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United States 2,757 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Sociology Rankings - 2025

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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David Finkelhor
child maltreatment
criminology
victimology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
86
0.534
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Douglas S Massey
Sociology
Demography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
84
0.542
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Glen H Elder Jr
Life Course
Sociology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143
65
0.455
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alex Piquero|Alexis Piquero
criminological theory
criminal careers
quantitative research methods
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
81
0.583
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Loã¯C Wacquant
sociology
punishment
social theory
embodiment
ethnography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
83
0.624
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Alejandro Portes
Sociology
immigration
development
migration
social capital
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
68
0.515
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Murray Straus
criminology
family
measurement
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
52
0.397
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Linda George
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
41
0.342
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ronald L Simons
medical sociology
life course
criminology
family
race
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
56
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Frank Furstenberg
Sociology and Demography of the Family
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
45
0.425
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
John W Meyer
sociology of education
organization theory
globalization
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
54
0.514
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Christopher Ellison
sociology of religion
social psychology of health and illness
sociology of family
race and ethnicity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
56
0.544
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sara Mclanahan
family
inequality
poverty
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
48
0.466
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Howard E Aldrich
sociology
entrepreneurship
organizations
social inequality
organizational sociology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
53
0.525
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Gary Gereffi
global value chains
industrial governance
economic and social upgrading
private governance
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
60
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Thomas Dietz
climate change
human ecology
environmental sociology
macro energy systems
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
67
0.677
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Thomas D Cook
research methods
evaluation
social psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
46
0.465
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
George Ritzer
Sociological Theory
globalization
consumption
prosumption
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
61
0.629
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Phyllis Moen
work
retirement
gendered life course
health and well-being
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
52
0.553
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Alan Booth
hormones and behavior
family sociology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
35
0.372
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jeffrey C Alexander
cultural sociology
politics
performance
civil society
The Strong Program
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
51
0.548
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Daniel W Russell
Social support and loneliness
quantitative research methods
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
55
0.604
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ofelia Garcia
Bilingual Education
Bilingualism
Sociology of Language
US Spanish
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
67
0.753
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
John Bellamy Foster
Political Economy
Environmental Sociology
Marxism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
51
0.573
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David Finkelhor
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
86
0.534
child maltreatment
criminology
victimology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Douglas S Massey
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
84
0.542
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Glen H Elder Jr
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143
65
0.455
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alex Piquero|Alexis Piquero
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
81
0.583
criminological theory
criminal careers
quantitative research methods
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Loã¯C Wacquant
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
83
0.624
sociology
punishment
social theory
embodiment
ethnography
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Alejandro Portes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
68
0.515
Sociology
immigration
development
migration
social capital
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Murray Straus
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
52
0.397
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Linda George
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
41
0.342
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ronald L Simons
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
56
0.500
medical sociology
life course
criminology
family
race
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Paul R Amato
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
59
0.551
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Frank Furstenberg
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
45
0.425
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
John W Meyer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
54
0.514
sociology of education
organization theory
globalization
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Christopher Ellison
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
56
0.544
sociology of religion
social psychology of health and illness
sociology of family
race and ethnicity
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sara Mclanahan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
48
0.466
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Howard E Aldrich
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
53
0.525
sociology
entrepreneurship
organizations
social inequality
organizational sociology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Gary Gereffi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
60
0.600
global value chains
industrial governance
economic and social upgrading
private governance
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Thomas Dietz
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
67
0.677
climate change
human ecology
environmental sociology
macro energy systems
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Thomas D Cook
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
46
0.465
research methods
evaluation
social psychology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
George Ritzer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
61
0.629
Sociological Theory
globalization
consumption
prosumption
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Phyllis Moen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
52
0.553
work
retirement
gendered life course
health and well-being
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Alan Booth
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
35
0.372
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jeffrey C Alexander
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
51
0.548
cultural sociology
politics
performance
civil society
The Strong Program
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Daniel W Russell
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
55
0.604
Social support and loneliness
quantitative research methods
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ofelia Garcia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
67
0.753
Bilingual Education
Bilingualism
Sociology of Language
US Spanish
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
John Bellamy Foster
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
51
0.573
Political Economy
Environmental Sociology
Marxism
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