Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Sociology Highly Cited Researchers 13.608 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
health
gender & sexuality
gendered bodies
food studies
qualitative research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355,389
264,390
0.744
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sociologia
Epistemologia
Direitos Humanos
Estudos Pós-Coloniais
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,753
57,266
0.363
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Primary Health Care
Innovation
Global Health
Medical Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,022
53,905
0.490
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
sociology
punishment
social theory
embodiment
ethnography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151,042
42,142
0.279
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sociology of organizations
economic sociology
networks
governance
institutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180,588
39,972
0.221
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
climate change
human ecology
environmental sociology
macro energy systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,265
39,963
0.359
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Psikologi SDM Organisasi
Kepemimpinan
Ilmu Sosial
Sosiologi Organisasi..
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,120
39,531
0.626
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
sociology of culture
economic sociology
stratification
organizations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,979
37,754
0.252
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198,298
37,042
0.187
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mental health
flourishing
languishing
happiness
mental illness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,934
35,562
0.456
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
sociology
mobility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,435
34,965
0.239
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Bilingual Education
Bilingualism
Sociology of Language
US Spanish
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,080
34,142
0.588
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,260
30,229
0.219
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
child maltreatment
criminology
victimology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,009
30,086
0.237
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sociology
Demography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,664
29,980
0.229
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sociology
sociological theory
social theory
political sociology
social psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,113
29,284
0.209
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sociology
immigration
development
migration
social capital
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,367
29,262
0.180
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
qualitative research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,723
28,327
0.247
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
criminological theory
criminal careers
quantitative research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,535
25,655
0.380
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sociology
Economic Sociology
Social Processes
Spatial Sociology
Mixed Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,809
25,623
0.459
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Medical Sociology
Social gerontology with bias in nutrition and mental health
Social Demography
Bioethics
Qualitative data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,890
25,617
0.676
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
sociology of education
organization theory
globalization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,450
25,118
0.212
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Conversation analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,402
24,923
0.218
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
sociology
medical sociology
media and communications
cultural studies
risk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,954
23,788
0.397
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Wellbeing
Care
Health and Social Care
Age
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,646
23,046
0.336
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Virginia Braun
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355,389
264,390
0.744
health
gender & sexuality
gendered bodies
food studies
qualitative research
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,052
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Boaventura De Sousa Santos
Universidade de Coimbra
Coimbra, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,753
57,266
0.363
Sociologia
Epistemologia
Direitos Humanos
Estudos Pós-Coloniais
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,260
155
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Trisha Greenhalgh
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,022
53,905
0.490
Primary Health Care
Innovation
Global Health
Medical Sociology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,416
1,350
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Loã¯C Wacquant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151,042
42,142
0.279
sociology
punishment
social theory
embodiment
ethnography
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,737
1,486
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Walter W Powell
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180,588
39,972
0.221
Sociology of organizations
economic sociology
networks
governance
institutions
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,740
1,488
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Thomas Dietz
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,265
39,963
0.359
climate change
human ecology
environmental sociology
macro energy systems
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,810
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
AA Anwar Prabu Mangkunegara
Universitas Mercu Buana
Jakarta, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,120
39,531
0.626
Psikologi SDM Organisasi
Kepemimpinan
Ilmu Sosial
Sosiologi Organisasi..
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,067
1,623
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Paul Dimaggio
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,979
37,754
0.252
sociology of culture
economic sociology
stratification
organizations
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,196
1,667
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mark Granovetter
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198,298
37,042
0.187
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,470
1,777
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Corey Lm Keyes
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,934
35,562
0.456
Mental health
flourishing
languishing
happiness
mental illness
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,596
365
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
John Urry
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,435
34,965
0.239
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,783
1,894
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ofelia Garcia
City University of New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,080
34,142
0.588
Bilingual Education
Bilingualism
Sociology of Language
US Spanish
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,808
480
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nikolas Rose
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,260
30,229
0.219
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,847
2,331
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
David Finkelhor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,009
30,086
0.237
child maltreatment
criminology
victimology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,882
2,341
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Douglas S Massey
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,664
29,980
0.229
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,091
507
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
C Wright Mills
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,113
29,284
0.209
Sociology
sociological theory
social theory
political sociology
social psychology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,097
2,428
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Alejandro Portes
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,367
29,262
0.180
Sociology
immigration
development
migration
social capital
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,414
535
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
David Silverman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,723
28,327
0.247
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,473
2,992
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Alex Piquero|Alexis Piquero
University of Miami
Coral Gables, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,535
25,655
0.380
criminological theory
criminal careers
quantitative research methods
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,501
307
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nina Baur
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,809
25,623
0.459
Sociology
Economic Sociology
Social Processes
Spatial Sociology
Mixed Methods
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,505
15
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Isaac Akinkunmi Adedeji
Olabisi Onabanjo University
Ago Iwoye, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,890
25,617
0.676
Medical Sociology
Social gerontology with bias in nutrition and mental health
Social Demography
Bioethics
Qualitative data
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,744
3,092
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
John W Meyer
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,450
25,118
0.212
sociology of education
organization theory
globalization
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,840
3,132
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Emanuel Schegloff
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,402
24,923
0.218
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,444
385
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Deborah Lupton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,954
23,788
0.397
sociology
medical sociology
media and communications
cultural studies
risk
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,892
765
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jason Powell
University of Chester
Chester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,646
23,046
0.336