Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Psychology Highly Cited Researchers 65 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
research synthesis
meta-analysis
meta-research
open science
individual differences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,312
19,673
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Psychology
Art
Beauty
Aesthetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,289
9,441
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,572
8,789
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Neurotransmitter Transporters
Addiction
Amphetamine and congeners
Cocaine
New Psychoactive Substances
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,395
4,219
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Environmental Psychology
Behaviour
Energy
Marine environments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,306
7,538
0.731
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
mindfulness
laterality
suicide
psychometrics
methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,463
6,935
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,335
4,360
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Psychometrics
Item Response Theory
Measurement
Mathematical Psychology
StatisticsyStatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,041
823
0.117
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,278
2,316
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Cognitive Psychology
Vision Research
Attention
Unconscious Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,949
2,131
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Applied Social Psychology
Consumer Research
Intercultural Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,394
2,345
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Developmental psychology
cognitive neuroscience
social cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,958
3,135
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Neurobiology
Psychology
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,670
1,931
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Psychological Assessment
Individual Differences
Intelligence
Flynn effect
Meta-analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,415
2,615
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
traumatic stress
PTSD
Complex PTSD
clinical psychology
abuse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,891
2,677
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Clinical and Health Psychology
Health in an intercultural context
Psychological factors in bodily symptoms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,781
1,871
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Performance Science
Music Psychology
Musical Acoustics
Music Acoustics
Digital Musicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,621
1,154
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
evolutionary psychology
environmental psychology
gender studies
human behavior
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,426
2,017
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Neuroimaging
Cognitive Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,797
1,837
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
language and cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,345
1,036
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
PTSD
complex PTSD
traumatic stress
clinical psychology
psychooncology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,074
1,549
0.747
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kunstgeschichte
Psychologie
Kognitionswissenschaften
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,935
1,291
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
social motivation
adult development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,790
1,081
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Empathy
Pain
Social Interactions
Depression
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,406
1,097
0.780
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
cultural psychology
phenomenology
dicourse and dispositif analysis
history and theory of science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,372
510
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,437
61
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Martin Voracek
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,312
19,673
0.465
research synthesis
meta-analysis
meta-research
open science
individual differences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,631
225
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Helmut Leder
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,289
9,441
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,008
244
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Urs Nater
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,572
8,789
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,483
496
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Harald H Sitte
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,395
4,219
0.370
Neurotransmitter Transporters
Addiction
Amphetamine and congeners
Cocaine
New Psychoactive Substances
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,336
569
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sabine Pahl
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,306
7,538
0.731
Environmental Psychology
Behaviour
Energy
Marine environments
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,313
632
125
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ulrich S Tran
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,463
6,935
0.733
mindfulness
laterality
suicide
psychometrics
methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,004
646
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Christian Korunka
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,335
4,360
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
148,615
890
168
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gerhard H Fischer
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,041
823
0.117
Psychometrics
Item Response Theory
Measurement
Mathematical Psychology
StatisticsyStatistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,306
994
189
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ilse Kryspin Exner
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,278
2,316
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176,542
1,043
202
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ulrich Ansorge
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,949
2,131
0.358
Cognitive Psychology
Vision Research
Attention
Unconscious Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
194,433
1,129
216
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Arnd Florack
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,394
2,345
0.435
Applied Social Psychology
Consumer Research
Intercultural Relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
211,022
1,218
227
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Stefanie Hoehl
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,958
3,135
0.632
Developmental psychology
cognitive neuroscience
social cognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
223,371
1,287
238
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Christoph Eisenegger
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,670
1,931
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235,281
1,348
252
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jakob Pietschnig
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,415
2,615
0.592
Psychological Assessment
Individual Differences
Intelligence
Flynn effect
Meta-analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
263,964
1,493
284
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Brigitte Lueger Schuster
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,891
2,677
0.688
traumatic stress
PTSD
Complex PTSD
clinical psychology
abuse
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
270,647
1,520
287
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ricarda Nater Mewes
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,781
1,871
0.495
Clinical and Health Psychology
Health in an intercultural context
Psychological factors in bodily symptoms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
281,047
1,571
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Werner Goebl
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,621
1,154
0.319
Performance Science
Music Psychology
Musical Acoustics
Music Acoustics
Digital Musicology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
294,775
1,648
316
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Elisabeth Oberzaucher
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,426
2,017
0.589
evolutionary psychology
environmental psychology
gender studies
human behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
348,380
1,935
364
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ronald Sladky
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,797
1,837
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
399,604
2,200
412
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jutta L Mueller
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,345
1,036
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
437,304
2,345
433
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Matthias Knefel
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,074
1,549
0.747
PTSD
complex PTSD
traumatic stress
clinical psychology
psychooncology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
459,385
2,452
459
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Raphael Rosenberg
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,935
1,291
0.667
Kunstgeschichte
Psychologie
Kognitionswissenschaften
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
484,714
2,558
477
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jana Nikitin
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,790
1,081
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
566,729
2,952
548
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Markus Rütgen
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,406
1,097
0.780
Empathy
Pain
Social Interactions
Depression
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
575,400
2,992
553
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Thomas Slunecko
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,372
510
0.372
cultural psychology
phenomenology
dicourse and dispositif analysis
history and theory of science