World Scientist and University Rankings 2023

World Scientist and University Social Sciences / Political Science Rankings 2023

AD Scientific Index analyzes academic studies from 105 countries, 1389 universities/institutions, and 5.178 scientists by using numerous criteria to present results to be used for the evaluation of productivity and efficiency by individuals and institutions. In addition to sorting by the “total H-index” you can find here, you can examine several rankings and analyses by the "last 6 years H-index", "total i10 index", "last 6 years' i10 index", "total number of citations", and “last 6 years’ citations”. Please read the methodology section for “Limitations and Possible Reasons Why a Scientist Is Not on This List”. Click for individual or institutional registration.

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				AD Scientific Index - World Scientist Rankings - 2023				H INDEX			i10 INDEX			CITATION
University / Institution	Country	Region	World	Name	Country	University / Institution	Subject	Total	Last 6 year	Last 6 year/total	Total	Last 6 year	Last 6 year/total	Total	Last 6 year	Last 6 year/total
12	33	328	4307	Shaoguang Wang 王绍光	Hong Kong	Chinese University of Hong Kong	Social Sciences / Political Science Political economy \|	112	59	0.527	792	418	0.528	49994	17051	0.341
197	2157	2317	4382	Pippa Norris	United States	Harvard University	Social Sciences / Political Science political science \| comparative politics \| elections \| political behavior \| international relations \|	111	68	0.613	371	239	0.644	97020	34060	0.351
56	2405	2587	4900	Jon Elster	United States	Columbia University New York	Social Sciences / Political Science Democratic theory \| constitutions \|	108	54	0.500	359	163	0.454	86409	16158	0.187
1	1	209	5639	Rupeni Mudunavulu	Fiji	University of the South Pacific	Social Sciences / Political Science GeoPolitics \|	104	78	0.750	153	138	0.902	137620	52755	0.383
5	216	2986	5651	Will Kymlicka	Canada	Queen's University Kingston	Social Sciences / Political Science Political Philosophy \| Political Theory \| Philosophy \|	104	60	0.577	327	199	0.609	86005	21954	0.255
152	3218	3482	6585	Barry R Weingast	United States	Stanford University	Social Sciences / Political Science Political-economics \|	100	57	0.570	244	147	0.602	84679	18943	0.224
11	192	2344	7019	Claes H De Vreese	Netherlands	University of Amsterdam	Social Sciences / Political Science	99	75	0.758	275	239	0.869	35801	19510	0.545
166	3453	3745	7086	Francis Fukuyama	United States	Stanford University	Social Sciences / Political Science democracy \| development \| governance \|	98	62	0.633	449	224	0.499	144371	40700	0.282
7	398	2791	8329	Donatella Della Porta	Italy	Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa	Social Sciences / Political Science sociology \| political science \| social movements \| democracy \|	94	62	0.660	362	238	0.657	48811	19069	0.391
1	408	2902	8676	Philippe C. Schmitter	Italy	European University Institute	Social Sciences / Political Science Political Science \| Comparative Politics \| European Union \| Latin America \| democratization \|	93	44	0.473	327	121	0.370	62873	10876	0.173
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31	1036	3818	11489	Ron Johnston ⁱ	United Kingdom	University of Bristol	Social Sciences / Political Science HUman Geography \| Political Science \| Elections \| Geography \|	86	38	0.442	702	208	0.296	59253	14225	0.240
1	323	1049	12093	Xiao Wang	China	Shandong Youth University for Political Science	Social Sciences / Political Science Uncertainty Theory \| Information Granulation and Cluster Analysis \|	85	76	0.894	250	233	0.932	34579	29263	0.846
62	6234	6798	13076	Dalton Russell J	United States	University of California Irvine	Social Sciences / Political Science political science \| comparative politics \| public opinion \| elections \| democracy \|	83	53	0.639	223	120	0.538	64240	17760	0.276
2	583	615	13694	John Dryzek	Australia	University of Canberra	Social Sciences / Political Science Political Science \| Political Theory \| Environmental politics \| Deliberative Democracy \|	82	52	0.634	170	120	0.706	46186	13902	0.301
