Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Regional Studies 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 :76
Africana Studies
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Caribbean domestic workers and motherhood and decolonial
queer feminist theorizing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
292
116
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :77
Geografia
Territorialidades Corporativas
Setor Agroindustrial
Cooperativas Agropecuárias
Cooperativism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
279
123
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :78
Afrika Çalışmaları
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278
207
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :79
African Politics
Poltical Parties
Police
Surveillance
Ethnography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236
190
0.805
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :80
African Politics
Gender
International Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204
124
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :81
African politics
particularly central Africa / DRC The political economy of development Public sector reform Development politi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204
124
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :82
African Politics
Redistribution
Land Politics
Development
Decentralization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
151
0.899
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :83
African Politics
Sahel
Violent Extremism
Civil-Military Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
141
0.892
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :84
African Studies
African political economy
Africa China Relations
Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
98
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :85
African politics
political parties
democratisation
hybrid regimes
elections
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
121
0.953
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :86
African politics
public opinion
political behavior
authoritarianism
democratization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
118
0.929
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :87
African politics
democratization
elections
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
54
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :88
African Studies
Africana Studies
Madagascar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
33
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :89
African Politics
International Relations
Developement Studies
Identity Politics
Discourse Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
81
0.880
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :90
African Politics
International Organizations
Regionalism
Peace and Security
Global Health Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
86
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :91
African Studies
Hausa Studies
Media and Cultural Studies
Kannywood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
80
0.952
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :92
African literature
oral literature
postcolonial studies
Afrikaans literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
50
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :93
African Studies
Impact Investing
Social Innovation
Design
Development Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
29
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :94
African Studies
International Relations
Security Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
49
0.721
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :95
Senior Lecturer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
45
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :96
African Politics
Information Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
45
0.804
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :97
African political thought
African land politics
environmental political theory
postcolonial theory
endogenous development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
44
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :98
Asya Çalışmaları
Bölge Çalışmaları
Kore Siyaseti
Asian Studies
Area Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
49
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :99
Sociology of Religion Modern Turkey History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
40
0.816
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :100
Africana Studies
Women's Studies
Performance Studies
Arts as activism
girlhood studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
36
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,136,019
288,943
444
Ranking Based On Selection: 76
Charmaine Crawford
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
292
116
0.397
Africana Studies
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Caribbean domestic workers and motherhood and decolonial
queer feminist theorizing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,155,169
38,576
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
Sergio Fajardo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
279
123
0.441
Geografia
Territorialidades Corporativas
Setor Agroindustrial
Cooperativas Agropecuárias
Cooperativism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,156,249
32,855
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 78
Mürsel Bayram
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278
207
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,225,181
65,822
392
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Shane Mac Giollabhui
University of Ulster
Coleraine, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236
190
0.805
African Politics
Poltical Parties
Police
Surveillance
Ethnography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,287,362
309,911
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Fredline M'Cormack-Hale
Seton Hall University
South Orange, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204
124
0.608
African Politics
Gender
International Relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,287,362
9,438
787
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
Stylianos Moshonas
University of Antwerp
Antwerp, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204
124
0.608
African politics
particularly central Africa / DRC The political economy of development Public sector reform Development politi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,369,392
321,155
2,745
Ranking Based On Selection: 82
Alex Dyzenhaus
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
151
0.899
African Politics
Redistribution
Land Politics
Development
Decentralization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,395,862
324,718
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 83
Daniel Eizenga
National Defense University
Fort Lesley J McNair, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
141
0.892
African Politics
Sahel
Violent Extremism
Civil-Military Relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,451,356
332,150
184
Ranking Based On Selection: 84
Anita Wheeler Plummer
Howard University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
98
0.705
African Studies
African political economy
Africa China Relations
Kenya
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,488,257
76,238
1,850
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
Eloïse Bertrand
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
121
0.953
African politics
political parties
democratisation
hybrid regimes
elections
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,488,414
337,189
2,981
Ranking Based On Selection: 86
Natalie Wenzell Letsa
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
118
0.929
African politics
public opinion
political behavior
authoritarianism
democratization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,516,817
340,982
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 87
Elisabete Azevedo-Harman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
54
0.454
African politics
democratization
elections
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,571,774
348,386
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 88
Wendy Wilson-Fall
Lafayette College
Easton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
33
0.317
African Studies
Africana Studies
Madagascar
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,618,703
47,548
1,397
Ranking Based On Selection: 89
Gino Vlavonou
Université d'Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
81
0.880
African Politics
International Relations
Developement Studies
Identity Politics
Discourse Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,639,398
357,547
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 90
Emmanuel Balogun
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
86
0.989
African Politics
International Organizations
Regionalism
Peace and Security
Global Health Governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,653,113
54,484
765
Ranking Based On Selection: 91
Muhammad Muhsin Ibrahim
Universität zu Köln
Köln, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
80
0.952
African Studies
Hausa Studies
Media and Cultural Studies
Kannywood
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,664,040
11,504
978
Ranking Based On Selection: 92
Jacomien Van Niekerk
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
50
0.610
African literature
oral literature
postcolonial studies
Afrikaans literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,669,378
361,710
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 93
C Sara Lawrence Minard
Babson College
Babson Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
29
0.358
African Studies
Impact Investing
Social Innovation
Design
Development Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,731,434
23,188
1,231
Ranking Based On Selection: 94
Joanna Mormul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
49
0.721
African Studies
International Relations
Security Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,757,779
58,465
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 95
Haruna Abdallah Imam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
45
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,796,496
378,926
4,674
Ranking Based On Selection: 96
Alex Verink
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
45
0.804
African Politics
Information Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,808,240
380,540
230
Ranking Based On Selection: 97
Anatoli Ignatov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
44
0.815
African political thought
African land politics
environmental political theory
postcolonial theory
endogenous development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,836,038
60,824
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 98
Hatice Çelik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
49
1.000
Asya Çalışmaları
Bölge Çalışmaları
Kore Siyaseti
Asian Studies
Area Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,838,937
60,947
125
Ranking Based On Selection: 99
Hicret K. Toprak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
40
0.816
Sociology of Religion Modern Turkey History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,858,458
387,290
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 100
Crystal Leigh Endsley
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
36
0.783
Africana Studies
Women's Studies
Performance Studies
Arts as activism
girlhood studies