Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Princeton University Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Political Science and International Relations 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
International politics
institutions
environmental policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,082
35,212
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
International Relations
European Union
Qualitative Methods
Democratic Theory
Sociology of Opera and Music
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,743
10,722
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
political economy
political science
international relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,739
8,385
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Political science
international relations
power
international political economy
American foreign policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,246
5,240
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
American politics
Congress
political institutions
political economy
political polarization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,316
5,437
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Political Science
Causal Inference
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,822
10,505
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Political Economy
Development Economics
Economic History
Comparative Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,188
4,464
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
political science
political communication
misinformation
social media
experiments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,601
9,264
0.965
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
public opinion
political psychology
gender and politics
race and politics
political communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,212
3,454
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,924
5,491
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
International Relations
Chinese Foreign Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,270
2,149
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
constitutional theory
American constitutional development
constitutional institutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,744
2,623
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
race-ethnicity
science and technology studies
medical sociology
gender
disability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,166
6,830
0.953
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
American politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,008
1,542
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,512
1,214
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Comparative Politics
Middle East Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,409
3,027
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
American politics
Congress
parties
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,820
2,341
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
international political economy
comparative political economy
international relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,453
2,446
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,760
4,146
0.871
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Policing
Bureaucracy
Policy Evaluation
Quantitative Methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,331
3,975
0.918
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
elections and voting
post-communist politics
International Monetary Fund
democratization
historical legacies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,218
2,175
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
political science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,118
1,549
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
political theory
classics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,031
1,202
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
International Relations
Asian Security
Smaller State Foreign Policy Behavior
Big Powers in
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,639
1,902
0.721
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
American Politics
Political Institutions
Law and Courts
Judicial Politics
Supreme Court Nominations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,455
1,252
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,416
627
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Robert Keohane
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,082
35,212
0.235
International politics
institutions
environmental policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,405
4,963
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Andrew Moravcsik
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,743
10,722
0.220
International Relations
European Union
Qualitative Methods
Democratic Theory
Sociology of Opera and Music
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,971
11,047
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Helen V Milner
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,739
8,385
0.292
political economy
political science
international relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,966
20,066
200
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
David A Baldwin
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,246
5,240
0.287
Political science
international relations
power
international political economy
American foreign policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,502
26,819
237
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nolan Mccarty
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,316
5,437
0.380
American politics
Congress
political institutions
political economy
political polarization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,547
27,957
242
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Rocío Titiunik
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,822
10,505
0.760
Political Science
Causal Inference
Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,451
38,633
293
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Leonard Wantchekon
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,188
4,464
0.438
Political Economy
Development Economics
Economic History
Comparative Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,136
40,972
303
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Andrew M Guess
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,601
9,264
0.965
political science
political communication
misinformation
social media
experiments
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,175
42,731
311
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Tali Mendelberg
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,212
3,454
0.375
public opinion
political psychology
gender and politics
race and politics
political communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,116
44,065
317
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jacob N Shapiro
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,924
5,491
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,165
47,431
330
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Thomas Christensen
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,270
2,149
0.260
International Relations
Chinese Foreign Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,295
50,461
341
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Keith E Whittington
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,744
2,623
0.339
constitutional theory
American constitutional development
constitutional institutions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,741
54,167
357
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ruha Benjamin
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,166
6,830
0.953
race-ethnicity
science and technology studies
medical sociology
gender
disability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,187
55,253
364
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Charles M Cameron
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,008
1,542
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,681
58,920
379
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Joanne Gowa
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,512
1,214
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,269
59,759
382
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Amaney Jamal
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,409
3,027
0.472
Comparative Politics
Middle East Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176,666
64,865
401
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Frances E Lee
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,820
2,341
0.402
American politics
Congress
parties
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
188,268
68,454
416
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Layna Mosley
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,453
2,446
0.449
international political economy
comparative political economy
international relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
214,806
76,373
443
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Keeanga Yamahtta Taylor
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,760
4,146
0.871
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
234,533
82,237
466
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jonathan Mummolo
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,331
3,975
0.918
Policing
Bureaucracy
Policy Evaluation
Quantitative Methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,356
83,913
467
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Grigore Pop Eleches
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,218
2,175
0.516
elections and voting
post-communist politics
International Monetary Fund
democratization
historical legacies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
312,598
104,755
537
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ismail K White
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,118
1,549
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
320,047
106,799
547
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Melissa Lane
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,031
1,202
0.397
political theory
classics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
357,887
117,419
596
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Cheng Chwee Kuik
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,639
1,902
0.721
International Relations
Asian Security
Smaller State Foreign Policy Behavior
Big Powers in
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
378,582
123,125
621
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jonathan Kastellec
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,455
1,252
0.510
American Politics
Political Institutions
Law and Courts
Judicial Politics
Supreme Court Nominations