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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: 51
organizational psychology
team training
safety culture
human factors
teamwor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,919
44,233
0.305
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
social psychology
cultural psychology
self
choice
motivato
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,097
35,513
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Stress and Coping
Personality and Health
Adjustment to Chronic Disease
Self-Regulation and Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,918
35,071
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
personality
emotion
emotional intelligence
personal intelligence
cognition and affec
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,242
46,063
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
social psychology
cognitive psychology
consumer research
decision making
survey methodolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,600
40,329
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Cognitive Modeling
Memory
Judgmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139,747
85,077
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
applied linguistics
second language acquisition
motivatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,480
54,558
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
social psychology
language
healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,066
42,983
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
cognitive psychology
intelligence
reasoning
cultural psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,287
24,271
0.181
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Clinical Psychology
Psychotherapy
Psychology
Diagnostics
Developmental Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,131
30,206
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
psychology
social psychology
leadership
social identity
group processe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,150
40,073
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
social psychology
motivation
emotion
self and identit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,987
46,376
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
well-being
aging
healt
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,907
54,692
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
psychology
cognitive scienc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,607
27,379
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
intergroup relations
social psycholog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,483
37,218
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
psychology
educational and academic issue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,601
26,959
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Psychology
social cognition
social psychology
cognitive psychology
methodolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,119
34,546
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Health Psychology
Mental Health
Psicologia
Psicologia da Saúde
Public Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,807
102,941
0.838
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
emotion
voice
appraisal
speech
musi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,171
36,506
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
structural equation models
latent variables
population and health
democrac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,972
32,808
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Suicide preventio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,644
51,229
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
psychopharmacology
biological psychiatr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,312
57,583
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Network Science
Computational Neuroscience
Theoretical Neuroscience
Connectome
Connectomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,313
52,267
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
psychology
evolution
artificial intelligence
philosoph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,462
23,316
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Psychology
social psychology
methodology
open science
metascienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,365
57,681
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,638
721
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Eduardo Salas
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,919
44,233
0.305
organizational psychology
team training
safety culture
human factors
teamwor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,652
727
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Hazel Markus
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,097
35,513
0.246
social psychology
cultural psychology
self
choice
motivato
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,659
731
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Michael F Scheier
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,918
35,071
0.244
Stress and Coping
Personality and Health
Adjustment to Chronic Disease
Self-Regulation and Healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,698
750
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
David Finkelhor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,242
46,063
0.324
personality
emotion
emotional intelligence
personal intelligence
cognition and affec
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,719
762
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Norbert Schwarz
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,600
40,329
0.285
social psychology
cognitive psychology
consumer research
decision making
survey methodolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,770
50
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Edgar Erdfelder
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139,747
85,077
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,821
149
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Zoltán Dörnyei
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,480
54,558
0.397
applied linguistics
second language acquisition
motivatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,856
824
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
James W Pennebaker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,066
42,983
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,899
848
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Richard Nisbett
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,287
24,271
0.181
cognitive psychology
intelligence
reasoning
cultural psycholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,903
55
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Franz Petermann
Universität Bremen
Bremen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,131
30,206
0.225
Clinical Psychology
Psychotherapy
Psychology
Diagnostics
Developmental Psycholog
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,024
919
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Michael Hogg
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,150
40,073
0.308
psychology
social psychology
leadership
social identity
group processe
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,032
923
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Mark R Leary
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,987
46,376
0.357
social psychology
motivation
emotion
self and identit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,037
926
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Carol D Ryff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,907
54,692
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,074
948
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Steven Pinker
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,607
27,379
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,075
949
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Thomas Pettigrew
University of California Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,483
37,218
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,117
970
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Robert E. Slavin
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,601
26,959
0.213
psychology
educational and academic issue
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,133
981
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Anthony G Greenwald
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,119
34,546
0.274
Psychology
social cognition
social psychology
cognitive psychology
methodolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,244
30
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Andre Faro
Universidade Federal de Sergipe UFS
Sao Cristovao, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,807
102,941
0.838
Health Psychology
Mental Health
Psicologia
Psicologia da Saúde
Public Healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,351
31
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Klaus R Scherer
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,171
36,506
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,358
1,094
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Kenneth Bollen
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,972
32,808
0.273
structural equation models
latent variables
population and health
democrac
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,422
1,128
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Thomas Joiner
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,644
51,229
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,435
191
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Allan Young
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,312
57,583
0.487
psychopharmacology
biological psychiatr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,472
1,155
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Olaf Sporns
Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,313
52,267
0.446
Network Science
Computational Neuroscience
Theoretical Neuroscience
Connectome
Connectomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,509
1,170
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Daniel C Dennett
Tufts University
Medford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,462
23,316
0.200
psychology
evolution
artificial intelligence
philosoph
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,512
1,173
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Brian Nosek
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,365
57,681
0.496
Psychology
social psychology
methodology
open science
metascienc