19	600	7229	13929	André Blais	Canada	Université de Montréal	Social Sciences / Political Science Political Behaviour \|	82	50	0.610	244	172	0.705	27202	9368	0.344
3	622	4765	14314	Hanspeter Kriesi	Italy	European University Institute	Social Sciences / Political Science Comparative politics \| political behavior \| social movements \| political communication \|	81	53	0.654	250	149	0.596	36864	15143	0.411
75	7912	8628	16805	James L Gibson	United States	Washington University Saint Louis	Social Sciences / Political Science Political Science \| Law and Politics \| Political Psychology \| Comparative Politics \|	78	42	0.538	154	108	0.701	21585	5516	0.256
48	771	823	17050	Robert E Goodin	Australia	Australian National University	Social Sciences / Political Science political philosophy \| political theory \| political science \|	77	46	0.597	255	131	0.514	37086	10407	0.281
85	8170	8914	17427	Bernard Grofman	United States	University of California Irvine	Social Sciences / Political Science political science \|	77	33	0.429	304	123	0.405	22844	4974	0.218
84	8310	9077	17755	Gary Marks	United States	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill	Social Sciences / Political Science political science \| comparative politics \| European Union \| regionalism \| international organizations \|	76	53	0.697	149	100	0.671	49952	17082	0.342
10	791	5927	17852	Tanja Boerzel	Germany	Freie Universität Berlin	Social Sciences / Political Science European Union \| Governance \| Comparative Regionalism \| Diffusion \|	76	51	0.671	222	131	0.590	31099	9991	0.321
18	1605	5932	17864	Michael Keating	United Kingdom	University of Aberdeen	Social Sciences / Political Science Political science \|	76	41	0.539	305	134	0.439	30185	8289	0.275
31	233	6198	18584	Bo Rothstein	Sweden	University of Gothenburg	Social Sciences / Political Science Political Science \| Social Science \| Public Administration \| Trust \| Corruption \|	75	50	0.667	206	121	0.587	32970	11892	0.361
80	8722	9531	18756	Richard Falk	United States	University of California Santa Barbara	Social Sciences / Political Science International Law \| International Relations \| Human Rights \| Environment \| Democracy \|	75	26	0.347	371	101	0.272	25429	3978	0.156
106	8771	9583	18866	Dhavan Shah	United States	University of Wisconsin Madison	Social Sciences / Political Science Political Communication \| Health Communication \| Online Communities \| Political Behavior \| Computational Social Science \|	75	54	0.720	153	130	0.850	23627	9382	0.397
53	880	937	19019	Ian McAllister	Australia	Australian National University	Social Sciences / Political Science Political behavior \| postcommunist politics \| Northern Ireland politics \| Australian politics \|	75	38	0.507	304	119	0.391	21550	5596	0.260
116	8974	9820	19377	Guillermo O'Donnell	United States	University of Southern California	Social Sciences / Political Science Comparative Politics \| Democratic Theory \| Latin America \|	74	40	0.541	160	86	0.538	64714	14145	0.219
68	200	6989	20854	Marc Hooghe	Belgium	Catholic University of Leuven	Social Sciences / Political Science political science \| political trust \| comparative politics \| political behavior \| elections \|	73	48	0.658	245	149	0.608	20453	8918	0.436
109	413	7171	21409	Frank Schimmelfennig	Switzerland	Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ETH Zürich	Social Sciences / Political Science European Politics \| European Integration \| European Union \| International Relations \|	72	51	0.708	161	111	0.689	28025	9967	0.356
237	10737	11781	23490	Scott Atran	United States	University of Michigan	Social Sciences / Political Science anthropology \| psychology \| evolutionary theory \| political science \| international relations \|	70	48	0.686	153	90	0.588	27126	8027	0.296
181	11167	12271	24531	Thomas Pogge	United States	Yale University	Social Sciences / Political Science Political Philosophy \|	69	40	0.580	187	102	0.545	40027	9102	0.227
