Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Universität Tubingen 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
Germany
Ansgar Thiel
Sociology and psychology of sports
health and the body
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,741
3,793
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Germany
Steffen Hillmert
Sociology
Social Stratification
Education
Life Course
Research Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,688
1,267
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Germany
Boris Nieswand
Migration
Transnationalism
Cultural Sociology
Ethnography
Morality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,302
2,088
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Germany
Marion Mueller
Categories of persons (gender
ethnicity and disability)
Sociology of pregnancy
Sociology of World Society and Globalization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525
228
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Germany
Polina Manolova
Sociology
Anthropology
Migration Studies
Class Studies
Postsocialism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
153
0.841
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Germany
Julia-Astrid Moldt
sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
107
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Germany
Bani Gill
Urbanism
Migration
Diversity
Ethnography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
36
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Germany
Christian Zettl
Political Behaviour
Political Sociology
Political Methodology
Higher Education
Curriculum Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
10
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,837
Germany
6,391
174
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ansgar Thiel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,741
3,793
0.563
Sociology and psychology of sports
health and the body
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
270,393
Germany
10,636
268
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Steffen Hillmert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,688
1,267
0.344
Sociology
Social Stratification
Education
Life Course
Research Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
297,450
Germany
11,543
286
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Boris Nieswand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,302
2,088
0.632
Migration
Transnationalism
Cultural Sociology
Ethnography
Morality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
899,184
Germany
29,989
609
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Marion Mueller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525
228
0.434
Categories of persons (gender
ethnicity and disability)
Sociology of pregnancy
Sociology of World Society and Globalization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,329,938
Germany
45,268
902
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Polina Manolova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
153
0.841
Sociology
Anthropology
Migration Studies
Class Studies
Postsocialism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,550,570
Germany
51,682
1,036
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Julia-Astrid Moldt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
107
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,839,193
Germany
58,603
1,157
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Bani Gill
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
36
0.750
Urbanism
Migration
Diversity
Ethnography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,993,291
Germany
61,494
1,219
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Christian Zettl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
10
0.357
Political Behaviour
Political Sociology
Political Methodology
Higher Education
Curriculum Design