Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Regional Studies Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
38,431
15,977
0.416
* 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
28,682
7,393
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Southeast Asian History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,694
4,492
0.286
* 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
11,922
6,286
0.527
* 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
8,620
2,008
0.233
* 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
6,290
1,114
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,909
2,158
0.365
* 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
5,327
3,322
0.624
* 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
4,963
1,588
0.320
* 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
4,743
3,899
0.822
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
African Linguistics
Bantu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,320
2,681
0.621
* 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
4,046
2,701
0.668
* 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
3,936
1,803
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
African Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,912
1,743
0.446
* 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
3,544
2,723
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Southeast Asian Politics and security.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,104
821
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
African literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,999
1,577
0.526
* 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
2,890
628
0.217
* 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
2,853
1,071
0.375
* 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
2,548
984
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
African carnivores
GIS
Human impacts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,383
1,680
0.705
* 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
2,304
1,195
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
African history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,244
919
0.410
* 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
1,968
826
0.420
* 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
1,768
660
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,006
7,109
127
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Sarah Tishkoff
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,431
15,977
0.416
African Population History
Genetic Variation
Disease Susceptibility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,685
10,947
619
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Lawrence Bobo
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,682
7,393
0.258
African and African American Studies
race and ethnicity
politics
social inequality
social psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,546
2,528
158
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
anthony reid
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,694
4,492
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,950
3,637
217
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Edward Aspinall
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,922
6,286
0.527
Southeast Asian Politics
Indonesian Politics
ethnic conflict
clientelism
comparative politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,178
429
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Alan Fowler
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,620
2,008
0.233
African Gifting
Philanthropy
Civil Society
Governance
NGOs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,514
1,060
537
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Christine Wong
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,290
1,114
0.177
China: economy
public finance
public services
fiscal decentralization
reformFirst interest
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,120
2,579
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Henning Melber
Uppsala University
Uppsala, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,909
2,158
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,344
8,687
432
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kuntala Lahiri Dutt
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,327
3,322
0.624
South Asia
gender and development
Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM)
ASM
Gender and water
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204,093
15,589
587
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Deborah Potts
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,963
1,588
0.320
Africa
Migration
Urbanization
Affordable housing
Land tenure
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213,135
895
212
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
4,743
3,899
0.822
African cities
Urban governance
Healthy cities
Urban food systems
Informal settlements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
232,486
2,071
430
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Koen Bostoen
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,320
2,681
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
247,009
85,975
178
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
4,046
2,701
0.668
African Politics
Civil War
Conflict
Political Violence
Social Movements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,263
1,443
275
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Adams Bodomo
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,936
1,803
0.458
African Studies
African Language Literatures
Linguistics
Regional Studies
Humanities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
254,643
88,169
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Damtew Teferra
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,912
1,743
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
277,382
94,709
317
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mary Prendergast
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,544
2,723
0.768
African archaeology
foodways
pastoralism
zooarchaeology
ancient DNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
310,450
13,611
374
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Damien Kingsbury
Deakin University
Geelong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,104
821
0.264
Southeast Asian Politics and security.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
319,386
1,436
141
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Tydskrif Vir Letterkunde
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,999
1,577
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
329,312
45
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Chee Kiong Tong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,890
628
0.217
Chinese in Southeast Asia
Economic Sociology
Comparative Religion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
332,664
110,449
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Afe Adogame
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,853
1,071
0.375
African Christianity
African diaspora
indigenous religions
new religious movements
migration and transnationalism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
364,128
2,322
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
2,548
984
0.386
China studies
international relations
anthropology of knowledge
cultural studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
383,456
124,545
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Andrew Paul Jacobson
Catawba College
Salisbury, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,383
1,680
0.705
African carnivores
GIS
Human impacts
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
393,378
26,855
316
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Elliott Green
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,304
1,195
0.519
African Politics
Comparative Politics
Ethnic Politics
International Development
Nationalism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
401,051
27,291
478
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Daniel Branch
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,244
919
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
441,512
13,082
2,915
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
1,968
826
0.420
African Studies
African Art
Anthopology
Social Occupational Therapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
475,743
31,134
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Alastair Fraser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,768
660
0.373
African politics
the political economy of international development
democracy
participation and resistance