255	11734	12909	25863	Carlos Alberto Torres	United States	University of California Los Angeles	Social Sciences / Political Science Political sociology of education \| Comparative and International Education \| Latin American Studies \| Global Citizenship Education \|	68	36	0.529	214	103	0.481	24016	7066	0.294
119	12166	13398	26915	Liesbet Hooghe	United States	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill	Social Sciences / Political Science Political science \| Comparative politics \| Political behavior \| European Union \| Multilevel governance \|	67	44	0.657	127	78	0.614	42260	15440	0.365
21	2423	9131	27031	Andy Stirling	United Kingdom	University of Sussex	Social Sciences / Political Science science and technology studies \| science policy \| ecological economics \| risk \| uncertainty \|	67	49	0.731	162	104	0.642	26607	11641	0.438
255	12233	13473	27049	David A. Lake	United States	University of California San Diego	Social Sciences / Political Science International relations \| international political economy \| international security \|	67	44	0.657	142	91	0.641	25582	7681	0.300
2	563	9248	27355	Luis Moreno Fernández	Spain	Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales	Social Sciences / Political Science political science \| ciencia política \| sociology \| sociología \|	67	38	0.567	125	88	0.704	19581	5000	0.255
251	2550	9614	28351	Claudio M Radaelli	United Kingdom	University College London	Social Sciences / Political Science Political science \| Public Policy \| Regulation \| European Studies \| Research Design \|	66	43	0.652	155	108	0.697	23508	6923	0.294
1	576	9618	28359	Colin Hay	France	Sciences Po Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Alliance Sorbonne Paris Cité)	Social Sciences / Political Science political economy \| political science \| globalisation \| political analysis \|	66	43	0.652	168	108	0.643	23211	7488	0.323
32	1292	9659	28495	Christoph Knill	Germany	Ludwig Maximilians Universität München	Social Sciences / Political Science Comparative Public Policy \| Public Administration \| Regulation \| Environmental Policy \| Morality Policy \|	66	43	0.652	176	106	0.602	20453	6314	0.309
284	12831	14130	28496	Mark Bevir	United States	University of California Berkeley	Social Sciences / Political Science Political Theory \| Social Theory \| Critical Theory \| Philosophy of Social Science \| History of Political Thought \|	66	41	0.621	179	119	0.665	20423	7725	0.378
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83	12916	14227	28717	Paul Abramson	United States	Michigan State University	Social Sciences / Political Science political science \| generational change \| strategic voting \| Condorcet \| partisan realignment \|	66	25	0.379	153	55	0.359	17972	2620	0.146
305	2586	9735	28735	Geoffrey Evans	United Kingdom	University of Oxford	Social Sciences / Political Science Social & Political Science \|	66	38	0.576	160	95	0.594	17858	5639	0.316
19	53	387	29506	Enrique Leff	Mexico	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Social Sciences / Political Science Political ecology \| environmental sociology \| ecological economics \| environmental philosophy \| environmental education \|	65	45	0.692	187	108	0.578	33057	12107	0.366
264	13216	14577	29556	Jean L Cohen	United States	Columbia University New York	Social Sciences / Political Science Political Theory \| Social Theory \| Gender and the Law \| Sovereignty \| Legal Theory \|	65	31	0.477	221	101	0.457	28842	5939	0.206
142	13220	14581	29561	Bruce Bueno De Mesquita	United States	New York University	Social Sciences / Political Science Politics \| Economics \|	65	32	0.492	143	70	0.490	28275	6493	0.230
203	13273	14641	29656	Alan Gerber	United States	Yale University	Social Sciences / Political Science political behavior \| american politics \| research methods \|	65	44	0.677	114	88	0.772	23465	9899	0.422
47	1378	14710	29812	Jean Louis Denis	Canada	Université de Montréal	Social Sciences / Political Science politique et organisation de la santé \|	65	48	0.738	203	136	0.670	20114	8090	0.402
225	13722	15153	30881	Mathew Mccubbins	United States	Duke University	Social Sciences / Political Science Duke University Department of Political Science and School of Law \|	64	31	0.484	138	71	0.514	39459	7819	0.198
