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 Science
Political Behavior
Public Opinion
Political Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,985
16,508
0.423
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Ranking Based On Selection :2
comparative politics
governments
chief executives
political parties
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,073
1,322
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
International Relations
international organizations
comparative regionalism
EU foreign policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,335
1,731
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
915
368
0.402
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Ranking Based On Selection :5
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Comparative Government
Political Elites and Leadership
Politics and Gender
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
541
431
0.797
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Ranking Based On Selection :6
Comparative Politics
Sustainability Governance
Transdisciplinarity
Democratic Innovations
Future Generations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
402
379
0.943
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Ranking Based On Selection :7
political conflict
state violence
international politics
human rights
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
321
283
0.882
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Ranking Based On Selection :8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259
234
0.903
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
International security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
153
0.789
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Ranking Based On Selection :10
Political Science
Public Policy
Tax Policy
Network Analysis
Political Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
25
0.893
Christian Welzel
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,985
16,508
0.423
Political Science
Political Behavior
Public Opinion
Political Sociology
Ferdinand Müller-Rommel
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,073
1,322
0.187
comparative politics
governments
chief executives
political parties
Tobias Lenz
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,335
1,731
0.741
International Relations
international organizations
comparative regionalism
EU foreign policy
Michael Koß
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
915
368
0.402
Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
Michelangelo Vercesi
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
541
431
0.797
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Comparative Government
Political Elites and Leadership
Politics and Gender
Michael Rose
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
402
379
0.943
Comparative Politics
Sustainability Governance
Transdisciplinarity
Democratic Innovations
Future Generations
Belen Gonzalez
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
321
283
0.882
political conflict
state violence
international politics
human rights
Stefan Kruse
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259
234
0.903
Alexandr Burilkov
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
153
0.789
International security
Alexander Leipold
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
25
0.893
Political Science
Public Policy
Tax Policy
Network Analysis
Political Sociology