Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Social Science Highly Cited Researchers 21 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,277
World Rank
547
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Social Sciences / Social Science
Social Epidemiology | Social Determinants of Health | Public Health | Epidemiology | Health Equit
Social Epidemiology | Social Determinants of Health | Public Health | Epidemiology | Health Equit
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Total166,206
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Last 6 Years112,759
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Last 6 Years / Total0.678
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
145,113
World Rank
54,694
Country Rank
62
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
Political behavior | Elections | Campaigns | Experiments | Political Psycholog
Political behavior | Elections | Campaigns | Experiments | Political Psycholog
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Total7,501
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Last 6 Years3,778
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Last 6 Years / Total0.504
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
275,816
World Rank
93,869
Country Rank
100
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Social Sciences / Social Science
algorithm auditing | privacy | fairness | computational social science | social network
algorithm auditing | privacy | fairness | computational social science | social network
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Total3,873
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Last 6 Years2,824
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Last 6 Years / Total0.729
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
340,883
World Rank
112,280
Country Rank
115
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
International cooperation | diplomacy | European Union | epistemic communities | space polic
International cooperation | diplomacy | European Union | epistemic communities | space polic
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Total3,012
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Last 6 Years1,530
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Last 6 Years / Total0.508
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
378,860
World Rank
122,755
Country Rank
125
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Social Sciences / Social Science
Human Mobility | Disaster and Resilience | Urban and Social Networks | Computational Social Scienc
Human Mobility | Disaster and Resilience | Urban and Social Networks | Computational Social Scienc
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Total2,639
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Last 6 Years2,299
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Last 6 Years / Total0.871
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
440,281
World Rank
139,467
Country Rank
136
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Social Sciences / Social Science
Computational Social Science | Network Science | Science of Science | Complex Systems | Research Analytic
Computational Social Science | Network Science | Science of Science | Complex Systems | Research Analytic
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Total2,157
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Last 6 Years1,921
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Last 6 Years / Total0.891
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
485,056
World Rank
151,448
Country Rank
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
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Total1,880
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Last 6 Years1,377
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Last 6 Years / Total0.732
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
578,463
World Rank
175,868
Country Rank
169
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
Public Policy | Globalization | Urban Planning | Urban Polic
Public Policy | Globalization | Urban Planning | Urban Polic
Citation Metrics
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Total1,430
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Last 6 Years563
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Last 6 Years / Total0.394
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
793,066
World Rank
227,509
Country Rank
223
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Citation Metrics
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Total784
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Last 6 Years117
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Last 6 Years / Total0.149
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
811,912
World Rank
231,573
Country Rank
230
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Citation Metrics
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Total742
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Last 6 Years604
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Last 6 Years / Total0.814
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
842,228
World Rank
238,076
Country Rank
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
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Total681
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Last 6 Years69
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Last 6 Years / Total0.101
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,008,232
World Rank
268,511
Country Rank
30
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
Human Rights | Human Security | International Norms | Capital Punishment | East Asian Politic
Human Rights | Human Security | International Norms | Capital Punishment | East Asian Politic
Citation Metrics
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Total445
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Last 6 Years151
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Last 6 Years / Total0.339
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,213,999
World Rank
299,588
Country Rank
41
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Social Sciences / Library and Information Science
academic libraries | e-resources | information seeking behavior | public healt
academic libraries | e-resources | information seeking behavior | public healt
Citation Metrics
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Total276
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Last 6 Years183
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Last 6 Years / Total0.663
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,319,628
World Rank
313,855
Country Rank
414
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
Data Science | Network Science | Computer Science | Political Science | Computational Social Scienc
Data Science | Network Science | Computer Science | Political Science | Computational Social Scienc
Citation Metrics
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Total221
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Last 6 Years220
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Last 6 Years / Total0.995
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,649,993
World Rank
355,834
Country Rank
568
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
politics regulation & governance | IPE/CPE | policy diffusion telecoms & nanotech | climate chang
politics regulation & governance | IPE/CPE | policy diffusion telecoms & nanotech | climate chang
Citation Metrics
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Total117
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Last 6 Years44
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Last 6 Years / Total0.376
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,686,726
World Rank
360,277
Country Rank
595
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Citation Metrics
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Total108
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Last 6 Years106
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Last 6 Years / Total0.981
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,865,785
World Rank
381,842
Country Rank
682
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Citation Metrics
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Total74
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Last 6 Years68
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Last 6 Years / Total0.919
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,888,551
World Rank
384,483
Country Rank
687
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Social Sciences / Transportation Science & Technology
Transport in porous media | Rheology of colloidal fluid | Scientific machine learnin
Transport in porous media | Rheology of colloidal fluid | Scientific machine learnin
Citation Metrics
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Total70
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Last 6 Years70
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Last 6 Years / Total1.000
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,204,556
World Rank
420,650
Country Rank
837
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Social Sciences / Transportation Science & Technology
Traffic Signal Design | Traffic Safety | Data Processin
Traffic Signal Design | Traffic Safety | Data Processin
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Total29
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Last 6 Years29
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Last 6 Years / Total1.000
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,376,214
World Rank
438,182
Country Rank
935
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Citation Metrics
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Total14
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Last 6 Years14
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Last 6 Years / Total1.000
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,389,460
World Rank
439,433
Country Rank
939
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
Machine Learning | Computer Vision | NLP | Political Psychology | Political Communicatio
Machine Learning | Computer Vision | NLP | Political Psychology | Political Communicatio
Citation Metrics
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Total13
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Last 6 Years13
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Last 6 Years / Total1.000
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