Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Political Science and 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 :51
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,419
8,660
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,336
11,201
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Political Science
Political Behavior
Public Opinion
Political Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,917
17,336
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
International political economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,527
8,447
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
Statistics
Causal Inference
Computational Social Science
Survey Methods
Immigration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,175
28,506
0.728
* 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
39,117
15,580
0.398
* 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
38,669
14,256
0.369
* 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
38,555
7,656
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
Political Science
Social Science
Public Administration
Trust
Corruption
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,830
13,507
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
comparative politics
political parties
elections
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,737
10,237
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
political theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,533
20,496
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
political economy
development economics
violence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,476
10,607
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
Political Science
Comparative Politics
Methodology
Latin America
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,851
11,262
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
Organization Learning
Knowledge Sharing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,768
8,939
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
International Finance
Asset Pricing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,650
9,316
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
European Union
Governance
Comparative Regionalism
Diffusion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,199
11,323
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
Political science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,911
8,559
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
Political science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,826
11,125
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
Environmental policy
climate policy
environmental politics
public policy
European Union
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,548
12,638
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
Political Economics
Public Economics
Law and Economics
Economics and Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,034
9,792
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
Political behavior
postcommunist politics
Northern Ireland politics
Australian politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,724
11,608
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
International Relations
science policy interface
environmental protection
global governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,926
7,932
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Political Theory
Social Theory
Gender and the Law
Sovereignty
Legal Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,598
7,094
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
elections
voting behavior
political behavior
forecasting
political methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,317
9,706
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
science and technology studies
science policy
ecological economics
risk
uncertainty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,757
14,252
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,115
6,649
136
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Donald Kinder
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,419
8,660
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,170
6,679
288
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
David Laitin
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,336
11,201
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,409
622
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Christian Welzel
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,917
17,336
0.434
Political Science
Political Behavior
Public Opinion
Political Sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,641
6,901
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Stephan Haggard
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,527
8,447
0.214
International political economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,859
6,996
298
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Jens Hainmueller
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,175
28,506
0.728
Statistics
Causal Inference
Computational Social Science
Survey Methods
Immigration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,890
7,011
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
James Mahoney
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,117
15,580
0.398
Political Science
Sociology
Comparative Historical Analysis
Latin America
Methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,150
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
38,669
14,256
0.369
Political ecology
environmental sociology
ecological economics
environmental philosophy
environmental education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,222
7,164
306
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Morris P Fiorina
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,555
7,656
0.199
American Politics
legislative behavior
electoral behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,665
194
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Bo Rothstein
University of Gothenburg
Göteborg, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,830
13,507
0.357
Political Science
Social Science
Public Administration
Trust
Corruption
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,444
7,712
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Herbert Kitschelt
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,737
10,237
0.279
comparative politics
political parties
elections
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,571
7,771
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Jane Bennett
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,533
20,496
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,619
1,449
192
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Anke Hoeffler
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,476
10,607
0.291
political economy
development economics
violence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,059
7,990
193
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
David Collier
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,851
11,262
0.314
Political Science
Comparative Politics
Methodology
Latin America
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,125
8,022
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Marjorie Lyles
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,768
8,939
0.250
Organization Learning
Knowledge Sharing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,215
8,067
180
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
35,650
9,316
0.261
International Finance
Asset Pricing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,560
766
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Tanja Boerzel
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,199
11,323
0.322
European Union
Governance
Comparative Regionalism
Diffusion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,798
8,331
491
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Scott Mainwaring
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,911
8,559
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,881
220
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Jon Pierre
University of Gothenburg
Göteborg, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,826
11,125
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,093
1,592
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Andrew J Jordan
University of East Anglia
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,548
12,638
0.366
Environmental policy
climate policy
environmental politics
public policy
European Union
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,482
339
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Alois Stutzer
Universität Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,034
9,792
0.288
Political Economics
Public Economics
Law and Economics
Economics and Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,766
781
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Ian McAllister
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,724
11,608
0.344
Political behavior
postcommunist politics
Northern Ireland politics
Australian politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,451
9,041
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Peter Haas
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,926
7,932
0.241
International Relations
science policy interface
environmental protection
global governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,757
9,175
209
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Jean L Cohen
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,598
7,094
0.218
Political Theory
Social Theory
Gender and the Law
Sovereignty
Legal Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,063
9,294
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Michael S Lewis Beck
University of Iowa
Iowa City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,317
9,706
0.300
elections
voting behavior
political behavior
forecasting
political methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,623
1,834
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Andy Stirling
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,757
14,252
0.449
science and technology studies
science policy
ecological economics
risk
uncertainty