Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Victoria British Columbia Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Social Science 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
Political Theory
Legal theory
history of political thought
Indigenous politics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,904
5,232
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
transgender
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,045
5,111
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
European Integration
Governance
Comparative Politics
International Political Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,108
2,556
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
politics
social policy
disability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,093
859
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Social Demography
Immigration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,521
1,215
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
political theory
diversity
pluralism
identity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,765
511
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
international management and labor relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,557
314
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Social movements
European Integration
Participation
Vulnerable Populations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,390
740
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
foreign policy
military
diplomacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,267
263
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
international relations
comparative politics
international political economy
Russia and Eurasia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,225
394
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
political virtue
politics of emotion
memory
non-Western political theory
anticolonial feminist praxes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
767
589
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Latin American Politics
Comparative Politics
Democratization
Policing
Media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
697
422
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Gender history
social history of religion
feminism
class
atheism/irreligion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
682
170
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
collective memory
transitional justice
Indigenous-settler relations
constitutionalism
Canadian politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
663
255
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
American Literature
Literature and Religion
Christian Right
Biblical scholarship
evangelicalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
490
226
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Democratic Reform
Accountability
Responsible Government
Hierarchy
Institutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
462
160
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Political Theory
Continental Philosophy
Political Economy
Critical Theory
Urban Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
311
195
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Transportation
Logistics
Reinforcement Learning
Uncertainty
Operations Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
163
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
libraries
digital humanities
digital preservation
linked data
open access publishing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
41
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
104
0.945
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Library Sciences
Digital Scholarship
Humanities
Modernism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
61
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Cataloguing
Metadata
Linked Data
Semantic Web
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
54
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
white settler societies
neoliberalism
resentment and anger
Canadian colonialism
critical theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
32
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
political science
sociology
big data
business
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,474
1,866
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
James Tully
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,904
5,232
0.277
Political Theory
Legal theory
history of political thought
Indigenous politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,322
4,808
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Aaron Devor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,045
5,111
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163,913
7,181
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Amy Verdun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,108
2,556
0.418
European Integration
Governance
Comparative Politics
International Political Economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
307,032
12,668
232
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Michael J Prince
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,093
859
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
362,186
14,583
271
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Christoph M Schimmele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,521
1,215
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
470,406
17,922
325
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Avigail Eisenberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,765
511
0.290
political theory
diversity
pluralism
identity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
511,855
19,188
349
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ignace Ng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,557
314
0.202
international management and labor relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
550,084
20,275
376
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Helga K Hallgrimsdottir
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,390
740
0.532
Social movements
European Integration
Participation
Vulnerable Populations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
582,402
21,238
399
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
BJC Mckercher
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,267
263
0.208
foreign policy
military
diplomacy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
594,155
21,583
404
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mikhail Molchanov (Молчанов М А )|Mikhail A. Molchanov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,225
394
0.322
international relations
comparative politics
international political economy
Russia and Eurasia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
760,966
26,129
475
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sam Grey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
767
589
0.768
political virtue
politics of emotion
memory
non-Western political theory
anticolonial feminist praxes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
793,964
26,940
488
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Michelle D Bonner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
697
422
0.605
Latin American Politics
Comparative Politics
Democratization
Policing
Media
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
801,706
27,135
491
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Lynne Marks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
682
170
0.249
Gender history
social history of religion
feminism
class
atheism/irreligion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
811,277
27,378
495
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Matt James
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
663
255
0.385
collective memory
transitional justice
Indigenous-settler relations
constitutionalism
Canadian politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
909,858
29,608
538
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Christopher Douglas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
490
226
0.461
American Literature
Literature and Religion
Christian Right
Biblical scholarship
evangelicalism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
933,838
30,320
543
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mark D Jarvis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
462
160
0.346
Democratic Reform
Accountability
Responsible Government
Hierarchy
Institutions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,090,255
34,615
575
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Katherine Newman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
311
195
0.627
Political Theory
Continental Philosophy
Political Economy
Critical Theory
Urban Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,354,521
41,422
666
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Niloofar Gilani Larimi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
163
0.994
Transportation
Logistics
Reinforcement Learning
Uncertainty
Operations Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,380,477
42,058
679
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Lisa Goddard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
41
0.265
libraries
digital humanities
digital preservation
linked data
open access publishing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,521,511
45,371
731
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Aditi Gupta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
104
0.945
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,564,945
46,414
743
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
J Matthew Huculak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
61
0.616
Library Sciences
Digital Scholarship
Humanities
Modernism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,716,341
49,492
789
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Dean Seeman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
54
0.818
Cataloguing
Metadata
Linked Data
Semantic Web
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,884,254
52,487
851
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Phil Henderson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
32
0.821
white settler societies
neoliberalism
resentment and anger
Canadian colonialism
critical theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,229,923
58,005
987
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Si Min Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
political science
sociology
big data
business