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
research synthesis
meta-analysis
meta-research
open science
individual differences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,480
22,511
0.543
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Psychology
Art
Beauty
Aesthetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,843
10,417
0.553
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,191
9,736
0.535
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Psychology
Behaviour
Energy
Marine environments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,843
7,752
0.788
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
mindfulness
laterality
suicide
psychometrics
methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,053
7,189
0.794
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Neurotransmitter Transporters
Addiction
Amphetamine and congeners
Cocaine
New Psychoactive Substances
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,268
5,038
0.447
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,133
4,874
0.534
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Developmental psychology
cognitive neuroscience
social cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,791
3,262
0.681
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Psychological Assessment
Individual Differences
Intelligence
Flynn effect
Meta-analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,305
2,913
0.677
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
traumatic stress
PTSD
Complex PTSD
clinical psychology
abuse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,774
2,800
0.742
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,189
2,650
0.428
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Applied Social Psychology
Consumer Research
Intercultural Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,235
2,550
0.487
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Cognitive Psychology
Vision Research
Attention
Unconscious Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,837
2,385
0.409
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Neurobiology
Psychology
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,603
2,275
0.494
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
evolutionary psychology
environmental psychology
gender studies
human behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,324
2,100
0.632
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Clinical and Health Psychology
Health in an intercultural context
Psychological factors in bodily symptoms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,689
2,073
0.562
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Neuroimaging
Cognitive Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,711
1,996
0.736
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
PTSD
complex PTSD
traumatic stress
clinical psychology
psychooncology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,008
1,630
0.812
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kunstgeschichte
Psychologie
Kognitionswissenschaften
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,878
1,379
0.734
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Performance Science
Music Psychology
Musical Acoustics
Music Acoustics
Digital Musicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,571
1,320
0.370
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Empathy
Pain
Social Interactions
Depression
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,354
1,171
0.865
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
language and cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,297
1,152
0.502
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
social motivation
adult development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,707
1,122
0.657
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Psychometrics
Item Response Theory
Measurement
Mathematical Psychology
StatisticsyStatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,988
996
0.143
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Social Cognition
Judgement
Decision Making
Self representation
Social Comparison
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,121
894
0.798
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,700
46
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Martin Voracek
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,480
22,511
0.543
research synthesis
meta-analysis
meta-research
open science
individual differences
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,353
192
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Helmut Leder
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,843
10,417
0.553
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,894
214
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Urs Nater
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,191
9,736
0.535
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,516
320
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sabine Pahl
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,843
7,752
0.788
Psychology
Behaviour
Energy
Marine environments
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,378
349
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ulrich S Tran
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,053
7,189
0.794
mindfulness
laterality
suicide
psychometrics
methodology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,265
556
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Harald H Sitte
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,268
5,038
0.447
Neurotransmitter Transporters
Addiction
Amphetamine and congeners
Cocaine
New Psychoactive Substances
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,150
575
109
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Christian Korunka
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,133
4,874
0.534
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,987
935
173
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Stefanie Hoehl
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,791
3,262
0.681
Developmental psychology
cognitive neuroscience
social cognition
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
178,161
1,042
193
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jakob Pietschnig
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,305
2,913
0.677
Psychological Assessment
Individual Differences
Intelligence
Flynn effect
Meta-analysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
186,184
1,081
201
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Brigitte Lueger Schuster
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,774
2,800
0.742
traumatic stress
PTSD
Complex PTSD
clinical psychology
abuse
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
197,423
1,141
216
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ilse Kryspin Exner
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,189
2,650
0.428
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
205,760
1,198
227
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Arnd Florack
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,235
2,550
0.487
Applied Social Psychology
Consumer Research
Intercultural Relations
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
220,754
1,287
243
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ulrich Ansorge
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,837
2,385
0.409
Cognitive Psychology
Vision Research
Attention
Unconscious Processing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
231,570
1,343
255
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Christoph Eisenegger
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,603
2,275
0.494
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
251,212
1,448
275
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Elisabeth Oberzaucher
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,324
2,100
0.632
evolutionary psychology
environmental psychology
gender studies
human behavior
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
254,574
1,462
280
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ricarda Nater Mewes
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,689
2,073
0.562
Clinical and Health Psychology
Health in an intercultural context
Psychological factors in bodily symptoms
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
264,192
1,520
294
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ronald Sladky
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,711
1,996
0.736
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
319,869
1,802
334
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Matthias Knefel
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,008
1,630
0.812
PTSD
complex PTSD
traumatic stress
clinical psychology
psychooncology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
370,748
2,045
380
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Raphael Rosenberg
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,878
1,379
0.734
Kunstgeschichte
Psychologie
Kognitionswissenschaften
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
384,455
2,124
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Werner Goebl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,571
1,320
0.370
Performance Science
Music Psychology
Musical Acoustics
Music Acoustics
Digital Musicology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
423,758
2,329
431
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Markus Rütgen
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,354
1,171
0.865
Empathy
Pain
Social Interactions
Depression
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
429,170
2,352
434
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jutta L Mueller
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,297
1,152
0.502
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
438,163
2,401
445
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jana Nikitin
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,707
1,122
0.657
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
478,970
2,578
475
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Gerhard H Fischer
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,988
996
0.143
Psychometrics
Item Response Theory
Measurement
Mathematical Psychology
StatisticsyStatistics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
517,537
2,747
497
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Hyunji Kim
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,121
894
0.798
Social Cognition
Judgement
Decision Making
Self representation
Social Comparison