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World 723 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Social Policy Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
poverty
inequality
child well being
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
42
0.506
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
inequality
poverty
income
earnings
survival analysis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
37
0.463
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
rural development
rural education
off-farm employment
public investment
poverty
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
49
0.671
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Adolescence
young adulthood
relationships
self-control
social inequality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
49
0.721
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
poverty social security living standards
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
36
0.529
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Political Science
Welfare state
Public Policy
Comparative social policy
Social Investment
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
32
0.508
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
culture
inequality/poverty
knowledge/social science
race and ethnicity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
42
0.677
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
inequality
poverty
disability
survey methods
labor markets
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
34
0.557
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Vulnerability Poverty Human Development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
27
0.466
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Poverty
Welfare
Housing
Family
Transition to Adulthood
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
32
0.561
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
comparative welfare states
comparative political economy
social democracy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
30
0.577
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
disability
health
poverty
disparities
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
33
0.647
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
poverty and inequality
labour market flows
education
charitable giving
survey methods.
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
18
0.353
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
26
0.520
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Social policy
political economy
EU integration
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
25
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Social Simulation
Philosophy of Science
Agent-based Simulation
Modelling Methodology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
24
0.490
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
social inequality
family
population health
incarceration and punishment
child wellbeing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
40
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Poverty
Agriculture
Towns
Risk
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
32
0.727
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
social epidemiology
social relations
social networks
social inequality in health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
29
0.659
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
child health and development
social epidemiology
social inequality
work-family interface
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
28
0.636
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Social Policy
Inequality
Social Class
Urban Studies
Gypsies and Travellers
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
26
0.591
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Poverty
Child Development
Child Care
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
36
0.837
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
child poverty
coping
prevention
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
33
0.786
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
21
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Urban Sociology
Cities
Urban Governance
Urban Poverty
Urban Policy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
19
0.452
Timothy Smeeding
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
42
0.506
Stephen P Jenkins
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
37
0.463
inequality
poverty
income
earnings
survival analysis
Linxiu Zhang
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
49
0.671
rural development
rural education
off-farm employment
public investment
poverty
Catrin Finkenauer
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
49
0.721
Adolescence
young adulthood
relationships
self-control
social inequality
Jonathan Bradshaw
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
36
0.529
poverty social security living standards
Bruno Palier
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
32
0.508
Political Science
Welfare state
Public Policy
Comparative social policy
Social Investment
Michele Lamont
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
42
0.677
culture
inequality/poverty
knowledge/social science
race and ethnicity
Robert Schoeni
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
34
0.557
inequality
poverty
disability
survey methods
labor markets
Sudarshan Dutta
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
27
0.466
Vulnerability Poverty Human Development
Kathryn Edin
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
32
0.561
Poverty
Welfare
Housing
Family
Transition to Adulthood
John Stephens
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
30
0.577
comparative welfare states
comparative political economy
social democracy
Susan L Parish
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
33
0.647
John Micklewright
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
18
0.353
poverty and inequality
labour market flows
education
charitable giving
survey methods.
Waqar Ahmad
Abu Dhabi University
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
26
0.520
Anton Hemerijck|European University Institute (EUI)
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
25
0.500
Social policy
political economy
EU integration
Bruce Edmonds
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
24
0.490
Social Simulation
Philosophy of Science
Agent-based Simulation
Modelling Methodology
Kristin Turney
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
40
0.833
social inequality
family
population health
incarceration and punishment
child wellbeing
Luc Christiaensen
World Bank
Washington, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
32
0.727
Rikke Lund
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
29
0.659
social epidemiology
social relations
social networks
social inequality in health
Li, Jianghong (李江虹)
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
28
0.636
child health and development
social epidemiology
social inequality
work-family interface
David Martin Smith
Anglia Ruskin University
Cambridge, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
26
0.591
Social Policy
Inequality
Social Class
Urban Studies
Gypsies and Travellers
Elizabeth Votruba Drzal
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
36
0.837
Martha Wadsworth
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
33
0.786
Amy Horowitz
Fordham University
The Bronx, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
21
0.500
Vitale Tommaso
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
19
0.452
Urban Sociology
Cities
Urban Governance
Urban Poverty
Urban Policy