Top 100 Scientists
Social Sciences / Social Policy 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" (873,864 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.
inequality
poverty
income
earnings
survival analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
80
207
26,727
poverty social security living standards
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H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
68
220
23,360
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
poverty and inequality
labour market flows
education
charitable giving
survey methods.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
50
119
11,199
Social Simulation
Philosophy of Science
Agent-based Simulation
Modelling Methodology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
47
126
9,908
Social Policy
Inequality
Social Class
Urban Studies
Gypsies and Travellers
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
44
214
11,365
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Alcohol policy
alcohol pricing
drinking guidelines internet use
child poverty
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
41
99
5,972
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
37
65
5,234
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Social security
poverty
pensions
statistical methods
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
36
107
6,595
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
social security
personal finance
taxation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
56
3,646
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
International Development
Poverty
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
54
3,677
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
poverty
inequality
social policy
reconciling social and environmental objectives
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
57
2,643
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Poverty
charitable food
inequalities
stigma
health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
42
3,539
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
37
2,138
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Poverty
childhood
participatory methods
mixed methods
social justice
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
34
1,921
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
social policy
migration
refugees
inequalities
social networks
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
37
1,723
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
30
3,704
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
play
poverty
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
46
3,427
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
social policy
ageing
mental health
social epidemiology
policy evaluation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
30
3,718
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
poverty and income inequality
distributional effects of fiscal policies
tax-benefit microsimulation modelling
pension policy and reform
tax evasion
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
28
1,561
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Family
fatherhood
masculinities
poverty
qualitative secondary analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
30
1,412
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
poverty
social security
participatory approaches
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
36
1,975
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Poverty
Social Security
Looked after children
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
28
2,022
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Health inequalities
poverty
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
30
1,330
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
workplace equality and diversity
ethnicity 'race' and employment
mental health
precarious work
poverty traps
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
33
2,280
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
poverty
vulnerability
inequality
wellbeing
public policy governance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
22
1,275
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :26
Comparative welfare studies
income inequality
poverty
migration
ethnicity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
31
1,700
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Social Policy
Sociology
Public Health
Gypsies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
27
1,034
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
social policy
public policy
ageing
governance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
22
1,013
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Socio-ecological systems
Remote Sensing
Poverty
Development
Vulnerability
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
18
1,800
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Social Policy
Poverty
Public Services
Community
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
21
994
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
GIS
Remote Sensing
Fuel Poverty
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
17
952
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
global development
capability approach
multidimensional poverty
collective agency
dignity and menstrual health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
16
630
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
poverty
inequality
sociology
youth
families
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
14
1,065
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Poverty
Inequality
and Social Exclusion
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
17
636
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Welfare State
Unemployment
Well-Being
Active Labour Market Policy
Basic Income
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
15
656
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
poverty
food insecurity
homelessness
methods
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
16
1,394
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
child poverty
neo-liberalism
welfare
reproductive rights
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
18
694
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Social policy
social identity
wellbeing
evaluation
psychosocial welfare
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
13
1,395
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Poverty
inequality
social policy
sociology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
14
872
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Information systems
inclusive design
digital health
digital ecosystems
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
14
594
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
child poverty
poverty
development
social policy
social protection
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
17
718
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
urban studies
postcolonial studies
crime and deviance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
12
872
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Poverty
Deprivation
Measurement
Bayesian analysis
SEM
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
899
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Poverty
Social Policy
Welfare
Inequality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
14
807
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Political economy
social democracy
economic and cultural values
social policy
labour markets.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
11
488
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Social Policy
Anabolic Steroids
Esports
Gambling
Public Health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
7
161
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
poverty
health
nutrition
welfare measurement
education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
902
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Social Policy
Welfare-to-Work
Lone Parenthood
Gender Occupational Segregation
Women on Boards
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
164
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Social policy and gender
Childcare policy
East Asian welfare regime
South Korea.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
2
87
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Social protection
Social policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
2
82
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :51
Informal economy
urban poverty
livelihoods
Street Vendors
Structural Equation Models
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
1
61
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
social policy
public policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
4
115
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Well-being
Policy Change
Social Policy
Public Policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
28
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Social Policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
3
47
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
Social Policy
Domestic Violence
Immigration Policies
No Recourse to Public Funding
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
24
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
social policy
childhood
environmental justice
latin america
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
0
23
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
Social Policy
Health Policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
0
22
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
social policy
sociology
agnotology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
62
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
social policy
family policy
parental leave
division of care labour
time use
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
23
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
Collective Action
Social Capital
Welfare Analysis
Policy Evaluation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
6
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
Social Policy and Politics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
5
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
Social research
field theory
youth unemployment
social policy
voluntary and community sector
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
4
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
Social Policy
Internationalization
Public Policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
4
Stephen P Jenkins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
80
207
26,727
inequality
poverty
income
earnings
survival analysis
Jonathan Bradshaw
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
68
220
23,360
poverty social security living standards
John Micklewright
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
50
119
11,199
poverty and inequality
labour market flows
education
charitable giving
survey methods.
