Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Warwick Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Political Science and International Relations Rankings 2025
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
Territory
Political Geography
Continental Philosophy
History of Political Thought
History of Geographical Thought
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,661
7,402
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Politeness Theory
Rapport Management
Intercultural Communication
Pragmatics
Applied Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,792
6,169
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Political Philosophy
Political Theory
Global Justice
Environmental Justice
Climate Justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,328
3,939
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
International political economy
diplomacy
global governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,058
1,654
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
feminist political economy
gender and development
gender and politics
performance and politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,504
3,050
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Borders
Migration
Critical Security Studies
Political Geography
Europe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,935
3,853
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Moral Theory
Applied Ethics
epistemology early modern philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,474
2,348
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Japan
East Asia
security
North Korea
China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,107
1,461
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Civil-military relations
Conflict
Migration
Peacekeeping
Terrorism.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,245
2,608
0.804
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
climate change
energy
politics
policy
institutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,843
2,126
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
politics
international relations
gender
middle east
egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,678
1,206
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
International Political Economy
Feminist political economy
Southeast Asia
Malaysia
Migration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,645
1,352
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
International political economy
comparative political economy
British Politics
French Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,628
1,119
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Political theory
ethics
environmental politics
global justice
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,373
1,020
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Political Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,074
1,479
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
International Political Economy
Global Governance
International Organizations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,928
1,034
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Ethics
Global Politics
IPE
Everyday
Resistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,768
741
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Political Philosophy
Ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,397
372
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
International Political Economy
European Union
Public Policy
Brexit
trade policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,338
770
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Political Science
Religion
Atheism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,121
530
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
International Relations
U.S.-Latin American relations
Latin America
Small States
Historical IR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,043
874
0.838
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Political Philosophy
Legal Philosophy
Moral Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
598
397
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Geo-economics
East Asia
International Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
16
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
International Consumer Behaviour
Business & Human Rights
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
4
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Politics of Eastern Europe
Belarusian Studies
Authoritarianism
Democratisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,547
4,059
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Stuart Elden
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,661
7,402
0.419
Territory
Political Geography
Continental Philosophy
History of Political Thought
History of Geographical Thought
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,702
5,539
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Helen Spencer Oatey
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,792
6,169
0.447
Politeness Theory
Rapport Management
Intercultural Communication
Pragmatics
Applied Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,266
7,742
125
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Simon Caney
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,328
3,939
0.381
Political Philosophy
Political Theory
Global Justice
Environmental Justice
Climate Justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,145
8,836
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Richard Higgott
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,058
1,654
0.183
International political economy
diplomacy
global governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,123
9,427
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Shirin Rai
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,504
3,050
0.359
feminist political economy
gender and development
gender and politics
performance and politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,840
11,499
184
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nick Vaughan Williams
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,935
3,853
0.556
Borders
Migration
Critical Security Studies
Political Geography
Europe
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,835
14,134
222
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Tom Sorell
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,474
2,348
0.429
Moral Theory
Applied Ethics
epistemology early modern philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
195,447
15,012
239
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Christopher W Hughes
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,107
1,461
0.286
Japan
East Asia
security
North Korea
China
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
294,869
21,240
365
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Vincenzo Bove
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,245
2,608
0.804
Civil-military relations
Conflict
Migration
Peacekeeping
Terrorism.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
328,930
23,273
401
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Caroline Kuzemko
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,843
2,126
0.748
climate change
energy
politics
policy
institutions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
345,357
24,202
417
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nicola Pratt
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,678
1,206
0.450
politics
international relations
gender
middle east
egypt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
348,787
24,401
420
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Juanita Elias
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,645
1,352
0.511
International Political Economy
Feminist political economy
Southeast Asia
Malaysia
Migration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
350,550
24,493
424
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ben Clift
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,628
1,119
0.426
International political economy
comparative political economy
British Politics
French Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
379,406
26,102
460
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Edward Page
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,373
1,020
0.430
Political theory
ethics
environmental politics
global justice
climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
419,205
28,241
501
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Helios Herrera
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,074
1,479
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
442,047
29,438
525
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
André Broome
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,928
1,034
0.536
International Political Economy
Global Governance
International Organizations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
469,840
30,848
539
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
James Brassett
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,768
741
0.419
Ethics
Global Politics
IPE
Everyday
Resistance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
548,393
34,861
600
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Andrew Williams
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,397
372
0.266
Political Philosophy
Ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
563,247
35,591
615
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Gabriel Siles Brügge
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,338
770
0.575
International Political Economy
European Union
Public Policy
Brexit
trade policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
625,565
38,576
653
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Steven Kettell
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,121
530
0.473
Political Science
Religion
Atheism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
651,089
39,753
673
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Tom Long|Thomas Long
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,043
874
0.838
International Relations
U.S.-Latin American relations
Latin America
Small States
Historical IR
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
845,067
47,630
766
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
PATRICK TOMLIN
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
598
397
0.664
Political Philosophy
Legal Philosophy
Moral Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,917,246
87,917
1,518
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kamila Pieczara
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
16
0.457
Geo-economics
East Asia
International Relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,148,609
92,665
1,661
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Brinder Saigal
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
4
0.308
International Consumer Behaviour
Business & Human Rights
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,253,503
94,602
1,712
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Yahor Azarkevich
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
Politics of Eastern Europe
Belarusian Studies
Authoritarianism
Democratisation