Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 13.560 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
355,389
264,390
0.744
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198,298
37,042
0.187
* 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
180,588
39,972
0.221
* 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
162,367
29,262
0.180
* 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
157,753
57,266
0.363
* 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
151,042
42,142
0.279
* 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
149,979
37,754
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
sociology
mobility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,435
34,965
0.239
* 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
140,113
29,284
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,260
30,229
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sociology
Demography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,664
29,980
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
child maltreatment
criminology
victimology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,009
30,086
0.237
* 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
118,450
25,118
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
qualitative research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,723
28,327
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Conversation analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,402
24,923
0.218
* 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
111,265
39,963
0.359
* 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
110,022
53,905
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
research methods
evaluation
social psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,313
21,683
0.200
* 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
106,864
20,345
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Life Course
Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,084
21,705
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
criminology
family
measurement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,981
13,764
0.135
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
survey methods
research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,280
17,776
0.176
* 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
92,684
21,773
0.235
* 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
86,956
17,022
0.196
* 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
80,721
19,419
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124
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
355,389
264,390
0.744
health
gender & sexuality
gendered bodies
food studies
qualitative research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
860
348
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mark Granovetter
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198,298
37,042
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,018
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
180,588
39,972
0.221
Sociology of organizations
economic sociology
networks
governance
institutions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,257
551
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alejandro Portes
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,367
29,262
0.180
Sociology
immigration
development
migration
social capital
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,328
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
157,753
57,266
0.363
Sociologia
Epistemologia
Direitos Humanos
Estudos Pós-Coloniais
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,443
635
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Loã¯C Wacquant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151,042
42,142
0.279
sociology
punishment
social theory
embodiment
ethnography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,466
649
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Paul Dimaggio
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,979
37,754
0.252
sociology of culture
economic sociology
stratification
organizations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,539
121
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
John Urry
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,435
34,965
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,677
135
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
140,113
29,284
0.209
Sociology
sociological theory
social theory
political sociology
social psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,718
138
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
138,260
30,229
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,914
865
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Douglas S Massey
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,664
29,980
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,015
922
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
David Finkelhor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,009
30,086
0.237
child maltreatment
criminology
victimology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,301
1,077
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
John W Meyer
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,450
25,118
0.212
sociology of education
organization theory
globalization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,455
190
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
David Silverman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,723
28,327
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,470
1,169
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
114,402
24,923
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,612
1,233
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
111,265
39,963
0.359
climate change
human ecology
environmental sociology
macro energy systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,675
208
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Trisha Greenhalgh
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,022
53,905
0.490
Primary Health Care
Innovation
Global Health
Medical Sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,765
1,312
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Thomas D Cook
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,313
21,683
0.200
research methods
evaluation
social psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,842
166
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Gosta Esping Andersen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,864
20,345
0.190
Social demography
social stratification
comparative social policy
family dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,989
1,420
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
104,084
21,705
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,094
1,475
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Murray Straus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,981
13,764
0.135
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,138
1,499
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Dillman Don A
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,280
17,776
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,715
1,753
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
David A Snow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,684
21,773
0.235
Collective Behavior and Social Movements. Homelessness
Culture
Framing Processes
Qualitative Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,141
1,953
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
86,956
17,022
0.196
sociology
entrepreneurship
organizations
social inequality
organizational sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,723
381
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Bob Jessop
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,721
19,419
0.241
Political economy
social theory
state theory
governance