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Central European University Budapest Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 2025
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
cognitive anthropology
linguistic pragmatics
cultural evolution
psychology of reasoning
philosophy of the social and cogniti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,943
24,395
0.257
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
social-cognitive development
mentalization and communication
self development
psychopathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,476
10,353
0.300
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
climate change
sustainable energy
energy efficiency
modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,416
9,570
0.664
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,012
8,926
0.388
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
complex networks
econophysics
computational social science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,680
8,482
0.330
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Comparative Politics
Democratization
Comparative Methods
QCA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,892
6,127
0.619
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,911
5,824
0.451
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
economics
labor economics
applied econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,414
5,391
0.518
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
history philosophy political science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,545
4,926
0.173
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Network Science
Complex Systems
Network Dynamics
Collective Behavior
Higher-order interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,403
4,788
0.886
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Network Science
Computational Statistics
Machine Learning
Statistical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,354
4,043
0.755
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Feasibility of climate action
energy transitions
energy security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,456
4,003
0.620
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Rule of Law
Citizenship
EU Citizenship
EU Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,100
3,542
0.581
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,412
3,287
0.391
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Populism
Quantitative Methods
Research Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,314
3,109
0.721
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Philosophy of mind
metaphysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,582
3,099
0.323
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
quality of government
corruption
state capacity
public procurement
big data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,946
3,040
0.770
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Complex Networks
Human Dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,228
3,037
0.581
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Anthropology
Cognition
Evolution
Linguistics
Society
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,240
2,823
0.539
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
comparative politics
party politics
ideologies
European politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,792
2,397
0.500
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Social Movements
Varieties of Capitalism
Postcommunist Transition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,026
2,291
0.380
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
cognitive development
theory of mind
language development
bilingualism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,014
2,009
0.500
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
gender history
oral history
Holocaust
cultural history
political violence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,218
2,000
0.622
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Political behavior
political economics
Political psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,693
1,979
0.735
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Comparative Politics
Democratization
Consociationalism
Power Sharing
Institutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,925
1,796
0.458
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,764
23
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Dan Sperber
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,943
24,395
0.257
cognitive anthropology
linguistic pragmatics
cultural evolution
psychology of reasoning
philosophy of the social and cogniti
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,246
50
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
György Gergely
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,476
10,353
0.300
social-cognitive development
mentalization and communication
self development
psychopathology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,108
56
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Diana Urge Vorsatz
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,416
9,570
0.664
climate change
sustainable energy
energy efficiency
modeling
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,092
65
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Günther Knoblich
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,012
8,926
0.388
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,145
73
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Janos Kertesz
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,680
8,482
0.330
complex networks
econophysics
computational social science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,905
111
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Carsten Q Schneider
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,892
6,127
0.619
Comparative Politics
Democratization
Comparative Methods
QCA
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,621
126
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Natalie Sebanz
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,911
5,824
0.451
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,314
139
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Andrea Weber
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,414
5,391
0.518
economics
labor economics
applied econometrics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,093
156
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Michael Ignatieff
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,545
4,926
0.173
history philosophy political science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,444
159
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Federico Battiston
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,403
4,788
0.886
Network Science
Complex Systems
Network Dynamics
Collective Behavior
Higher-order interactions
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,127
192
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Tiago P Peixoto
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,354
4,043
0.755
Network Science
Computational Statistics
Machine Learning
Statistical Physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,487
194
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Aleh Cherp
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,456
4,003
0.620
Feasibility of climate action
energy transitions
energy security
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134,692
237
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
D Kochenov
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,100
3,542
0.581
Rule of Law
Citizenship
EU Citizenship
EU Law
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,938
266
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jozsef Fiser
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,412
3,287
0.391
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,630
294
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Levente Littvay
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,314
3,109
0.721
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,172
296
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Tim Crane
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,582
3,099
0.323
Philosophy of mind
metaphysics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,646
299
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mihaly Fazekas
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,946
3,040
0.770
quality of government
corruption
state capacity
public procurement
big data
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,822
300
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Márton Karsai
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,228
3,037
0.581
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,520
328
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Thom Scott Phillips
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,240
2,823
0.539
Anthropology
Cognition
Evolution
Linguistics
Society
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
208,222
401
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Zsolt Enyedi
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,792
2,397
0.500
comparative politics
party politics
ideologies
European politics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,362
421
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Bela Greskovits
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,026
2,291
0.380
Social Movements
Varieties of Capitalism
Postcommunist Transition
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
249,654
503
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Agnes Melinda Kovacs
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,014
2,009
0.500
cognitive development
theory of mind
language development
bilingualism
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
250,823
508
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Peto Andrea
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,218
2,000
0.622
gender history
oral history
Holocaust
cultural history
political violence
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,609
515
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Gabor Simonovits
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,693
1,979
0.735
Political behavior
political economics
Political psychology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
278,701
585
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Matthijs Bogaards
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,925
1,796
0.458
Comparative Politics
Democratization
Consociationalism
Power Sharing
Institutions