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United States 143 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Social Policy Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
poverty
inequality
child well being
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
42
0.506
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
culture
inequality/poverty
knowledge/social science
race and ethnicity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
42
0.677
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
inequality
poverty
disability
survey methods
labor markets
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
34
0.557
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Vulnerability Poverty Human Development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
27
0.466
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Poverty
Welfare
Housing
Family
Transition to Adulthood
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
32
0.561
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
comparative welfare states
comparative political economy
social democracy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
30
0.577
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
disability
health
poverty
disparities
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
33
0.647
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
social inequality
family
population health
incarceration and punishment
child wellbeing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
40
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Poverty
Agriculture
Towns
Risk
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
32
0.727
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Poverty
Child Development
Child Care
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
36
0.837
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
child poverty
coping
prevention
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
33
0.786
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
21
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
poverty and inequality measures
policies evaluation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
23
0.561
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
mexico
poverty
federalism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
17
0.436
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
community
urban poverty
social policy
nonprofits
participatory democracy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
21
0.568
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Poverty
Family
Inequality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
30
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
poverty
international development
food systems transformtion
inputs
technology adoption
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
29
0.829
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
health equity
HIV/AIDS
LGBTQ health
social inequality
social support
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
26
0.743
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
disability studies
cultural studies
poverty studies.
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
23
0.657
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
social inequality
social policy
population health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
30
0.882
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Child and Family Policy
Social Policy
Poverty
Child Well-Being
Health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
23
0.676
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
child care
low-wage work
family poverty
economic and caregiving strategies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
23
0.697
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
collaboration
team science
social inequality
sustainability
peer review
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
21
0.636
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
poverty
community violence
Latino
infertility
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
22
0.688
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Social inequality
work organizations
glass cliff
motherhood penalties
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
27
0.871
Timothy Smeeding
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
42
0.506
Michele Lamont
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
42
0.677
culture
inequality/poverty
knowledge/social science
race and ethnicity
Robert Schoeni
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
34
0.557
inequality
poverty
disability
survey methods
labor markets
Sudarshan Dutta
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
27
0.466
Vulnerability Poverty Human Development
Kathryn Edin
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
32
0.561
Poverty
Welfare
Housing
Family
Transition to Adulthood
John Stephens
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
30
0.577
comparative welfare states
comparative political economy
social democracy
Susan L Parish
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
33
0.647
Kristin Turney
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
40
0.833
social inequality
family
population health
incarceration and punishment
child wellbeing
Luc Christiaensen
World Bank
Washington, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
32
0.727
Elizabeth Votruba Drzal
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
36
0.837
Martha Wadsworth
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
33
0.786
Amy Horowitz
Fordham University
The Bronx, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
21
0.500
Shaohua Chen
World Bank
Washington, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
23
0.561
poverty and inequality measures
policies evaluation
Alberto Diaz Cayeros
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
17
0.436
Robert J Chaskin
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
21
0.568
community
urban poverty
social policy
nonprofits
participatory democracy
Christopher Wimer
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
30
0.833
Saweda Liverpool Tasie
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
29
0.829
poverty
international development
food systems transformtion
inputs
technology adoption
Alida Bouris
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
26
0.743
health equity
HIV/AIDS
LGBTQ health
social inequality
social support
Lennard Davis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
23
0.657
disability studies
cultural studies
poverty studies.
Jason Beckfield
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
30
0.882
social inequality
social policy
population health
Kathleen M Ziol-Guest
RAND Corporation
California, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
23
0.676
Child and Family Policy
Social Policy
Poverty
Child Well-Being
Health
Julia Henly
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
23
0.697
child care
low-wage work
family poverty
economic and caregiving strategies
Edward J Hackett
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
21
0.636
collaboration
team science
social inequality
sustainability
peer review
Rosario Ceballo
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
22
0.688
poverty
community violence
Latino
infertility
Christy Glass
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
27
0.871
Social inequality
work organizations
glass cliff
motherhood penalties