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Linguistics
Cognitive Science
Politics
Law
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273,867
73,288
0.268
social determinants of health
health inequalities
early childhood intervention
population health trends
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,258
177,268
0.732
Social Epidemiology
Social Determinants of Health
Public Health
Epidemiology
Health Equity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,259
115,401
0.753
affective science
positive psychology
social psychology
psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,084
63,064
0.429
psychology
evolutionary psychology
cognitive science
behavior analysis
clinical psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,095
55,310
0.395
Computational Social Science
Network Science
Sociology
Complex Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,956
42,146
0.315
Injury prevention
Road safety
Epidemiology
Data linkage.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,886
76,270
0.658
Masculinities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,218
42,355
0.381
social-ecological resilience
commons
traditional ecological knowledge
indigenous knowledge
human ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,913
36,973
0.339
Psychology
social psychology
methodology
open science
metascience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,163
60,266
0.557
motivation
self-concept
gender differences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,983
38,462
0.360
Mixed Methods Research
Philosophy of Social Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,772
49,145
0.465
Social science
Social psychology
Social identity
Leadership
Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,867
46,243
0.526
Radiocarbon
Geochronology
Bayesian statistics
Archaeology
Quaternary Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,583
37,554
0.439
philosophy of science
philosophy of social science
social psychology
psychology
philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,089
16,278
0.214
Transport
logistics
economics
choice modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,026
28,234
0.376
political science
comparative politics
public opinion
elections
democracy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,322
19,012
0.270
Comparative Politics
Democratic Theory
Latin America
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,798
14,773
0.212
Computational Models of Cognition
Cognitive Science
Machine Learning
Cognitive Psychology
Bayesian Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,013
33,073
0.486
American Politics
Comparative Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,655
17,847
0.268
wellbeing science
climate psychology
existential positive psychology
chronic conditions
burden of disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,465
38,833
0.593
alcohol use
cigarette use
drug use
childhood obesity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,445
16,530
0.253
Psychology
Psychometrics
Clinical Psychology
Philosophy of Science
Methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,439
47,549
0.727
HUman Geography
Political Science
Elections
Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,679
14,714
0.227
cognitive science
cognitive neuroscience
thinking and reasoning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,384
13,312
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
290
126
5
George Lakoff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273,867
73,288
0.268
Linguistics
Cognitive Science
Politics
Law
Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
463
10
3
Young Ho Khang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,258
177,268
0.732
social determinants of health
health inequalities
early childhood intervention
population health trends
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,310
582
2
Daniel Kim
Northeastern University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,259
115,401
0.753
Social Epidemiology
Social Determinants of Health
Public Health
Epidemiology
Health Equity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,414
627
7
Barbara L Fredrickson
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,084
63,064
0.429
affective science
positive psychology
social psychology
psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,552
691
1
Steven C Hayes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,095
55,310
0.395
psychology
evolutionary psychology
cognitive science
behavior analysis
clinical psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,700
771
4
Duncan J Watts
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,956
42,146
0.315
Computational Social Science
Network Science
Sociology
Complex Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,225
73
9
Soufiane Boufous
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,886
76,270
0.658
Injury prevention
Road safety
Epidemiology
Data linkage.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,411
83
7
Raewyn Connell
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,218
42,355
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,513
96
1
Fikret Berkes
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,913
36,973
0.339
social-ecological resilience
commons
traditional ecological knowledge
indigenous knowledge
human ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,540
1,214
4
Brian Nosek
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,163
60,266
0.557
Psychology
social psychology
methodology
open science
metascience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,603
1,244
6
Allan Wigfield
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,983
38,462
0.360
motivation
self-concept
gender differences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,667
1,279
3
R Burke Johnson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,772
49,145
0.465
Mixed Methods Research
Philosophy of Social Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,828
147
16
S Alexander Haslam|Alex Haslam
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,867
46,243
0.526
Social science
Social psychology
Social identity
Leadership
Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,011
325
47
Christopher Bronk Ramsey
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,583
37,554
0.439
Radiocarbon
Geochronology
Bayesian statistics
Archaeology
Quaternary Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,918
2,353
4
Horace Romano Harré
Georgetown University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,089
16,278
0.214
philosophy of science
philosophy of social science
social psychology
psychology
philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,037
202
17
David Hensher
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,026
28,234
0.376
Transport
logistics
economics
choice modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,589
2,654
21
Dalton Russell J
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,322
19,012
0.270
political science
comparative politics
public opinion
elections
democracy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,655
2,690
25
Guillermo O'Donnell
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,798
14,773
0.212
Comparative Politics
Democratic Theory
Latin America
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,902
2,805
40
Thomas L Griffiths
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,013
33,073
0.486
Computational Models of Cognition
Cognitive Science
Machine Learning
Cognitive Psychology
Bayesian Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,084
2,900
73
Paul Pierson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,655
17,847
0.268
American Politics
Comparative Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,265
535
1
Andrew H Kemp
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,465
38,833
0.593
wellbeing science
climate psychology
existential positive psychology
chronic conditions
burden of disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,269
2,985
52
Lloyd Johnston
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,445
16,530
0.253
alcohol use
cigarette use
drug use
childhood obesity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,271
137
8
Denny Borsboom
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,439
47,549
0.727
Psychology
Psychometrics
Clinical Psychology
Philosophy of Science
Methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,384
546
14
Ron Johnston
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,679
14,714
0.227
HUman Geography
Political Science
Elections
Geography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,435
3,049
65
Keith Holyoak
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,384
13,312
0.207
cognitive science
cognitive neuroscience
thinking and reasoning