Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Sociology 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
health
gender & sexuality
gendered bodies
food studies
qualitative research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330,212
261,925
0.793
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,652
43,845
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Sociology of organizations
economic sociology
networks
governance
institutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178,204
46,707
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Sociology
immigration
development
migration
social capital
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,456
35,113
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Sociologia
Epistemologia
Direitos Humanos
Estudos Pós-Coloniais
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154,900
64,906
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
sociology
punishment
social theory
embodiment
ethnography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,408
49,608
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
sociology of culture
economic sociology
stratification
organizations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,360
43,263
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
sociology
mobility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,128
41,397
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Sociology
sociological theory
social theory
political sociology
social psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,947
34,380
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,891
36,793
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Sociology
Demography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,577
35,099
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
child maltreatment
criminology
victimology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,792
34,547
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
sociology of education
organization theory
globalization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,685
29,494
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
qualitative research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,860
33,230
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Conversation analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,522
28,594
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
climate change
human ecology
environmental sociology
macro energy systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,647
44,559
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Primary Health Care
Innovation
Global Health
Medical Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,419
58,111
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
research methods
evaluation
social psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,771
25,668
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Social demography
social stratification
comparative social policy
family dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,566
24,274
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Life Course
Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,542
25,416
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
criminology
family
measurement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,869
16,529
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
survey methods
research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,908
20,954
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Collective Behavior and Social Movements. Homelessness
Culture
Framing Processes
Qualitative Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,253
25,565
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
sociology
entrepreneurship
organizations
social inequality
organizational sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,884
20,105
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Political economy
social theory
state theory
governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,505
23,035
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
147
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Virginia Braun
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330,212
261,925
0.793
health
gender & sexuality
gendered bodies
food studies
qualitative research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
843
340
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mark Granovetter
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,652
43,845
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,011
426
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Walter W Powell
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178,204
46,707
0.262
Sociology of organizations
economic sociology
networks
governance
institutions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,237
543
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alejandro Portes
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,456
35,113
0.219
Sociology
immigration
development
migration
social capital
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,319
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Boaventura De Sousa Santos
Universidade de Coimbra
Coimbra, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154,900
64,906
0.419
Sociologia
Epistemologia
Direitos Humanos
Estudos Pós-Coloniais
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,430
633
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Loã¯C Wacquant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,408
49,608
0.334
sociology
punishment
social theory
embodiment
ethnography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,454
643
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Paul Dimaggio
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,360
43,263
0.294
sociology of culture
economic sociology
stratification
organizations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,529
121
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
John Urry
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,128
41,397
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,649
133
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
C Wright Mills
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,947
34,380
0.249
Sociology
sociological theory
social theory
political sociology
social psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,676
136
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nikolas Rose
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,891
36,793
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,895
860
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Douglas S Massey
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,577
35,099
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,001
923
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
David Finkelhor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,792
34,547
0.277
child maltreatment
criminology
victimology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,271
1,064
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
John W Meyer
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,685
29,494
0.253
sociology of education
organization theory
globalization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,427
188
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
David Silverman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,860
33,230
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,441
1,159
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Emanuel Schegloff
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,522
28,594
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,619
1,243
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Thomas Dietz
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,647
44,559
0.410
climate change
human ecology
environmental sociology
macro energy systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,633
205
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Trisha Greenhalgh
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,419
58,111
0.536
Primary Health Care
Innovation
Global Health
Medical Sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,717
1,293
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Thomas D Cook
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,771
25,668
0.240
research methods
evaluation
social psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,780
158
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Gosta Esping Andersen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,566
24,274
0.230
Social demography
social stratification
comparative social policy
family dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,952
1,413
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Glen H Elder Jr
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,542
25,416
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,032
1,450
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Murray Straus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,869
16,529
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,086
1,478
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Dillman Don A
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,908
20,954
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,676
1,739
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
David A Snow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,253
25,565
0.280
Collective Behavior and Social Movements. Homelessness
Culture
Framing Processes
Qualitative Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,097
1,939
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Howard E Aldrich
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,884
20,105
0.234
sociology
entrepreneurship
organizations
social inequality
organizational sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,657
378
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Bob Jessop
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,505
23,035
0.290
Political economy
social theory
state theory
governance