H-Index
Rankings
World Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations 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 H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :1
Discourse Studies
Identity Politics
Political Communication
Populism
Gender Studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
76
0.628
* 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
74
0.612
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :3
Political economy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
60
0.504
* 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
115
74
0.643
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :5
International politics
institutions
environmental policy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
70
0.614
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :6
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
85
0.759
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :7
Democratic theory
constitutions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
58
0.523
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :8
democracy
development
governance
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
64
0.582
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :9
Political Philosophy
Political Theory
Philosophy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
67
0.620
* 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
64
0.598
* 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
45
0.425
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :12
Political-economics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
58
0.569
* 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
67
0.663
* 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
47
0.480
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :15
Uncertainty Theory
Information Granulation and Cluster Analysis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
83
0.883
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :16
social networks
evolution
politics
genetics
big data
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
69
0.750
* 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
50
0.543
* 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
68
0.747
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :19
Environmental policy
climate policy
environmental politics
public policy
European Union
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
62
0.681
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :20
HUman Geography
Political Science
Elections
Geography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
41
0.456
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :21
Comparative politics
political behavior
social movements
political communication
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
61
0.693
* 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
55
0.632
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :23
International Relations
world history
international security
international relations theory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
56
0.651
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :24
Political Behaviour
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
56
0.651
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :25
Political Science
Political Theory
Environmental politics
Deliberative Democracy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
57
0.671
Ruth Wodak
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
76
0.628
Discourse Studies
Identity Politics
Political Communication
Populism
Gender Studies
Joseph S Nye
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
74
0.612
American foreign politics
international relations
Shaoguang Wang 王绍光
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
60
0.504
Pippa Norris
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
74
0.643
political science
comparative politics
elections
political behavior
political communication
Robert Keohane
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
70
0.614
International politics
institutions
environmental policy
Claes H De Vreese
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
85
0.759
Jon Elster
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
58
0.523
Democratic theory
constitutions
Francis Fukuyama
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
64
0.582
democracy
development
governance
Will Kymlicka
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
67
0.620
Political Philosophy
Political Theory
Philosophy
Olivier François Bertrand
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
64
0.598
International Chair on Interventional Cardiology and Transradial Approach
Claus Offe
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
45
0.425
Political Theory
Political Sociology
Barry R Weingast
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
58
0.569
Donatella Della Porta
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
67
0.663
sociology
political science
social movements
democracy
Philippe C. Schmitter
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
47
0.480
Political Science
Comparative Politics
European Union
Latin America
democratization
Xiao Wang
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
83
0.883
Uncertainty Theory
Information Granulation and Cluster Analysis
James H Fowler
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
69
0.750
social networks
evolution
politics
genetics
big data
Ian McAllister
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
50
0.543
Political behavior
postcommunist politics
Northern Ireland politics
Australian politics
K Michele Kacmar
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
68
0.747
work-family
ethics
organizational politics
impression management
Andrew J Jordan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
62
0.681
Environmental policy
climate policy
environmental politics
public policy
European Union
Ron Johnston
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
41
0.456
HUman Geography
Political Science
Elections
Geography
Hanspeter Kriesi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
61
0.693
Comparative politics
political behavior
social movements
political communication
Dalton Russell J
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
55
0.632
political science
comparative politics
public opinion
elections
democracy
Barry Buzan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
56
0.651
International Relations
world history
international security
international relations theory
André Blais
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
56
0.651
John Dryzek
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
57
0.671
Political Science
Political Theory
Environmental politics
Deliberative Democracy