Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Sociology Highly Cited Researchers 24 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
Gender
empowerment
poverty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,617
15,420
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sociology
Inequality
Cultural sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,613
11,654
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
consumption
market society
digital culture
media and development
material culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,226
2,979
0.173
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
gender and development
poverty
household
migration
employment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,573
4,105
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
globalization
capitalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,868
2,580
0.163
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gender Studies
Feminist Theory
Feminist Narrative Fiction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,337
7,875
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sociology
Science and Technology Studies
Medical Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,915
3,646
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
NRMs minority religions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,252
984
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
employment relations
immigration
social inequality
sociology of work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,793
1,121
0.234
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
sociology
money
finance
social theory
globalization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,252
1,280
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gender
Labour Movements
Russia
Corporate Social Responsibility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,034
762
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Urban Sociology
Political Sociology
Cultural Sociology
Social Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,770
1,026
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Discourse
Knowledge
Reflexivity
International Relations
International Political Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
511
446
0.873
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
gender
agro-industry
value chains
inequality
political-economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383
202
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
International Relations
Nationalism
Authoritarianism
Historical Sociology
Uneven and combined development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330
245
0.742
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Information society
sociology
qualitative research
media and communications
comparative research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
103
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Social Network Analysis
Cooperation
Sociology
Evolutionary Anthropology
Quantitative Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
95
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
sociology
migration
immigration
race ralations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129
38
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sociocultural Anthropology
Political and Legal Anthropology
Corruption
Social Movements
Middle East
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
50
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sociology
Information Ethics
Data
Digital Ethics
ICTs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
22
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
sociology
social policy
family
gender
parental leave
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
35
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
cultural sociology
fashion theory
affect theory
disability studies
time and temporalities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
29
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Political Ecology
Social Practice
Urban Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
21
0.955
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Political Sociology
Islam in Europe
European Identity
Kosovo
Turkey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
20
0.952
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,278
1,077
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Naila Kabeer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,617
15,420
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,904
1,292
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mike Savage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,613
11,654
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,835
4,400
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Don Slater
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,226
2,979
0.173
consumption
market society
digital culture
media and development
material culture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,545
4,609
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sylvia Chant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,573
4,105
0.248
gender and development
poverty
household
migration
employment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,739
4,869
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
leslie sklair
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,868
2,580
0.163
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,218
6,075
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mary Evans
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,337
7,875
0.590
Gender Studies
Feminist Theory
Feminist Narrative Fiction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,661
9,367
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Carrie Friese
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,915
3,646
0.409
Sociology
Science and Technology Studies
Medical Sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
199,231
15,257
190
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Eileen Barker Barker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,252
984
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
217,669
16,490
208
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Patrick McGovern
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,793
1,121
0.234
employment relations
immigration
social inequality
sociology of work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
307,483
22,007
267
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nigel Dodd
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,252
1,280
0.394
sociology
money
finance
social theory
globalization
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
325,714
23,080
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sarah Ashwin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,034
762
0.251
Gender
Labour Movements
Russia
Corporate Social Responsibility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
487,747
31,774
375
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Michael McQuarrie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,770
1,026
0.580
Urban Sociology
Political Sociology
Cultural Sociology
Social Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
920,600
50,788
570
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Audrey Alejandro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
511
446
0.873
Discourse
Knowledge
Reflexivity
International Relations
International Political Sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,038,687
57,014
622
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Anouk Patel-Campillo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383
202
0.527
gender
agro-industry
value chains
inequality
political-economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,098,714
60,023
644
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Luke Cooper
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330
245
0.742
International Relations
Nationalism
Authoritarianism
Historical Sociology
Uneven and combined development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,399,373
72,921
768
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dimitris Boucas,
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
103
0.624
Information society
sociology
qualitative research
media and communications
comparative research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,499,574
76,359
792
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Cohen R Simpson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
95
0.720
Social Network Analysis
Cooperation
Sociology
Evolutionary Anthropology
Quantitative Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,510,836
76,749
795
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Edmar Da Rocha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129
38
0.295
sociology
migration
immigration
race ralations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,747,848
83,531
878
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Yazan Doughan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
50
0.685
Sociocultural Anthropology
Political and Legal Anthropology
Corruption
Social Movements
Middle East
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,954,359
88,027
937
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Asha Titus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
22
0.550
Sociology
Information Ethics
Data
Digital Ethics
ICTs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,986,920
88,860
947
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Youngcho Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
35
1.000
sociology
social policy
family
gender
parental leave
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,038,999
90,150
965
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jana Melkumova-Reynolds|Yana Melkumova Reynolds
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
29
1.000
cultural sociology
fashion theory
affect theory
disability studies
time and temporalities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,109,555
91,790
984
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Gustavo Segat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
21
0.955
Political Ecology
Social Practice
Urban Sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,120,670
92,028
988
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Friedrich C Püttmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
20
0.952
Political Sociology
Islam in Europe
European Identity
Kosovo
Turkey