Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Warwick 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
Social Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,207
16,176
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
social epistemology
history and philosophy of science
sociology of knowledge
transhumanism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,947
5,441
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Sociology of race and ethnic relations
racism
multiculturalism
antiracism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,624
3,310
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
gender
work-life balance
careers
inequality
military employment transitions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,095
2,058
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
sociology
social theory
economic sociology
new media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,383
1,701
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Culture
Sociology
Bourdieu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,334
1,743
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
responsible research systems
research software sustainability and impact
science communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,429
2,119
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Sociology of work and employment
Economic Sociology
Political Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,502
547
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Scientific Cultures
Culture and Media
Gender
Feminism
Mourning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,422
641
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
urban and environmental sociology
green industrial transformation
environmental politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,755
1,267
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
gender and violence
ethnicity and violence
disability and domestic violence
child contact and post-separation violence
bride
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,523
705
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Sociology of dying
Sociology of palliative and end of life care and bereavement
Sociology of cancer
Sociology of diagnosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
797
651
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
racism and the security state
securitisation
critical race theory
postcolonial theory
Islamophobia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
742
480
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Sociology
Philosophy
Political Theory
Social Theory
Culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
457
223
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Sociology of Care
Food
Gender and Migration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
346
254
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Digital Sociology
Internet Studies
Surveillance Studies
Science and Technology Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210
186
0.886
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Sociolinguistics
linguistic landscapes
language and gender
regional and minority languages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
171
0.905
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
sociolinguistics
phonetics
sociophonetics
language variation and change
dialectology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175
150
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Animal Geography
Sociology
Human-Animal Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
136
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Sociology cities religion young people racism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
81
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Sociology
Computational Social Science
Social Networks
Wikipedia
Discrimination
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
49
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Adolescent Health
Quantitative Social Research
Family Structure
Physical Activity Measurement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
STS
Medical Anthropology
Sociology of Emotions
Philosophy of Science
Digital Methodologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
12
0.923
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Social Metaphysics
Social Theory
Social Epistemology
Sociology of Knowledge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
7
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
sociology of health and illness
medical sociology
gender studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,313
989
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Margaret S Archer
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,207
16,176
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,834
3,810
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Steve Fuller
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,947
5,441
0.287
social epistemology
history and philosophy of science
sociology of knowledge
transhumanism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,822
5,770
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
John Solomos
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,624
3,310
0.243
Sociology of race and ethnic relations
racism
multiculturalism
antiracism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
201,316
15,345
248
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Clare Lyonette
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,095
2,058
0.404
gender
work-life balance
careers
inequality
military employment transitions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
231,810
17,354
285
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nicholas Gane
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,383
1,701
0.388
sociology
social theory
economic sociology
new media
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
234,683
17,552
291
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
David Wright
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,334
1,743
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
287,568
20,815
359
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Eric Jensen|Eric Allen Jensen, Eric Jensen, EA Jensen
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,429
2,119
0.618
responsible research systems
research software sustainability and impact
science communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
372,869
25,663
447
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Tony Elger
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,502
547
0.219
Sociology of work and employment
Economic Sociology
Political Economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
382,647
26,241
459
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Deborah Lynn Steinberg
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,422
641
0.265
Scientific Cultures
Culture and Media
Gender
Feminism
Mourning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
484,783
31,548
555
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Alice Mah
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,755
1,267
0.722
urban and environmental sociology
green industrial transformation
environmental politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
532,013
34,017
588
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ravi K Thiara
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,523
705
0.463
gender and violence
ethnicity and violence
disability and domestic violence
child contact and post-separation violence
bride
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
768,873
44,803
735
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
John I Macartney
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
797
651
0.817
Sociology of dying
Sociology of palliative and end of life care and bereavement
Sociology of cancer
Sociology of diagnosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
785,050
45,453
739
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nisha Kapoor
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
742
480
0.647
racism and the security state
securitisation
critical race theory
postcolonial theory
Islamophobia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
953,377
52,283
823
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Claire Blencowe
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
457
223
0.488
Sociology
Philosophy
Political Theory
Social Theory
Culture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,063,022
57,886
913
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Xiaodong Lin
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
346
254
0.734
Sociology of Care
Food
Gender and Migration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,267,925
67,312
1,070
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Matías Valderrama Barragán
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210
186
0.886
Digital Sociology
Internet Studies
Surveillance Studies
Science and Technology Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,312,008
69,131
1,112
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Will Amos|H. William Amos
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
171
0.905
Sociolinguistics
linguistic landscapes
language and gender
regional and minority languages
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,344,742
70,519
1,137
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Christopher Strelluf
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175
150
0.857
sociolinguistics
phonetics
sociophonetics
language variation and change
dialectology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,367,329
71,455
1,151
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Martha Geiger
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
136
0.819
Animal Geography
Sociology
Human-Animal Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,528,548
77,237
1,285
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ajmal Hussain
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
81
0.717
Sociology cities religion young people racism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,825,614
85,504
1,466
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Nicole Schwitter
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
49
1.000
Sociology
Computational Social Science
Social Networks
Wikipedia
Discrimination
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,105,830
91,668
1,631
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Elena Mylona
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
Adolescent Health
Quantitative Social Research
Family Structure
Physical Activity Measurement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,152,311
92,611
1,665
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Javier García-Martínez
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
12
0.923
STS
Medical Anthropology
Sociology of Emotions
Philosophy of Science
Digital Methodologies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,156,264
92,671
1,666
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Pedro Saez-Williams
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
7
0.538
Social Metaphysics
Social Theory
Social Epistemology
Sociology of Knowledge
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,158,467
92,703
1,668
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Georgia Clancy
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
sociology of health and illness
medical sociology
gender studies