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United States 957 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Social Science Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Cohort studies
Neurodevelopment
Sleep
Child Development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
106
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Social Physics
Honest Signals
Computational Social Science
Network and Complexity Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
74
0.468
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
alcohol use
cigarette use
drug use
childhood obesity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
55
0.444
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Social Scientist
Political Scientist
Statistician
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
71
0.597
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Survey Research
Studies of Youth
Substance use
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
42
0.356
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
motivation
self-concept
gender differences
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
77
0.740
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
41
0.402
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
61
0.622
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Social science
Public Health
Gerontology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
41
0.418
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
breast cancer
ethics
policy
gender
women
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
70
0.745
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
LGBT
adolescent health
HIV/AIDS
MSM
health disparities
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
67
0.728
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Social theory
technology and social change
democracy
social movements
nationalism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
52
0.584
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Social Science
Philosophy of Physics
Philosophy
Methodology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
45
0.506
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
41
0.461
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Development
Water resources
Natural resources
Agriculture
Gender
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
52
0.627
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Vitamin D
Osteoporosis
Cystic Fibrosis
Transgender
Transgender Medicine
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
57
0.695
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
remote work
work-family
women and work
gender equality
workplace flexibility
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
56
0.709
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Social Epidemiology
Social Determinants of Health
Public Health
Epidemiology
Health Equity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
66
0.857
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Violence
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
32
0.421
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
MOST (multiphase optimization strategy)
design of optimization trials
health
behavioral science
quantitative methods
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
45
0.608
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
sexual health
sexual orientation
gender identity
compulsive sexual behavior
sex addiction
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
43
0.597
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
eating disorders
obesity
smoking
health psychology
student mental health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
41
0.569
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Computational Social Science
Network Science
Sociology
Complex Systems
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
59
0.831
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
race
racial identity
assessment
ethnicity
culture bias
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
36
0.514
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Social Policy
SDGs
Policy Analysis
Work-Family
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
41
0.594
Henning Tiemeier
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
106
0.667
Cohort studies
Neurodevelopment
Sleep
Child Development
Alex `Sandy' Pentland|Alex Pentland, Sandy Pentland
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
74
0.468
Social Physics
Honest Signals
Computational Social Science
Network and Complexity Science
Lloyd Johnston
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
55
0.444
alcohol use
cigarette use
drug use
childhood obesity
Gary King
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
71
0.597
Social Scientist
Political Scientist
Statistician
Jerald Bachman
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
42
0.356
Survey Research
Studies of Youth
Substance use
Allan Wigfield
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
77
0.740
motivation
self-concept
gender differences
Patrick O Malley
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
41
0.402
Didier Fassin
Institute for Advanced Study
Princeton, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
61
0.622
Kyriakos Markides
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
41
0.418
Social science
Public Health
Gerontology
Reshma Jagsi
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
70
0.745
breast cancer
ethics
policy
gender
women
Brian Mustanski
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
67
0.728
LGBT
adolescent health
HIV/AIDS
MSM
health disparities
Craig Calhoun
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
52
0.584
Social theory
technology and social change
democracy
social movements
nationalism
Mario Bunge
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
45
0.506
Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Social Science
Philosophy of Physics
Philosophy
Methodology
Rodney Stark
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
41
0.461
Ruth Meinzen-Dick
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
52
0.627
Development
Water resources
Natural resources
Agriculture
Gender
Vin Tangpricha
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
57
0.695
Vitamin D
Osteoporosis
Cystic Fibrosis
Transgender
Transgender Medicine
Ellen Ernst Kossek|Ellen Kossek, Ellen E. Kossek
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
56
0.709
remote work
work-family
women and work
gender equality
workplace flexibility
Daniel Kim
Northeastern University
Boston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
66
0.857
Social Epidemiology
Social Determinants of Health
Public Health
Epidemiology
Health Equity
Richard J Gelles
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
32
0.421
Linda M Collins
New York University
New York, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
45
0.608
MOST (multiphase optimization strategy)
design of optimization trials
health
behavioral science
quantitative methods
Eli Coleman
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
43
0.597
sexual health
sexual orientation
gender identity
compulsive sexual behavior
sex addiction
Marney A White
Yale University
New Haven, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
41
0.569
eating disorders
obesity
smoking
health psychology
student mental health
Duncan J Watts
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
59
0.831
Computational Social Science
Network Science
Sociology
Complex Systems
Janet Helms
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
36
0.514
race
racial identity
assessment
ethnicity
culture bias
Jody Heymann
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
41
0.594
Social Policy
SDGs
Policy Analysis
Work-Family