Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Psychology Highly Cited Researchers 57 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
psychology
social psychology
gender
attitudes
leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,660
55,396
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,543
15,401
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
health psychology
behavioral medicine
psychoneuroimmunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,420
22,620
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Psychology
Cognitive Science
Metaphor
Emotion
Knowledge Representation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,958
7,131
0.162
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Personality
Intelligence
Psychometrics
Personality Psychology
Individual Differences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,665
20,882
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
behavioral medicine
health behaviors
mHealth
team science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,231
15,384
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Social Psychology
Attitudes
Social Cognition
Intergroup Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,814
9,991
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
personality
lifespan development
health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,851
12,950
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Cognitive Neuroscience
Memory
Memory Consolidation
Sleep
Consciousness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,051
7,020
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Personality development
externalizing problems
entrepreneurship
leadership
personality assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,088
11,109
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Cognitive and neural bases of sudden insight
creativity
language
hemispheric differences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,301
4,959
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
memory
language
learning
misinformation
reading
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,308
4,250
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Cognitive Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,552
2,495
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Affective Neuroscience
Neuroinflammation
Mood Disorders
Reward-Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,960
4,747
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Psychology
Motivation
Decision-Making
Influence
Organizational Behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,520
2,449
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Clinical Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,901
2,478
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Social and managerial psychology
negotiations
behavioral decision making
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,714
1,123
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
psychometrics
psychopathology
patient-reported outcomes
PROMIS
linking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,202
3,874
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Attention
Perception
Multisensory integration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,433
1,030
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Cognitive psychology
Psycholinguistics
Discourse
Pragmatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,258
1,408
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Pediatric Public Health
Survey Research
Attachment
Personality Psychology
Social Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,118
2,654
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
psychology
cognition
development
cognitive science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,040
1,093
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
social cognition
intergroup relations
stereotyping and prejudice
racial socialization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,725
2,641
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Systems Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,246
2,071
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Emotion Regulation
Wellbeing
Positive Psychology
Interventions
Close Relationships
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,860
2,490
0.871
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,123
477
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Alice Eagly
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,660
55,396
0.321
psychology
social psychology
gender
attitudes
leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,848
2,302
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Dedre Gentner
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,543
15,401
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,727
4,157
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gregory Evan Miller
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,420
22,620
0.408
health psychology
behavioral medicine
psychoneuroimmunology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,599
5,957
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Andrew Ortony
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,958
7,131
0.162
Psychology
Cognitive Science
Metaphor
Emotion
Knowledge Representation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,472
7,275
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
William Revelle
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,665
20,882
0.540
Personality
Intelligence
Psychometrics
Personality Psychology
Individual Differences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,770
7,406
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Bonnie Spring
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,231
15,384
0.402
behavioral medicine
health behaviors
mHealth
team science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,056
7,535
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Galen Bodenhausen
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,814
9,991
0.264
Social Psychology
Attitudes
Social Cognition
Intergroup Relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,983
10,132
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Daniel K Mroczek
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,851
12,950
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,334
18,211
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ken A Paller
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,051
7,020
0.350
Cognitive Neuroscience
Memory
Memory Consolidation
Sleep
Consciousness
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,344
22,171
157
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jennifer L Tackett
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,088
11,109
0.650
Personality development
externalizing problems
entrepreneurship
leadership
personality assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,796
23,464
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mark Beeman
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,301
4,959
0.304
Cognitive and neural bases of sudden insight
creativity
language
hemispheric differences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,103
38,774
251
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
David N Rapp
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,308
4,250
0.412
memory
language
learning
misinformation
reading
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,949
41,876
264
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Paul Reber
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,552
2,495
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,966
49,914
318
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Robin Nusslock
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,960
4,747
0.596
Affective Neuroscience
Neuroinflammation
Mood Disorders
Reward-Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
138,297
52,611
329
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Loran Nordgren
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,520
2,449
0.326
Psychology
Motivation
Decision-Making
Influence
Organizational Behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
177,609
65,057
391
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jason J Washburn
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,901
2,478
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183,419
66,817
403
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sally Blount
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,714
1,123
0.197
Social and managerial psychology
negotiations
behavioral decision making
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
200,962
72,128
428
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Benjamin D Schalet
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,202
3,874
0.745
psychometrics
psychopathology
patient-reported outcomes
PROMIS
linking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
233,975
81,933
470
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Marcia Grabowecky
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,433
1,030
0.232
Attention
Perception
Multisensory integration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
242,809
84,445
481
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
William S Horton
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,258
1,408
0.331
Cognitive psychology
Psycholinguistics
Discourse
Pragmatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
250,426
86,689
490
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Marie E Heffernan
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,118
2,654
0.644
Pediatric Public Health
Survey Research
Attachment
Personality Psychology
Social Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
254,900
88,023
499
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Susan Hespos
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,040
1,093
0.271
psychology
cognition
development
cognitive science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
273,580
93,369
520
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sylvia Perry
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,725
2,641
0.709
social cognition
intergroup relations
stereotyping and prejudice
racial socialization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
307,774
103,211
566
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mark Howe
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,246
2,071
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
341,468
112,634
613
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Elaine Cheung
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,860
2,490
0.871
Emotion Regulation
Wellbeing
Positive Psychology
Interventions
Close Relationships