464	13725	15156	30888	David Laitin	United States	Stanford University	Social Sciences / Political Science	64	37	0.578	150	81	0.540	36352	10322	0.284
51	417	10518	30917	Jon Pierre	Sweden	University of Gothenburg	Social Sciences / Political Science Political science \|	64	40	0.625	175	113	0.646	30650	9526	0.311
22	56	413	30951	Jorge Salmerón	Mexico	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Social Sciences / Political Science Epidemiología \|	64	41	0.641	209	167	0.799	27482	8159	0.297
132	14270	15782	32321	Andrew Moravcsik	United States	Princeton University	Social Sciences / Political Science International Relations \| European Union \| Qualitative Methods \| Democratic Theory \| Sociology of Opera and Music \|	63	37	0.587	117	72	0.615	44525	9809	0.220
315	14277	15789	32335	Donald Kinder	United States	University of Michigan	Social Sciences / Political Science	63	34	0.540	86	62	0.721	37355	8006	0.214
236	14289	15801	32361	Herbert Kitschelt	United States	Duke University	Social Sciences / Political Science comparative politics \| political parties \| elections \|	63	35	0.556	122	76	0.623	33098	9319	0.282
159	14485	16014	32828	Susan Welch	United States	Pennsylvania State University	Social Sciences / Political Science American politics \| public opinion \| World War II history \|	63	28	0.444	139	58	0.417	17487	3036	0.174
			January 1, 2022 Total 716.979 scientist, 212 country, 14.130 university... January 6, 2023 Total 1.264.669 scientist, 216 country, 19.528 university
87	1024	11575	33742	Rens Vliegenthart	Netherlands	University of Amsterdam	Social Sciences / Political Science political communication \| social movements \| comparative politics \|	63	54	0.857	133	120	0.902	12159	7997	0.658
729	14856	16431	33862	Peter A Hall	United States	Harvard University	Social Sciences / Political Science Comparative politics \| comparative political economy \| institutional analysis \|	62	39	0.629	126	75	0.595	56450	15545	0.275
2	86	11639	33948	Тишков Валерий Александрович (Valery Tishkov)	Russia	Steklov Mathematical Institute Russian Academy of Sciences	Social Sciences / Political Science история \| антропология \| этнология \| политология \| этничность \|	62	32	0.516	281	105	0.374	28622	8178	0.286
159	14909	16487	33954	Michael Laver	United States	New York University	Social Sciences / Political Science Government formation \| party competition \| text analysis \| agent based modeling \|	62	35	0.565	136	67	0.493	28256	6180	0.219
9	3052	11658	34006	Mark J Smith	United Kingdom	Open University UK	Social Sciences / Political Science Environmental Studies \| International Studies \| Development \| Citizenship \| Political Participation \|	62	34	0.548	240	115	0.479	24950	6491	0.260
4	322	11783	34380	Stefano Ponte	Denmark	Copenhagen Business School	Social Sciences / Political Science International Political Economy \| Global Value Chains \| Transnational Governance \| Political Economy of Development \| Sustainability \|	62	43	0.694	106	81	0.764	17247	7433	0.431
29	15214	16820	34652	William Clyde Wilcox	United States	Georgetown University	Social Sciences / Political Science Political Science \| Sociology \|	62	27	0.435	191	72	0.377	15502	3093	0.200
151	15557	17206	35642	Frank Baumgartner	United States	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill	Social Sciences / Political Science political science \| public policy \| race and ethnic politics \| criminal justice \|	61	44	0.721	133	98	0.737	36797	13024	0.354
501	15561	17210	35647	Morris P Fiorina	United States	Stanford University	Social Sciences / Political Science American Politics \| legislative behavior \| electoral behavior \|	61	31	0.508	128	61	0.477	35739	7147	0.200
5	1612	12250	35661	Christian Welzel	Germany	Leuphana Universität Lüneburg	Social Sciences / Political Science Political Science \| Political Behavior \| Public Opinion \| Political Sociology \|	61	46	0.754	145	98	0.676	33524	14123	0.421
