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Highly Cited Researchers

Social Sciences / Sociology Highly Cited Researchers 6 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
Portugal
Boaventura De Sousa Santos
Sociologia
Epistemologia
Direitos Humanos
Estudos Pós-Coloniais
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,753
57,266
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Portugal
Luciane Lucas Dos Santos
Feminist Economics
Economic Sociology
Postcolonial Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
351
202
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Portugal
Carlos Nolasco
Sociologia
Sociologia do Desporto
Sociologia das Migrações
Sociologia Juridica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247
170
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Portugal
Dora Fonseca
Sociologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236
168
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Portugal
Cristiano Gianolla
Political Science
Political Sociology
Political Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
119
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Portugal
Cayetano Fernández
romani studies
estudios gitanos
anthropology
sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
59
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,328
Portugal
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Boaventura De Sousa Santos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,753
57,266
0.363
Sociologia
Epistemologia
Direitos Humanos
Estudos Pós-Coloniais
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,073,328
Portugal
5,432
247
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Luciane Lucas Dos Santos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
351
202
0.575
Feminist Economics
Economic Sociology
Postcolonial Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,220,439
Portugal
6,720
347
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Carlos Nolasco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247
170
0.688
Sociologia
Sociologia do Desporto
Sociologia das Migrações
Sociologia Juridica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,239,898
Portugal
6,872
353
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Dora Fonseca
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236
168
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,409,801
Portugal
8,063
472
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Cristiano Gianolla
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
119
0.748
Political Science
Political Sociology
Political Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,502,871
Portugal
8,628
524
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Cayetano Fernández
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
59
0.461
romani studies
estudios gitanos
anthropology
sociology