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 :476
Kinship Care
Coparenting
Child Welfare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,690
320
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :477
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,689
1,025
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :478
Men's Health/Mental Health
SES and Health/Mental Health
Community-Based Participatory Research
Photovoice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,689
409
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :479
child welfare
anti-oppression
service users' theory
anti-racism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,683
697
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :480
Social work
ethics
ethical decision-making
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,682
862
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :481
cisnormativity
trans/nonbinary youth
social work education
LGBTQ youth homelessness
youth homelessness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,678
1,392
0.830
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :482
Decarceration
Criminal Legal System
Serious Mental Illness
Intervention Research
Social Work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,677
839
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :483
sosyal hizmet
sosyal politika
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,674
878
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :484
developmental disabilities
disability studies
social work education
social work
integrated behavioral health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,673
851
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :485
Clinical Social Work
Trauma & Resilience
Immigrant Rights
Online Teaching
and Qualitative Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,672
1,459
0.873
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :486
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,670
1,207
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :487
trauma
migration
HIV risk
low and middle income countries
global mental health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,665
1,261
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :488
Social Work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,658
689
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :489
child protection
social work
decision-making
inequalities
predictive analytics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,653
1,235
0.747
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :490
Social Work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,647
1,107
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :491
Legal and ethical issues
confidentiality
duty to warn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,646
491
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :492
Behavior Analysis
Mental Health Services
Single-Case Designs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,646
259
0.157
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :493
Child welfare
parental incarceration
kinship care
cultural diversity
social work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,642
600
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :494
Empowering the African American Community
the Black Church
Human Behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,641
1,038
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :495
intimate partner violence
gender-based violence
Indigenous experiences of violence
conflict related sexual violence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,637
1,098
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :496
child welfare
evidence-informed practice
public-private partnership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,632
815
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :497
social work
family therapy
clinical assessment & evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,627
625
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :498
social work
sociology of health & illness
sociology of professions
cultural sociology
social theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,625
402
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :499
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,625
285
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :500
Post-conflict
Disability
Education
Community Development
Policy Analysis and Civil Society
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,618
1,268
0.784
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
484,304
151,932
737
Ranking Based On Selection: 476
James P Gleeson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,690
320
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
484,393
151,955
993
Ranking Based On Selection: 477
Jaehee Yi
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,689
1,025
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
484,493
151,976
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 478
Jim Amell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,689
409
0.242
Men's Health/Mental Health
SES and Health/Mental Health
Community-Based Participatory Research
Photovoice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
485,621
18,371
766
Ranking Based On Selection: 479
Gary Dumbrill
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,683
697
0.414
child welfare
anti-oppression
service users' theory
anti-racism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
485,796
19,870
507
Ranking Based On Selection: 480
Donna McAuliffe
Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,682
862
0.512
Social work
ethics
ethical decision-making
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
486,473
152,500
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 481
Jama Shelton
CUNY Hunter College
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,678
1,392
0.830
cisnormativity
trans/nonbinary youth
social work education
LGBTQ youth homelessness
youth homelessness
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
486,760
152,590
890
Ranking Based On Selection: 482
Matthew W Epperson
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,677
839
0.500
Decarceration
Criminal Legal System
Serious Mental Illness
Intervention Research
Social Work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
487,364
6,492
265
Ranking Based On Selection: 483
Kasım Karataş
Hacettepe University
Ankara, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,674
878
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
487,546
152,851
147
Ranking Based On Selection: 484
Susan Neely Barnes
University of Memphis
Memphis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,673
851
0.509
developmental disabilities
disability studies
social work education
social work
integrated behavioral health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
487,637
152,871
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 485
Johanna Creswell Baez
Smith College
Northampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,672
1,459
0.873
Clinical Social Work
Trauma & Resilience
Immigrant Rights
Online Teaching
and Qualitative Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
488,088
17,624
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 486
Ilker Ataç
Hochschule Fulda
Fulda, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,670
1,207
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
489,135
153,266
1,939
Ranking Based On Selection: 487
Lynn Michalopoulos
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,665
1,261
0.757
trauma
migration
HIV risk
low and middle income countries
global mental health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
490,710
20,044
127
Ranking Based On Selection: 488
Debbie Plath
Australian Catholic University
North Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,658
689
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
491,599
2,688
489
Ranking Based On Selection: 489
Emily Keddell
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,653
1,235
0.747
child protection
social work
decision-making
inequalities
predictive analytics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
492,815
154,268
1,242
Ranking Based On Selection: 490
Ryan M Kull
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,647
1,107
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
493,125
154,355
1,292
Ranking Based On Selection: 491
Sandra Kopels
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,646
491
0.298
Legal and ethical issues
confidentiality
duty to warn
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
493,142
154,363
207
Ranking Based On Selection: 492
Stephen E Wong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,646
259
0.157
Behavior Analysis
Mental Health Services
Single-Case Designs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
493,911
154,559
345
Ranking Based On Selection: 493
Carrie Smith
Syracuse University
Syracuse, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,642
600
0.365
Child welfare
parental incarceration
kinship care
cultural diversity
social work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
494,044
154,597
287
Ranking Based On Selection: 494
Sharon Moore
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,641
1,038
0.633
Empowering the African American Community
the Black Church
Human Behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
494,873
20,188
394
Ranking Based On Selection: 495
Jo Spangaro
University of Wollongong
Wollongong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,637
1,098
0.671
intimate partner violence
gender-based violence
Indigenous experiences of violence
conflict related sexual violence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
495,966
155,116
288
Ranking Based On Selection: 496
Crystal Collins Camargo
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,632
815
0.499
child welfare
evidence-informed practice
public-private partnership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
497,060
155,418
252
Ranking Based On Selection: 497
Catheleen Jordan
University of Texas Arlington
Arlington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,627
625
0.384
social work
family therapy
clinical assessment & evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
497,490
32,303
572
Ranking Based On Selection: 498
Matthias Zick Varul
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,625
402
0.247
social work
sociology of health & illness
sociology of professions
cultural sociology
social theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
497,500
155,532
152
Ranking Based On Selection: 499
Elizabeth W Lindsey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,625
285
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
498,734
102
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 500
Julius Omona
Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,618
1,268
0.784
Post-conflict
Disability
Education
Community Development
Policy Analysis and Civil Society