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World Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Regional Studies Rankings 2025

AD Scientific Index evaluates the academic productivity and efficiency of scientists and institutions based on the H-index, i10 index, and citation counts. In addition to total H-index rankings, you can also explore rankings and analyses by "Scientists Last 6 Years H-index" and by subject.

Total 118 scientist
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :51
Paul-Henri Bischoff
Foreign Policy
International Organisation
African IR
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
9
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
Graham Furniss
African literature
orality
African studies
literatures
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
8
0.533
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Alastair Fraser
African politics
the political economy of international development
democracy
participation and resistance
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
13
0.929
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Alexander Bürgin
European Union studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
11
0.786
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
Julia Gallagher
African statehood
aesthetics
architecture
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
11
0.786
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Dave McRae
Indonesian politics and foreign policy
data science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
11
0.786
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
Daniel C Lynch
Chinese politics
Chinese foreign policy
international relations
Taiwan
Thailand
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
9
0.643
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
Gözde Yılmaz
Norm/Policy Diffusion
Authoritarian Diffusion
European Union
Turkey
Western Balkans
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
11
0.846
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
Lahra Smith
African politics
political institutions
women and politics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
11
0.846
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
Steven Van Wolputte
African Studies
Anthropology
material culture
popular culture
Southern Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
10
0.769
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
Birgit Englert
African Studies
Mobility Studies
Contemporary African History (popular culture
land rights
qualitative methods)
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
9
0.692
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
Chen Kang
China's Economic Reform
Macroeconomics
Public Choice
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
8
0.615
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
John E Drabinski
african-american studies
caribbean studies
africana studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
8
0.615
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
Muhammed Haron
African studies
Islamic studies
Arabic studies
education
bibliographic studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
7
0.538
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
Hein Viljoen
Afrikaans and modern Dutch literature
Literary theory.
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
7
0.538
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
Alexander Beresford
African politics
South Africa
party politics
patronage politics
neopatrimonialism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
10
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
David Chapman
Japanese Studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
9
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
Abdourahman A Waberi
African literature
francophone literature
postcolonial theory
creative writing
cultural studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
8
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
Changzoo Song
Korean diaspora
diasporic identity
migration
diasporic engagement policy
national identity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
10
0.909
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
Carol Hayes
Japanese Studies
Japanese language
Literature
eLearning
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
8
0.727
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
Heike Schmidt
African History
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
7
0.636
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
Tim Behrend
Javanese cultural history
philology
codicology
literature
religion
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
7
0.636
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Виктор Васильевич Кириенко
менталитет славян и интеграционные процессы
менталитет белорусов
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
5
0.455
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
Mürsel Bayram
Afrika Çalışmaları
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
9
0.900
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
Mridula Chakraborty
Feminist theory
postcolonial/diaspora/world literature studies
identity politics
public intellectuals
Bombay cinema
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
6
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Paul-Henri Bischoff
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
9
0.600
Foreign Policy
International Organisation
African IR
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Graham Furniss
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
8
0.533
African literature
orality
African studies
literatures
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Alastair Fraser
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
13
0.929
African politics
the political economy of international development
democracy
participation and resistance
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Alexander Bürgin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
11
0.786
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Julia Gallagher
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
11
0.786
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Dave McRae
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
11
0.786
Indonesian politics and foreign policy
data science
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Daniel C Lynch
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
9
0.643
Chinese politics
Chinese foreign policy
international relations
Taiwan
Thailand
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Gözde Yılmaz
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
11
0.846
Norm/Policy Diffusion
Authoritarian Diffusion
European Union
Turkey
Western Balkans
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Lahra Smith
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
11
0.846
African politics
political institutions
women and politics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Steven Van Wolputte
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
10
0.769
African Studies
Anthropology
material culture
popular culture
Southern Africa
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Birgit Englert
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
9
0.692
African Studies
Mobility Studies
Contemporary African History (popular culture
land rights
qualitative methods)
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Chen Kang
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
8
0.615
China's Economic Reform
Macroeconomics
Public Choice
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
John E Drabinski
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
8
0.615
african-american studies
caribbean studies
africana studies
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Muhammed Haron
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
7
0.538
African studies
Islamic studies
Arabic studies
education
bibliographic studies
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Hein Viljoen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
7
0.538
Afrikaans and modern Dutch literature
Literary theory.
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Alexander Beresford
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
10
0.833
African politics
South Africa
party politics
patronage politics
neopatrimonialism
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
David Chapman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
9
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Abdourahman A Waberi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
8
0.667
African literature
francophone literature
postcolonial theory
creative writing
cultural studies
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Changzoo Song
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
10
0.909
Korean diaspora
diasporic identity
migration
diasporic engagement policy
national identity
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Carol Hayes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
8
0.727
Japanese Studies
Japanese language
Literature
eLearning
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Heike Schmidt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
7
0.636
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Tim Behrend
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
7
0.636
Javanese cultural history
philology
codicology
literature
religion
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Виктор Васильевич Кириенко
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
5
0.455
менталитет славян и интеграционные процессы
менталитет белорусов
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Mürsel Bayram
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
9
0.900
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Mridula Chakraborty
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
6
0.600
Feminist theory
postcolonial/diaspora/world literature studies
identity politics
public intellectuals
Bombay cinema