i10 Productivity
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World 723 Scientists Social Sciences / Social Policy i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025

Total 2,395,742 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,443 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 States
Sudarshan Dutta
Vulnerability Poverty Human Development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
362
103
0.285
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
United States
Timothy Smeeding
poverty
inequality
child well being
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264
94
0.356
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
China
Linxiu Zhang
rural development
rural education
off-farm employment
public investment
poverty
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236
178
0.754
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United Kingdom
Jonathan Bradshaw
poverty social security living standards
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
221
87
0.394
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
United Kingdom
David Martin Smith
Social Policy
Inequality
Social Class
Urban Studies
Gypsies and Travellers
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
105
0.486
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United Kingdom
Stephen P Jenkins
inequality
poverty
income
earnings
survival analysis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
104
0.500
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
France
Bruno Palier
Political Science
Welfare state
Public Policy
Comparative social policy
Social Investment
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
92
0.514
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Netherlands
Catrin Finkenauer
Adolescence
young adulthood
relationships
self-control
social inequality
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
136
0.877
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
United Arab Emirates
Waqar Ahmad
science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
61
0.407
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
United States
Robert Schoeni
inequality
poverty
disability
survey methods
labor markets
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
89
0.631

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Australia
Philip Mendes
young people transitioning from out of home care (leaving care)
welfare state
compulsory income management/Cashless Debit Card
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
71
0.507
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
United States
Susan L Parish
disability
health
poverty
disparities
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
106
0.828
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
United Kingdom
Bruce Edmonds
Social Simulation
Philosophy of Science
Agent-based Simulation
Modelling Methodology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
48
0.378
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Netherlands
Anton Hemerijck|European University Institute (EUI)
Social policy
political economy
EU integration
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
48
0.393
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
United Kingdom
John Micklewright
poverty and inequality
labour market flows
education
charitable giving
survey methods.
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
37
0.311
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
France
Vitale Tommaso
Urban Sociology
Cities
Urban Governance
Urban Poverty
Urban Policy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
53
0.449
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Denmark
Rikke Lund
social epidemiology
social relations
social networks
social inequality in health
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
71
0.645
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Nigeria
Oliver Ezechi
Maternal
reproductive and child health
Infectious diseases of Poverty (HIV
Hepatitis
HPV )
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
73
0.682
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
United States
Michele Lamont
culture
inequality/poverty
knowledge/social science
race and ethnicity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
72
0.673
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
United States
Kathryn Edin
Poverty
Welfare
Housing
Family
Transition to Adulthood
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
64
0.610
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
United Kingdom
Stephen McKay
Social security
poverty
pensions
statistical methods
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
38
0.362
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
United Kingdom
John Holmes
Alcohol policy
alcohol pricing
drinking guidelines internet use
child poverty
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
83
0.830
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Brunei Darussalam
Ullah Akm Ahsan
Globalization
migration
refugee
HIV/AIDS
development and Poverty
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
82
0.837
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
United States
Luc Christiaensen
Poverty
Agriculture
Towns
Risk
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
60
0.632
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
United States
John Stephens
comparative welfare states
comparative political economy
social democracy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
53
0.558
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Sudarshan Dutta
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
362
103
0.285
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Timothy Smeeding
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264
94
0.356
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Linxiu Zhang
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236
178
0.754
rural development
rural education
off-farm employment
public investment
poverty
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jonathan Bradshaw
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
221
87
0.394
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
David Martin Smith
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
105
0.486
Social Policy
Inequality
Social Class
Urban Studies
Gypsies and Travellers
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Stephen P Jenkins
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
104
0.500
inequality
poverty
income
earnings
survival analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Bruno Palier
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
92
0.514
Political Science
Welfare state
Public Policy
Comparative social policy
Social Investment
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Catrin Finkenauer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
136
0.877
Adolescence
young adulthood
relationships
self-control
social inequality
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Waqar Ahmad
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
61
0.407
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Robert Schoeni
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
89
0.631
inequality
poverty
disability
survey methods
labor markets

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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Philip Mendes
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
71
0.507
young people transitioning from out of home care (leaving care)
welfare state
compulsory income management/Cashless Debit Card
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Susan L Parish
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
106
0.828
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Bruce Edmonds
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
48
0.378
Social Simulation
Philosophy of Science
Agent-based Simulation
Modelling Methodology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Anton Hemerijck|European University Institute (EUI)
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
48
0.393
Social policy
political economy
EU integration
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
John Micklewright
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
37
0.311
poverty and inequality
labour market flows
education
charitable giving
survey methods.
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Vitale Tommaso
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
53
0.449
Urban Sociology
Cities
Urban Governance
Urban Poverty
Urban Policy
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Rikke Lund
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
71
0.645
social epidemiology
social relations
social networks
social inequality in health
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Oliver Ezechi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
73
0.682
Maternal
reproductive and child health
Infectious diseases of Poverty (HIV
Hepatitis
HPV )
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Michele Lamont
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
72
0.673
culture
inequality/poverty
knowledge/social science
race and ethnicity
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Kathryn Edin
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
64
0.610
Poverty
Welfare
Housing
Family
Transition to Adulthood
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Stephen McKay
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
38
0.362
Social security
poverty
pensions
statistical methods
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
John Holmes
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
83
0.830
Alcohol policy
alcohol pricing
drinking guidelines internet use
child poverty
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ullah Akm Ahsan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
82
0.837
Globalization
migration
refugee
HIV/AIDS
development and Poverty
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Luc Christiaensen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
60
0.632
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
John Stephens
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
53
0.558
comparative welfare states
comparative political economy
social democracy