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Social Sciences / Psychology Highly Cited Researchers 36.583 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 101
Clinical psychology
internet
tinnitus
mood and anxiety disorder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,219
46,673
0.466
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 102
Psychology
Social Psychology
Social Neuroscience
Emotion
Cultur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,815
33,418
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 103
psychopathology
developmental neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,755
34,047
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 104
cognitive anthropology
linguistic pragmatics
cultural evolution
psychology of reasonin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,037
23,322
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 105
Neuropsycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,542
25,577
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 106
Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Neuropsychology
Cognitive Neurolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,447
19,767
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 107
Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,954
41,819
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 108
Affective neuroscience
Developmental neuroscience
Social neuroscience
Cognitive neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,758
29,394
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 109
Quantitative Psychology
Prevention Science
Statistical Methods
Health Psychology
Human Memor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,499
35,231
0.365
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 110
Pain Mechanism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,472
13,692
0.142
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 111
Psychology
La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,383
20,119
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 112
suicide
suicidal behavior
self-injury
self-harm
clinical psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,952
52,089
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 113
cognitive neuroscience
neuroimaging
neuroinformatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,839
43,565
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 114
Social psychology
Identity
Social identity
Leadership
Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,461
47,418
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 115
personality psychology
subjective well-being
measuremen
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,252
37,896
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 116
psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,771
21,173
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 117
child and adolescent clinical psychology
treatment of anxiety disorder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,430
22,327
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 118
psychology
neuroscience
motivation
emotion
addictio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,812
25,981
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 119
Medizinische Psychologie
Medizinische Soziologi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,636
47,732
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 120
work engagement
positive organizational psychology
self-efficacy
healthy organizations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,624
44,992
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 121
Cognitive science
Language use
Psycholinguistics
Pragmatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,243
16,564
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 122
Psychology
Marketin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,162
34,735
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 123
Psychology
Cognitive psychology
Memory
Eyewitness testimony
psychology and la
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,940
16,819
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 124
psychology
discourse
language
artificial intelligence
educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,483
26,662
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 125
emotional development
attachment
longitudinal studies of individual developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,439
12,436
0.138
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,362
31
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 101
Gerhard Andersson
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,219
46,673
0.466
Clinical psychology
internet
tinnitus
mood and anxiety disorder
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,384
1,590
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 102
Shinobu Kitayama
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,815
33,418
0.335
Psychology
Social Psychology
Social Neuroscience
Emotion
Cultur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,391
1,593
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 103
I Gotlib
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,755
34,047
0.341
psychopathology
developmental neuroscienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,441
13
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 104
Dan Sperber
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,037
23,322
0.235
cognitive anthropology
linguistic pragmatics
cultural evolution
psychology of reasonin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,485
1,631
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 105
Robert K Heaton
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,542
25,577
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,490
1,634
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 106
Daniel Tranel
University of Iowa
Iowa City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,447
19,767
0.201
Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Neuropsychology
Cognitive Neurolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,585
295
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 107
Charles Spence
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,954
41,819
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,600
1,686
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 108
Jean Decety
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,758
29,394
0.304
Affective neuroscience
Developmental neuroscience
Social neuroscience
Cognitive neuroscienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,622
1,699
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 109
David P Mackinnon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,499
35,231
0.365
Quantitative Psychology
Prevention Science
Statistical Methods
Health Psychology
Human Memor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,623
136
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 110
Ronald Melzack
York University
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,472
13,692
0.142
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,628
300
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 111
ME Lamb
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,383
20,119
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,647
1,708
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 112
Matthew Nock
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,952
52,089
0.543
suicide
suicidal behavior
self-injury
self-harm
clinical psycholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,653
1,710
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 113
Russ Poldrack
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,839
43,565
0.455
cognitive neuroscience
neuroimaging
neuroinformatic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,674
150
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 114
S Alexander Haslam|Alex Haslam
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,461
47,418
0.497
Social psychology
Identity
Social identity
Leadership
Healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,764
1,769
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 115
Richard E Lucas
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,252
37,896
0.402
personality psychology
subjective well-being
measuremen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,802
16
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 116
David Fergusson
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,771
21,173
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,833
1,801
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 117
Philip C Kendall
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,430
22,327
0.239
child and adolescent clinical psychology
treatment of anxiety disorder
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,866
1,821
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 118
Kent C Berridge
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,812
25,981
0.280
psychology
neuroscience
motivation
emotion
addictio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,878
133
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 119
Elmar Braehler
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,636
47,732
0.515
Medizinische Psychologie
Medizinische Soziologi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,963
83
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 120
Marisa Salanova
Universitat Jaume I
Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,624
44,992
0.491
work engagement
positive organizational psychology
self-efficacy
healthy organizations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,996
1,881
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 121
Herbert H Clark
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,243
16,564
0.182
Cognitive science
Language use
Psycholinguistics
Pragmatic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,000
1,883
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 122
Kathleen D Vohs
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,162
34,735
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,015
1,893
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 123
Elizabeth F Loftus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,940
16,819
0.185
Psychology
Cognitive psychology
Memory
Eyewitness testimony
psychology and la
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,042
1,902
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 124
Arthur Graesser
University of Memphis
Memphis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,483
26,662
0.295
psychology
discourse
language
artificial intelligence
educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,048
1,904
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 125
L Alan Sroufe
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,439
12,436
0.138
emotional development
attachment
longitudinal studies of individual developmen