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Social Sciences / Psychology 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
Germany
Oliver T. Wolf
Stress und Kognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,373
14,034
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Germany
Wilhelm Hofmann
Self-Control
Sustainability
Public Policy
Experience-Sampling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,991
14,401
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Germany
Onur Güntürkün
evolution of cognition
comparative neuroscience
extinction learning
laterality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,203
10,603
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Germany
Martin Diers
pain - brain imaging - body illusions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,540
1,799
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Germany
Alex Wiegmann
experimental philosophy
moral psychology
decision making
ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,371
917
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Germany
Mehdi Behroozi
Neuroimaging
Avian fMRI
small animal imaging
Pattern Classification
Cognitive Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
433
288
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Germany
Sebastian Strauß
Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL)
Regulation
Learning Analytics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
417
383
0.918
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Germany
Daniel Pacheco Estefan
Memory
Spatial Navigation
Hippocampus
Brain Oscillations
Virtual/Augmented Reality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
347
237
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Germany
Valentina Nachtigall
Conceptions about scientists
authentic learning
out-of-school learning
productive failure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
184
0.963
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,880
Germany
592
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Oliver T. Wolf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,373
14,034
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,811
Germany
927
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Wilhelm Hofmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,991
14,401
0.450
Self-Control
Sustainability
Public Policy
Experience-Sampling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,760
Germany
1,003
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Onur Güntürkün
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,203
10,603
0.351
evolution of cognition
comparative neuroscience
extinction learning
laterality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
286,481
Germany
11,218
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Martin Diers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,540
1,799
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
575,523
Germany
20,278
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Alex Wiegmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,371
917
0.669
experimental philosophy
moral psychology
decision making
ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
990,821
Germany
33,630
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mehdi Behroozi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
433
288
0.665
Neuroimaging
Avian fMRI
small animal imaging
Pattern Classification
Cognitive Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,005,837
Germany
34,182
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sebastian Strauß
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
417
383
0.918
Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL)
Regulation
Learning Analytics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,080,616
Germany
36,878
107
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Daniel Pacheco Estefan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
347
237
0.683
Memory
Spatial Navigation
Hippocampus
Brain Oscillations
Virtual/Augmented Reality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,333,212
Germany
45,570
130
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Valentina Nachtigall
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
184
0.963
Conceptions about scientists
authentic learning
out-of-school learning
productive failure