Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Psychology 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
Psychology
Education
Emotion
Control-Value Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,066
47,296
0.569
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Psychotherapy
Brain Stimulation (www.gcbs.network)
Affective Disorders
Posttraumatic Stress Disorders
CBASP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,109
17,991
0.578
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
learning sciences
computer-supported collaborative learning
learning and instruction
scientific reasoning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,404
14,660
0.499
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
meta-science
statistics
psychology
motivation
personality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,464
12,153
0.840
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
The circadian clock
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,919
10,956
0.500
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Leadership
selective exposure
information search
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,052
10,688
0.344
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,509
8,716
0.425
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Psychology
Attention
Visual Search
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,466
7,445
0.364
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
eating behavior
psychology
mental disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,942
6,809
0.685
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sozialpsychologie
Methodenlehre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,887
6,722
0.565
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
psychosis
personalised psychiatry
machine learning
neuroimaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,120
3,707
0.900
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
personality disorders
interpersonal dysfunctions
emotion processing
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,869
3,532
0.725
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,321
2,884
0.456
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Familienforschung
family diversity
Armutsforschung
Entwicklungspsychologie
child well-being
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,266
2,863
0.394
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
EEG/MEG
iEEG
memory
brain oscillations
thalamus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,474
1,998
0.575
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Cognitive Neuroscience
Neurophysiology
Schizophrenia
Cognition
Beads Task
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,947
1,448
0.744
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Psycho-Oncology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,528
768
0.503
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Moral Psychology
Theory of Normativity
Diachronic Action
Normative Ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,062
571
0.538
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Psychotherapy
Emotion
Autism
Mental Health
Social Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
309
251
0.812
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Moral Psychology
Ethics of AI
Ethics
Business Ethics
Experimental Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153
105
0.686
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
developmental psychology
psychiatry
web analytics
bullying
learning disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,367
134
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Reinhard Pekrun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,066
47,296
0.569
Psychology
Education
Emotion
Control-Value Theory
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,982
654
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Frank Padberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,109
17,991
0.578
Psychotherapy
Brain Stimulation (www.gcbs.network)
Affective Disorders
Posttraumatic Stress Disorders
CBASP
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,447
916
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Frank Fischer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,404
14,660
0.499
learning sciences
computer-supported collaborative learning
learning and instruction
scientific reasoning
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,188
1,201
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Felix Schönbrodt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,464
12,153
0.840
meta-science
statistics
psychology
motivation
personality
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,830
1,400
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Martha Merrow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,919
10,956
0.500
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,079
1,454
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Dieter Frey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,052
10,688
0.344
Leadership
selective exposure
information search
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,457
1,949
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Paul Sauseng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,509
8,716
0.425
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,576
2,424
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hermann J. Mueller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,466
7,445
0.364
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,987
2,764
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Adrian Meule
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,942
6,809
0.685
eating behavior
psychology
mental disorders
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,112
2,817
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mario Gollwitzer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,887
6,722
0.565
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,347
5,771
250
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Dominic B Dwyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,120
3,707
0.900
psychosis
personalised psychiatry
machine learning
neuroimaging
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,249
6,105
258
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Katja Bertsch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,869
3,532
0.725
personality disorders
interpersonal dysfunctions
emotion processing
neuroscience
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
180,204
7,561
308
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Simone Schütz-Bosbach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,321
2,884
0.456
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
181,668
7,611
309
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sabine Walper
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,266
2,863
0.394
Familienforschung
family diversity
Armutsforschung
Entwicklungspsychologie
child well-being
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
263,914
10,647
402
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Tobias Staudigl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,474
1,998
0.575
EEG/MEG
iEEG
memory
brain oscillations
thalamus
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
355,417
13,828
474
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Wolfgang Strube
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,947
1,448
0.744
Cognitive Neuroscience
Neurophysiology
Schizophrenia
Cognition
Beads Task
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
571,949
20,831
606
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kerstin Hermelink
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,528
768
0.503
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
680,356
24,292
648
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Monika Betzler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,062
571
0.538
Moral Psychology
Theory of Normativity
Diachronic Action
Normative Ethics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,028,810
36,513
825
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Hanna Thaler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
309
251
0.812
Psychotherapy
Emotion
Autism
Mental Health
Social Interaction
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,432,540
49,339
969
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Michael Von Grundherr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153
105
0.686
Moral Psychology
Ethics of AI
Ethics
Business Ethics
Experimental Philosophy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,158,002
64,569
1,112
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Lior Weinreich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
developmental psychology
psychiatry
web analytics
bullying
learning disorders