Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social SciencesSocial Sciences / Demography Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 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.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Demography
Criminology
Research Methods
Population Health
Sociolegal Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,494
122,093
0.811
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Demography
epidemiology
public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,600
101,265
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Medical Demography
Health Economics
Applied Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,240
76,979
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Demography
Population Health
HIV
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,468
19,503
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Statistical Genomics
Biostatistics
Immunization
Public Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,243
61,930
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Demography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,284
18,579
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Population
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,703
12,772
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
mathematical ecology
matrix population models
evolutionary demography
conservation biology
demography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,993
9,392
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Social demography
health
HIV
immigrant-related issues
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,810
23,283
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Demography
Population
Human Capital
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,120
14,756
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Demography
Sociology
Public Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,238
14,995
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
demography
disparities
mortality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,217
11,450
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
demografia
historia de la población
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,388
6,564
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Biodemography
Longevity
heterogeneity
mortality
hormesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,983
6,019
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Population-based Epidemiology
Meta-analysis
Cancer
Risk Factors
Causal Factors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,887
10,513
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
demography
life course
sociology
family
social statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,833
8,399
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Family
Sociology
Demography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,030
7,798
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Urbanization
Climate Change
Spatial Demography
Life course
Inequality & Equity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,571
10,388
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
sociogenomics
demography
fertility
genetics
nonstandard employment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,263
12,201
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
demographie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,393
5,829
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Demography
Low and Lowest-Low Fertility
Global Health
Economic Development
Twin Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,235
5,973
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sleep
Demography
Public Health
Social Determinants
Social Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,914
12,856
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Labor economics
family and demographic economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,866
5,172
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Demography Urban Sociology Family Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,565
3,754
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Demography
Life histories
Population dynamics
Social behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,248
6,991
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,408
622
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Bryan L Sykes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,494
122,093
0.811
Demography
Criminology
Research Methods
Population Health
Sociolegal Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,048
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Nataliya Foigt
DF Chebotarev Institute of Gerontology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,600
101,265
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,366
130
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Yohannes Kinfu
University of Canberra
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,240
76,979
0.800
Medical Demography
Health Economics
Applied Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,824
258
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Robert Hogg
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,468
19,503
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,861
75
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Krittika Bhattacharyya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,243
61,930
0.979
Statistical Genomics
Biostatistics
Immunization
Public Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,801
314
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jw Vaupel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,284
18,579
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,946
476
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Graeme Hugo
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,703
12,772
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,211
326
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hal Caswell
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,993
9,392
0.224
mathematical ecology
matrix population models
evolutionary demography
conservation biology
demography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,594
7,354
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ami Moore *
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,810
23,283
0.616
Social demography
health
HIV
immigrant-related issues
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,492
112
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Wolfgang Lutz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,120
14,756
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,931
14,051
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Solveig A Cunningham
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,238
14,995
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,898
14,844
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Elizabeth Arias
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,217
11,450
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,571
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Adela Pellegrino
Universidad de la República
Montevideo, Uruguay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,388
6,564
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,499
15,927
247
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Anatoliy I Yashini|Anatoli Yashin, AI Yashin, Anatoly Yashin
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,983
6,019
0.274
Biodemography
Longevity
heterogeneity
mortality
hormesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,719
1,574
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Guy Eslick
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,887
10,513
0.480
Population-based Epidemiology
Meta-analysis
Cancer
Risk Factors
Causal Factors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,847
1,407
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Francesco C Billari|Francesco Billari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,833
8,399
0.385
demography
life course
sociology
family
social statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,811
16,894
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Wendy Manning
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,030
7,798
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,026
17,372
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Deborah Balk
City University of New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,571
10,388
0.505
Urbanization
Climate Change
Spatial Demography
Life course
Inequality & Equity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,844
3,479
403
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Melinda C Mills
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,263
12,201
0.602
sociogenomics
demography
fertility
genetics
nonstandard employment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,278
1,849
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Kouaouci Ali
Université de Montréal
Montreal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,393
5,829
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,014
20,081
353
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hans Peter Kohler
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,235
5,973
0.328
Demography
Low and Lowest-Low Fertility
Global Health
Economic Development
Twin Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,137
20,530
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Lauren Hale
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,914
12,856
0.718
Sleep
Demography
Public Health
Social Determinants
Social Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,326
20,606
156
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Shelly Lundberg
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,866
5,172
0.289
Labor economics
family and demographic economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,421
21,034
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Scott J South
University at Albany
Albany, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,565
3,754
0.214
Demography Urban Sociology Family Sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,672
986
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Daniel Oro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,248
6,991
0.405
Demography
Life histories
Population dynamics
Social behaviour