Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations Highly Cited Researchers 32 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.
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Ranking Based On Selection: 1
International Chair on Interventional Cardiology and Transradial Approach
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,453
17,962
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Political Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,045
2,068
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Arctic
water governance
borders
Belt and Road
geopolitics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,957
2,155
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
quantitative methods
polls and public opinion
election promises
Canadian politics
Quebec politics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,770
1,146
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Global governance
International institutions
Global environmental politics
Global commons
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,426
2,727
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Political Theory
Intellectual History
Federalism
Nationalism
Canada
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,054
685
0.169
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Organisational Resilience
Diplomacy
International Affairs
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,878
1,763
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Évaluation des politiques
Gestion de la performance publique
Ethique publique
Administration publique
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,142
877
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Politique budgétaire
Contrôle des finances publiques
Constitutions
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,724
334
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Comparative political behavior
economic voting
voter turnout
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,707
627
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Politiques autochtones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,669
1,035
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
regionalism
foreign policy
legitimation practices
Americas
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,406
243
0.173
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Electoral and party politics in parliamentary democracies
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,086
476
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Démocratie participative
justice cognitive
éthique des sciences
science ouverte
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,100
553
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Online politics
Political communication
Political marketing
Political behavior
Strategy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
948
492
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
International Institutions
Foreign Policy
International Theory
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
900
163
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Foreign policy analysis
international relations
US foreign policy
Canadian Foreign Policy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
692
441
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
political behavior
socialisation
education
experiment
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
518
240
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Comparative political economy of public policy and labour markets
Neoliberalism
the futures of employment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
486
130
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Intl security cooperation
defense economics
data science
NATO
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
390
139
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Politiques publiques
religion
laïcité
État et minorités religieuses
secularism
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
381
46
0.121
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Relations internationales
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
19
0.129
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
political philosophy
global justice
Immanuel Kant
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
37
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Political Philosophy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
38
0.927
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Politiques québécoise et canadienne
Peuples autochtones
Autodétermination
DGouvernance des ressources naturelles
Politique néo-calédonienne et française
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
31
0.838
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,010
346
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Olivier François Bertrand
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,453
17,962
0.330
International Chair on Interventional Cardiology and Transradial Approach
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
207,794
8,901
275
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Francesco Cavatorta
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,045
2,068
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
211,325
9,053
282
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Frederic Lasserre
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,957
2,155
0.435
Arctic
water governance
borders
Belt and Road
geopolitics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
219,274
9,376
289
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Francois Petry
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,770
1,146
0.240
quantitative methods
polls and public opinion
election promises
Canadian politics
Quebec politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235,023
9,974
303
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jean Frederic Morin
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,426
2,727
0.616
Global governance
International institutions
Global environmental politics
Global commons
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
254,954
10,723
335
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Guy Laforest
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,054
685
0.169
Political Theory
Intellectual History
Federalism
Nationalism
Canada
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
340,815
13,819
442
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Philippe Bourbeau
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,878
1,763
0.613
Organisational Resilience
Diplomacy
International Affairs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
427,713
16,615
517
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Steve Jacob
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,142
877
0.409
Évaluation des politiques
Gestion de la performance publique
Ethique publique
Administration publique
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
498,043
18,739
572
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Louis M Imbeau
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,724
334
0.194
Politique budgétaire
Contrôle des finances publiques
Constitutions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
501,277
18,834
573
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Francois Gelineau
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,707
627
0.367
Comparative political behavior
economic voting
voter turnout
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
508,813
19,082
580
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Thierry Rodon
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,669
1,035
0.620
Politiques autochtones
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
567,574
20,731
617
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Gordon Mace
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,406
243
0.173
regionalism
foreign policy
legitimation practices
Americas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
659,273
23,354
700
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Marc A Bodet
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,086
476
0.438
Electoral and party politics in parliamentary democracies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
654,716
23,228
693
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Florence Piron
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,100
553
0.503
Démocratie participative
justice cognitive
éthique des sciences
science ouverte
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
708,090
24,663
745
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Thierry Giasson
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
948
492
0.519
Online politics
Political communication
Political marketing
Political behavior
Strategy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
727,175
25,195
763
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Louis Bélanger
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
900
163
0.181
International Institutions
Foreign Policy
International Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
818,780
27,494
829
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jonathan Paquin
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
692
441
0.637
Foreign policy analysis
international relations
US foreign policy
Canadian Foreign Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
918,157
29,853
890
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Valerie Anne Maheo
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
518
240
0.463
political behavior
socialisation
education
experiment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
944,852
30,591
912
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Travis Fast
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
486
130
0.267
Comparative political economy of public policy and labour markets
Neoliberalism
the futures of employment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,034,925
33,004
1,010
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Anessa L Kimball
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
390
139
0.356
Intl security cooperation
defense economics
data science
NATO
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,044,423
33,257
1,020
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Pauline Cote
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
381
46
0.121
Politiques publiques
religion
laïcité
État et minorités religieuses
secularism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,450,441
43,713
1,423
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Gerard Hervouet
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
19
0.129
Relations internationales
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,586,322
46,832
1,547
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sylvie Loriaux
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
37
0.349
political philosophy
global justice
Immanuel Kant
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,911,327
52,940
1,760
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jérôme Gosselin-Tapp
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
38
0.927
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,941,347
53,443
1,780
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sabrina Bourgeois
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
31
0.838
Politiques québécoise et canadienne
Peuples autochtones
Autodétermination
DGouvernance des ressources naturelles
Politique néo-calédonienne et française