Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Tokyo University of Foreign Studies 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
Japan
Sayaka Funada Classen
International Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
567
225
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Japan
Wataru Kusaka(日下 渉)
Philippines
Interpretive Political Science
Cultural Anthropology
Ethnography
Philippine Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
345
291
0.843
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Japan
Yasuyuki Matsunaga
politics and religion
revivalist and postrevivalist Islam
resecularization
contentious politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185
62
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Japan
Jenny Balboa
International Relations
International Political Economy
East Asia
ASEAN
Philippines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181
63
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Japan
Masukata Shuichiro
International Relations
Brazilian Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
16
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Japan
Purna Karki
Peace and conflict
Peace building
Political science
Human security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
873,914
Japan
16,352
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Sayaka Funada Classen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
567
225
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,064,028
Japan
19,169
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Wataru Kusaka(日下 渉)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
345
291
0.843
Philippines
Interpretive Political Science
Cultural Anthropology
Ethnography
Philippine Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,322,335
Japan
22,872
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Yasuyuki Matsunaga
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185
62
0.335
politics and religion
revivalist and postrevivalist Islam
resecularization
contentious politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,331,526
Japan
23,005
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jenny Balboa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181
63
0.348
International Relations
International Political Economy
East Asia
ASEAN
Philippines
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,037,126
Japan
33,091
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Masukata Shuichiro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
16
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,332,197
Japan
37,312
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Purna Karki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
Peace and conflict
Peace building
Political science
Human security