Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Scientists CitationSocial Sciences / Social Policy Rankings 2024
Social demography
social stratification
comparative social policy
family dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,264
23,617
0.227
Political Sociology
Governance
Public Policy
Political Science.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,807
9,795
0.266
social simulation
agent-based modelling
computational sociology
innovation networks
policy evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,949
8,039
0.237
Higher education
Political economy of education
Policy and cultural analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,486
5,902
0.251
gender
politics
family
intersectionality
higher education policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,929
5,959
0.272
Social movements
protest
politics
policy
war and peace
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,129
5,996
0.284
Social welfare functions
Poverty
Inequality
Public Policy and Well-being
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,245
4,101
0.213
Sociology of health and illness
chronic illness
ageing
health policy
public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,692
4,549
0.243
Political Science
Public Policy
Collective Action
Digital Government
Public Administration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,036
7,884
0.463
gender
family
eu social policy
comparative welfare states
ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,465
5,084
0.351
Gender
education
social inequality
education policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,813
5,061
0.366
families
life course
ageing
social policy
loneliness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,344
5,859
0.439
Sociology
Public Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,925
9,320
0.721
Standards
biotechnology policy
neoliberalism
higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,310
2,784
0.226
gender and education
globalization
adult education
education policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,247
3,141
0.279
africa
class
inequality
protest
comparative social policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,626
3,315
0.344
Gender
science/engineering
education & careers
organizations
science policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,403
2,311
0.246
gender stratification
work-family policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,233
3,018
0.327
relationship between culture and institutions
work-welfare relationship
family policy
care policy
women's employment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,879
2,341
0.264
Living standards
well-being
social policy
politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,603
2,112
0.245
Food/Agriculture
Behavioral Change
Policy
Economic Sociology
Social Justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,875
4,372
0.555
Family demography
inequality
social policy.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,509
2,246
0.299
sociology of sport & physical activity
sport governance
sport participation
sport policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,463
4,631
0.621
Sociology
Demography
Health
Social Policy
Veterans
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,304
2,052
0.281
Sociology
Urban Studies
Public Policy
International Affairs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,926
2,180
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,747
160
1
Gosta Esping Andersen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,264
23,617
0.227
Social demography
social stratification
comparative social policy
family dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,778
659
4
David Marsh
University of Canberra
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,807
9,795
0.266
Political Sociology
Governance
Public Policy
Political Science.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,935
1,574
8
Nigel Gilbert
University of Surrey
Guildford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,949
8,039
0.237
social simulation
agent-based modelling
computational sociology
innovation networks
policy evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,436
35
2
Jose Joaquin Brunner
Universidad Diego Portales
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,486
5,902
0.251
Higher education
Political economy of education
Policy and cultural analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,612
15,629
189
Myra Marx Ferree
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,929
5,959
0.272
gender
politics
family
intersectionality
higher education policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,509
16,379
178
David S Meyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,129
5,996
0.284
Social movements
protest
politics
policy
war and peace
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,610
1,543
12
Nanak Kakwani
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,245
4,101
0.213
Social welfare functions
Poverty
Inequality
Public Policy and Well-being
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,214
3,766
14
M Bury
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,692
4,549
0.243
Sociology of health and illness
chronic illness
ageing
health policy
public health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,099
4,253
470
Helen Margetts
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,036
7,884
0.463
Political Science
Public Policy
Collective Action
Digital Government
Public Administration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,960
5,225
551
Mary Daly
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,465
5,084
0.351
gender
family
eu social policy
comparative welfare states
ireland
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,783
5,539
471
Becky Francis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,813
5,061
0.366
Gender
education
social inequality
education policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,794
1,751
149
Pearl Dykstra
Erasmus University
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,344
5,859
0.439
families
life course
ageing
social policy
loneliness
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,584
29,489
253
Matthew Desmond
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,925
9,320
0.721
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,000
31,109
187
Lawrence Busch
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,310
2,784
0.226
Standards
biotechnology policy
neoliberalism
higher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,657
34,267
336
Nelly P Stromquist
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,247
3,141
0.279
gender and education
globalization
adult education
education policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,314
355
88
Jeremy Seekings
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,626
3,315
0.344
africa
class
inequality
protest
comparative social policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,045
41,057
295
Mary Frank Fox
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,403
2,311
0.246
Gender
science/engineering
education & careers
organizations
science policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,190
41,807
437
Jennifer Glass
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,233
3,018
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,988
4,775
99
Birgit Pfau Effinger
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,879
2,341
0.264
relationship between culture and institutions
work-welfare relationship
family policy
care policy
women's employment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,024
44,840
719
Lane Kenworthy
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,603
2,112
0.245
Living standards
well-being
social policy
politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,830
48,804
186
Michael Carolan
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,875
4,372
0.555
Food/Agriculture
Behavioral Change
Policy
Economic Sociology
Social Justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,629
51,082
622
Marcia Marcy J Carlson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,509
2,246
0.299
Family demography
inequality
social policy.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,485
1,259
350
Jeroen Scheerder
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,463
4,631
0.621
sociology of sport & physical activity
sport governance
sport participation
sport policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,578
52,313
86
Andrew S London
Syracuse University
Syracuse, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,304
2,052
0.281
Sociology
Demography
Health
Social Policy
Veterans
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,565
54,879
138
Hilary Silver
George Washington University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,926
2,180
0.315
Sociology
Urban Studies
Public Policy
International Affairs