Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Psychology Highly Cited Researchers 29 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
Health Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,978
25,193
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Cognitive Science
Psycholinguistics
Visual Perception
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,643
5,681
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
health psychology
children's health and quality of life
health disparities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,264
3,232
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Speech
Communication
Coordination
Foraging
Multiscale Dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,710
1,911
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Family
peer
and cultural processes in Latino youth outcomes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,112
2,055
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Bayesian statistics
mixture modeling
structural equation modeling
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,785
3,831
0.801
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Cognitive Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,355
1,795
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
breastfeeding
evolutionary psychology
parenting
aggression
hormones & behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,338
2,425
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Stress
Perseverative Cognitions
Blood Pressure
Psychological Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,913
1,980
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Social Psychology
Health Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,909
2,141
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Psychology
Endocrinology
Neuroscience
Pain Medicine
Behavioral Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,793
1,487
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
health psychology
children's media
media effects on well-being
structural analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,261
979
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Developmental Psychology
Emotion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,092
1,342
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Health Risk Behaviors
Tobacco Use
Adolescent and Young Adult Health Behaviors
Health Disparities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,088
884
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Cognitive Neuroscience
Experimental Psychology
Language
Music
Wellbeing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,770
910
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Quantitative Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,521
1,290
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Structural equation modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,478
1,107
0.749
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Health behaviors
Behavior change interventions
Health psychology
Evidence syntheses
Study quality appraisal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,072
704
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
cognitive development in context
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
912
519
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Quantitative Psychology
generalized additive models
longitudinal modeling
single case designs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
912
442
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Quantitative psychology
neuroscience
clinical research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
759
256
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Quantitative Psychology
Meta-Analysis
Publication Bias
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
457
342
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Emotion
Developmental Psychology
Emotion Development
Emotion Understanding
Emotion Perception
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
170
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
psychology
decision making
health
tobacco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
99
0.971
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Social Psychology
Health Psychology
Self and Identity
Motivation
Emotion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
47
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,377
4,459
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Martin Hagger
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,978
25,193
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,847
15,633
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael J Spivey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,643
5,681
0.251
Cognitive Science
Psycholinguistics
Visual Perception
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,692
29,785
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jan Wallander
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,264
3,232
0.244
health psychology
children's health and quality of life
health disparities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183,567
66,864
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Christopher Kello
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,710
1,911
0.335
Speech
Communication
Coordination
Foraging
Multiscale Dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204,438
73,179
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mayra Bámaca
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,112
2,055
0.402
Family
peer
and cultural processes in Latino youth outcomes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
217,904
77,105
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sarah Depaoli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,785
3,831
0.801
Bayesian statistics
mixture modeling
structural equation modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
237,855
83,015
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Rose Scott
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,355
1,795
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
300,710
101,167
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jennifer Hahn Holbrook
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,338
2,425
0.726
breastfeeding
evolutionary psychology
parenting
aggression
hormones & behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
336,423
111,223
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Matthew J Zawadzki
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,913
1,980
0.680
Stress
Perseverative Cognitions
Blood Pressure
Psychological Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
336,810
111,336
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jennifer L Howell
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,909
2,141
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
348,125
114,434
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jitske Tiemensma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,793
1,487
0.532
Psychology
Endocrinology
Neuroscience
Pain Medicine
Behavioral Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
409,676
131,302
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Elizabeth Mcdade Montez
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,261
979
0.433
health psychology
children's media
media effects on well-being
structural analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
433,728
137,922
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Eric A Walle
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,092
1,342
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
434,390
138,114
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Anna V Song
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,088
884
0.423
Health Risk Behaviors
Tobacco Use
Adolescent and Young Adult Health Behaviors
Health Disparities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
487,600
152,319
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Adam M Croom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,770
910
0.514
Cognitive Neuroscience
Experimental Psychology
Language
Music
Wellbeing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
538,503
165,753
177
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sonja D Winter
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,521
1,290
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
548,394
168,250
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Keke Lai
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,478
1,107
0.749
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
661,663
197,214
215
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Cleo Protogerou
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,072
704
0.657
Health behaviors
Behavior change interventions
Health psychology
Evidence syntheses
Study quality appraisal
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
719,860
211,349
225
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Elif Isbell
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
912
519
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
719,905
211,361
226
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Kristynn Sullivan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
912
442
0.485
Quantitative Psychology
generalized additive models
longitudinal modeling
single case designs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
784,603
226,093
240
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Patrice Renée Cobb
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
759
256
0.337
Quantitative psychology
neuroscience
clinical research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
966,287
262,002
270
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kathleen M Coburn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
457
342
0.748
Quantitative Psychology
Meta-Analysis
Publication Bias
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,260,844
306,161
313
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jennifer M Knothe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
170
0.756
Emotion
Developmental Psychology
Emotion Development
Emotion Understanding
Emotion Perception
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,598,358
352,461
374
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Deanna M Halliday
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
99
0.971
psychology
decision making
health
tobacco
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,739,592
371,514
421
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
William B Meese|William Meese, Will Meese
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
47
0.662
Social Psychology
Health Psychology
Self and Identity
Motivation
Emotion