Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences and HumanitiesSocial Sciences / Sociology Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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
family
inequality
poverty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,593
11,755
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
cultural sociology
politics
performance
civil society
The Strong Program
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,562
16,786
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
consumer culture
social theory
globalization
the body
the super-rich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,349
9,260
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Sociology
Work
Organizations
Stratification
Labor Markets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,778
16,753
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
Sociology
Race and Well-Being
Racial Identity
Sociology of Mental Health
Racial Attitudes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,739
8,470
0.167
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Institutional Theory
Social Change
Economic Sociology and Organizations
Socio-economics of Information and Knowledge
Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,601
9,850
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
Sociology and Demography of the Family
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,093
7,485
0.149
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
Social Movements
War and Peace
Sport
Social Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,710
14,750
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
Capitalism
Socialism
Marxism
Ethnography
Public Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,281
13,709
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
social/ political thought
political culture
Hannah Arendt
mass emergency
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,192
12,319
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
medical sociology
life course
criminology
family
race
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,595
13,279
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
Marxism
class
political economy
political sociology
theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,568
13,804
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
Social Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,207
16,176
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,943
12,149
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
Sociologia
Sociologia do trabalho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,248
17,769
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
sociology
family
social stratification
education
qualitative methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,818
15,135
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
sociology
ethnic studies
race relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,782
12,660
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
Gender
empowerment
poverty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,753
17,642
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
sociology of knowledge
social theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,595
7,488
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
Political Economy
Environmental Sociology
Marxism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,403
17,965
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
Social Movements
Media studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,170
10,454
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
Social Inequality and Health
Fertility
Family
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,024
19,805
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
masculinities
gender
gender equality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,974
12,566
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
sociology of religion
social psychology of health and illness
sociology of family
race and ethnicity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,883
12,112
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
sociology
family
social stratification
education
statistical methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,792
10,043
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,511
4,538
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Sara Mclanahan
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,593
11,755
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,516
4,541
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Jeffrey C Alexander
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,562
16,786
0.326
cultural sociology
politics
performance
civil society
The Strong Program
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,583
834
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Mike Featherstone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,349
9,260
0.180
consumer culture
social theory
globalization
the body
the super-rich
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,774
4,658
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Arne L Kalleberg
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,778
16,753
0.330
Sociology
Work
Organizations
Stratification
Labor Markets
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,792
4,668
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Michael Hughes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,739
8,470
0.167
Sociology
Race and Well-Being
Racial Identity
Sociology of Mental Health
Racial Attitudes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,833
4,689
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Lynne G Zucker
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,601
9,850
0.195
Institutional Theory
Social Change
Economic Sociology and Organizations
Socio-economics of Information and Knowledge
Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,995
4,763
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Frank Furstenberg
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,093
7,485
0.149
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,108
4,812
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Robert D Benford
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,710
14,750
0.297
Social Movements
War and Peace
Sport
Social Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,246
4,881
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Michael Burawoy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,281
13,709
0.278
Capitalism
Socialism
Marxism
Ethnography
Public Sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,600
81
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Peter Baehr
Lingnan University
Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,192
12,319
0.256
social/ political thought
political culture
Hannah Arendt
mass emergency
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,817
5,137
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Ronald L Simons
University of Georgia
Athens, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,595
13,279
0.279
medical sociology
life course
criminology
family
race
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,165
5,293
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Erik Olin Wright
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,568
13,804
0.296
Marxism
class
political economy
political sociology
theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,297
990
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Margaret S Archer
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,207
16,176
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,384
5,403
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
James A Holstein
Marquette University
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,943
12,149
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,698
95
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Ricardo Antunes
Universidade Estadual de Campinas UNICAMP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,248
17,769
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,321
5,855
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Annette Lareau|A Lareau
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,818
15,135
0.345
sociology
family
social stratification
education
qualitative methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,335
5,860
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Joe Feagin
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,782
12,660
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,350
1,083
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Naila Kabeer
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,753
17,642
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,429
5,897
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Daniel R Huebner
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,595
7,488
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,010
6,176
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
John Bellamy Foster
University of Oregon
Eugene, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,403
17,965
0.424
Political Economy
Environmental Sociology
Marxism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,125
6,235
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
John D Mccarthy
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,170
10,454
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,190
6,265
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Kathleen Mullan Harris
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,024
19,805
0.471
Social Inequality and Health
Fertility
Family
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,225
6,278
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Michael Kimmel
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,974
12,566
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,272
6,290
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Christopher Ellison
University of Texas San Antonio
San Antonio, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,883
12,112
0.289
sociology of religion
social psychology of health and illness
sociology of family
race and ethnicity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,329
560
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Hans Peter Blossfeld
European University Institute
Fiesole, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,792
10,043
0.240
sociology
family
social stratification
education
statistical methods