Top 100 Scientists

Social Sciences / Demography Top 100 Scientists in United Kingdom 2025

Top 100 scientists can be ranked globally or specific to the following regions including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Oceania, Arab League, ASEAN, EECA, and BRICS based on total H-index scores without any breakdown by subject areas. Top 100 rankings in the world, in a continent, or a region include standardized subjects areas of Agriculture & Forestry, Arts, Design and Architecture, Business & Management, Economics & Econometrics, Education, Engineering & Technology, History, Philosophy, Theology, Law/Law and Legal Studies, Medical and Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Art and Humanities Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Rankings BETA VERSION. Subject field ranking in world, region, country and university is beta version since subject field "others" (870,053 scientists profile whose branch cannot be determined, not yet edited or determined) is excluded, so the ranking will change as the others fields are edited. Please note that. Subjects indicated as “ * others ” will not be included in the ranking by regions and subjects.

* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Melinda C Mills
sociogenomics
demography
fertility
genetics
nonstandard employment
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
70
136
20,642
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
George B Ploubidis
Population Health
Life Course Demography
Healthy Longevity
Longitudinal Surveys
Social Statistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
55
161
13,179
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jennifer Beam Dowd
Demography
Epidemiology
Population Health
MortaIity
Social Determinants of Health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
51
98
11,632
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ian Timaeus
Demography
Population
Population Studies
Mortality
Fertility
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
48
99
8,237
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Rob Salguero Gómez
Ecology
Evolution
Demography
Novel monitoring technologies
Ecological modelling
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
46
101
10,868
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Paul Norman
Population Geography
Applied Demography
Health Geography
GIS & Statistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
45
122
6,627
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Karen Glaser
Demography of Ageing
Gerontology
Informal Care
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
44
78
6,290
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Shereen Hussein
Care and health policy
demography
migration
workforce
long term care
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
36
123
4,867

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Dylan Kneale
Evidence informed policy-making
social exclusion
public health
social gerontology
LGBTQ health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
50
3,059
Ridhi Kashyap
Demography
Sociology
Computational Social Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
37
3,205
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Iain Maitland Atherton
demography
morbidity
inequalities
homelessness
nurses
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
40
2,297
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Abigail E Page
Maternal-child health
Social support
cooperative childrearing
Human Behavioural Ecology
Evolutionary Demography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
27
2,159
Alice Goisis
demography
fertility postponement
medically assisted reproduction
family well-being
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
31
2,317
Rachel Murphy
China
migration
family
sociology
anthropological demography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
30
3,155
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Nik Lomax
Demography
Population Geography
Population Projections
Microsimulation
Data Analytics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
32
1,106
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Arkadiusz Wiśniowski
statistical modelling
uncertainty
forecasting
demography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
31
2,349
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sean Fox
Urbanization
Political Economy
Demography
Political Geography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
24
2,213
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Marie Louis
Evolution
Ecology
Population Genomics
Social Structure
Demography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
20
849
Maria Sironi
Demography
Life Course
Health
Fertility
Sociology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
17
1,346
Tina Hannemann
Population Science
Migration and Ethnic Studies
Health
Mortality and Well-being
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
13
752
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Martina Mi Di Fonzo
Natural capital metrics
wildlife population demography
conservation biology
species priority setting
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
14
1,059
Andrea Tilstra
Demography
Sociology
Population Health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
565
Xuejie Ding
Sociogenomics
Health inequality
Education
Demography
Life-course/Ageing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
11
1,378
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Salavat Abylkalikov
демография
миграция
география населения
demography
population
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
339
Liliana Andriano
Child health and mortality
Female education
Climate change
Family dynamics
Spatial demography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
1,489
Lee Williamson
Demography
inequality
population heath
early life
historical demography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
285
Hc Packwood
Demography
Mobilities
Education
Social Policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
5
359
Orsola Torrisi
Demography
Family formation
Armed conflict
Crises
Disasters
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
7
166
Alina Pelikh
demography social policy fertility lifecourse
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
4
146
Nitzan Peri-Rotem
Demography
Fertility
Gender
Quantitative Research Methods
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
2
175
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Melinda C Mills
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
70
136
20,642
sociogenomics
demography
fertility
genetics
nonstandard employment
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
George B Ploubidis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
55
161
13,179
Population Health
Life Course Demography
Healthy Longevity
Longitudinal Surveys
Social Statistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jennifer Beam Dowd
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
51
98
11,632
Demography
Epidemiology
Population Health
MortaIity
Social Determinants of Health
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Rebecca Sear
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
48
90
9,383
evolutionary behavioural sciences
demography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ian Timaeus
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
48
99
8,237
Demography
Population
Population Studies
Mortality
Fertility
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Rob Salguero Gómez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
46
101
10,868
Ecology
Evolution
Demography
Novel monitoring technologies
Ecological modelling
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Paul Norman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
122
6,627
Population Geography
Applied Demography
Health Geography
GIS & Statistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Karen Glaser
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
44
78
6,290
Demography of Ageing
Gerontology
Informal Care
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Laurence Cook
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
44
119
6,586
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Shereen Hussein
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
123
4,867
Care and health policy
demography
migration
workforce
long term care

