Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 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.

* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
South Africa
Lorenzo Fioramonti
Sustainability
Wellbeing
Governance
Political Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,998
5,728
0.716
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
South Africa
V Naidoo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,879
3,262
0.555
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
South Africa
Tinyiko Samuel Maluleke
Religion
Politics
Postcolonial Literature
African Spirituality
African Culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,436
922
0.378
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
South Africa
Peter J Lor
Comparative librarianship
International librarianship
Political economy of information
Information policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,167
679
0.313
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
South Africa
Tyanai Masiya
Citizenship and Democracy
Local Government Management
Public Service Delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
614
587
0.956
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
South Africa
Christopher Isike
African soft power politics
African politics and development dynamics
women and peace building in Africa
human factor theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
774
514
0.664
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
South Africa
Tanya Van Wyk
political theology
trinitarian theology
reconciling diversity
theological anthropology
critical theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
310
140
0.452
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
South Africa
Sandy Africa
national security
intelligence oversight
security sector reform
peacebuilding
access to information
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202
94
0.465
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
South Africa
Hlulani Mdingi
Systematic Theology
philosophy
politics and economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
46
0.958
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
South Africa
Busisiwe Deyi
feminist theory
constitutionalism
biopolitics
Queer theory
Trans politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
21
0.808
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,164
South Africa
319
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Lorenzo Fioramonti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,998
5,728
0.716
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,975
South Africa
683
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
V Naidoo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,879
3,262
0.555
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
506,088
South Africa
2,491
236
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tinyiko Samuel Maluleke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,436
922
0.378
Religion
Politics
Postcolonial Literature
African Spirituality
African Culture
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
616,695
South Africa
3,141
305
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Peter J Lor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,167
679
0.313
Comparative librarianship
International librarianship
Political economy of information
Information policy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
670,445
South Africa
3,506
341
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tyanai Masiya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
614
587
0.956
Citizenship and Democracy
Local Government Management
Public Service Delivery
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
719,892
South Africa
3,820
368
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Christopher Isike
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
774
514
0.664
African soft power politics
African politics and development dynamics
women and peace building in Africa
human factor theory
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,300,372
South Africa
8,304
756
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Tanya Van Wyk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
310
140
0.452
political theology
trinitarian theology
reconciling diversity
theological anthropology
critical theory
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,480,514
South Africa
9,966
863
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sandy Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202
94
0.465
national security
intelligence oversight
security sector reform
peacebuilding
access to information
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,765,737
South Africa
12,570
1,027
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Hlulani Mdingi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
46
0.958
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,999,910
South Africa
14,818
1,187
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Busisiwe Deyi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
21
0.808
feminist theory
constitutionalism
biopolitics
Queer theory
Trans politics