Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / International Relations 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 :3,826
Middle East politics
Post-Western IR Theory
Shia/Sunni sectarianism
Islamism
Area Studies Controversy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,395
757
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,827
international organizations
European Union
secession
conflict resolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,395
645
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,828
North-South relations
International development
EU Foreign Policy
Civil society and NGOs
Foreign policy analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,395
608
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,829
Política social
regímenes de bienestar
inseguridad social
pobreza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,395
562
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,830
Political ecology
Amazon
Peru
indigenous rights
environmental justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,394
1,074
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,831
international relations
political methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,394
885
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,832
Global tech policy
Chinese tech policy
cyber security
international security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,393
1,126
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,833
Political philosophy
public health ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,393
695
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,834
Political Economy
Critical Security Studies
North Africa
Middle East
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,393
640
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,835
European Union Politics
Legislative Politics
Historical Political Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,393
511
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,836
Political Communication
Political Psycholog
Campaigns
Affect
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,392
1,134
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,837
Biopolitics
Intellectual history
Carl Schmitt
Michel Foucault
Plato
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,392
474
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,838
Japanese foreign policy
Japanese security policy
East Asian international politics
public opinion
renewable energy policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,391
504
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,839
Political science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,390
1,066
0.767
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,840
Strategic Studies
Foreign Policy
Terrorism
ASEAN
Asia Pacific
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,390
971
0.699
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,841
Políticas docentes
formación de elites
educación secundaria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,390
662
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,842
Political Behaviors
Public Policy
Gender
Social and Health Inequalities
Gender based Violence.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,389
554
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,843
International Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,388
790
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,844
Política educacional
educação comparada
organismos internacionais
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,388
660
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,845
Political Psychology
Public Opinion
Latin America
Concepts and Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,388
645
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,846
Political Violence
Weak States
International Intervention
Peacekeeping
Elections
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,387
1,038
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,847
energy policy
energy politics
biofuels
indirect land use change
water quality trading
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,387
1,030
0.743
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,848
political science
international political economy
international organizations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,387
893
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,849
Comparative and International Political Economy
Chinese Politics
Distributive Politics of Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,386
1,007
0.727
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,850
political skill
reputation
stress
accountability
entitlement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,386
691
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
548,787
4,526
906
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,826
Morten Valbjorn|Morten Valbjørn
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,395
757
0.543
Middle East politics
Post-Western IR Theory
Shia/Sunni sectarianism
Islamism
Area Studies Controversy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
548,825
19,443
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,827
Rafael Biermann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,395
645
0.462
international organizations
European Union
secession
conflict resolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
548,836
4,637
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,828
Asteris Huliaras|Asteris Huliaris
University of Peloponnese
Tripoli, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,395
608
0.436
North-South relations
International development
EU Foreign Policy
Civil society and NGOs
Foreign policy analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
548,852
4,103
122
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,829
Carlos Barba Solano
Universidad de Guadalajara
Guadalajara, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,395
562
0.403
Política social
regímenes de bienestar
inseguridad social
pobreza
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
548,959
169,157
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,830
Ashwin Ravikumar
Amherst College
Amherst, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,394
1,074
0.770
Political ecology
Amazon
Peru
indigenous rights
environmental justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
549,016
9,685
635
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,831
Taehee Whang
Yonsei University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,394
885
0.635
international relations
political methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
549,208
34,901
2,063
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,832
Madeline Carr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,393
1,126
0.808
Global tech policy
Chinese tech policy
cyber security
international security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
549,335
20,253
1,485
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,833
Kristin Voigt
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,393
695
0.499
Political philosophy
public health ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
549,341
169,251
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,834
Jacob Mundy
Colgate University
Hamilton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,393
640
0.459
Political Economy
Critical Security Studies
North Africa
Middle East
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
549,368
2,656
239
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,835
Frank M Häge
University of Limerick
Limerick, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,393
511
0.367
European Union Politics
Legislative Politics
Historical Political Economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
549,465
169,286
404
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,836
Kathleen Searles
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,392
1,134
0.815
Political Communication
Political Psycholog
Campaigns
Affect
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
549,624
3,461
292
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,837
Mika Ojakangas
Jyväskylä University
Jyväskylä, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,392
474
0.341
Biopolitics
Intellectual history
Carl Schmitt
Michel Foucault
Plato
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
549,884
3,859
703
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,838
Paul Midford
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,391
504
0.362
Japanese foreign policy
Japanese security policy
East Asian international politics
public opinion
renewable energy policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
549,994
17,403
286
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,839
Toni Rodon|Antoni Rodon Casarramona
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,390
1,066
0.767
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
550,019
4,339
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,840
Yanyan Mochamad Yani
Universitas Padjadjaran Bandung
Sumedang, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,390
971
0.699
Strategic Studies
Foreign Policy
Terrorism
ASEAN
Asia Pacific
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
550,100
2,289
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,841
Sandra Ziegler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,390
662
0.476
Políticas docentes
formación de elites
educación secundaria
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
550,393
20,288
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,842
Merita Limani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,389
554
0.399
Political Behaviors
Public Policy
Gender
Social and Health Inequalities
Gender based Violence.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
550,570
34,974
334
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,843
Kevin Gray
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,388
790
0.569
International Relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
550,603
17,521
371
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,844
Adriana Almeida Sales De Melo
Universidade de Brasília UNB
Brasilia, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,388
660
0.476
Política educacional
educação comparada
organismos internacionais
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
550,613
4,127
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,845
Rodolfo Sarsfield
Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro
Querétaro, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,388
645
0.465
Political Psychology
Public Opinion
Latin America
Concepts and Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
550,752
169,618
2,104
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,846
Aila M Matanock
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,387
1,038
0.748
Political Violence
Weak States
International Intervention
Peacekeeping
Elections
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
550,754
169,619
1,218
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,847
Hanna L Breetz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,387
1,030
0.743
energy policy
energy politics
biofuels
indirect land use change
water quality trading
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
550,779
169,626
1,833
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,848
Julia Gray
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,387
893
0.644
political science
international political economy
international organizations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
551,002
169,686
1,582
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,849
Xiaobo Lu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,386
1,007
0.727
Comparative and International Political Economy
Chinese Politics
Distributive Politics of Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
551,095
169,714
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,850
Mary Dana Laird
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,386
691
0.499
political skill
reputation
stress
accountability
entitlement