Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Sociology 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
health
gender & sexuality
gendered bodies
food studies
qualitative research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
315,661
247,877
0.785
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,637
42,574
0.220
* 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
175,852
45,109
0.257
* 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
158,855
34,161
0.215
* 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
153,072
63,241
0.413
* 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
146,287
48,243
0.330
* 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
145,064
41,704
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
sociology
mobility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,759
40,446
0.283
* 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
136,518
33,441
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,340
35,705
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Sociology
Demography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,152
34,003
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
child maltreatment
criminology
victimology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,407
33,512
0.272
* 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
115,326
28,580
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Conversation analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,575
27,915
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
qualitative research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,213
32,058
0.288
* 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
106,939
43,132
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Social demography
social stratification
comparative social policy
family dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,264
23,617
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
research methods
evaluation
social psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,064
24,719
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Life Course
Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,546
24,685
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
criminology
family
measurement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,258
16,105
0.161
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
survey methods
research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,184
20,425
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Collective Behavior and Social Movements. Homelessness
Culture
Framing Processes
Qualitative Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,907
24,566
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
sociology
entrepreneurship
organizations
social inequality
organizational sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,826
19,490
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Political economy
social theory
state theory
governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,438
22,318
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Sociological Theory
globalization
consumption
prosumption
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,257
25,615
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167
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
315,661
247,877
0.785
health
gender & sexuality
gendered bodies
food studies
qualitative research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
833
339
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mark Granovetter
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,637
42,574
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,004
423
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Walter W Powell
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175,852
45,109
0.257
Sociology of organizations
economic sociology
networks
governance
institutions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,213
537
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alejandro Portes
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,855
34,161
0.215
Sociology
immigration
development
migration
social capital
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,308
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
153,072
63,241
0.413
Sociologia
Epistemologia
Direitos Humanos
Estudos Pós-Coloniais
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,425
632
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Loã¯C Wacquant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,287
48,243
0.330
sociology
punishment
social theory
embodiment
ethnography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,453
649
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Paul Dimaggio
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,064
41,704
0.287
sociology of culture
economic sociology
stratification
organizations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,502
117
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
John Urry
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,759
40,446
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,633
132
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
136,518
33,441
0.245
Sociology
sociological theory
social theory
political sociology
social psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,658
134
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
135,340
35,705
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,873
859
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Douglas S Massey
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,152
34,003
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,977
918
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
David Finkelhor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,407
33,512
0.272
child maltreatment
criminology
victimology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,243
1,057
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
John W Meyer
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,326
28,580
0.248
sociology of education
organization theory
globalization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,388
1,141
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Emanuel Schegloff
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,575
27,915
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,407
188
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
David Silverman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,213
32,058
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,598
1,245
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
106,939
43,132
0.403
climate change
human ecology
environmental sociology
macro energy systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,740
159
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Gosta Esping Andersen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,264
23,617
0.227
Social demography
social stratification
comparative social policy
family dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,751
1,316
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Thomas D Cook
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,064
24,719
0.238
research methods
evaluation
social psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,897
1,397
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Glen H Elder Jr
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,546
24,685
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,961
1,428
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Murray Straus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,258
16,105
0.161
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,022
1,460
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dillman Don A
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,184
20,425
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,656
1,748
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
David A Snow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,907
24,566
0.273
Collective Behavior and Social Movements. Homelessness
Culture
Framing Processes
Qualitative Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,061
1,935
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Howard E Aldrich
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,826
19,490
0.230
sociology
entrepreneurship
organizations
social inequality
organizational sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,614
374
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Bob Jessop
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,438
22,318
0.285
Political economy
social theory
state theory
governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,753
2,278
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
George Ritzer
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,257
25,615
0.332
Sociological Theory
globalization
consumption
prosumption