Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations Highly Cited Researchers 12 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
21,406
World Rank
9,829
Country Rank
29
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
Political science | American politics | Political behavior | Political communication | Misinformatio
Political science | American politics | Political behavior | Political communication | Misinformatio
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Total32,560
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Last 6 Years25,169
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Last 6 Years / Total0.773
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
46,468
World Rank
20,134
Country Rank
62
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
democracy | elections | public opinion | Latin Americ
democracy | elections | public opinion | Latin Americ
Citation Metrics
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Total19,118
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Last 6 Years4,377
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Last 6 Years / Total0.229
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
59,969
World Rank
25,328
Country Rank
80
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
International Security | International Relation
International Security | International Relation
Citation Metrics
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Total15,824
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Last 6 Years5,383
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Last 6 Years / Total0.340
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
150,793
World Rank
56,464
Country Rank
161
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Citation Metrics
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Total7,236
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Last 6 Years2,392
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Last 6 Years / Total0.331
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
215,934
World Rank
76,373
Country Rank
218
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
political science | statistics | election administratio
political science | statistics | election administratio
Citation Metrics
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Total5,060
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Last 6 Years1,667
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Last 6 Years / Total0.329
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
233,012
World Rank
81,426
Country Rank
234
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
political science | international relations | international security | foreign policy | public opinio
political science | international relations | international security | foreign policy | public opinio
Citation Metrics
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Total4,667
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Last 6 Years1,948
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Last 6 Years / Total0.417
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
256,551
World Rank
88,290
Country Rank
250
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
Public Opinion | Public Diplomacy | Survey Experiments | Japanese Politics | Political Methodolog
Public Opinion | Public Diplomacy | Survey Experiments | Japanese Politics | Political Methodolog
Citation Metrics
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Total4,206
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Last 6 Years2,818
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Last 6 Years / Total0.670
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
265,934
World Rank
91,004
Country Rank
257
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
political violence | inequality | international security | causal inference | Afghanista
political violence | inequality | international security | causal inference | Afghanista
Citation Metrics
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Total4,043
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Last 6 Years1,776
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Last 6 Years / Total0.439
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
386,464
World Rank
124,781
Country Rank
339
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
international security | East Asian security | US foreign polic
international security | East Asian security | US foreign polic
Citation Metrics
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Total2,575
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Last 6 Years940
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Last 6 Years / Total0.365
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
896,525
World Rank
248,984
Country Rank
563
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
political theory | political philosophy | legal theory | history of political thought | religion and politic
political theory | political philosophy | legal theory | history of political thought | religion and politic
Citation Metrics
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Total585
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Last 6 Years157
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Last 6 Years / Total0.268
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,337,036
World Rank
434,239
Country Rank
955
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
International Relations | International Security | American Foreign Policy | Political Psycholog
International Relations | International Security | American Foreign Policy | Political Psycholog
Citation Metrics
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Total17
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Last 6 Years17
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Last 6 Years / Total1.000
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,403,964
World Rank
440,751
Country Rank
968
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
political science | political psychology | polarization | quantitative method
political science | political psychology | polarization | quantitative method
Citation Metrics
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Total12
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Last 6 Years12
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Last 6 Years / Total1.000
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