Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Social Work 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 :676
sexuality
gender and migration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,109
886
0.799
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :677
Social Work
Management
Mental Health
Postpartum depression
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,107
775
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :678
affordable housing
segregation
community development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,106
706
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :679
social work
evidence-based prevention and intervention with at-risk youth and families
implementation science
organizational
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,106
677
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :680
Aging/Gerontology
Social Work Practice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,106
507
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :681
Social work/ implementation science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,104
1,056
0.957
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :682
Cancer Disparities
End of life Issues
Latino health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,104
617
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :683
parental imprisonment
children who experience parental imprisonment
social work
international social work
social work resear
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,103
749
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :684
Parenting
Family marginalization
Family theory
Gay and lesbian families
Older LGBTQ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,096
383
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :685
homelessness
higher education
social work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,094
1,012
0.925
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :686
family gerontology
intergenerational family relations
repartnering
gerontological social work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,093
637
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :687
child protection
complexity
inequality
systems thinking
people-centered services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,092
827
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :688
Social workers' communication with children
child protection
relationship-based practice
psychotherapy
psychosocial research
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,092
586
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :689
Social Work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,090
375
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :690
Professor and Co-Director of the PhD Program
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,089
577
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :691
gender
care
racialization
labour
feminist political economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,084
677
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :692
çocuk refahı engelli refahı
suçluluk
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,081
659
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :693
ageing
social capital
social work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,079
732
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :694
School-based interventions
Mental Health
child and adolescents
community engagement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,079
673
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :695
social work
child welfare
childhood studies
family studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,073
285
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :696
Poverty and economic inequality
Behavioral health among low-income families
Transitions in family structure and economic dynam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,072
1,000
0.933
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :697
social work
social services
social welfare
trabajo social
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,070
614
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :698
Mental Health
Social Work
Resettlement
Ethics
Natural Disasters
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,065
663
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :699
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,064
301
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :700
Age and elderly
Intergenerational transmission among Arab & Jewish families
Trauma
Death anxiety
Suicide & suicide ideation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,063
458
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
640,359
22,815
801
Ranking Based On Selection: 676
Edward Ou Jin Lee
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,109
886
0.799
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
641,073
4,820
436
Ranking Based On Selection: 677
Bina Rena
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,107
775
0.700
Social Work
Management
Mental Health
Postpartum depression
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
641,433
191,994
737
Ranking Based On Selection: 678
Kelly Patterson
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,106
706
0.638
affordable housing
segregation
community development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
641,440
191,996
1,107
Ranking Based On Selection: 679
Katherine L Montgomery
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,106
677
0.612
social work
evidence-based prevention and intervention with at-risk youth and families
implementation science
organizational
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
641,516
192,013
450
Ranking Based On Selection: 680
Nancy Giunta
City University of New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,106
507
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
641,908
192,098
1,109
Ranking Based On Selection: 681
Rebecca Lengnick-Hall
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,104
1,056
0.957
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
642,094
192,145
657
Ranking Based On Selection: 682
Iraida V Carrion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,104
617
0.559
Cancer Disparities
End of life Issues
Latino health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
642,340
24,867
1,901
Ranking Based On Selection: 683
Catherine Flynn
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,103
749
0.679
parental imprisonment
children who experience parental imprisonment
social work
international social work
social work resear
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
644,812
192,829
368
Ranking Based On Selection: 684
David A Jenkins|David Jenkins
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,096
383
0.349
Parenting
Family marginalization
Family theory
Gay and lesbian families
Older LGBTQ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
645,231
192,927
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 685
Rashida M Crutchfield
California State University Long Beach
Long Beach, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,094
1,012
0.925
homelessness
higher education
social work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
645,727
4,844
351
Ranking Based On Selection: 686
Chaya Koren
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,093
637
0.583
family gerontology
intergenerational family relations
repartnering
gerontological social work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
645,959
39,495
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 687
Rick Hood
Kingston University London
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,092
827
0.757
child protection
complexity
inequality
systems thinking
people-centered services
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
646,055
39,504
375
Ranking Based On Selection: 688
Michelle Lefevre
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,092
586
0.537
Social workers' communication with children
child protection
relationship-based practice
psychotherapy
psychosocial research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
646,781
193,304
2,086
Ranking Based On Selection: 689
Olivia Benson
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,090
375
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
647,049
193,374
933
Ranking Based On Selection: 690
Cristina Mogro Wilson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,089
577
0.530
Professor and Co-Director of the PhD Program
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
648,651
23,037
339
Ranking Based On Selection: 691
Susan Braedley
Carleton University
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,084
677
0.625
gender
care
racialization
labour
feminist political economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
649,672
10,976
307
Ranking Based On Selection: 692
Elif Gökçearslan
Ankara University
Ankara, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,081
659
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
650,289
25,103
157
Ranking Based On Selection: 693
Suzanne Hodgkin
Australian Catholic University
North Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,079
732
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
650,311
194,204
189
Ranking Based On Selection: 694
Danielle Swick
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,079
673
0.624
School-based interventions
Mental Health
child and adolescents
community engagement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
652,440
4,095
307
Ranking Based On Selection: 695
Aino Ritala Koskinen
Tampere University
Tampere, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,073
285
0.266
social work
child welfare
childhood studies
family studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
652,479
194,741
1,784
Ranking Based On Selection: 696
Sehun Oh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,072
1,000
0.933
Poverty and economic inequality
Behavioral health among low-income families
Transitions in family structure and economic dynam
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
653,294
20,695
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 697
Juan Jesus Viscarret Garro
Universidad Pública de Navarra
Pamplona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,070
614
0.574
social work
social services
social welfare
trabajo social
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
655,000
25,240
640
Ranking Based On Selection: 698
Lynne Briggs
Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,065
663
0.623
Mental Health
Social Work
Resettlement
Ethics
Natural Disasters
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
655,463
195,524
351
Ranking Based On Selection: 699
Terry Peak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,064
301
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
655,755
4,905
357
Ranking Based On Selection: 700
Pnina Ron
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,063
458
0.431
Age and elderly
Intergenerational transmission among Arab & Jewish families
Trauma
Death anxiety
Suicide & suicide ideation