Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers Citation Social Sciences Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There is still much work to be done in this area. See also for more specific citation analyses: "last 6 years citation index" Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years Citations)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :201
Prefrontal Cortex
Electrocorticography
Electroencephalogram
Neural Decoding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,059
28,825
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :202
social psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,620
23,918
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :203
Trust
Research Methods
Ecommerce
IT Outsourcing
Sociolinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,515
29,335
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :204
attitudes
health behavior
health psychology
applied social psychology
social psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,193
30,948
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :205
Psychology
Education
Emotion
Control-Value Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,081
44,551
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :206
International Relations
world history
international security
international relations theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,648
28,378
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :207
Linguistics
corpus linguistics
English grammar
register
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,500
29,381
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :208
Qualitative Content Analysis
Evaluation
Mixed Methods
Health Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,451
37,237
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :209
developmental psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,433
28,950
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :210
Personality
Architecture
Ecological Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,337
36,949
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :211
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,077
20,590
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :212
bibliometrics
chemical engineering
adsorption
sorption
kinetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,065
30,336
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :213
Organizational behavior
psychological safety
teams
teaming
organizational learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,683
35,252
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :214
media and communications
children and internet
audiences
media literacy
children's rights in the digital environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,640
31,625
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :215
eating disorders
obesity
depression
clinical psychology
psychiatry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,453
25,766
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :216
Political economy
social theory
state theory
governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,438
22,318
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :217
psychology of women
gender
meta-analysis
sexuality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,222
28,603
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :218
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,947
17,385
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :219
Contact theory
diversity
social cognition
attitudes and beliefs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,887
26,869
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :220
Psychology
Neuroscience
Language
Developmental disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,822
25,016
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :221
Biomineralization
microarchaeology
archaeological science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,788
22,688
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :222
Cognitive psychology
reasoning
creativity
emotions
music
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,645
14,380
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :223
health psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,496
34,368
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :224
Sociological Theory
globalization
consumption
prosumption
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,257
25,615
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :225
Cognitive Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,093
24,177
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,360
2,089
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 201
Robert Thomas Knight
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,059
28,825
0.356
Prefrontal Cortex
Electrocorticography
Electroencephalogram
Neural Decoding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,400
2,107
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 202
Jeff Greenberg
University of Arizona
Tucson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,620
23,918
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,409
2,110
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 203
David Gefen
Drexel University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,515
29,335
0.364
Trust
Research Methods
Ecommerce
IT Outsourcing
Sociolinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,437
352
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 204
Mark Conner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,193
30,948
0.386
attitudes
health behavior
health psychology
applied social psychology
social psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,449
161
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 205
Reinhard Pekrun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,081
44,551
0.556
Psychology
Education
Emotion
Control-Value Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,494
358
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 206
Barry Buzan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,648
28,378
0.356
International Relations
world history
international security
international relations theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,506
2,163
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 207
Douglas Biber
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,500
29,381
0.370
Linguistics
corpus linguistics
English grammar
register
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,509
19
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 208
Philipp Mayring
Alpen Adria Universität Klagenfurt
Klagenfurt, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,451
37,237
0.469
Qualitative Content Analysis
Evaluation
Mixed Methods
Health Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,510
2,165
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 209
Nathana Fox
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,433
28,950
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,525
2,171
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 210
Samuel D Gosling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,337
36,949
0.466
Personality
Architecture
Ecological Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,555
2,189
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 211
Timothy D Wilson
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,077
20,590
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,556
15
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 212
Yuh Shan Ho
Asia University Taiwan
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,065
30,336
0.384
bibliometrics
chemical engineering
adsorption
sorption
kinetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,593
2,207
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 213
Amy Edmondson
Harvard Business School
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,683
35,252
0.448
Organizational behavior
psychological safety
teams
teaming
organizational learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,595
371
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 214
Sonia Livingstone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,640
31,625
0.402
media and communications
children and internet
audiences
media literacy
children's rights in the digital environment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,612
2,214
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 215
Eric Stice
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,453
25,766
0.328
eating disorders
obesity
depression
clinical psychology
psychiatry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,614
374
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 216
Bob Jessop
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,438
22,318
0.285
Political economy
social theory
state theory
governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,640
2,228
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 217
Janet S Hyde
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,222
28,603
0.366
psychology of women
gender
meta-analysis
sexuality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,665
2,240
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 218
Dedre Gentner
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,947
17,385
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,669
378
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 219
Miles Hewstone
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,887
26,869
0.345
Contact theory
diversity
social cognition
attitudes and beliefs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,677
380
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 220
Dorothy VM Bishop
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,822
25,016
0.321
Psychology
Neuroscience
Language
Developmental disorders
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,684
11
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 221
Steve Weiner
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,788
22,688
0.292
Biomineralization
microarchaeology
archaeological science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,700
2,253
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 222
Philip Johnson-Laird
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,645
14,380
0.185
Cognitive psychology
reasoning
creativity
emotions
music
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,724
387
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 223
Marie Johnston
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,496
34,368
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,753
2,278
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 224
George Ritzer
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,257
25,615
0.332
Sociological Theory
globalization
consumption
prosumption
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,778
2,291
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 225
Henry L Roediger
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,093
24,177
0.314