Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Social Sciences / Psychology Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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
United Kingdom
Margaret Harris
Deaf children
Reading
Language Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,506
1,909
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
United Kingdom
Tatiana Bachkirova
Coaching Psychology
Philosophy of Coaching
Adult Development
Supervision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,487
2,047
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
United Kingdom
Janine Dermody
Sustainable Consumption
Consumer Psychology
Food Security
Environmental Conservation
Sustainability Marketing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,634
994
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United Kingdom
Clare Rathbone
Autobiographical memory
Self
Identity
Amnesia
Memory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,337
669
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
United Kingdom
Michael Pilling
VSTM
Masking
Visual search
Visual comparisons
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,228
393
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United Kingdom
Adam Bibbey
Psychophysiology/behaviour medicine
Stress
Resilience and Well being.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
613
444
0.724
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
United Kingdom
Kirsty Walter
Psychology
Literacy
Education
Writing
Interventions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
399
268
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
United Kingdom
Wakefield Morys-Carter
PsychoPy
Qualtrics
Statistics
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
354
150
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
United Kingdom
Georgia Cook
Psychology
sleep
sleep problems
children and families
interventions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
93
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
United Kingdom
Colin Wood
Coaching
Integral Theory
Developmental Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,810
United Kingdom
10,950
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Margaret Harris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,506
1,909
0.254
Deaf children
Reading
Language Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,412
United Kingdom
20,675
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Tatiana Bachkirova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,487
2,047
0.587
Coaching Psychology
Philosophy of Coaching
Adult Development
Supervision
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
506,533
United Kingdom
32,768
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Janine Dermody
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,634
994
0.608
Sustainable Consumption
Consumer Psychology
Food Security
Environmental Conservation
Sustainability Marketing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
575,096
United Kingdom
36,200
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Clare Rathbone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,337
669
0.500
Autobiographical memory
Self
Identity
Amnesia
Memory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
604,920
United Kingdom
37,644
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Michael Pilling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,228
393
0.320
VSTM
Masking
Visual search
Visual comparisons
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
848,801
United Kingdom
47,741
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Adam Bibbey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
613
444
0.724
Psychophysiology/behaviour medicine
Stress
Resilience and Well being.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,009,814
United Kingdom
55,487
122
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Kirsty Walter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
399
268
0.672
Psychology
Literacy
Education
Writing
Interventions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,057,615
United Kingdom
57,888
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Wakefield Morys-Carter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
354
150
0.424
PsychoPy
Qualtrics
Statistics
Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,612,422
United Kingdom
80,257
216
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Georgia Cook
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
93
1.000
Psychology
sleep
sleep problems
children and families
interventions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,335,400
United Kingdom
95,890
269
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Colin Wood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
Coaching
Integral Theory
Developmental Psychology