Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / International Relations Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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 :3,926
diplomatic studies
diplomacy
diplomatic culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,373
652
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,927
political science
mass violence
democracy and democratization
Middle East politics
Islamism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,373
358
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,928
Comparative political economy
foreign policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,372
402
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,929
political science
international political economy
international public policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,371
877
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,930
Middle East Studies
Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,371
721
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,931
American Political Institutions
Formal Theory
Quantitative Methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,371
582
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,932
International Relations
Game Theory
Political Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,371
372
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,933
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,370
548
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,934
Política Educacional
Direito à Educação
Políticas Públicas
Financiamento da Educação
Estado Laico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,369
915
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,935
political economy
development
historical sociology
historical materialism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,368
1,231
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,936
political science
Middle East politics
ethnic politics
international intervention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,368
803
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,937
political economy of communication and culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,368
368
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,938
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,366
549
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,939
Российская политика
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,366
421
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,940
Asean
Middle East
Democracy
Political Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,365
656
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,941
Indigenous politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,365
539
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,942
Political science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,364
1,201
0.880
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,943
Comparative Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,364
767
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,944
ciencia política
ciencias sociales
campañas electorales
comunicación política
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,363
472
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,945
Foreign Direct Investment
Foreign Aid
Political Economy
Labor Studies
Latin America
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,363
422
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,946
Politieke theorie
politieke filosofie
milieufilosofie
milieuethiek
dierenethiek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,363
332
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,947
Political behavior
political psychology
religion and politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,362
1,059
0.778
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,948
Politics
Malaysian politics
Media politics
Human Rights
freedom of speech
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,362
815
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,949
Political philosophy
political theory
feminism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,362
733
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3,950
politisk filosofi
metaetik
normativ etik
tillämpad etik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,360
918
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
564,776
172,345
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,926
Geoffrey Wiseman
Depaul University
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,373
652
0.475
diplomatic studies
diplomacy
diplomatic culture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
564,825
568
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,927
Abdelwahab El Affendi
Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
Ulaanbaatar, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,373
358
0.261
political science
mass violence
democracy and democratization
Middle East politics
Islamism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
565,081
2,856
352
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,928
Janis Van Der Westhuizen
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,372
402
0.293
Comparative political economy
foreign policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
565,205
24,354
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,929
Arlo Poletti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,371
877
0.640
political science
international political economy
international public policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
565,259
4,642
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,930
Sune Haugbolle
Roskilde University
Roskilde, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,371
721
0.526
Middle East Studies
Sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
565,291
172,489
533
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,931
Ryan Vander Wielen
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,371
582
0.425
American Political Institutions
Formal Theory
Quantitative Methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
565,342
172,506
1,616
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,932
Ahmer Tarar
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,371
372
0.271
International Relations
Game Theory
Political Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
565,571
19,912
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,933
Margit Bussmann
Ernst Moritz Arndt Universität Greifswald
Greifswald, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,370
548
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
565,731
18,017
122
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,934
Salomão Barros Ximenes
Universidade Federal do ABC UFABC
Santo Andre, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,369
915
0.668
Política Educacional
Direito à Educação
Políticas Públicas
Financiamento da Educação
Estado Laico
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
565,895
35,672
847
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,935
Cemal Burak Tansel
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,368
1,231
0.900
political economy
development
historical sociology
historical materialism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
566,018
172,661
2,122
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,936
Daniel Corstange
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,368
803
0.587
political science
Middle East politics
ethnic politics
international intervention
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
566,122
20,665
795
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,937
Edward Comor
Western University Canada
London, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,368
368
0.269
political economy of communication and culture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
566,611
3,232
509
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,938
Yep Ray
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,366
549
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
566,627
4,331
285
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,939
Александр Кочетков
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,366
421
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
566,837
4,727
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,940
Luthfi Assyaukanie
Universitas Paramadina
Jakarta, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,365
656
0.481
Asean
Middle East
Democracy
Political Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
566,863
20,688
2,127
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,941
Dale Turner
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,365
539
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
566,952
172,932
2,150
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,942
Zachary Steinert-Threlkeld
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,364
1,201
0.880
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
567,082
35,741
2,408
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,943
Jody Laporte
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,364
767
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
567,434
17,903
408
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,944
Ismael Crespo
Universidad de Murcia
Murcia, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,363
472
0.346
ciencia política
ciencias sociales
campañas electorales
comunicación política
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
567,444
173,068
231
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,945
John P Tuman
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Las Vegas, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,363
422
0.310
Foreign Direct Investment
Foreign Aid
Political Economy
Labor Studies
Latin America
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
567,458
10,557
477
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,946
Marcel Wissenburg
Radboud University
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,363
332
0.244
Politieke theorie
politieke filosofie
milieufilosofie
milieuethiek
dierenethiek
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
567,552
2,733
618
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,947
Gizem Arikan
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,362
1,059
0.778
Political behavior
political psychology
religion and politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
567,621
3,879
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,948
Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani
Universiti Utara Malaysia
Sintok, Malaysia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,362
815
0.598
Politics
Malaysian politics
Media politics
Human Rights
freedom of speech
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
567,645
35,772
1,293
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,949
Clare Chambers
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,362
733
0.538
Political philosophy
political theory
feminism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
568,111
8,485
607
Ranking Based On Selection: 3,950
Niklas Möller
Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,360
918
0.675
politisk filosofi
metaetik
normativ etik
tillämpad etik