Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Bank Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Social Policy 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
poverty and inequality measures
policies evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,971
4,366
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Poverty
Agriculture
Towns
Risk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,718
6,965
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Inequality
poverty
global inequality
inequality of opportunity
labour markets in developing countries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,809
3,879
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Poverty and inequality
Social protection
Climate change
Human capital
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,575
1,579
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Poverty and monitoring
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,230
1,169
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
poverty
employment
inequality
human development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,289
434
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Poverty and inequality measurement
index number theory
inequality of opportunity
price volatility and transmission
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,266
1,270
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Poverty
Inequality
Social Policies
Conflict
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,148
1,050
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Poverty
Private sector development
Labor market
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,272
672
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Rural development
human capital accumulation
Inequality and poverty measurement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,127
959
0.851
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
poverty
inequality
subjective well-being
social policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,046
908
0.868
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Labor
Jobs
Human Develoment
Safety Nets
Poverty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
944
332
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
poverty measurement and analysis
development economics
applied microeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
885
596
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Development
Data
Agriculture
Poverty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
739
696
0.942
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Health
Poverty
Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
420
370
0.881
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
welfare
poverty
distributional impacts
labor markets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284
121
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
poverty
household surveys
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274
60
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,715
19,128
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Shaohua Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,971
4,366
0.230
poverty and inequality measures
policies evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,551
28,226
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Luc Christiaensen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,718
6,965
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213,880
75,852
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Christoph Lakner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,809
3,879
0.807
Inequality
poverty
global inequality
inequality of opportunity
labour markets in developing countries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
224,174
78,876
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ruslan Yemtsov|Р. Г. Емцов, R. Emtsov, R. Yemcov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,575
1,579
0.345
Poverty and inequality
Social protection
Climate change
Human capital
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
305,203
102,314
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Prem Sangraula
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,230
1,169
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
401,292
128,842
166
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jesko S Hentschel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,289
434
0.190
poverty
employment
inequality
human development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
404,158
129,589
168
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Roy Van Der Weide
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,266
1,270
0.560
Poverty and inequality measurement
index number theory
inequality of opportunity
price volatility and transmission
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
420,403
134,072
173
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jose Cuesta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,148
1,050
0.489
Poverty
Inequality
Social Policies
Conflict
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
595,472
180,295
256
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Federica Saliola
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,272
672
0.528
Poverty
Private sector development
Labor market
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
638,454
191,224
267
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Paul Corral|Paul Andres Corral Rodas, Paul Rodas, Paul Corral Rodas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,127
959
0.851
Rural development
human capital accumulation
Inequality and poverty measurement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
665,232
197,944
280
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Alexandru Cojocaru
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,046
908
0.868
poverty
inequality
subjective well-being
social policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
702,375
207,063
301
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mohamed Ihsan Ajwad|Ishan Ajwad, Mohamed Ishan Ajwad, Ihsan Ajwad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
944
332
0.352
Labor
Jobs
Human Develoment
Safety Nets
Poverty
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
725,478
212,584
313
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Aziz Atamanov (Азиз Атаманов)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
885
596
0.673
poverty measurement and analysis
development economics
applied microeconomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
788,637
227,097
329
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Philip Wollburg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
739
696
0.942
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
987,221
265,976
406
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Guadalupe Bedoya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
420
370
0.881
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,144,139
289,756
429
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
César Cancho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284
121
0.426
welfare
poverty
distributional impacts
labor markets
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,159,165
291,928
430
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Diane Steele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274
60
0.219