Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Sociology Highly Cited Researchers 14 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
Social support and loneliness
quantitative research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,633
19,959
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Environmental Sociology
Rural Sociology
Soil and Water Conservation
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,303
4,311
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Family Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,083
965
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,652
1,259
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sociology
agrifood systems
governance
biotechnology
gender and development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,236
963
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Quantitative Research Methods
Criminological Theory
Race and Justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,151
985
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
International Migration
Race and Ethnicity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,205
892
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gender and Development
Feminist Geography
Critical Pedagogy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,154
747
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
rural sociology
poverty
inequality
quantitative methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,686
1,238
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Agriculture
conservation
sustainability
rural community
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,340
199
0.149
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
extension
agriculture
community
developent
gender
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
654
166
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Critical Social Theory
Political Economy
Capitalism
Historical Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
509
206
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
rural sociology
environmental sociology
natural resources management
conservation agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
51
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rural Sociology
Environmental Sociology
Sustainable Agriculture
Conservation Adoption
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
27
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,479
3,061
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Daniel W Russell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,633
19,959
0.300
Social support and loneliness
quantitative research methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,652
61,650
273
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
J Gordon Arbuckle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,303
4,311
0.684
Environmental Sociology
Rural Sociology
Soil and Water Conservation
Climate Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
252,955
87,492
404
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Susan Stewart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,083
965
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
278,984
94,979
447
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sharon R Bird
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,652
1,259
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
309,206
103,675
494
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Carmen Bain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,236
963
0.298
Sociology
agrifood systems
governance
biotechnology
gender and development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
316,144
105,557
512
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Chester Britt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,151
985
0.313
Quantitative Research Methods
Criminological Theory
Race and Justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
418,141
133,718
634
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Abdi M Kusow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,205
892
0.405
International Migration
Race and Ethnicity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
425,496
135,774
643
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ann M Oberhauser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,154
747
0.347
Gender and Development
Feminist Geography
Critical Pedagogy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
504,839
156,985
729
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
David J Peters
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,686
1,238
0.734
rural sociology
poverty
inequality
quantitative methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
583,741
177,654
813
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Paul Lasley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,340
199
0.149
Agriculture
conservation
sustainability
rural community
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
837,046
237,899
1,041
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Betty Wells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
654
166
0.254
extension
agriculture
community
developent
gender
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
924,567
255,268
1,080
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Dan Krier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
509
206
0.405
Critical Social Theory
Political Economy
Capitalism
Historical Sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,808,594
380,411
1,260
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Laurie Wissler Nowatzke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
51
0.895
rural sociology
environmental sociology
natural resources management
conservation agriculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,017,521
407,743
1,407
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Chris Morris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
27
1.000
Rural Sociology
Environmental Sociology
Sustainable Agriculture
Conservation Adoption