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Germany 555 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Political Theory
Political Sociology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
38
0.358
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
European Union
Governance
Comparative Regionalism
Diffusion
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
51
0.630
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
International Relations
Global Governance
Legitimacy
Politikwissenschaft
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
40
0.533
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Political Sociology
Comparative Politics
Immigration
Migration
Social movements
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
42
0.575
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Comparative Public Policy
Comparative Public Administration
Regulation
Environmental Policy
Morality Policy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
44
0.629
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Political Science
Political Behavior
Public Opinion
Political Sociology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
51
0.739
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Comparative Politics
Political Behaviour
Political Culture
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
28
0.459
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
European Studies
civil society
lobbying
democracy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
19
0.311
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Political regimes: Democracy - dictatorships
democratization
political parties
social democracy
social justi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
32
0.533
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Political Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
27
0.458
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
social and political theory
biopolitics
new materialisms
science and technology studies
cryotechnologies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
35
0.625
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Ethics and Political Philosopy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
31
0.608
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Welfare States
Political Economy
German Political System
Political Theory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
26
0.510
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Politische Soziologie
electoral politics
party competition
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
15
0.294
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Political science
public policy
political economy
public administration
European Union
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
41
0.820
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Political Science
Political Behavior
Political Psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
32
0.640
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Political Science
Political Theory
Public Policy
Interest Groups
Political Networks
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
20
0.400
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Politische Einstellungen
politisches Verhalten
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
17
0.340
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Comparative Politics
Public Policy
Comparative Political Economy
Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
16
0.333
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
political behaviour
representative democracy
European integration
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
27
0.574
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Political Economy
International Development
Political Science
Causal Inference
Inequality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
34
0.739
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Comparative Politics
Comparative Political Parties
European Integration
German Politics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
27
0.587
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Politische Theorie
Sozialpolitik
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
19
0.413
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Comparative Political Economy
Welfare State Research
Historical Institutionalism
Attitudes and Preferences towards Redistribu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
37
0.822
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
comparative politics
foreign policy
democracy
citizenship
India
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
28
0.622
Claus Offe
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
38
0.358
Political Theory
Political Sociology
Tanja Boerzel
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
51
0.630
European Union
Governance
Comparative Regionalism
Diffusion
Zürn Michael
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
40
0.533
International Relations
Global Governance
Legitimacy
Politikwissenschaft
Ruud Koopmans
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
42
0.575
Political Sociology
Comparative Politics
Immigration
Migration
Social movements
Christoph Knill
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
44
0.629
Comparative Public Policy
Comparative Public Administration
Regulation
Environmental Policy
Morality Policy
Christian Welzel
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
51
0.739
Political Science
Political Behavior
Public Opinion
Political Sociology
Jan W. van Deth
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
28
0.459
Comparative Politics
Political Behaviour
Political Culture
beate kohler koch
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
19
0.311
European Studies
civil society
lobbying
democracy
Wolfgang Merkel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
32
0.533
Political regimes: Democracy - dictatorships
democratization
political parties
social democracy
social justi
Thomas König
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
27
0.458
Thomas Lemke
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
35
0.625
social and political theory
biopolitics
new materialisms
science and technology studies
cryotechnologies
Rainer Forst
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
31
0.608
Ethics and Political Philosopy
Philip Manow
Universität Bremen
Bremen, Germany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
26
0.510
Welfare States
Political Economy
German Political System
Political Theory
Franz Pappi
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
15
0.294
Politische Soziologie
electoral politics
party competition
Jale Tosun
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
41
0.820
Political science
public policy
political economy
public administration
European Union
Harald Schoen
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
32
0.640
Political Science
Political Behavior
Political Psychology
Volker Schneider
Universität Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
20
0.400
Political Science
Political Theory
Public Policy
Interest Groups
Political Networks
Oscar Gabriel
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
17
0.340
Politische Einstellungen
politisches Verhalten
Gerhard Lehmbruch
Universität Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
16
0.333
Comparative Politics
Public Policy
Comparative Political Economy
Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations
Hermann Schmitt
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
27
0.574
political behaviour
representative democracy
European integration
Macartan Humphreys
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
34
0.739
Political Economy
International Development
Political Science
Causal Inference
Inequality
Thomas Poguntke
Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
27
0.587
Comparative Politics
Comparative Political Parties
European Integration
German Politics
Frank Nullmeier
Universität Bremen
Bremen, Germany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
19
0.413
Politische Theorie
Sozialpolitik
Marius R Busemeyer
Universität Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
37
0.822
Comparative Political Economy
Welfare State Research
Historical Institutionalism
Attitudes and Preferences towards Redistribu
Subrata K Mitra
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
28
0.622
comparative politics
foreign policy
democracy
citizenship
India