social work
social policy
disability studies
intellectual disability
mental health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
412,346
2,888
325
Ranking Based On Selection: 379
Anette C Iversen
University of Bergen
Bergen, Norway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,121
1,227
0.579
Social work
child protection
social inequality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
412,682
132,626
216
Ranking Based On Selection: 380
Debra Nelson Gardell
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,119
961
0.454
Child maltreatment
emotional trauma
child sexual victimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
412,801
6,285
461
Ranking Based On Selection: 381
Lars Brännström
Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,118
1,261
0.595
Child Welfare
Social Work
Sociology
Social Epidemiology
Spatial Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
415,573
17,412
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 382
Mark Hughes
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,099
1,146
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
415,904
28,068
304
Ranking Based On Selection: 383
Berni Kelly
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,097
978
0.466
childhood disability
children in care
leaving care
transitions and identities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
416,730
133,760
1,097
Ranking Based On Selection: 384
Jennifer I Manuel
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,091
1,290
0.617
Mental health and substance use disorders
Integrated services and interventions
Implementation research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
416,873
16,335
1,693
Ranking Based On Selection: 385
Rupaleem Bhuyan
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,090
1,158
0.554
immigration
gender based violence
citizenship
feminist and decolonizing methodologies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
418,032
134,138
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 386
Eva Moya
University of Texas El Paso
El Paso, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,082
1,406
0.675
social work
social justice
public health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
418,101
134,155
670
Ranking Based On Selection: 387
James Swartz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,082
647
0.311
Co-occuring disorders
serious mental illness
statistical analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
418,253
2,636
562
Ranking Based On Selection: 388
Ching Man Lam
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,081
795
0.382
family
parenting
qualitative study
social work education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
418,495
3,494
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 389
Amotz Perlman
Hadassah Academic College
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,079
1,321
0.635
Cognitive psychology
Service Science
Safety science
Transportation
Social work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
419,248
16,403
1,393
Ranking Based On Selection: 390
Rachelle Hole
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,074
1,074
0.518
Critical Disability Studies
Intellectual Disabilities
Community Based Research
Inclusive Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
419,281
16,404
1,394
Ranking Based On Selection: 391
Edward Kruk
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,074
778
0.375
Child and family policy
Shared parenting and family mediation
Parental alienation
Fathers and divorce
Women and addiction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
419,877
905
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 392
Michel Dayanna Cortes Hernandez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,070
1,044
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
420,429
13,076
398
Ranking Based On Selection: 393
Chaime Marcuello-Servós
Universidad de Zaragoza
Zaragoza, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,066
1,241
0.601
sociocybernetics
trabajo social
trabajo social digital
sociología
economía social
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
423,548
135,664
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 394
Susan Fineran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,046
684
0.334
sexual harassment
sex discrimination
gender violence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
423,960
135,768
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 395
Timothy P Williams
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,043
1,031
0.505
education
children and youth
Rwanda
development
child protection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
428,076
136,942
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 396
Christopher G Hudson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,017
763
0.378
Mental Health Policy
Psychiatric Epidemiology
Homelessness
Managed Care
Complex Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
429,276
2,686
666
Ranking Based On Selection: 397
Chui Ernest Wt
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,009
1,193
0.594
Community work
Elderly services
Policy and politics
Housing issues
Urban development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
429,312
28,754
311
Ranking Based On Selection: 398
Danielle Turney
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,009
836
0.416
Theory for practice
relational/care ethics
family support
prof. judgement & decisionmaking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
429,512
137,331
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 399
Marianne Yoshioka
Smith College
Northampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,008
430
0.214
Domestic violence
asian communities
intervention design and development
HIV prevention
family therapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
429,886
137,434
316
Ranking Based On Selection: 400
Kristie Seelman
Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,005
1,624
0.810
LGBTQIA+
transgender
social policy
social determinants of health
anti-racist policies