Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations Highly Cited Researchers 9 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.

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
United Kingdom
Graham Smith
Democracy
Citizen Participation
Democratic Innovations
Climate Politics
Environmental Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,452
4,524
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
United Kingdom
Rohit Lekhi
International economic policy
international political economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,183
359
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
United Kingdom
John E Owens
Political Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
967
151
0.156
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United Kingdom
Ben Fagan Watson
Environment
Climate change
Social science
action research
participatory research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
874
472
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
United Kingdom
Daniel Conway
LGBT rights
Pride parades
South African politics and society
masculinities and war resistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
626
226
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United Kingdom
Paul Rekret
Political Theory
Cultural Studies
Media Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
385
268
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
United Kingdom
Jamileh Kadivar
Middle East
Political Science
International Relations
Media and Communications
Women Affairs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
115
0.839
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
United Kingdom
Thalia Magioglou
Political Psychology
Democracy
Methodology
Discourse Analysis
Young People
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
50
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
United Kingdom
Claudio Lanza
international relations
mimetic theory
peace and conflict studies
rivalry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
8
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,792
United Kingdom
7,246
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Graham Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,452
4,524
0.395
Democracy
Citizen Participation
Democratic Innovations
Climate Politics
Environmental Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
626,710
United Kingdom
38,628
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Rohit Lekhi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,183
359
0.303
International economic policy
international political economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
699,163
United Kingdom
41,860
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
John E Owens
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
967
151
0.156
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
735,311
United Kingdom
43,377
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ben Fagan Watson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
874
472
0.540
Environment
Climate change
Social science
action research
participatory research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
849,944
United Kingdom
47,724
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Daniel Conway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
626
226
0.361
LGBT rights
Pride parades
South African politics and society
masculinities and war resistance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,036,405
United Kingdom
56,901
127
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Paul Rekret
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
385
268
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,482,022
United Kingdom
75,787
188
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jamileh Kadivar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
115
0.839
Middle East
Political Science
International Relations
Media and Communications
Women Affairs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,556,535
United Kingdom
78,231
194
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Thalia Magioglou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
50
0.431
Political Psychology
Democracy
Methodology
Discourse Analysis
Young People
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,229,489
United Kingdom
94,148
237
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Claudio Lanza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
8
0.667
international relations
mimetic theory
peace and conflict studies
rivalry