Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Regional Studies 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
African Population History
Genetic Variation
Disease Susceptibility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,784
16,237
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
African and African American Studies
race and ethnicity
politics
social inequality
social psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,797
7,456
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Southeast Asian History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,774
4,552
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Southeast Asian Politics
Indonesian Politics
ethnic conflict
clientelism
comparative politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,009
6,366
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
African Gifting
Philanthropy
Civil Society
Governance
NGOs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,658
2,042
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
China: economy
public finance
public services
fiscal decentralization
reformFirst interest
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,307
1,128
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,929
2,173
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
South Asia
gender and development
Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM)
ASM
Gender and water
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,401
3,394
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Africa
Migration
Urbanization
Affordable housing
Land tenure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,985
1,604
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
African cities
Urban governance
Healthy cities
Urban food systems
Informal settlements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,946
4,099
0.829
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
African Linguistics
Bantu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,507
2,821
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
African Politics
Civil War
Conflict
Political Violence
Social Movements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,096
2,751
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
African Studies
African Language Literatures
Linguistics
Regional Studies
Humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,960
1,825
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
African Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,939
1,770
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
African archaeology
foodways
pastoralism
zooarchaeology
ancient DNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,575
2,755
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Southeast Asian Politics and security.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,121
833
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
African literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,043
1,618
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Chinese in Southeast Asia
Economic Sociology
Comparative Religion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,898
633
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
African Christianity
African diaspora
indigenous religions
new religious movements
migration and transnationalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,865
1,081
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
China studies
international relations
anthropology of knowledge
cultural studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,572
1,004
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
African carnivores
GIS
Human impacts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,405
1,702
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
African Politics
Comparative Politics
Ethnic Politics
International Development
Nationalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,327
1,214
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
African history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,264
939
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
African Studies
African Art
Anthopology
Social Occupational Therapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,982
838
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
African politics
the political economy of international development
democracy
participation and resistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,785
678
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,057
7,088
128
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Sarah Tishkoff
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,784
16,237
0.419
African Population History
Genetic Variation
Disease Susceptibility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,987
11,027
627
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Lawrence Bobo
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,797
7,456
0.259
African and African American Studies
race and ethnicity
politics
social inequality
social psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,167
2,533
158
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
anthony reid
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,774
4,552
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,675
3,644
217
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Edward Aspinall
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,009
6,366
0.530
Southeast Asian Politics
Indonesian Politics
ethnic conflict
clientelism
comparative politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,630
446
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Alan Fowler
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,658
2,042
0.236
African Gifting
Philanthropy
Civil Society
Governance
NGOs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163,878
1,070
545
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Christine Wong
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,307
1,128
0.179
China: economy
public finance
public services
fiscal decentralization
reformFirst interest
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,315
2,607
282
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Henning Melber
Uppsala University
Uppsala, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,929
2,173
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,017
8,652
431
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kuntala Lahiri Dutt
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,401
3,394
0.628
South Asia
gender and development
Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM)
ASM
Gender and water
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
206,643
15,738
593
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Deborah Potts
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,985
1,604
0.322
Africa
Migration
Urbanization
Affordable housing
Land tenure
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
208,147
893
203
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Warren Smit
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,946
4,099
0.829
African cities
Urban governance
Healthy cities
Urban food systems
Informal settlements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
227,285
2,026
422
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Koen Bostoen
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,507
2,821
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
248,319
86,025
179
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Zachariah Mampilly|Zachariah Mamphilly, Zachary Mampilly, Zachary Mamphilly
City University of New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,096
2,751
0.672
African Politics
Civil War
Conflict
Political Violence
Social Movements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
256,036
1,448
276
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Adams Bodomo
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,960
1,825
0.461
African Studies
African Language Literatures
Linguistics
Regional Studies
Humanities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
257,307
88,574
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Damtew Teferra
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,939
1,770
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
279,743
95,005
321
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mary Prendergast
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,575
2,755
0.771
African archaeology
foodways
pastoralism
zooarchaeology
ancient DNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
314,004
13,649
375
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Damien Kingsbury
Deakin University
Geelong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,121
833
0.267
Southeast Asian Politics and security.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
320,656
1,470
145
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Tydskrif Vir Letterkunde
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,043
1,618
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
333,744
46
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Chee Kiong Tong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,898
633
0.218
Chinese in Southeast Asia
Economic Sociology
Comparative Religion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
336,842
111,158
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Afe Adogame
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,865
1,081
0.377
African Christianity
African diaspora
indigenous religions
new religious movements
migration and transnationalism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
367,201
2,321
391
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Chih Yu Shih|石 之瑜, Zhiyu Shi
National Taiwan University
Taipei City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,572
1,004
0.390
China studies
international relations
anthropology of knowledge
cultural studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
386,595
124,857
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Andrew Paul Jacobson
Catawba College
Salisbury, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,405
1,702
0.708
African carnivores
GIS
Human impacts
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
396,431
26,996
319
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Elliott Green
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,327
1,214
0.522
African Politics
Comparative Politics
Ethnic Politics
International Development
Nationalism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
404,439
27,480
481
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Daniel Branch
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,264
939
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
445,783
13,198
2,942
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Denise Dias Barros
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,982
838
0.423
African Studies
African Art
Anthopology
Social Occupational Therapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
479,460
31,306
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Alastair Fraser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,785
678
0.380
African politics
the political economy of international development
democracy
participation and resistance