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World 36,877 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Psychology Rankings - 2025

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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Robert Sternberg
psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243
104
0.428
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Chris Frith
mind
brain
social interaction
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242
106
0.438
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Richard M Ryan
psychology
social psychology
clinical psychology
education
positive psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
178
0.771
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Terrie E Moffitt
developmental psychopathology
intelligence
crime
aging
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224
125
0.558
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michael Tomasello
developmental psychology
evolutionary anthropology
cognitive science
evolutionary psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
109
0.498
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ian Deary
Intelligence
Cognitive Aging
Personality
Psychometrics
Psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217
136
0.627
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Robin M Murray
psychosis
schizophrenia
drug abuse
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
92
0.426
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Hans Ulrich Wittchen
Psychiatrie
Psychologie
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
215
116
0.540
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Wilmar Schaufeli
Occupational Health Psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
153
0.715
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Pim Cuijpers
depression
prevention
psychotherapy
meta-analysis
RCTs
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211
146
0.692
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Roy F Baumeister
social psychology
personality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210
134
0.638
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ed Diener
Psychology
Social psychology
Personality psychology
Positive Psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
137
0.662
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
James J Gross
Emotion
Emotion Regulation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
144
0.742
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Stanislas Dehaene
Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
112
0.593
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Eduardo Salas
organizational psychology
team training
safety culture
human factors
teamwork
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
101
0.534
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Martin Seligman
Positive Psychology
Learned Helplessness
Prospection
Depression
Optimism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188
108
0.574
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Yaakov Stern
aging
dementia
cognitive neuroscience
cognitive reserve
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184
95
0.516
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Edward L Deci
self-determination theory
motivation
psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
131
0.716
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nancy Eisenberg Berg
psychology
psychiatry
pediatrics
neuroscience
family studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
96
0.527
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Alan Baddeley
Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Memory
Working memory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
83
0.464
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
John Gabrieli
Cognitive Neuroscience
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
88
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Paul Costa
Personality five- factor model. NEO-PI-R
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
84
0.486
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Steven C Hayes
psychology
evolutionary psychology
cognitive science
behavior analysis
clinical psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
93
0.564
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Richard E Petty
social psychology
attitudes
persuasion
social cognition
judgment and decision making
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
88
0.533
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Robert Sternberg
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243
104
0.428
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Chris Frith
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242
106
0.438
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Richard M Ryan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
178
0.771
psychology
social psychology
clinical psychology
education
positive psychology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Terrie E Moffitt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224
125
0.558
developmental psychopathology
intelligence
crime
aging
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Dorret I Boomsma
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
221
140
0.633
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michael Tomasello
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
109
0.498
developmental psychology
evolutionary anthropology
cognitive science
evolutionary psychology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ian Deary
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217
136
0.627
Intelligence
Cognitive Aging
Personality
Psychometrics
Psychology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Robin M Murray
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
92
0.426
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Hans Ulrich Wittchen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
215
116
0.540
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Wilmar Schaufeli
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
153
0.715
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Pim Cuijpers
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211
146
0.692
depression
prevention
psychotherapy
meta-analysis
RCTs
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Roy F Baumeister
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210
134
0.638
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ed Diener
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
137
0.662
Psychology
Social psychology
Personality psychology
Positive Psychology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
James J Gross
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
144
0.742
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Stanislas Dehaene
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
112
0.593
Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Education
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Eduardo Salas
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
101
0.534
organizational psychology
team training
safety culture
human factors
teamwork
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Martin Seligman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188
108
0.574
Positive Psychology
Learned Helplessness
Prospection
Depression
Optimism
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Yaakov Stern
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184
95
0.516
aging
dementia
cognitive neuroscience
cognitive reserve
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Edward L Deci
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
131
0.716
self-determination theory
motivation
psychology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nancy Eisenberg Berg
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
96
0.527
psychology
psychiatry
pediatrics
neuroscience
family studies
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Alan Baddeley
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
83
0.464
Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Memory
Working memory
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
John Gabrieli
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
88
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Paul Costa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
84
0.486
Personality five- factor model. NEO-PI-R
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Steven C Hayes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
93
0.564
psychology
evolutionary psychology
cognitive science
behavior analysis
clinical psychology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Richard E Petty
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
88
0.533
social psychology
attitudes
persuasion
social cognition
judgment and decision making