i10 Productivity
Rankings

Europe Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025

Total 2,509,841 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,477 are evaluated in the Productivity Rankings, an exclusive service provided by AD Scientific Index. This ranking measures and highlights the scientific productivity of researchers based on the i10 index (number of publications with at least 10 citations). This system identifies highly productive scientists across disciplines, institutions, and regions, contributing to the development of evidence-based academic policies and effective incentive mechanisms. The rankings include global, regional, and institutional analyses, along with specialized rankings such as Scientists' Last 6 Years' i10 Index and Universities' i10 Index Rankings 2025. With Premium Membership, you can:

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
United Kingdom
Ron Johnston
HUman Geography
Political Science
Elections
Geography
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
736
202
0.274
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
United Kingdom
Ruth Wodak
Discourse Studies
Identity Politics
Political Communication
Populism
Gender Studies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
411
259
0.630
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Germany
Claus Offe
Political Theory
Political Sociology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412
122
0.296
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Italy
Donatella Della Porta
sociology
political science
social movements
democracy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
411
250
0.608
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Italy
Philippe C. Schmitter
Political Science
Comparative Politics
European Union
Latin America
democratization
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
337
114
0.338
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Russia
Тишков Валерий Александрович (Valery Tishkov)
история
антропология
этнология
политология
этничность
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
305
88
0.289
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
United Kingdom
Andrew J Jordan
Environmental policy
climate policy
environmental politics
public policy
European Union
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
294
167
0.568
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Italy
Hanspeter Kriesi
Comparative politics
political behavior
social movements
political communication
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
286
169
0.591
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
United Kingdom
Barry Buzan
International Relations
world history
international security
international relations theory
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
283
172
0.608

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Belgium
Marc Hooghe
political science
political trust
comparative politics
political behavior
elections
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265
158
0.596
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
United Kingdom
Mark J Smith
Environmental Studies
International Studies
Development
Citizenship
Political Participation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264
112
0.424
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
United Kingdom
Christopher Hill
Foreign policy analysis
EU
UK
Italy
France
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238
105
0.441
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Germany
Tanja Boerzel
European Union
Governance
Comparative Regionalism
Diffusion
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
227
124
0.546
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sweden
Bo Rothstein
Political Science
Social Science
Public Administration
Trust
Corruption
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229
124
0.541
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Switzerland
Gebhard Kirchgässner
Political Economy
Public Finance
Economic Policy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
52
0.241
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Netherlands
Frank Biermann
global governance
global environmental politics
global environmental governance
environmental politics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
143
0.668
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
United Kingdom
Didier Bigo
relations internationales
sécurité
international political sociology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
101
0.488
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Germany
Wolfgang Merkel
Political regimes: Democracy - dictatorships
democratization
political parties
social democracy
social justi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205
75
0.366
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hungary
Michael Ignatieff
history philosophy political science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198
58
0.293
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Germany
Christoph Knill
Comparative Public Policy
Comparative Public Administration
Regulation
Environmental Policy
Morality Policy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
116
0.601
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Austria
Müller Wolfgang C
Coalition politics
political parties
political competition
political institutions
political economy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
196
86
0.439
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Italy
Diego Rubolini
Behavioral ecology
Evolutionary ecology
Climate change effects...
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
143
0.737
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ron Johnston
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
736
202
0.274
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ruth Wodak
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
411
259
0.630
Discourse Studies
Identity Politics
Political Communication
Populism
Gender Studies
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Claus Offe
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412
122
0.296
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Donatella Della Porta
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
411
250
0.608
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Philippe C. Schmitter
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
337
114
0.338
Political Science
Comparative Politics
European Union
Latin America
democratization
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Claes H De Vreese
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
324
272
0.840
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
история
антропология
этнология
политология
этничность
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Andrew J Jordan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
294
167
0.568
Environmental policy
climate policy
environmental politics
public policy
European Union
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Hanspeter Kriesi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
286
169
0.591
Comparative politics
political behavior
social movements
political communication
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Barry Buzan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
283
172
0.608
International Relations
world history
international security
international relations theory

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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Marc Hooghe
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265
158
0.596
political science
political trust
comparative politics
political behavior
elections
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mark J Smith
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264
112
0.424
Environmental Studies
International Studies
Development
Citizenship
Political Participation
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Christopher Hill
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238
105
0.441
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Tanja Boerzel
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
227
124
0.546
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Bo Rothstein
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229
124
0.541
Political Science
Social Science
Public Administration
Trust
Corruption
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Michael Keating
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223
106
0.475
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Gebhard Kirchgässner
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
52
0.241
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Frank Biermann
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
143
0.668
global governance
global environmental politics
global environmental governance
environmental politics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Didier Bigo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
101
0.488
relations internationales
sécurité
international political sociology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Wolfgang Merkel
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205
75
0.366
Political regimes: Democracy - dictatorships
democratization
political parties
social democracy
social justi
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Michael Ignatieff
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198
58
0.293
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jon Pierre
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
116
0.598
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Christoph Knill
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
116
0.601
Comparative Public Policy
Comparative Public Administration
Regulation
Environmental Policy
Morality Policy
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Müller Wolfgang C
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
196
86
0.439
Coalition politics
political parties
political competition
political institutions
political economy
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Diego Rubolini
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
143
0.737