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 :401
Productive Aging
Health Equity
Discrimination
Intergenerational Relationships
Social Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,000
1,533
0.767
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :402
Feminism
Eco-Social Work
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,993
1,524
0.765
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :403
mental health services
child mental health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,986
736
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :404
Social Work
Sociology
Conversation Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,986
636
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :405
social work
community mental health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,978
321
0.162
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :406
community and labor organizing
social movements
poverty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,978
305
0.154
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :407
social sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,976
596
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :408
Social work
mental health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,971
1,262
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :409
inequality and social justice in children's health and social care
young people’s sexual decision-making and reproduction
vi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,970
1,455
0.739
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :410
Black American Families
Risk & Resilience
Racial Justice
Gender & Education
Religiosity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,963
1,709
0.871
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :411
health
mental health
Latino immigrant day laborers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,958
970
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :412
poverty
informal economy
day labourers
street waste pickers
landfill waste pickers.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,948
1,446
0.742
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :413
Ageing and Care
Applied Ethics
Qualitative Social Work
Critical Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,943
830
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :414
Health disparities
substance use
HIV prevention
criminal justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,941
1,066
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :415
Social Work
Social Security
Poverty
Community Work
Quality of Life
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,938
1,330
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :416
Social work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,932
1,895
0.981
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :417
Aging
mental health
health promotion
multicultural populations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,925
624
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :418
Case management
treatment adherence
quality improvement
social work history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,923
366
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :419
social work child maltreatment prevention
child welfare
foster care
Family Group Decisionmaking
Team Decisionmaking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,922
864
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :420
social development
developmental social work
sustainable development
environmental justice
social justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,916
1,031
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :421
arts and community practice
poetry therapy
narrative
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,906
575
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :422
Collaboration
retirement planning
financial wellbeing
ageing
psychosocial work environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,903
1,138
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :423
social justice
empathy
respectful social work in partnership with Australian First Nations peoples
student poverty
kinship c
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,900
1,222
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :424
Child protection
foster care
child maltreatment
child welfare
social work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,899
1,640
0.864
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :425
youth aging out
foster care
child welfare
qualitative methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,879
1,401
0.746
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
430,655
137,632
1,130
Ranking Based On Selection: 401
Ernest Gonzales
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,000
1,533
0.767
Productive Aging
Health Equity
Discrimination
Intergenerational Relationships
Social Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
431,697
17,986
452
Ranking Based On Selection: 402
Jennifer Boddy
Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,993
1,524
0.765
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
432,849
138,209
1,101
Ranking Based On Selection: 403
Theresa Early
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,986
736
0.371
mental health services
child mental health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
432,855
5,593
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 404
Heinz Messmer
Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz
Solothurn, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,986
636
0.320
Social Work
Sociology
Conversation Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
434,135
138,534
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 405
Samuel J Rosenberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,978
321
0.162
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
434,136
138,535
321
Ranking Based On Selection: 406
Fred Brooks
Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,978
305
0.154
community and labor organizing
social movements
poverty
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
434,454
6,627
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 407
Tapio Salonen
Malmo University
Malmö, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,976
596
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
435,170
29,072
322
Ranking Based On Selection: 408
Neil Quinn
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,971
1,262
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
435,297
29,084
112
Ranking Based On Selection: 409
Geraldine Brady
Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,970
1,455
0.739
inequality and social justice in children's health and social care
young people’s sexual decision-making and reproduction
vi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
436,341
139,139
875
Ranking Based On Selection: 410
Sheretta T Butler Barnes
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,963
1,709
0.871
Black American Families
Risk & Resilience
Racial Justice
Gender & Education
Religiosity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
437,208
139,376
331
Ranking Based On Selection: 411
Nalini Negi
University of Maryland Baltimore
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,958
970
0.495
health
mental health
Latino immigrant day laborers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
438,754
2,077
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 412
Catherina (Rinie) Schenck
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,948
1,446
0.742
poverty
informal economy
day labourers
street waste pickers
landfill waste pickers.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
439,635
29,326
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 413
Malcolm Carey
University of Chester
Chester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,943
830
0.427
Ageing and Care
Applied Ethics
Qualitative Social Work
Critical Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
439,939
140,095
1,191
Ranking Based On Selection: 414
Liliane Windsor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,941
1,066
0.549
Health disparities
substance use
HIV prevention
criminal justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
440,368
2,731
576
Ranking Based On Selection: 415
Hung Wong
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,938
1,330
0.686
Social Work
Social Security
Poverty
Community Work
Quality of Life
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
441,241
606
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 416
Stanciu Mariana Carmen
West University of Timisoara
Timisoara, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,932
1,895
0.981
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
442,622
140,828
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 417
Sadhna Diwan
San José State University
San José, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,925
624
0.324
Aging
mental health
health promotion
multicultural populations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
442,976
140,915
155
Ranking Based On Selection: 418
Betsy Vourlekis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,923
366
0.190
Case management
treatment adherence
quality improvement
social work history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
443,118
140,959
479
Ranking Based On Selection: 419
David Crampton|David S. Crampton
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,922
864
0.450
social work child maltreatment prevention
child welfare
foster care
Family Group Decisionmaking
Team Decisionmaking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
444,087
2,104
206
Ranking Based On Selection: 420
Antoinette Lombard
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,916
1,031
0.538
social development
developmental social work
sustainable development
environmental justice
social justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
445,897
141,715
455
Ranking Based On Selection: 421
Nicholas Mazza
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,906
575
0.302
arts and community practice
poetry therapy
narrative
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
446,351
18,516
1,233
Ranking Based On Selection: 422
Jack Noone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,903
1,138
0.598
Collaboration
retirement planning
financial wellbeing
ageing
psychosocial work environment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
446,816
18,529
275
Ranking Based On Selection: 423
Susan Gair
James Cook University
Townsville, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,900
1,222
0.643
social justice
empathy
respectful social work in partnership with Australian First Nations peoples
student poverty
kinship c
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
446,944
8,771
680
Ranking Based On Selection: 424
Anouk Goemans
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,899
1,640
0.864
Child protection
foster care
child maltreatment
child welfare
social work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
450,262
142,880
464
Ranking Based On Selection: 425
Lisa Schelbe
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,879
1,401
0.746
youth aging out
foster care
child welfare
qualitative methods