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World 13,560 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Sociology Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
child maltreatment
criminology
victimology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
86
0.534
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Sociology
Demography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
84
0.542
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Primary Health Care
Innovation
Global Health
Medical Sociology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
106
0.726
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Life Course
Sociology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143
65
0.455
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Sociologia
Epistemologia
Direitos Humanos
Estudos Pós-Coloniais
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
93
0.664
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
criminological theory
criminal careers
quantitative research methods
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
81
0.583
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
sociology
punishment
social theory
embodiment
ethnography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
83
0.624
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Wellbeing
Care
Health and Social Care
Age
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
68
0.511
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Sociology
immigration
development
migration
social capital
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
68
0.515
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
criminology
family
measurement
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
52
0.397
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
41
0.342
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Political economy
social theory
state theory
governance
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
67
0.588
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
sociology
mobility
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
64
0.571
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
medical sociology
life course
criminology
family
race
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
56
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
implementation science
medical sociology
science and technology studies
health services research
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
61
0.565
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
sociology
medical sociology
media and communications
cultural studies
risk
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
81
0.757
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
59
0.551
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Sociology and Demography of the Family
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
45
0.425
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
sociology of education
organization theory
globalization
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
54
0.514
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
sociology of religion
social psychology of health and illness
sociology of family
race and ethnicity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
56
0.544
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
family
inequality
poverty
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
48
0.466
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Sociology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
63
0.618
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
sociology
entrepreneurship
organizations
social inequality
organizational sociology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
53
0.525
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
global value chains
industrial governance
economic and social upgrading
private governance
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
60
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
climate change
human ecology
environmental sociology
macro energy systems
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
67
0.677
David Finkelhor
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
86
0.534
child maltreatment
criminology
victimology
Douglas S Massey
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
84
0.542
Trisha Greenhalgh
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
106
0.726
Primary Health Care
Innovation
Global Health
Medical Sociology
Glen H Elder Jr
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143
65
0.455
Boaventura De Sousa Santos
Universidade de Coimbra
Coimbra, Portugal
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
93
0.664
Sociologia
Epistemologia
Direitos Humanos
Estudos Pós-Coloniais
Alex Piquero|Alexis Piquero
University of Miami
Coral Gables, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
81
0.583
criminological theory
criminal careers
quantitative research methods
Loã¯C Wacquant
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
83
0.624
sociology
punishment
social theory
embodiment
ethnography
Jason Powell
University of Chester
Chester, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
68
0.511
Alejandro Portes
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
68
0.515
Sociology
immigration
development
migration
social capital
Murray Straus
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
52
0.397
Linda George
Duke University
Durham, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
41
0.342
Bob Jessop
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
67
0.588
Political economy
social theory
state theory
governance
John Urry
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
64
0.571
Ronald L Simons
University of Georgia
Athens, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
56
0.500
medical sociology
life course
criminology
family
race
Carl May|Carl R May
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
61
0.565
implementation science
medical sociology
science and technology studies
health services research
Deborah Lupton
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
81
0.757
sociology
medical sociology
media and communications
cultural studies
risk
Paul R Amato
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
59
0.551
Frank Furstenberg
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
45
0.425
John W Meyer
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
54
0.514
sociology of education
organization theory
globalization
Christopher Ellison
University of Texas San Antonio
San Antonio, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
56
0.544
sociology of religion
social psychology of health and illness
sociology of family
race and ethnicity
Sara Mclanahan
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
48
0.466
Nikolas Rose
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
63
0.618
Howard E Aldrich
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
53
0.525
sociology
entrepreneurship
organizations
social inequality
organizational sociology
Gary Gereffi
Duke University
Durham, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
60
0.600
global value chains
industrial governance
economic and social upgrading
private governance
Thomas Dietz
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
67
0.677
climate change
human ecology
environmental sociology
macro energy systems