Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations Highly Cited Researchers 34 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
European Union
Governance
Comparative Regionalism
Diffusion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,667
9,502
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
political sociology
comparative politics
social movements
political parties
civil society
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,174
4,793
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
environmental politics
digital governance
China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,144
3,754
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
European Union Studies
Public Policy
Comparative Politics
Administrations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,238
1,231
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Voting
Elections
Campaigning
Experiments
Surveys
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,546
1,187
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Political Science
Open Science
Scholarly Communications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,469
1,924
0.779
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
International and Comparative Political Economy
Institutions
Taxation
Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,213
993
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Political Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,651
1,358
0.823
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Global and regional security governance
International Relations theory
Emotion research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,279
887
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Transformation
Poverty/Inequality
Development
Politics of Indicators and Quantification
Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,067
471
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
International Relations Theory
International Institutions
Global Governance
US Foreign Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
870
588
0.676
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
International relations
terrorism
human rights
torture prevention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
827
98
0.119
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Political theory
Islam in the non-Arab World
Global studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
790
247
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Political communication
Framing
Right-wing media
US media system
Transnational Public Sphere
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
767
675
0.880
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Politische Ideengeschichte
Korea
German Unification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
764
252
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
democracy promotion
foreign policy
EU-US relations
post-soviet countries
information technologies and politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
753
422
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
International Political Economy
Offshore Finance
Humanitarian Politics
International Development
International Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
745
240
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Political Science
Comparative Politics
Political Behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
740
585
0.791
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Judicial Politics
Legal Mobilisation
European Union
Interest Groups
Environmental Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
507
334
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
political behaviour
comparative politics
legislative politics
European Union
transparency
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
379
212
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Political Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
319
172
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
international political economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
314
140
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Political Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
255
229
0.898
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Climate change mitigation and adaptation
The social dimension in the management of ecosystems
Co-design of adaptive governance solutions
Digitalization and social innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
221
149
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Comparative Politics
Constitutional Politics
Autocracies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
112
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,616
766
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Tanja Boerzel
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,667
9,502
0.266
European Union
Governance
Comparative Regionalism
Diffusion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,680
6,177
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Swen Hutter
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,174
4,793
0.668
political sociology
comparative politics
social movements
political parties
civil society
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,591
8,322
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Genia Kostka
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,144
3,754
0.730
environmental politics
digital governance
China
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
244,388
9,773
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Hartlapp Miriam
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,238
1,231
0.290
European Union Studies
Public Policy
Comparative Politics
Administrations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
286,106
11,208
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Thorsten Faas
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,546
1,187
0.335
Voting
Elections
Campaigning
Experiments
Surveys
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
384,258
14,418
177
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Lisa Matthias
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,469
1,924
0.779
Political Science
Open Science
Scholarly Communications
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
417,009
15,471
195
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Thomas Rixen
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,213
993
0.449
International and Comparative Political Economy
Institutions
Taxation
Finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
511,926
18,385
232
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Moritz Sommer
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,651
1,358
0.823
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
599,955
20,982
268
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Simon Koschut
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,279
887
0.694
Global and regional security governance
International Relations theory
Emotion research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
664,901
22,949
293
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Philipp Lepenies
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,067
471
0.441
Transformation
Poverty/Inequality
Development
Politics of Indicators and Quantification
Sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
738,237
25,113
324
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Lora Viola
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
870
588
0.676
International Relations Theory
International Institutions
Global Governance
US Foreign Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
756,474
25,663
331
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Heinz Wolfgang S
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
827
98
0.119
International relations
terrorism
human rights
torture prevention
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
772,463
26,151
340
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Dietrich Reetz
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
790
247
0.313
Political theory
Islam in the non-Arab World
Global studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
782,451
26,468
346
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Curd Benjamin Knüpfer
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
767
675
0.880
Political communication
Framing
Right-wing media
US media system
Transnational Public Sphere
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
784,104
26,514
349
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Eun-Jeung Lee
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
764
252
0.330
Politische Ideengeschichte
Korea
German Unification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
788,974
26,685
353
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nelli Babayan
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
753
422
0.560
democracy promotion
foreign policy
EU-US relations
post-soviet countries
information technologies and politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
792,758
26,811
357
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Andrea Binder
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
745
240
0.322
International Political Economy
Offshore Finance
Humanitarian Politics
International Development
International Relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
794,802
26,880
360
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Christoph Nguyen
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
740
585
0.791
Political Science
Comparative Politics
Political Behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
925,946
31,194
420
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Andreas Hofmann
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
507
334
0.659
Judicial Politics
Legal Mobilisation
European Union
Interest Groups
Environmental Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,045,062
35,603
450
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lukas Obholzer
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
379
212
0.559
political behaviour
comparative politics
legislative politics
European Union
transparency
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,115,534
38,170
467
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Christian Lammert
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
319
172
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,122,221
38,430
471
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Thomas Eimer
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
314
140
0.446
international political economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,209,463
41,521
500
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jakob Huber
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
255
229
0.898
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,271,505
43,618
523
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Christian Reichel
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
221
149
0.674
Climate change mitigation and adaptation
The social dimension in the management of ecosystems
Co-design of adaptive governance solutions
Digitalization and social innovation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,308,258
44,831
535
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Anna Fruhstorfer
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
112
0.552
Comparative Politics
Constitutional Politics
Autocracies