Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Open University UK 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
Rosaline Barbour
qualitative methods
medical sociology
focus groups
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,843
8,405
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
United Kingdom
Gunjan Sondhi
Gender
Mobilities
Class
Education
Labour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
572
497
0.869
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
United Kingdom
Ece Kocabicak|Ece Kocabıçak
Political economy
Feminist theories
International Development
Political sociology
the Global
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
90
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
United Kingdom
Emma Stevens
safeguarding
social sciences
medical sociology
qualitative research
ethnography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
54
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
United Kingdom
Sayani Mitra
Reproductive Sociology
Migration
Political Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
64
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
United Kingdom
Helene Me Vannier Ducasse
critical social policies
social justice
economic sociology
development studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
19
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
United Kingdom
Susanne Main|Sue Main
Medical Sociology
Chronic Pain
Medical anthropology
online methods
qualitative research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
6
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,610
United Kingdom
2,954
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Rosaline Barbour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,843
8,405
0.368
qualitative methods
medical sociology
focus groups
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
870,890
United Kingdom
48,472
204
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Gunjan Sondhi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
572
497
0.869
Gender
Mobilities
Class
Education
Labour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,601,592
United Kingdom
79,932
428
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ece Kocabicak|Ece Kocabıçak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
90
0.938
Political economy
Feminist theories
International Development
Political sociology
the Global
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,611,478
United Kingdom
80,238
431
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Emma Stevens
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
54
0.574
safeguarding
social sciences
medical sociology
qualitative research
ethnography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,619,598
United Kingdom
80,493
433
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sayani Mitra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
64
0.696
Reproductive Sociology
Migration
Political Economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,080,067
United Kingdom
91,343
501
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Helene Me Vannier Ducasse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
19
1.000
critical social policies
social justice
economic sociology
development studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,177,532
United Kingdom
93,207
510
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Susanne Main|Sue Main
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
6
0.500
Medical Sociology
Chronic Pain
Medical anthropology
online methods
qualitative research