Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Social Sciences / Social Science Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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
United States
R Burke Johnson
Mixed Methods Research
Philosophy of Social Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,820
51,649
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
United States
K Michele Kacmar
work-family
ethics
organizational politics
impression management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,087
18,225
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
United States
Shenghua Wu
Pavement sustainability and resilience
asphalt and mixture
ME design
maintenance and rehabilitation
warm mix asphalt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,657
1,425
0.860
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
United States
Philip Habel
Political Communication
Public Opinion
Political Behavior
Research Methods
Computational Social Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
962
535
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
United States
Samantha Islam
Transportation Engineering
Traffic Safety
Pedestrians
Econometric modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
690
374
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
United States
Charles KS Wu
International Security
Public Opinion
Taiwan Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
592
582
0.983
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
United States
Paula Lenor Webb
Library
Author
Speaker
History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
30
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,641
United States
1,255
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
R Burke Johnson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,820
51,649
0.475
Mixed Methods Research
Philosophy of Social Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,759
United States
5,579
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
K Michele Kacmar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,087
18,225
0.404
work-family
ethics
organizational politics
impression management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
501,867
United States
156,390
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Shenghua Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,657
1,425
0.860
Pavement sustainability and resilience
asphalt and mixture
ME design
maintenance and rehabilitation
warm mix asphalt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
692,424
United States
205,247
109
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Philip Habel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
962
535
0.556
Political Communication
Public Opinion
Political Behavior
Research Methods
Computational Social Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
809,474
United States
232,293
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Samantha Islam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
690
374
0.542
Transportation Engineering
Traffic Safety
Pedestrians
Econometric modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
859,801
United States
243,133
136
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Charles KS Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
592
582
0.983
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,185,031
United States
295,823
177
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Samuel H Fisher III
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
80
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,575,780
United States
348,923
217
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Paula Lenor Webb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
30
0.291