Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of British Columbia Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Political Science and International Relations 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
Political theory
Democratic theory
Democracy
Participation
Deliberative Democracy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,227
8,038
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Political Theory
Legal theory
history of political thought
Indigenous politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,904
5,232
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Global Environmental Politics
Environmental Politics
Consumption
Sustainability
International Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,953
4,400
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Elections
Public Opinion
Representation
Multiculturalism
Welfare State
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,417
2,111
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
International Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,974
1,836
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Political Economy
Political Economics
Development Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,685
3,292
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
European Integration
Governance
Comparative Politics
International Political Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,108
2,556
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Comparative Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,248
1,264
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Political Economy
Behavioral Economics
Measurement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,136
3,081
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Comparative Politics
Latin America
Democratization
Constitutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,624
1,156
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Comparative environmental policy
climate policy
Canadian politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,155
1,296
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
political ecology
more-than-human geography
critical medical/health geography
feminist political economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,820
3,095
0.810
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Comparative Genocide Studies
Crimes Against Humanity
Gender and International Relations
Media/Press and Democratization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,670
1,069
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Political Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,985
1,001
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Comparative politics
public policy
political economy
public opinion and voting behavior
methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,925
1,817
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Immigration
Immigration Policy
Public Opinion
National Identity
American Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,855
1,687
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
IPE
natural resource management
business ethics
development
critical pedagogy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,693
2,184
0.811
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
health policy
political science
health promotion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,667
1,031
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Public Opinion
Electoral Behavior
Federalism
Canadian Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,019
729
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Russian politics
civil society
transnational activism
women's and human rights
climate politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,906
673
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Political Economy
Indigenous Studies
Maritime Anthropology
Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,895
702
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
International Political Economy
International Organizations
Development
Food Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,819
892
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
political theory
diversity
pluralism
identity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,765
511
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Comparative politics and political institutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,758
709
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Immigration and Citizenship
Comparative Public Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,672
926
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,515
1,823
218
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mark E Warren
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,227
8,038
0.418
Political theory
Democratic theory
Democracy
Participation
Deliberative Democracy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,473
1,866
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
James Tully
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,904
5,232
0.277
Political Theory
Legal theory
history of political thought
Indigenous politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,587
4,881
525
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Peter Dauvergne
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,953
4,400
0.491
Global Environmental Politics
Environmental Politics
Consumption
Sustainability
International Relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,470
5,192
549
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Richard Johnston
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,417
2,111
0.251
Elections
Public Opinion
Representation
Multiculturalism
Welfare State
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,646
5,501
574
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Richard Price
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,974
1,836
0.230
International Relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
149,466
6,608
664
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Claudio Ferraz
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,685
3,292
0.492
Political Economy
Political Economics
Development Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163,911
7,181
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Amy Verdun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,108
2,556
0.418
European Integration
Governance
Comparative Politics
International Political Economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,306
8,208
800
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
R Kenneth Carty
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,248
1,264
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
194,336
8,380
813
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Erik Snowberg
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,136
3,081
0.600
Political Economy
Behavioral Economics
Measurement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
215,103
9,244
890
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Maxwell A Cameron
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,624
1,156
0.250
Comparative Politics
Latin America
Democratization
Constitutions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
237,474
10,109
966
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Kathryn Harrison
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,155
1,296
0.312
Comparative environmental policy
climate policy
Canadian politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
256,283
10,820
1,012
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mollie Holmberg
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,820
3,095
0.810
political ecology
more-than-human geography
critical medical/health geography
feminist political economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
265,447
11,146
1,036
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Adam Jones
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,670
1,069
0.291
Comparative Genocide Studies
Crimes Against Humanity
Gender and International Relations
Media/Press and Democratization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
316,214
13,019
1,158
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Barbara Arneil
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,985
1,001
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
321,469
13,186
1,174
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Alan M Jacobs
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,925
1,817
0.621
Comparative politics
public policy
political economy
public opinion and voting behavior
methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
327,863
13,399
1,187
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Matthew Wright
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,855
1,687
0.591
Immigration
Immigration Policy
Public Opinion
National Identity
American Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
343,716
13,969
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Nathan Andrews
University of Northern British Columbia
Prince George, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,693
2,184
0.811
IPE
natural resource management
business ethics
development
critical pedagogy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
346,503
14,076
1,235
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Neale Smith
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,667
1,031
0.387
health policy
political science
health promotion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
427,787
16,669
1,408
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Fred Cutler
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,019
729
0.361
Public Opinion
Electoral Behavior
Federalism
Canadian Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
445,884
17,186
1,462
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lisa Mcintosh Sundstrom
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,906
673
0.353
Russian politics
civil society
transnational activism
women's and human rights
climate politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
447,749
17,239
1,470
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Charles Menzies
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,895
702
0.370
Political Economy
Indigenous Studies
Maritime Anthropology
Traditional Ecological Knowledge
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
460,732
17,658
1,500
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Matias E Margulis
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,819
892
0.490
International Political Economy
International Organizations
Development
Food Security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
470,401
17,922
325
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Avigail Eisenberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,765
511
0.290
political theory
diversity
pluralism
identity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
471,609
17,954
1,523
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Christopher Kam
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,758
709
0.403
Comparative politics and political institutions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
487,710
18,441
1,562
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Antje Ellermann
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,672
926
0.554
Immigration and Citizenship
Comparative Public Policy