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 :51
Reading
Language
politics of reading
literacy
defense of teachers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,867
5,074
0.127
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,859
8,283
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,751
10,795
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Political Science
Political Behavior
Public Opinion
Political Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,985
16,508
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
International political economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,976
8,089
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Political Science
Sociology
Comparative Historical Analysis
Latin America
Methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,246
14,860
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
Political ecology
environmental sociology
ecological economics
environmental philosophy
environmental education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,028
13,691
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
American Politics
legislative behavior
electoral behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,025
7,305
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
Statistics
Causal Inference
Computational Social Science
Survey Methods
Immigration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,576
26,982
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
Political Science
Social Science
Public Administration
Trust
Corruption
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,092
12,945
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
comparative politics
political parties
elections
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,073
9,756
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
political economy
development economics
violence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,894
10,138
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
political theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,490
19,573
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
Organization Learning
Knowledge Sharing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,324
8,618
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
International Finance
Asset Pricing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,266
9,002
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
Political Science
Comparative Politics
Methodology
Latin America
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,127
10,723
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
European Union
Governance
Comparative Regionalism
Diffusion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,606
10,844
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
Political science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,448
8,214
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
Political science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,077
10,681
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
Environmental policy
climate policy
environmental politics
public policy
European Union
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,768
12,009
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
Political Economics
Public Economics
Law and Economics
Economics and Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,452
9,358
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
Political behavior
postcommunist politics
Northern Ireland politics
Australian politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,114
11,098
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
International Relations
science policy interface
environmental protection
global governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,472
7,602
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
Political Theory
Social Theory
Gender and the Law
Sovereignty
Legal Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,044
6,785
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
elections
voting behavior
political behavior
forecasting
political methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,749
9,303
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,847
6,588
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Kenneth S Goodman
University of Arizona
Tucson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,867
5,074
0.127
Reading
Language
politics of reading
literacy
defense of teachers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,855
6,595
138
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Donald Kinder
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,859
8,283
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,910
6,620
288
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
David Laitin
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,751
10,795
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,353
618
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Christian Welzel
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,985
16,508
0.423
Political Science
Political Behavior
Public Opinion
Political Sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,361
6,813
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Stephan Haggard
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,976
8,089
0.208
International political economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,813
7,030
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
James Mahoney
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,246
14,860
0.389
Political Science
Sociology
Comparative Historical Analysis
Latin America
Methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,956
41
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Enrique Leff
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Mexico City, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,028
13,691
0.360
Political ecology
environmental sociology
ecological economics
environmental philosophy
environmental education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,961
7,096
305
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Morris P Fiorina
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,025
7,305
0.192
American Politics
legislative behavior
electoral behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,241
7,220
309
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Jens Hainmueller
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,576
26,982
0.718
Statistics
Causal Inference
Computational Social Science
Survey Methods
Immigration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,523
193
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Bo Rothstein
University of Gothenburg
Göteborg, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,092
12,945
0.349
Political Science
Social Science
Public Administration
Trust
Corruption
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,247
7,684
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Herbert Kitschelt
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,073
9,756
0.270
comparative politics
political parties
elections
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,368
1,425
189
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Anke Hoeffler
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,894
10,138
0.282
political economy
development economics
violence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,662
7,866
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Jane Bennett
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,490
19,573
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,769
7,913
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Marjorie Lyles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,324
8,618
0.244
Organization Learning
Knowledge Sharing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,810
7,934
178
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Robert J Hodrick
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,266
9,002
0.255
International Finance
Asset Pricing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,932
7,984
195
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
David Collier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,127
10,723
0.305
Political Science
Comparative Politics
Methodology
Latin America
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,338
753
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Tanja Boerzel
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,606
10,844
0.313
European Union
Governance
Comparative Regionalism
Diffusion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,470
8,213
483
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Scott Mainwaring
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,448
8,214
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,781
218
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Jon Pierre
University of Gothenburg
Göteborg, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,077
10,681
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,997
1,587
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Andrew J Jordan
University of East Anglia
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,768
12,009
0.356
Environmental policy
climate policy
environmental politics
public policy
European Union
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,244
335
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Alois Stutzer
Universität Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,452
9,358
0.280
Political Economics
Public Economics
Law and Economics
Economics and Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,542
777
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Ian McAllister
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,114
11,098
0.335
Political behavior
postcommunist politics
Northern Ireland politics
Australian politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,080
8,946
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Peter Haas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,472
7,602
0.234
International Relations
science policy interface
environmental protection
global governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,514
9,145
203
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Jean L Cohen
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,044
6,785
0.212
Political Theory
Social Theory
Gender and the Law
Sovereignty
Legal Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,808
9,252
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Michael S Lewis Beck
University of Iowa
Iowa City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,749
9,303
0.293
elections
voting behavior
political behavior
forecasting
political methodology