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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: 76
Psychological Contracts
Idiosyncratic Deals
Evidence Based Management
Organizational Behavior
Human Resource Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,355
31,407
0.270
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
psychology
education
expertise
cognitive psychology
medical educatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,037
26,778
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 78
emotio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,715
40,402
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,376
49,212
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Passion
Motivation
Self
Positive Psychology
Social Psycholog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,070
41,197
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
positive psycholog
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,955
36,324
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 82
prejudice
intergroup relations
prosocial behavio
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,402
40,753
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 83
suicid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,396
37,556
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 84
Cognitive Neuroscienc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,837
28,872
0.260
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
interpretative phenomenological analysis
qualitative research
phenomenology
health psychology
psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,343
51,635
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 86
Schizophrenia
Depression
Cognitve and Affective Neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,320
52,046
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 87
Cognitive training
psychosocial rehabilitatio
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,026
83,592
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 88
Psychology
Educatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,026
35,496
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 89
well-being
culture
personality
social ecology
happines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,914
49,126
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 90
Attribution
Motivation
Emotion
Responsibilit
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,224
19,624
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 91
psychology neuroscienc
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,107
33,230
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 92
Schizophrenia
ADHD
Neuropsycholog
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,644
38,057
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 93
Cognitive Psychology
Language processing
Readin
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,836
25,427
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 94
evolutionary psychology
personality
social psychology
sexuality
sex difference
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,562
27,265
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 95
social cognition
social psychology
cognitive psychology
developmental psychology
social neuroscienc
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,662
32,888
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 96
organizational psychology
industrial psychology
human resource managemen
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,641
26,933
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 97
Developmental and forensic psycholog
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,295
21,475
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 98
stress
endocrinology
burnout
saliva
hai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,237
31,315
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 99
Cognitive Psychology
Reasoning
Decision Making
Educational Psychology
Readin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,834
24,455
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 100
happiness
evolution
cultur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,195
33,155
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,525
1,179
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 76
Denise M Rousseau
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,355
31,407
0.270
Psychological Contracts
Idiosyncratic Deals
Evidence Based Management
Organizational Behavior
Human Resource Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,531
1,182
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
K Anders Ericsson
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,037
26,778
0.231
psychology
education
expertise
cognitive psychology
medical educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,557
1,195
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 78
James A Russell
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,715
40,402
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,566
1,200
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Harris Cooper
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,376
49,212
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,580
94
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Robert J Vallerand
Université du Québec Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,070
41,197
0.358
Passion
Motivation
Self
Positive Psychology
Social Psycholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,642
1,235
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
Christopher Peterson
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,955
36,324
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,697
1,259
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 82
John Dovidio
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,402
40,753
0.359
prejudice
intergroup relations
prosocial behavio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,753
1,286
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 83
Gregory K Brown
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,396
37,556
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,768
1,292
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 84
John Gabrieli
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,837
28,872
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,790
217
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
Jonathan A Smith
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,343
51,635
0.468
interpretative phenomenological analysis
qualitative research
phenomenology
health psychology
psycholog
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,793
1,305
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 86
Deanna M Barch
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,320
52,046
0.472
Schizophrenia
Depression
Cognitve and Affective Neuroscienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,819
1,318
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 87
Jimmy Choi
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,026
83,592
0.760
Cognitive training
psychosocial rehabilitatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,881
1,346
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 88
Mark Greenberg
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,026
35,496
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,877
1,346
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 89
Shigehiro Oishi
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,914
49,126
0.451
well-being
culture
personality
social ecology
happines
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,970
1,392
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 90
Bernard Weiner
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,224
19,624
0.183
Attribution
Motivation
Emotion
Responsibilit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,970
233
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 91
Mark H Johnson
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,107
33,230
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,992
1,401
122
Ranking Based On Selection: 92
Larry J Seidman
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,644
38,057
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,101
1,461
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 93
Keith Rayner
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,836
25,427
0.243
Cognitive Psychology
Language processing
Readin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,110
1,466
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 94
Dm Buss
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,562
27,265
0.261
evolutionary psychology
personality
social psychology
sexuality
sex difference
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,164
1,498
125
Ranking Based On Selection: 95
Mahzarin R Banaji
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,662
32,888
0.317
social cognition
social psychology
cognitive psychology
developmental psychology
social neuroscienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,166
121
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 96
Gary Latham
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,641
26,933
0.260
organizational psychology
industrial psychology
human resource managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,235
255
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 97
Michael Lamb
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,295
21,475
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,306
108
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 98
Clemens Kirschbaum
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,237
31,315
0.309
stress
endocrinology
burnout
saliva
hai
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,326
128
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 99
Keith E Stanovich
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,834
24,455
0.243
Cognitive Psychology
Reasoning
Decision Making
Educational Psychology
Readin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,365
30
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 100
Eunkook Mark Suh
Yonsei University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,195
33,155
0.328