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World 1,401 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Higher Education Studies Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
higher education
youth studies
social theory
critical pedagogy
cultural studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
84
0.522
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
College Students
Education Policy
Higher Education
Center for Research on Undergraduate Education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
58
0.468
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
international higher education
academic profession
BRIC countries
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
61
0.517
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
affect/emotion
curriculum and pedagogy
decolonization
higher education
education policy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
66
0.702
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Workplace learning
Vocational education
Professional education
Adult education
Higher Education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
52
0.612
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
58
0.734
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
mathematical social sciences
social networks
higher education
psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
46
0.613
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Higher education
internationalization
knowledge diplomacy
program and provider mobility
international relations
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
49
0.700
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Higher education policy
governance
organisation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
43
0.642
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Neurochemistry
Política Científica
Higher Education
Neurobiology
Neurosciences
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
38
0.567
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
higher education
university
universities
philosophy of education
philosophy of higher education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
42
0.636
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Plant and Environmental Proteomics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
31
0.525
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
higher education
college students
faculty
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
30
0.508
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Student Success
College Diversity
College Admissions
Rankings
Center for Research on
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
46
0.793
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Institutional change in the field of universities
and their role in society and economy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
29
0.509
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
higher education structure and governance: separation processes including freeze drying
spray drying
extraction
absorption
a
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
18
0.316
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Multibody Dynamics
Biomechanics
Higher Education
Computational Mechanics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
41
0.732
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Community Colleges
Higher Education
Returns to College
Improving Institutional Performance
Developmental Education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
35
0.625
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Civic engagement in higher education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
33
0.589
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Arts and Health
Arts Psychotherapy
Music Emotion and Self-regulation
Higher Education student and staff experiences
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
26
0.473
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
quantitative science studies
science of science
higher education research
academic profession
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
33
0.611
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Higher education
Visualization and thinking skills
Metacognition
Assessment
STEM Career choice and 21st century skills
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
39
0.736
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Higher Education
regression
factor analysis
quantitative methods
applied statistics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
39
0.736
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
higher education and development
social justice
development ethics
capability approach
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
37
0.698
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
higher education
universities
markets and universities
academic capitalism
women in higher education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
25
0.472
Henry A Giroux
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
84
0.522
higher education
youth studies
social theory
critical pedagogy
cultural studies
Ernest Pascarella
University of Iowa
Iowa City, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
58
0.468
College Students
Education Policy
Higher Education
Center for Research on Undergraduate Education
Philip G Altbach
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
61
0.517
international higher education
academic profession
BRIC countries
Michalinos Zembylas
Open University of Cyprus
Latsia, Cyprus
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
66
0.702
affect/emotion
curriculum and pedagogy
decolonization
higher education
education policy
Stephen Billett
Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
52
0.612
Workplace learning
Vocational education
Professional education
Adult education
Higher Education
Adrianna Kezar
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
58
0.734
Philippa Pip Pattison
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
46
0.613
mathematical social sciences
social networks
higher education
psychology
Jane Knight
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
49
0.700
Higher education
internationalization
knowledge diplomacy
program and provider mobility
international relations
Jeroen Huisman
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
43
0.642
Higher education policy
governance
organisation
Enric I. Canela
Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
38
0.567
Neurochemistry
Política Científica
Higher Education
Neurobiology
Neurosciences
Ronald Barnett
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
42
0.636
higher education
university
universities
philosophy of education
philosophy of higher education
Paul A Haynes
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
31
0.525
Plant and Environmental Proteomics
John M Braxton
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
30
0.508
higher education
college students
faculty
Nicholas A Bowman
University of Iowa
Iowa City, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
46
0.793
Student Success
College Diversity
College Admissions
Rankings
Center for Research on
Jürgen Enders
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
29
0.509
Institutional change in the field of universities
and their role in society and economy
C Judson King
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
18
0.316
higher education structure and governance: separation processes including freeze drying
spray drying
extraction
absorption
a
Paulo Flores
Universidade do Minho
Braga, Portugal
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
41
0.732
Multibody Dynamics
Biomechanics
Higher Education
Computational Mechanics
Davis Jenkins
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
35
0.625
Community Colleges
Higher Education
Returns to College
Improving Institutional Performance
Developmental Education
Robert Bringle
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
33
0.589
Civic engagement in higher education
Jane Edwards
University of New England Australia
Armidale, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
26
0.473
Arts and Health
Arts Psychotherapy
Music Emotion and Self-regulation
Higher Education student and staff experiences
Marek Kwiek
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
33
0.611
quantitative science studies
science of science
higher education research
academic profession
Yehudit Judy Dori
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
39
0.736
Higher education
Visualization and thinking skills
Metacognition
Assessment
STEM Career choice and 21st century skills
Jason W Osborne
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
39
0.736
Higher Education
regression
factor analysis
quantitative methods
applied statistics
Melanie Walker
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
37
0.698
higher education and development
social justice
development ethics
capability approach
Sheila Slaughter
University of Georgia
Athens, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
25
0.472
higher education
universities
markets and universities
academic capitalism
women in higher education