100	15601	17253	35733	Charles A Holt	United States	University of Virginia	Social Sciences / Political Science experimental economics \| behavioral game theory \| auctions \|	61	36	0.590	160	80	0.500	26362	7033	0.267
58	15848	17537	36334	William R Thompson	United States	Indiana University Bloomington	Social Sciences / Political Science international relations \| international security \| international conflict \| political science \| international political economy \|	61	32	0.525	180	93	0.517	15563	3986	0.256
323	15881	17573	36417	Wayne A Cornelius	United States	University of California San Diego	Social Sciences / Political Science Mexican politics and development \| immigration and refugee policy \|	61	23	0.377	126	48	0.381	15149	2464	0.163
159	16231	17983	37416	John Mearsheimer	United States	University of Chicago	Social Sciences / Political Science IR Theory \|	60	37	0.617	122	83	0.680	45473	15692	0.345
96	16278	18033	37506	Vivien A Schmidt	United States	Boston University	Social Sciences / Political Science political science \| Europe \| France \| discursive institutionalism \|	60	40	0.667	145	87	0.600	27150	10023	0.369
34	3339	12875	37515	Simon Hix	United Kingdom	London School of Economics and Political Science	Social Sciences / Political Science political science \| comparative politics \| European politics \| European Union \| electoral systems \|	60	35	0.583	130	74	0.569	26546	6494	0.245
318	16332	18088	37596	Robert S Erikson	United States	Columbia University New York	Social Sciences / Political Science American Politics \| Elections \| Public Opinion \| Political Methodology \|	60	32	0.533	113	64	0.566	23019	4588	0.199
157	1129	12936	37707	Paul T Hart	Netherlands	Utrecht University	Social Sciences / Political Science political science \| crisis management \| political leadership \| public leadership \| crisis leadership \|	60	42	0.700	139	100	0.719	19900	8793	0.442
100	711	13057	38040	Frank Esser	Switzerland	Universität Zürich	Social Sciences / Political Science Political Communication \| Journalism \| Comparative Research \|	60	47	0.783	152	110	0.724	16117	9084	0.564
7	1648	13075	38087	Rainer Bauböck	Italy	European University Institute	Social Sciences / Political Science Political theory \| comparative political science \| citizenship studies \| migration studies \|	60	36	0.600	159	93	0.585	15766	5135	0.326
347	16990	18842	39357	Wendy Brown	United States	University of California Berkeley	Social Sciences / Political Science	59	44	0.746	203	143	0.704	41467	20888	0.504
1	1954	2109	39360	Karen Jehn	Australia	Melbourne Business School	Social Sciences / Political Science conflict management and negotiations \| group processes and team effectiveness \| research methodology \| workplace diversity \| politic \|	59	43	0.729	123	87	0.707	41233	13817	0.335
152	17072	18933	39527	Eric M Uslaner	United States	University of Maryland	Social Sciences / Political Science Political science \| trust \| corruption \| social capital \| Congress \|	59	37	0.627	132	69	0.523	22904	7531	0.329
178	3514	13593	39560	Didier Bigo	United Kingdom	King's College London	Social Sciences / Political Science relations internationales \| sécurité \| international political sociology \|	59	38	0.644	192	112	0.583	21683	8187	0.378
19	122	4181	40034	Arash Rashidian	Iran	Tehran University of Medical Sciences	Social Sciences / Political Science Policy Analysis \| Health Systems \| Health Financing \| Quality Improvement \| Provider Behavior Change \|	59	45	0.763	246	201	0.817	15366	10053	0.654
7	1844	13801	40148	beate kohler koch	Germany	Universität Mannheim	Social Sciences / Political Science European Studies \| civil society \| lobbying \| democracy \|	59	21	0.356	142	46	0.324	14755	2017	0.137
191	760	14046	40793	Thomas Bernauer	Switzerland	Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ETH Zürich	Social Sciences / Political Science political science \| international relations \| environment \| globalization \| trade \|	59	45	0.763	162	118	0.728	12205	6104	0.500
359	17789	19739	41393	Henry E Brady	United States	University of California Berkeley	Social Sciences / Political Science American politics \| political methodology \| public opinion \| comparative politics of post-communist countries \|	58	34	0.586	130	60	0.462	42550	11624	0.273
