Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Psychology Highly Cited Researchers 26 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
Healthcare professional wellbeing
Communication & relationships between healthcare professionals & patients
Interpretative Phe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,556
4,473
0.468
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Psychology
Child Eating Behaviour
Obesity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,454
2,936
0.455
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
health psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,033
2,881
0.572
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Memory & Cognition
Feedback
Educational Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,699
2,432
0.657
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Psychology
Behavioural Sciences
Neuropsychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,848
2,431
0.224
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
health
wellbeing
experimental social psychology
addiction
open science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,356
2,044
0.868
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
decision making
episodic memory
implicit learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,345
2,041
0.470
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Social and Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,272
1,747
0.409
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
organisational psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,788
1,533
0.550
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
EEG
MEG
complex systems
functional connectivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,487
1,325
0.241
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Psychology
neuroscience
emotion
depression
faces
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,726
970
0.562
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
multimodal neuroimaging
attention and perception
analysis methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,116
832
0.393
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Wellbeing at work
job demands
motivation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
874
730
0.835
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,750
706
0.403
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Behavioural science
Public health
Political psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
559
530
0.948
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
cybernetic human
virtual human
synthetic psychology
neurorobotics
HCI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,301
374
0.287
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
human visual perception
computer vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,166
241
0.207
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Psychology
Navigation
Spatial Cognition
Associative learning
Episodic Memory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249
187
0.751
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
183
0.943
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Developmental psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
288
176
0.611
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
cognitive psychology
developmental psychology
children's eating behaviors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
176
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
cognitive neuroscience
attention
faces
objects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
878
137
0.156
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
organisational learning
ethnography
communities of practice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
91
0.910
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Occupational Health Psychology
workplace wellbeing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
32
0.821
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Psychology
Business Psychology
Multilevel Analysis
Psychological Well-being
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
23
0.920
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,193
7,788
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Rachel Shaw
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,556
4,473
0.468
Healthcare professional wellbeing
Communication & relationships between healthcare professionals & patients
Interpretative Phe
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,097
12,309
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Claire Farrow
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,454
2,936
0.455
Psychology
Child Eating Behaviour
Obesity
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
162,545
12,544
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
RC Knibb
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,033
2,881
0.572
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
195,993
14,813
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Robert A. Nash
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,699
2,432
0.657
Memory & Cognition
Feedback
Educational Psychology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
196,029
14,817
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Carl Senior
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,848
2,431
0.224
Psychology
Behavioural Sciences
Neuropsychology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235,268
17,306
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Charlotte R. Pennington
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,356
2,044
0.868
health
wellbeing
experimental social psychology
addiction
open science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235,563
17,320
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Richard Tunney
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,345
2,041
0.470
decision making
episodic memory
implicit learning
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
274,883
19,828
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Klaus Kessler
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,272
1,747
0.409
Social and Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
310,912
21,922
107
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Claudia Sacramento
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,788
1,533
0.550
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
354,002
24,451
118
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Adrian Burgess
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,487
1,325
0.241
EEG
MEG
complex systems
functional connectivity
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
455,821
30,025
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nathan Ridout
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,726
970
0.562
Psychology
neuroscience
emotion
depression
faces
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
509,310
32,821
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Johanna M Zumer
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,116
832
0.393
multimodal neuroimaging
attention and perception
analysis methods
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
556,705
35,223
211
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Andrew James Clements
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
874
730
0.835
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
568,545
35,791
220
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Elisabeth Moores
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,750
706
0.403
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
675,392
40,743
254
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
James P Reynolds
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
559
530
0.948
Behavioural science
Public health
Political psychology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
818,534
47,874
309
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ulysses Bernardet
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,301
374
0.287
cybernetic human
virtual human
synthetic psychology
neurorobotics
HCI
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,017,492
57,877
369
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Andrew Schofield
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,166
241
0.207
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,139,101
63,483
405
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Matt Buckley
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249
187
0.751
Psychology
Navigation
Spatial Cognition
Associative learning
Episodic Memory
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,150,233
63,992
407
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Effie Pearson
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
183
0.943
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,167,926
64,818
411
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Julia Badger
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
288
176
0.611
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,169,446
64,886
412
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Abigail Pickard
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
176
1.000
cognitive psychology
developmental psychology
children's eating behaviors
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,286,523
69,765
439
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Luc Boutsen
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
878
137
0.156
cognitive neuroscience
attention
faces
objects
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,478,330
76,733
478
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Keith Schofield
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
91
0.910
organisational learning
ethnography
communities of practice
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,875,214
87,162
534
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Karen Maher
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
32
0.821
Occupational Health Psychology
workplace wellbeing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,971,836
89,303
545
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Lakshmi Chandrasekaran
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
23
0.920
Psychology
Business Psychology
Multilevel Analysis
Psychological Well-being