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World Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Sociology Rankings 2025

The "AD Scientific Index" analyses the academic work of scientists using the H-index, i10 index and number of citations, and provides results that can be used to evaluate the productivity and efficiency of individuals and institutions. In addition to ranking according to "total H-index" for individuals and institutions, you can also see the ranking and analyses according to "Scientists Last 6 years H-index"and Subject Rankings.

Total 11.087 scientist
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
David Finkelhor
child maltreatment
criminology
victimology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
92
0.579
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Douglas S Massey
Sociology
Demography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
90
0.592
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Glen H Elder Jr
Life Course
Sociology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142
71
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Boaventura De Sousa Santos
Sociologia
Epistemologia
Direitos Humanos
Estudos Pós-Coloniais
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
96
0.691
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Alex Piquero|Alexis Piquero
criminological theory
criminal careers
quantitative research methods
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
85
0.630
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Loã¯C Wacquant
sociology
punishment
social theory
embodiment
ethnography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
88
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Murray Straus
criminology
family
measurement
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
58
0.443
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Alejandro Portes
Sociology
immigration
development
migration
social capital
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
73
0.562
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Jason Powell
Wellbeing
Care
Health and Social Care
Age
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
70
0.538
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Linda George
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
43
0.361
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Bob Jessop
Political economy
social theory
state theory
governance
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
71
0.628
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
John Urry
sociology
mobility
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
67
0.598
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Ronald L Simons
medical sociology
life course
criminology
family
race
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
58
0.532
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Carl May|Carl R May
implementation science
medical sociology
science and technology studies
health services research
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
65
0.607
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Deborah Lupton
sociology
sociology of health and illness
media and communications
cultural studies
risk
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
83
0.783
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
John W Meyer
sociology of education
organization theory
globalization
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
59
0.562
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Frank Furstenberg
Sociology and Demography of the Family
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
48
0.462
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Sara Mclanahan
family
inequality
poverty
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
51
0.495
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Nikolas Rose
Sociology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
66
0.647
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Christopher Ellison
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
102
56
0.549
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Howard E Aldrich
sociology
entrepreneurship
organizations
social inequality
organizational sociology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
57
0.564
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Jeffrey C Alexander
cultural sociology
politics
performance
civil society
The Strong Program
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
57
0.570
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Gary Gereffi
global value chains
industrial governance
economic and social upgrading
private governance
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
62
0.626
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Thomas Dietz
climate change
human ecology
environmental sociology
macro energy systems
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
69
0.704
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David Finkelhor
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
92
0.579
child maltreatment
criminology
victimology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Douglas S Massey
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
90
0.592
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Glen H Elder Jr
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142
71
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Boaventura De Sousa Santos
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
96
0.691
Sociologia
Epistemologia
Direitos Humanos
Estudos Pós-Coloniais
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Alex Piquero|Alexis Piquero
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
85
0.630
criminological theory
criminal careers
quantitative research methods
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Loã¯C Wacquant
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
88
0.667
sociology
punishment
social theory
embodiment
ethnography
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Murray Straus
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
58
0.443
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Alejandro Portes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
73
0.562
Sociology
immigration
development
migration
social capital
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jason Powell
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
70
0.538
Wellbeing
Care
Health and Social Care
Age
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Linda George
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
43
0.361
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Bob Jessop
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
71
0.628
Political economy
social theory
state theory
governance
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
John Urry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
67
0.598
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ronald L Simons
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
58
0.532
medical sociology
life course
criminology
family
race
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Carl May|Carl R May
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
65
0.607
implementation science
medical sociology
science and technology studies
health services research
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Deborah Lupton
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
83
0.783
sociology
sociology of health and illness
media and communications
cultural studies
risk
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
John W Meyer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
59
0.562
sociology of education
organization theory
globalization
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Paul R Amato
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
61
0.587
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Frank Furstenberg
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
48
0.462
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sara Mclanahan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
51
0.495
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nikolas Rose
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
66
0.647
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Christopher Ellison
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
56
0.549
sociology of religion
social psychology of health and illness
sociology of family
race and ethnicity
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Howard E Aldrich
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
57
0.564
sociology
entrepreneurship
organizations
social inequality
organizational sociology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jeffrey C Alexander
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
57
0.570
cultural sociology
politics
performance
civil society
The Strong Program
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Gary Gereffi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
62
0.626
global value chains
industrial governance
economic and social upgrading
private governance
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Thomas Dietz
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
69
0.704
climate change
human ecology
environmental sociology
macro energy systems