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United States 4,104 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
American foreign politics
international relations
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
72
0.595
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
political science
comparative politics
elections
political behavior
political communication
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
72
0.615
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
International politics
institutions
environmental policy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
66
0.579
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
democracy
development
governance
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
61
0.545
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Democratic theory
constitutions
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
53
0.473
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Political-economics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
55
0.539
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
social networks
evolution
politics
genetics
big data
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
62
0.674
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
work-family
ethics
organizational politics
impression management
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
64
0.703
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
political science
comparative politics
public opinion
elections
democracy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
51
0.586
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Political Communication
Online Communities
Health Technology
Computational Social Science
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
53
0.631
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
International political economy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
40
0.476
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
International Economics
Development Economics
Political Economics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
51
0.614
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
political science
comparative politics
European Union
multilevel governance
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
53
0.646
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Political Science
Law and Politics
Political Psychology
Comparative Politics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
40
0.494
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
political science
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
31
0.383
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
social influence
politics
leadership
positive organizational behavior
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
49
0.613
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Political science
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
43
0.566
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
anthropology
psychology
evolutionary theory
political science
international relations
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
44
0.587
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Political sociology of education
Comparative and International Education
Latin American Studies
Global Citizenship Education
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
38
0.507
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
International Security
International Relations
Southeast Asian Studies
Asian Security
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
47
0.635
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Comparative Politics
Democratic Theory
Latin America
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
41
0.562
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Science
Innovation
Politics
Sports
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
43
0.597
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Political science
Comparative politics
Political behavior
European Union
Multilevel governance
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
47
0.662
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
International relations
international political economy
international security
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
41
0.577
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
elections
voting behavior
political behavior
forecasting
political methodology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
38
0.535
Joseph S Nye
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
72
0.595
American foreign politics
international relations
Pippa Norris
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
72
0.615
political science
comparative politics
elections
political behavior
political communication
Robert Keohane
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
66
0.579
International politics
institutions
environmental policy
Francis Fukuyama
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
61
0.545
democracy
development
governance
Jon Elster
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
53
0.473
Democratic theory
constitutions
Barry R Weingast
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
55
0.539
James H Fowler
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
62
0.674
social networks
evolution
politics
genetics
big data
K Michele Kacmar
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
64
0.703
work-family
ethics
organizational politics
impression management
Dalton Russell J
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
51
0.586
political science
comparative politics
public opinion
elections
democracy
Dhavan Shah
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
53
0.631
Political Communication
Online Communities
Health Technology
Computational Social Science
Stephan Haggard
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
40
0.476
International political economy
Joshua Aizenman
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
51
0.614
International Economics
Development Economics
Political Economics
Gary Marks
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
53
0.646
political science
comparative politics
European Union
multilevel governance
James L Gibson
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
40
0.494
Political Science
Law and Politics
Political Psychology
Comparative Politics
Bernard Grofman
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
31
0.383
Wayne Hochwarter
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
49
0.613
social influence
politics
leadership
positive organizational behavior
Scott Mainwaring
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
43
0.566
Scott Atran
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
44
0.587
anthropology
psychology
evolutionary theory
political science
international relations
Carlos Alberto Torres
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
38
0.507
Political sociology of education
Comparative and International Education
Latin American Studies
Global Citizenship Education
Amitav Acharya
American University
Washington, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
47
0.635
International Security
International Relations
Southeast Asian Studies
Asian Security
Guillermo O'Donnell
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
41
0.562
Comparative Politics
Democratic Theory
Latin America
Roger Pielke Jr
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
43
0.597
Science
Innovation
Politics
Sports
Liesbet Hooghe
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
47
0.662
Political science
Comparative politics
Political behavior
European Union
Multilevel governance
David A. Lake
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
41
0.577
International relations
international political economy
international security
Michael S Lewis Beck
University of Iowa
Iowa City, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
38
0.535
elections
voting behavior
political behavior
forecasting
political methodology