Bruce Edmonds
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
47
126
9,908
Social Simulation
Philosophy of Science
Agent-based Simulation
Modelling Methodology
David Martin Smith
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
44
214
11,365
Social Policy
Inequality
Social Class
Urban Studies
Gypsies and Travellers
John Holmes
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
41
99
5,972
Alcohol policy
alcohol pricing
drinking guidelines internet use
child poverty
Jochen Clasen
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
65
5,234
Stephen McKay
Lincoln University
Lincoln, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
107
6,595
Social security
poverty
pensions
statistical methods
Karen Rowlingson
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
56
3,646
social security
personal finance
taxation
Richard Palmer Jones
University of East Anglia
Norwich, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
54
3,677
Tim Goedemé
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
57
2,643
poverty
inequality
social policy
reconciling social and environmental objectives
Kayleigh Garthwaite (she/her)
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
42
3,539
Poverty
charitable food
inequalities
stigma
health
Patricia Kennett
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
37
2,138
Gill Main
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
34
1,921
Poverty
childhood
participatory methods
mixed methods
social justice
Alessio D Angelo
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
37
1,723
social policy
migration
refugees
inequalities
social networks
Harriet Thomson
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
30
3,704
John H McKendrick
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
46
3,427
Emilie Courtin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
30
3,718
social policy
ageing
mental health
social epidemiology
policy evaluation
Chrysa Leventi
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
28
1,561
poverty and income inequality
distributional effects of fiscal policies
tax-benefit microsimulation modelling
pension policy and reform
tax evasion
Anna Tarrant
Lincoln University
Lincoln, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
30
1,412
Family
fatherhood
masculinities
poverty
qualitative secondary analysis
Ruth Patrick
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
36
1,975
poverty
social security
participatory approaches
Marsha Wood
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
28
2,022
Poverty
Social Security
Looked after children
Filip Sosenko
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
30
1,330
Maria Hudson
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
33
2,280
workplace equality and diversity
ethnicity 'race' and employment
mental health
precarious work
poverty traps
Joe Devine
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
22
1,275
poverty
vulnerability
inequality
wellbeing
public policy governance
Katrin Gasior
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
31
1,700
Comparative welfare studies
income inequality
poverty
migration
ethnicity
David Martin Smith Or David M Smith
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
27
1,034
Social Policy
Sociology
Public Health
Gypsies
Karen West
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
22
1,013
social policy
public policy
ageing
governance
Gary R Watmough
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
18
1,800
Socio-ecological systems
Remote Sensing
Poverty
Development
Vulnerability
Matt Padley
Loughborough University
Loughborough, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
21
994
Social Policy
Poverty
Public Services
Community
Paul Mckenzie
University of Ulster
Coleraine, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
17
952
Meera Tiwari
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
16
630
global development
capability approach
multidimensional poverty
collective agency
dignity and menstrual health
Will Mason
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
1,065
poverty
inequality
sociology
youth
families
Francisco Azpitarte
Loughborough University
Loughborough, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
17
636
Poverty
Inequality
and Social Exclusion
Daniel Sage
Edge Hill University
Ormskirk, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
15
656
Welfare State
Unemployment
Well-Being
Active Labour Market Policy
Basic Income
Elisabeth Garratt
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
16
1,394
poverty
food insecurity
homelessness
methods
Goretti Horgan
University of Ulster
Coleraine, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
18
694
child poverty
neo-liberalism
welfare
reproductive rights
David Taylor
University of Brighton
Brighton, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
1,395
Social policy
social identity
wellbeing
evaluation
psychosocial welfare
Stephen Crossley
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
872
Poverty
inequality
social policy
sociology
Mary Darking
University of Brighton
Brighton, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
594
Information systems
inclusive design
digital health
digital ecosystems
Paul Dornan
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
17
718
child poverty
poverty
development
social policy
social protection
Adam Elliott-Cooper
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
872
urban studies
postcolonial studies
crime and deviance
Hector Najera Catalan
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
899
Poverty
Deprivation
Measurement
Bayesian analysis
SEM
Lee Gregory
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
14
807
Poverty
Social Policy
Welfare
Inequality
Thomas Prosser
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
488
Political economy
social democracy
economic and cultural values
social policy
labour markets.
Andrew Richardson
Teesside University
Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
161
Social Policy
Anabolic Steroids
Esports
Gambling
Public Health
Caitlin Brown
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
902
poverty
health
nutrition
welfare measurement
education
Helen Kowalewska
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
164
Social Policy
Welfare-to-Work
Lone Parenthood
Gender Occupational Segregation
Women on Boards
Sung-Hee Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
2
87
Social policy and gender
Childcare policy
East Asian welfare regime
South Korea.
Danai Konstantinidou
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
82
Shweta Sharma
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
1
61
Informal economy
urban poverty
livelihoods
Street Vendors
Structural Equation Models
Hayley Bennett
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
115
Fabio Battaglia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
28
Well-being
Policy Change
Social Policy
Public Policy
Charlotte Hamilton
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
47
Arya Suresh
Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
24
Social Policy
Domestic Violence
Immigration Policies
No Recourse to Public Funding
Thaís De Carvalho
Open University UK
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
23
social policy
childhood
environmental justice
latin america
Vid Calovski
University of Kent
Canterbury, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
22
Emily Kenway
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
62
Merve Uzunalioglu|M Uzunalioglu, Merve Uzunalioğlu, M Uzunalioğlu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
23
social policy
family policy
parental leave
division of care labour
time use
Sergio Perez Schjetnan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
6
Collective Action
Social Capital
Welfare Analysis
Policy Evaluation
Silvia Behrens
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
5
Oluwaferanmi Adeyemo
Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
4
Social research
field theory
youth unemployment
social policy
voluntary and community sector
Vardaan Shekhawat
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
4
Social Policy
Internationalization
Public Policy