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Italy 8,966 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences and Humanities Rankings - 2025
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These rankings provide a comprehensive evaluation of scientific performance by combining total and recent 6-year h-index values, offering insight into both research productivity and long-term impact. The h-index balances quantity with quality, highlighting sustained academic excellence. Rankings are continuously updated in near real-time to reflect the latest scholarly activity across countries, institutions, and 211 academic fields. Premium Membership unlocks deeper analytics, dynamic ranking tools, and personalized trend visualizations.
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Entrepreneurship
Family Business
Digital Transformation
Strategic Management
Innovatio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
105
0.875
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Personality Psycholog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
73
0.664
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
sociology
political science
social movements
democrac
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
62
0.602
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Political Science
Comparative Politics
European Union
Latin America
democratizatio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
44
0.436
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
operations research
combinatorial optimization
algorithm
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
53
0.546
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Comparative politics
political behavior
social movements
political communicatio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
61
0.656
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Social and cognitive neuroscienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
51
0.548
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
economic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
54
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Cognitive Psycholog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
49
0.557
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
sociology
family
social stratification
education
statistical method
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
43
0.489
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Neuroscience
Psychology
Neuropsycholog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
39
0.443
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Astrophysics
History of Cosmology
Ancient Scienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
44
0.530
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Psychometr
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
60
0.732
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
international trade
economic development
public procuremen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
37
0.457
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Family business
Family firms
Entrepreneurship
Family innovation
Innovation Strateg
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
78
0.975
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Environmental Accounting - Environmental Chemistr
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
57
0.713
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Personality Psychology
Evolutionary Psychology
Psychometrics
Interpersonal Relationship
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
66
0.835
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Sleep
pediatric sleep
EEG
child neurology
epileps
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
50
0.633
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
psychopathology
psychiatry
psychopharmacology
psychotherap
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
49
0.636
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Animal behaviour
sexual selection
animal cognition
lateralizatio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
39
0.506
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Social demography
social stratification
comparative social policy
family dynamic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
40
0.526
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Operations researc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
50
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Elementary Particle Phenomenolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
40
0.533
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Online learning
Teacher education
Research methods in education
ESD
music educatio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
57
0.770
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
sleep
sleep disorders
sleepiness
dreaming
cerebral corte
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
51
0.689
Sascha Kraus
Libera Università di Bolzano
Bolzano, Italy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
105
0.875
Entrepreneurship
Family Business
Digital Transformation
Strategic Management
Innovatio
Gianvittorio Caprara
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
73
0.664
Donatella Della Porta
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
62
0.602
sociology
political science
social movements
democrac
Philippe C. Schmitter
European University Institute
Fiesole, Italy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
44
0.436
Political Science
Comparative Politics
European Union
Latin America
democratizatio
Paolo Toth
Università di Bologna
Bologna, Italy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
53
0.546
operations research
combinatorial optimization
algorithm
Hanspeter Kriesi
European University Institute
Fiesole, Italy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
61
0.656
Comparative politics
political behavior
social movements
political communicatio
Salvatore Maria Aglioti
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
51
0.548
Guido Tabellini
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
54
0.600
Cesare Cornoldi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
49
0.557
Hans Peter Blossfeld
European University Institute
Fiesole, Italy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
43
0.489
sociology
family
social stratification
education
statistical method
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Giuseppe Vallar
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
39
0.443
Alberto Cappi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
44
0.530
Astrophysics
History of Cosmology
Ancient Scienc
Claudio Barbaranelli
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
60
0.732
Bernard Hoekman
European University Institute
Fiesole, Italy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
37
0.457
international trade
economic development
public procuremen
Alfredo De Massis
Libera Università di Bolzano
Bolzano, Italy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
78
0.975
Family business
Family firms
Entrepreneurship
Family innovation
Innovation Strateg
Sergio Ulgiati
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
57
0.713
Environmental Accounting - Environmental Chemistr
Peter Jonason|Peter Karl Jonason
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
66
0.835
Personality Psychology
Evolutionary Psychology
Psychometrics
Interpersonal Relationship
Oliviero Bruni
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
50
0.633
Sleep
pediatric sleep
EEG
child neurology
epileps
Valdo Ricca
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
49
0.636
psychopathology
psychiatry
psychopharmacology
psychotherap
Angelo Bisazza
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
39
0.506
Animal behaviour
sexual selection
animal cognition
lateralizatio
Gosta Esping Andersen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
40
0.526
Social demography
social stratification
comparative social policy
family dynamic
M Grazia Speranza
Università degli Studi di Brescia
Brescia, Italy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
50
0.667
Luca Silvestrini
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
40
0.533
Biasutti Michele
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
57
0.770
Online learning
Teacher education
Research methods in education
ESD
music educatio
Luigi De Gennaro
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
51
0.689
sleep
sleep disorders
sleepiness
dreaming
cerebral corte