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World Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Psychology 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 37.041 scientist
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Robert Sternberg
psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240
115
0.479
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Chris Frith
mind
brain
social interaction
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240
115
0.479
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Richard M Ryan
Self-Determination Theory
psychology
intrinsic motivation
education
organizational behavior
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229
184
0.803
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Terrie E Moffitt
developmental psychopathology
intelligence
crime
aging
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223
136
0.610
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Michael Tomasello
developmental psychology
evolutionary anthropology
cognitive science
evolutionary psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218
117
0.537
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Ian Deary
Intelligence
Cognitive Aging
Personality
Psychometrics
Psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
147
0.681
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Robin M Murray
psychosis
schizophrenia
drug abuse
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
101
0.468
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Hans Ulrich Wittchen
Psychiatrie
Psychologie
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
128
0.598
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Wilmar Schaufeli
Occupational Health Psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
212
160
0.755
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Roy F Baumeister
social psychology
personality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209
143
0.684
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Pim Cuijpers
depression
prevention
psychotherapy
meta-analysis
RCTs
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
155
0.749
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Ed Diener
Psychology
Social psychology
Personality psychology
Positive Psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205
142
0.693
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
James J Gross
Emotion
Emotion Regulation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
151
0.791
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Stanislas Dehaene
Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
122
0.646
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Eduardo Salas
organizational psychology
team training
safety culture
human factors
teamwork
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188
108
0.574
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Martin Seligman
Positive Psychology
Learned Helplessness
Prospection
Depression
Optimism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
187
115
0.615
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Edward L Deci
self-determination theory
motivation
psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
138
0.754
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Yaakov Stern
aging
dementia
cognitive neuroscience
cognitive reserve
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
102
0.557
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Nancy Eisenberg Berg
psychology
psychiatry
pediatrics
neuroscience
family studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180
104
0.578
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Alan Baddeley
Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Memory
Working memory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
92
0.517
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
John Gabrieli
Cognitive Neuroscience
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175
99
0.566
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Paul Costa
Personality five- factor model. NEO-PI-R
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172
91
0.529
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Steven C Hayes
psychology
evolutionary psychology
cognitive science
behavior analysis
clinical psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
102
0.622
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Michael I Posner
attention
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
85
0.518
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Robert Sternberg
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240
115
0.479
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Chris Frith
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240
115
0.479
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Richard M Ryan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229
184
0.803
Self-Determination Theory
psychology
intrinsic motivation
education
organizational behavior
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Terrie E Moffitt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223
136
0.610
developmental psychopathology
intelligence
crime
aging
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Dorret I Boomsma
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
152
0.694
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michael Tomasello
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218
117
0.537
developmental psychology
evolutionary anthropology
cognitive science
evolutionary psychology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ian Deary
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
147
0.681
Intelligence
Cognitive Aging
Personality
Psychometrics
Psychology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Robin M Murray
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
101
0.468
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Hans Ulrich Wittchen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
128
0.598
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Wilmar Schaufeli
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
212
160
0.755
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Roy F Baumeister
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209
143
0.684
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Pim Cuijpers
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
155
0.749
depression
prevention
psychotherapy
meta-analysis
RCTs
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ed Diener
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205
142
0.693
Psychology
Social psychology
Personality psychology
Positive Psychology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
James J Gross
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
151
0.791
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Stanislas Dehaene
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
122
0.646
Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Education
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Eduardo Salas
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188
108
0.574
organizational psychology
team training
safety culture
human factors
teamwork
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Martin Seligman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
187
115
0.615
Positive Psychology
Learned Helplessness
Prospection
Depression
Optimism
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Edward L Deci
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
138
0.754
self-determination theory
motivation
psychology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Yaakov Stern
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
102
0.557
aging
dementia
cognitive neuroscience
cognitive reserve
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nancy Eisenberg Berg
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180
104
0.578
psychology
psychiatry
pediatrics
neuroscience
family studies
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Alan Baddeley
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
92
0.517
Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Memory
Working memory
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
John Gabrieli
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175
99
0.566
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Paul Costa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172
91
0.529
Personality five- factor model. NEO-PI-R
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Steven C Hayes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
102
0.622
psychology
evolutionary psychology
cognitive science
behavior analysis
clinical psychology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Michael I Posner
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
85
0.518