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Social Sciences / Psychology Highly Cited Researchers 97 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2026

See how widely and consistently research is cited with real-time citation rankings.
Covering 2.6 million scientists, this list evaluates both total and last 5 years’ citation counts to measure scientific influence and highlight Highly Cited Researchers.
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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466
World Rank
186
Country Rank
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Social Sciences / Psychology
Emotion | Emotion Regulatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    272,908
  • Last 5 Years
    136,408
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.500
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Rankings

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1,829
World Rank
785
Country Rank
40
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Social Sciences / Psychology
social psychology | cultural psychology | self | choice | motivato

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    148,226
  • Last 5 Years
    39,981
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.270
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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3,579
World Rank
1,648
Country Rank
80
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Social Sciences / Psychology
psychopathology | developmental neuroscienc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    104,690
  • Last 5 Years
    38,780
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.370
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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3,712
World Rank
1,700
Country Rank
84
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Social Sciences / Psychology
cognitive neuroscience | neuroimaging | neuroinformatic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    102,449
  • Last 5 Years
    49,772
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.486
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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4,524
World Rank
2,080
Country Rank
110
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Social Sciences / Psychology
Cognitive science | Language use | Psycholinguistics | Pragmatic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    91,038
  • Last 5 Years
    18,334
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.201
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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5,049
World Rank
2,327
Country Rank
123
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Social Sciences / Psychology
eating disorders | obesity | depression | clinical psychology | psychiatr

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    85,346
  • Last 5 Years
    27,072
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.317
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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12,445
World Rank
5,732
Country Rank
265
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Social Sciences / Psychology
The psychology of time | money | and happines

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    48,834
  • Last 5 Years
    16,857
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.345
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Rankings

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12,907
World Rank
5,938
Country Rank
270
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Social Sciences / Psychology
Media Psychology | Virtual Reality | Avatars | Virtual Environments | Augmented Realit

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    47,785
  • Last 5 Years
    29,857
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.625
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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13,064
World Rank
6,002
Country Rank
273
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Social Sciences / Psychology
affect | neuroscience | decision-making | affective neuroscience | neuroeconomic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    47,448
  • Last 5 Years
    15,249
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.321
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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16,058
World Rank
7,333
Country Rank
317
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Social Sciences / Psychology
psychology and educatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    41,820
  • Last 5 Years
    20,192
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.483
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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18,471
World Rank
8,369
Country Rank
350
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Social Sciences / Psychology
cognitive scienc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    38,256
  • Last 5 Years
    9,382
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.245
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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20,222
World Rank
9,129
Country Rank
383
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Social Sciences / Psychology
social psycholog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    36,062
  • Last 5 Years
    22,761
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.631
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Rankings

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22,705
World Rank
10,181
Country Rank
423
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Social Sciences / Psychology
psychology | cognitive science | language acquisition | reproducibilit

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    33,445
  • Last 5 Years
    20,655
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.618
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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24,522
World Rank
10,979
Country Rank
447
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Social Sciences / Psychology
psychology | social neuroscienc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    31,795
  • Last 5 Years
    22,826
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.718
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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27,407
World Rank
12,222
Country Rank
483
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Social Sciences / Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience | Educatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    29,587
  • Last 5 Years
    9,312
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.315
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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30,779
World Rank
13,591
Country Rank
522
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Social Sciences / Psychology
Developmental psycholog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    27,314
  • Last 5 Years
    9,276
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.340
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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31,739
World Rank
13,991
Country Rank
540
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Social Sciences / Psychology
Psychology of Artificial Intelligence | Personality | Psychometric

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    26,762
  • Last 5 Years
    16,612
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.621
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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34,177
World Rank
14,988
Country Rank
576
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Social Sciences / Psychology
Child Language Acquisitio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    25,418
  • Last 5 Years
    9,109
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.358
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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52,007
World Rank
21,953
Country Rank
750
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Social Sciences / Psychology
Gender | organizations | work and family | social psycholog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    18,809
  • Last 5 Years
    9,353
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.497
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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56,681
World Rank
23,734
Country Rank
786
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Social Sciences / Psychology
Cultural psychology | biculturalism | ethnic racial identity | suicide preventio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    17,618
  • Last 5 Years
    3,539
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.201
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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64,343
World Rank
26,589
Country Rank
854
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Social Sciences / Psychology
Culture | emotion | mental healt

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    16,021
  • Last 5 Years
    6,177
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.386
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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78,065
World Rank
31,486
Country Rank
972
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Social Sciences / Psychology
Computational Social Science | Well-Being | Large Language Models | Mental Health | Social Psycholog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    13,761
  • Last 5 Years
    10,235
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.744
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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78,275
World Rank
31,562
Country Rank
976
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Social Sciences / Psychology
neuropsychology neuroimagin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    13,734
  • Last 5 Years
    8,445
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.615
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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78,729
World Rank
31,714
Country Rank
982
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Social Sciences / Psychology
Social Psycholog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    13,674
  • Last 5 Years
    6,414
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.469
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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81,390
World Rank
32,660
Country Rank
995
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Social Sciences / Psychology
Psychology | neuroscience | vision | brain imagin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    13,310
  • Last 5 Years
    4,917
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.369
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