Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationEducation / Sociology of Education Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Sociology of education
critical pedagogy
public sociology
radical adult education
activist research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,618
12,422
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Sociology of Education
Educational Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,208
11,215
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,516
6,186
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Critical Race Theory
antiracism
multicultural education
sociology of education
whiteness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,378
8,582
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Race and Education
Race
Educational Policy
Urban Education
Sociology of Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,501
5,951
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
sociology of education
school effects
equal opportunities
sexual minorities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,872
6,820
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
International Migration
Sociology of Education
Social Capital
Social Networks
Sociology of Religion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,688
2,549
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Sociology of Education
Social stratification and mobility
Life course research
Methods & applied
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,288
3,794
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
sociology of education
sociology of science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,840
2,066
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Sociology of Education
Learning and Technology
Digital Inequality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,482
6,777
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Racial Battle Fatigue
Critical-Race-Theory
Racial Microaggressions
Social Psychology/Sociology of Education
Racial Genocide
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,309
5,924
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
educacion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,285
4,166
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Sociology
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,877
2,647
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
мифология
апокрифы
архаический театр
история идей
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,593
1,327
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
comparative and international education
sociology of education
education policy
shadow education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,868
3,072
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
sociology of education
intercultural education
educational assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,852
1,685
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
high impact practices
educator preparation & policy
service learning
community engagement
sociology of education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,638
2,098
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
critical social theory
Frankfurt School
critical pedagogy
sociology of education
Paulo Freire
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,419
1,165
0.215
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Higher Education
Social Inclusion
Inclusive Education
Sociology of Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,763
1,601
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
socjologia edukacji
socjologia kultury
pedagogika porównawcza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,755
1,369
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
sociology of education
cultural sociology
arts in education
cultural studies
school ethnography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,582
2,835
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Sociology of Education
Inequality
Stratification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,558
2,021
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Disability Studies
Critical Race Theory
Sociology of Education
Postcolonialism
Transnational Feminism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,509
2,561
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
sociology of professions
sociology of education
studies in higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,180
1,498
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
sociology of education
socialization
Nordic model
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,100
1,040
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,112
85
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Juha Suoranta
Tampere University
Tampere, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,618
12,422
0.370
Sociology of education
critical pedagogy
public sociology
radical adult education
activist research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,382
9,940
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Barbara Schneider
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,208
11,215
0.371
Sociology of Education
Educational Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,216
1,974
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Wilfred Carr
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,516
6,186
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,280
3,341
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
David Gillborn
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,378
8,582
0.421
Critical Race Theory
antiracism
multicultural education
sociology of education
whiteness
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,540
23,866
303
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
John Diamond
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,501
5,951
0.384
Race and Education
Race
Educational Policy
Urban Education
Sociology of Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,701
673
158
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mieke Van Houtte
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,872
6,820
0.530
sociology of education
school effects
equal opportunities
sexual minorities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,037
29,995
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Carl Bankston
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,688
2,549
0.201
International Migration
Sociology of Education
Social Capital
Social Networks
Sociology of Religion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,874
1,319
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Becker Rolf
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,288
3,794
0.309
Sociology of Education
Social stratification and mobility
Life course research
Methods & applied
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,363
32,317
586
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Harriet A Zuckerman
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,840
2,066
0.174
sociology of education
sociology of science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,685
7,620
741
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rebecca Eynon
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,482
6,777
0.647
Sociology of Education
Learning and Technology
Digital Inequality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,837
41,305
281
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
William A Smith
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,309
5,924
0.636
Racial Battle Fatigue
Critical-Race-Theory
Racial Microaggressions
Social Psychology/Sociology of Education
Racial Genocide
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,540
395
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Claudio-Rafael Vasquez-Martinez
Universidad de Guadalajara
Guadalajara, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,285
4,166
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,105
6,391
705
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Scott Davies
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,877
2,647
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,618
580
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Нина Брагинская
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,593
1,327
0.201
мифология
апокрифы
архаический театр
история идей
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
170,690
63,138
509
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Iveta Silova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,868
3,072
0.524
comparative and international education
sociology of education
education policy
shadow education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,182
714
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sylvia Schmelkes
Universidad Iberoamericana
Santo Domingo, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,852
1,685
0.288
sociology of education
intercultural education
educational assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
177,564
65,241
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Dan Sarofian Butin|Dan Butin
Merrimack College
North Andover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,638
2,098
0.372
high impact practices
educator preparation & policy
service learning
community engagement
sociology of education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
184,649
7,960
516
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Raymond Morrow
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,419
1,165
0.215
critical social theory
Frankfurt School
critical pedagogy
sociology of education
Paulo Freire
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
209,086
9
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Derrick Armstrong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,763
1,601
0.336
Higher Education
Social Inclusion
Inclusive Education
Sociology of Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
209,438
685
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Zbyszko Melosik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,755
1,369
0.288
socjologia edukacji
socjologia kultury
pedagogika porównawcza
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
216,885
9,313
1,000
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Rubén Gaztambide Fernández
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,582
2,835
0.619
sociology of education
cultural sociology
arts in education
cultural studies
school ethnography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
217,948
77,482
1,819
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Michelle Jackson
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,558
2,021
0.443
Sociology of Education
Inequality
Stratification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
220,204
78,127
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nirmala Erevelles
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,509
2,561
0.568
Disability Studies
Critical Race Theory
Sociology of Education
Postcolonialism
Transnational Feminism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
236,164
1,610
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jens Christian Smeby
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,180
1,498
0.358
sociology of professions
sociology of education
studies in higher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,424
1,463
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ari Antikainen
University of Eastern Finland
Joensuu, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,100
1,040
0.254
sociology of education
socialization
Nordic model