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World 15,607 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
Discourse Studies
Identity Politics
Political Communication
Populism
Gender Studies
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
73
0.598
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
American foreign politics
international relations
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
72
0.595
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Political economy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
55
0.458
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
political science
comparative politics
elections
political behavior
political communication
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
72
0.615
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
80
0.702
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
International politics
institutions
environmental policy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
66
0.579
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
democracy
development
governance
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
61
0.545
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
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: 9
Political Philosophy
Political Theory
Philosophy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
62
0.564
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
International Chair on Interventional Cardiology and Transradial Approach
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
62
0.579
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Political Theory
Political Sociology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
38
0.358
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Political-economics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
55
0.539
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
sociology
political science
social movements
democracy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
62
0.614
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Political Science
Comparative Politics
European Union
Latin America
democratization
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
42
0.429
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
social networks
evolution
politics
genetics
big data
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
62
0.674
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Environmental policy
climate policy
environmental politics
public policy
European Union
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
59
0.641
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Political behavior
postcommunist politics
Northern Ireland politics
Australian politics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
47
0.511
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
work-family
ethics
organizational politics
impression management
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
64
0.703
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
HUman Geography
Political Science
Elections
Geography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
37
0.411
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Comparative politics
political behavior
social movements
political communication
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
57
0.640
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
International Relations
world history
international security
international relations theory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
53
0.602
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
political science
comparative politics
public opinion
elections
democracy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
51
0.586
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Political Science
Political Theory
Environmental politics
Deliberative Democracy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
55
0.640
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Political Behaviour
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
52
0.605
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Political Communication
Online Communities
Health Technology
Computational Social Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
53
0.631
Ruth Wodak
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
73
0.598
Discourse Studies
Identity Politics
Political Communication
Populism
Gender Studies
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
Shaoguang Wang 王绍光
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
55
0.458
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
Claes H De Vreese
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
80
0.702
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
H-Index Metrics
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
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
53
0.473
Democratic theory
constitutions
Will Kymlicka
Queen's University Kingston
Kingston, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
62
0.564
Political Philosophy
Political Theory
Philosophy
Olivier François Bertrand
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
62
0.579
International Chair on Interventional Cardiology and Transradial Approach
Claus Offe
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
38
0.358
Political Theory
Political Sociology
Barry R Weingast
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
55
0.539
Donatella Della Porta
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
62
0.614
sociology
political science
social movements
democracy
Philippe C. Schmitter
European University Institute
Fiesole, Italy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
42
0.429
Political Science
Comparative Politics
European Union
Latin America
democratization
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
Andrew J Jordan
University of East Anglia
Norwich, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
59
0.641
Environmental policy
climate policy
environmental politics
public policy
European Union
Ian McAllister
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
47
0.511
Political behavior
postcommunist politics
Northern Ireland politics
Australian politics
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
Ron Johnston
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
37
0.411
HUman Geography
Political Science
Elections
Geography
Hanspeter Kriesi
European University Institute
Fiesole, Italy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
57
0.640
Comparative politics
political behavior
social movements
political communication
Barry Buzan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
53
0.602
International Relations
world history
international security
international relations theory
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
John Dryzek
University of Canberra
Canberra, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
55
0.640
Political Science
Political Theory
Environmental politics
Deliberative Democracy
André Blais
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
52
0.605
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