Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Psychology Highly Cited Researchers 62 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
Behavioral Neuroscience
Learning and Memory
Emotion
Fear
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,377
9,524
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Social psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,143
7,888
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
psychology
emotion
self-control
working memory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,600
8,326
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Memory
Creative Cognition
Design Fixation
Context
Metacognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,072
5,879
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Psychophysiology
Electromyography
Environmental Psychology
Person Perception
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,140
5,772
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Clinical psychology
Forensic psychology
Personality psychology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,035
5,084
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,187
3,013
0.166
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
psychology
rehabilitation
disability
health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,719
3,217
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Testing and Assessment
Personnel Psychology
Individual and Team Training and Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,528
4,318
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Social & Personality Psychology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,560
7,436
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Behavioral Neuroscience
Stress
Resilience
Opioids
Antidepressants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,896
3,545
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Developmental Science
Psychology
Child Development
Human Development
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,437
5,199
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
safety climate
individual differences
flexible work arrangements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,729
3,791
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Traumatic Stress and Mental Health in African American Youth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,924
2,975
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Psychology and Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,719
1,343
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Pain
Psychoneuroimmunology
Stress
Health Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,416
1,629
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
cognitive neuroscience
cerebellum
motor control
aging
cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,271
3,502
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Health and Educational Disparities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,863
3,604
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Social Psychology
Social Identity
Global Citizenship
Fandom
Fan Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,855
3,395
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Occupational Health Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,722
2,394
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Emotion
psychopathology
ERPs
fMRI
psychophysiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,720
3,007
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
social psychology
teaching
cross-cultural research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,561
987
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
neuroscience
addiction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,458
1,468
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Social Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,306
2,429
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Affective Computing
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Science
Cognitive Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,262
996
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,441
9,023
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Stephen Maren
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,377
9,524
0.285
Behavioral Neuroscience
Learning and Memory
Emotion
Fear
Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,644
9,539
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
William Rholes
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,143
7,888
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,009
14,034
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Brandon Schmeichel
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,600
8,326
0.338
psychology
emotion
self-control
working memory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,964
14,428
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Steven M Smith
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,072
5,879
0.244
Memory
Creative Cognition
Design Fixation
Context
Metacognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,795
15,173
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Louis Tassinary
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,140
5,772
0.249
Psychophysiology
Electromyography
Environmental Psychology
Person Perception
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,360
19,374
147
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
John F Edens
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,035
5,084
0.267
Clinical psychology
Forensic psychology
Personality psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,260
20,542
155
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mark G Packard
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,187
3,013
0.166
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,885
22,736
170
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Timothy R Elliott
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,719
3,217
0.192
psychology
rehabilitation
disability
health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,752
23,077
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Winfred Arthur Jr
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,528
4,318
0.261
Testing and Assessment
Personnel Psychology
Individual and Team Training and Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,704
29,025
208
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Joshua Hicks
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,560
7,436
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,938
33,466
247
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Carlos A Bolaños
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,896
3,545
0.298
Behavioral Neuroscience
Stress
Resilience
Opioids
Antidepressants
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,900
34,901
264
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jeffrey Liew
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,437
5,199
0.455
Developmental Science
Psychology
Child Development
Human Development
Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,733
41,084
333
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Stephanie C Payne
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,729
3,791
0.390
safety climate
individual differences
flexible work arrangements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,871
56,656
497
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Noni Gaylord Harden
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,924
2,975
0.430
Traumatic Stress and Mental Health in African American Youth
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,720
58,160
511
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
James Grau
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,719
1,343
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163,309
60,575
540
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mary Meagher
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,416
1,629
0.254
Pain
Psychoneuroimmunology
Stress
Health Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,118
61,788
556
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jessica A Bernard
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,271
3,502
0.558
cognitive neuroscience
cerebellum
motor control
aging
cognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
178,768
65,402
610
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jamilia J Blake
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,863
3,604
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,007
65,472
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Stephen Reysen
Texas A&M University Commerce
Commerce, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,855
3,395
0.580
Social Psychology
Social Identity
Global Citizenship
Fandom
Fan Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183,155
66,730
629
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Mindy Bergman
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,722
2,394
0.418
Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Occupational Health Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183,210
66,748
630
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Annmarie Macnamara
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,720
3,007
0.526
Emotion
psychopathology
ERPs
fMRI
psychophysiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
188,308
68,305
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Richard L Miller
Texas A&M University Kingsville
Kingsville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,561
987
0.177
social psychology
teaching
cross-cultural research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
232,785
81,572
782
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Rachel J Smith
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,458
1,468
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,348
83,737
808
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Rebecca Schlegel
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,306
2,429
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
242,600
84,386
818
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Takashi Yamauchi
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,262
996
0.234
Affective Computing
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Science
Cognitive Neuroscience