Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Social Science Highly Cited Researchers 24 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
Social Epidemiology
Social Determinants of Health
Public Health
Epidemiology
Health Equity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,362
106,879
0.658
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Political behavior
Elections
Campaigns
Experiments
Political Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,224
3,459
0.479
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
algorithm auditing
privacy
fairness
computational social science
social networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,669
2,631
0.717
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Human Mobility
Disaster and Resilience
Urban and Social Networks
Computational Social Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,393
2,052
0.858
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Computational Social Science
Network Science
Science of Science
Complex Systems
Research Analytics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,984
1,748
0.881
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
International cooperation
diplomacy
European Union
epistemic communities
space policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,930
1,449
0.495
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
LGBTQ intimate partner violence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,765
1,265
0.717
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Resilience
Social Networks
GIS
Policy
Environmental Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,120
1,102
0.984
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
computational social science
organizations
interventions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
711
571
0.803
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Public Policy
Globalization
Urban Planning
Urban Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,389
525
0.378
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Data Science
Network Science
Computer Science
Political Science
Computational Social Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
213
213
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
academic libraries
e-resources
information seeking behavior
public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265
171
0.645
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Human Rights
Human Security
International Norms
Capital Punishment
East Asian Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
441
141
0.320
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
American Political Development
the American Presidency
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184
124
0.674
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
772
112
0.145
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Political Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
105
0.981
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Feminist Epistemology
Stereotypes
Epistemic Injustice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
99
0.683
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
679
67
0.099
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Political Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
56
0.903
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Transport in porous media
Rheology of colloidal fluid
Scientific machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
51
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
politics regulation & governance
IPE/CPE
policy diffusion telecoms & nanotech
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
42
0.368
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Traffic Signal Design
Traffic Safety
Data Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
26
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Social Movement
Disaster Recovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
14
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
NLP
Political Psychology
Political Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
452
154
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Daniel Kim
Northeastern University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,362
106,879
0.658
Social Epidemiology
Social Determinants of Health
Public Health
Epidemiology
Health Equity
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,534
45,895
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Costas Panagopoulos
Northeastern University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,224
3,459
0.479
Political behavior
Elections
Campaigns
Experiments
Political Psychology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,829
60,683
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Piotr Sapiezynski|Piotr Sapieżyński
Northeastern University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,669
2,631
0.717
algorithm auditing
privacy
fairness
computational social science
social networks
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
234,253
76,711
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Qi Ryan Wang
Northeastern University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,393
2,052
0.858
Human Mobility
Disaster and Resilience
Urban and Social Networks
Computational Social Science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
274,800
88,484
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Alexander J Gates
Northeastern University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,984
1,748
0.881
Computational Social Science
Network Science
Science of Science
Complex Systems
Research Analytics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
327,245
103,221
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mai A K Davis Cross
Northeastern University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,930
1,449
0.495
International cooperation
diplomacy
European Union
epistemic communities
space policy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
368,420
114,746
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Adam M Messinger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,765
1,265
0.717
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
412,863
126,918
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Timothy Fraser
Northeastern University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,120
1,102
0.984
Resilience
Social Networks
GIS
Policy
Environmental Politics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
646,801
186,617
203
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jason Radford
Northeastern University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
711
571
0.803
computational social science
organizations
interventions
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
678,491
194,031
215
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Thomas J Vicino
Northeastern University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,389
525
0.378
Public Policy
Globalization
Urban Planning
Urban Policy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,077,640
271,997
365
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ata Aydin Uslu
Northeastern University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
213
213
1.000
Data Science
Network Science
Computer Science
Political Science
Computational Social Science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,181,662
289,117
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Lisa C. Wallis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265
171
0.645
academic libraries
e-resources
information seeking behavior
public health
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,273,054
303,531
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sangmin Bae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
441
141
0.320
Human Rights
Human Security
International Norms
Capital Punishment
East Asian Politics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,335,061
313,103
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
William D Adler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184
124
0.674
American Political Development
the American Presidency
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,380,863
319,977
509
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Greg Mcclellan
Northeastern University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
772
112
0.145
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,413,897
324,961
527
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Alireza Raisi
Northeastern University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
105
0.981
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,439,222
328,686
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Stacey Goguen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
99
0.683
Feminist Epistemology
Stereotypes
Epistemic Injustice
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,605,485
352,799
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jeffrey S Hill
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
679
67
0.099
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,680,403
363,074
686
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Risa Kitagawa
Northeastern University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
56
0.903
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,718,154
368,292
709
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Deepak Mangal
Northeastern University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
51
1.000
Transport in porous media
Rheology of colloidal fluid
Scientific machine learning
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,782,361
377,144
742
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Kirsten Rodine-Hardy
Northeastern University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
42
0.368
politics regulation & governance
IPE/CPE
policy diffusion telecoms & nanotech
climate change
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,940,824
397,761
835
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Milad Tahmasebi
Northeastern University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
26
1.000
Traffic Signal Design
Traffic Safety
Data Processing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,092,302
416,304
924
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Toshiaki Yoshida
Northeastern University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
14
1.000
Social Movement
Disaster Recovery
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,138,137
421,527
955
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Seo Eun Sunny Yang
Northeastern University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
NLP
Political Psychology
Political Communication