142	17857	19813	41540	M Kent Jennings	United States	University of California Santa Barbara	Social Sciences / Political Science Political behavior \|	58	31	0.534	113	54	0.478	23503	4801	0.204
182	1967	19916	41713	Dietlind Stolle	Canada	McGill University	Social Sciences / Political Science political science \| social capital \| political participation \| diversity \| political consumerism \|	58	39	0.672	113	79	0.699	18811	6632	0.353
183	17956	19928	41734	Steven J Brams	United States	New York University	Social Sciences / Political Science Political Science \| Game Theory \| Social Choice Theory \| Voting \| Fair Division \|	58	28	0.483	202	68	0.337	18380	3390	0.184
8	1968	14735	42836	Thomas König	Germany	Universität Mannheim	Social Sciences / Political Science Political Science \|	58	29	0.500	172	74	0.430	11995	3046	0.254
77	18611	20665	43516	Cas Mudde	United States	University of Georgia	Social Sciences / Political Science Comparative Politics \| Political Science \| Populism \| Political Parties \|	57	51	0.895	116	84	0.724	38168	25792	0.676
50	811	14988	43551	Alois Stutzer	Switzerland	Universität Basel	Social Sciences / Political Science Political Economics \| Public Economics \| Law & Economics \| Economics and Psychology \|	57	39	0.684	103	78	0.757	30883	8955	0.290
169	18661	20716	43606	Helen V Milner	United States	Princeton University	Social Sciences / Political Science political economy \| political science \| international relations \|	57	44	0.772	103	78	0.757	25428	7056	0.277
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12	3835	15012	43629	Kristian Skrede Gleditsch	United Kingdom	University of Essex	Social Sciences / Political Science Conflict \| international relations \| democratization \| statistical methods \| political science \|	57	46	0.807	109	81	0.743	24151	9327	0.386
359	3871	15125	43976	Richard Bellamy	United Kingdom	University College London	Social Sciences / Political Science Political theory \| legal theory \| political philosophy \| democratic theory \| European Union \|	57	31	0.544	149	85	0.570	16480	5334	0.324
10	2019	15235	44291	Jan W. van Deth	Germany	Universität Mannheim	Social Sciences / Political Science Comparative Politics \| Political Behaviour \| Political Culture \|	57	31	0.544	139	74	0.532	14395	4608	0.320
1	477	712	44691	Ricardo Paes De Barros	Brazil	Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER	Social Sciences / Political Science políticas públicas \| educação \| primeira infância \| desigualdade \| pobreza e mercado de trabalho \|	57	27	0.474	147	52	0.354	12680	2582	0.204
7	34	4929	45566	Kittisak Jermsittiparsert\|กิตติศักดิ์ เจิมสิทธิประเสริฐ	Thailand	Chulalongkorn University	Social Sciences / Political Science Political Science \| Public & Private Management \| International Political Economy \| Social Research \|	57	57	1.000	202	200	0.990	10011	9968	0.996
392	19436	21612	45764	Paul Pierson	United States	University of California Berkeley	Social Sciences / Political Science American Politics \| Comparative Politics \|	56	40	0.714	92	64	0.696	61263	16640	0.272
5	71	15796	45861	Michael Ignatieff	Hungary	Central European University Budapest	Social Sciences / Political Science history philosophy political science \|	56	28	0.500	172	64	0.372	26735	4868	0.182
41	4033	15815	45928	Anne Phillips	United Kingdom	London School of Economics and Political Science	Social Sciences / Political Science political theory \| feminism \|	56	29	0.518	110	67	0.609	22426	5166	0.230
395	19542	21725	45961	David Vogel	United States	University of California Berkeley	Social Sciences / Political Science Political Science \| Public Policy \|	56	31	0.554	115	54	0.470	21082	5092	0.242
214	19715	21922	46377	John Gastil	United States	Pennsylvania State University	Social Sciences / Political Science civic engagement \| deliberative democracy \| democratic theory \| group communication \| political communication \|	56	39	0.696	120	91	0.758	15152	5715	0.377