Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Goldsmiths University of London 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
United Kingdom
David Silverman
qualitative research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,245
33,547
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
United Kingdom
Mike Featherstone
consumer culture
social theory
globalization
the body
the super-rich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,349
9,260
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
United Kingdom
John Lea
Criminology
politics
social policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,191
955
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
United Kingdom
Victoria D Alexander
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,101
1,641
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
United Kingdom
Sara Farris
Sociology
Gender Studies
International Migration
Political Theory
Marxism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,705
2,164
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
United Kingdom
Sevasti Melissa Nolas
childhood and youth studies
childhood publics
multimodal ethnography
temporality
biography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,799
1,029
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
United Kingdom
Aidan P Kelly
Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
683
210
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
United Kingdom
George Musgrave
Creative Labour
Mental Health
Cultural Sociology
Popular Music
Creative Industries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
557
525
0.943
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
United Kingdom
Francisca Grommé
Science and Technology Studies
Sociology
Anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284
254
0.894
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
United Kingdom
Steven Dixon-Smith
Sociolinguistics
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
25
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
United Kingdom
George Kalivis|Γιώργος Καλύβης
queer theory
gender and sexuality
diaspora studies
visual sociology
autoethnography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,433
United Kingdom
190
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David Silverman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,245
33,547
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,583
United Kingdom
834
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mike Featherstone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,349
9,260
0.180
consumer culture
social theory
globalization
the body
the super-rich
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
241,860
United Kingdom
18,054
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
John Lea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,191
955
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
246,736
United Kingdom
18,345
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Victoria D Alexander
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,101
1,641
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
350,968
United Kingdom
24,539
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sara Farris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,705
2,164
0.800
Sociology
Gender Studies
International Migration
Political Theory
Marxism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
474,478
United Kingdom
31,085
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sevasti Melissa Nolas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,799
1,029
0.572
childhood and youth studies
childhood publics
multimodal ethnography
temporality
biography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
813,015
United Kingdom
46,491
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Aidan P Kelly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
683
210
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
879,338
United Kingdom
48,757
109
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
George Musgrave
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
557
525
0.943
Creative Labour
Mental Health
Cultural Sociology
Popular Music
Creative Industries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,146,928
United Kingdom
62,300
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Francisca Grommé
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284
254
0.894
Science and Technology Studies
Sociology
Anthropology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,021,210
United Kingdom
90,156
208
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Steven Dixon-Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
25
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,341,641
United Kingdom
95,968
235
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
George Kalivis|Γιώργος Καλύβης
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
queer theory
gender and sexuality
diaspora studies
visual sociology
autoethnography