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Tim Dyson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
69
7,937
Demography
Development
India
Famines
Urbanization
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Georges Reniers
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
67
3,658
Demography
Sociology
Family
Mortality
Africa
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Dylan Kneale
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
50
3,059
Evidence informed policy-making
social exclusion
public health
social gerontology
LGBTQ health
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sasee Pallikadavath
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
49
3,869
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ridhi Kashyap
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
37
3,205
Demography
Sociology
Computational Social Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Iain Maitland Atherton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
40
2,297
demography
morbidity
inequalities
homelessness
nurses
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
José Manuel Aburto
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
39
2,892
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Abigail E Page
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
27
2,159
Maternal-child health
Social support
cooperative childrearing
Human Behavioural Ecology
Evolutionary Demography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Alice Goisis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
31
2,317
demography
fertility postponement
medically assisted reproduction
family well-being
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Rachel Murphy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
30
3,155
China
migration
family
sociology
anthropological demography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Nik Lomax
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
32
1,106
Demography
Population Geography
Population Projections
Microsimulation
Data Analytics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Arkadiusz Wiśniowski
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
31
2,349
statistical modelling
uncertainty
forecasting
demography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sean Fox
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
24
2,213
Urbanization
Political Economy
Demography
Political Geography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Marie Louis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
20
849
Evolution
Ecology
Population Genomics
Social Structure
Demography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mark Amos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
17
1,065
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Maria Sironi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
17
1,346
Demography
Life Course
Health
Fertility
Sociology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Tina Hannemann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
752
Population Science
Migration and Ethnic Studies
Health
Mortality and Well-being
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Martina Mi Di Fonzo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
1,059
Natural capital metrics
wildlife population demography
conservation biology
species priority setting
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Andrea Tilstra
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
565
Demography
Sociology
Population Health
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Francesca Fiori
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
553
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Xuejie Ding
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
1,378
Sociogenomics
Health inequality
Education
Demography
Life-course/Ageing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Salavat Abylkalikov
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
339
демография
миграция
география населения
demography
population
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Liliana Andriano
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
1,489
Child health and mortality
Female education
Climate change
Family dynamics
Spatial demography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Chia Liu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
5
411
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Lee Williamson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
285
Demography
inequality
population heath
early life
historical demography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Hc Packwood
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
5
359
Demography
Mobilities
Education
Social Policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Orsola Torrisi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
166
Demography
Family formation
Armed conflict
Crises
Disasters
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Joe Strong
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
302
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Casey Breen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
133
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Alina Pelikh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
4
146
demography social policy fertility lifecourse
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Nitzan Peri-Rotem
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
175
Demography
Fertility
Gender
Quantitative Research Methods
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Qi Cui
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
53
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Alyce Raybould
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
82
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Peter Dorey
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
96
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Dijana Spasenoska
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
21
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Elena Mariani
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
47
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Sally Sonia Simmons
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
19
demography
epidemiology
public health
statistics