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World 13,378 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Sociology Rankings - 2025
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These rankings provide a comprehensive evaluation of scientific performance by combining total and recent 6-year h-index values, offering insight into both research productivity and long-term impact. The h-index balances quantity with quality, highlighting sustained academic excellence. Rankings are continuously updated in near real-time to reflect the latest scholarly activity across countries, institutions, and 211 academic fields. Premium Membership unlocks deeper analytics, dynamic ranking tools, and personalized trend visualizations.
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Sociologia
Epistemologia
Direitos Humanos
Estudos Pós-Coloniai
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
105
0.633
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
child maltreatment
criminology
victimolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
89
0.553
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Sociology
Demograph
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
87
0.561
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Primary health care
digital health
health services research
translational scienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
109
0.736
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Life Course
Sociolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
66
0.455
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
criminological theory
criminal careers
quantitative research method
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
83
0.593
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
sociology
punishment
social theory
embodiment
ethnograph
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
86
0.628
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
criminology
family
measuremen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
56
0.418
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Wellbeing
Care
Health and Social Care
Ag
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
71
0.534
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Sociology
immigration
development
migration
social capita
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
71
0.538
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
41
0.342
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Political economy
social theory
state theory
governanc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
69
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
sociology
mobilit
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
67
0.593
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
medical sociology
life course
criminology
family
rac
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
57
0.509
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
implementation science
medical sociology
science and technology studies
health services researc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
62
0.569
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
sociology
medical sociology
media and communications
cultural studies
ris
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
82
0.759
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
60
0.566
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
sociology of education
organization theory
globalizatio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
56
0.533
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Sociology and Demography of the Famil
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
45
0.433
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
sociology of religion
social psychology of health and illness
sociology of family
race and ethnicit
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
56
0.544
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
family
inequality
povert
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
48
0.466
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
sociology
entrepreneurship
organizations
social inequality
organizational sociolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
55
0.539
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Sociolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
64
0.634
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
global value chains
industrial governance
economic and social upgrading
private governanc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
59
0.584
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
climate change
human ecology
environmental sociology
macro energy system
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
68
0.680
Boaventura De Sousa Santos
Universidade de Coimbra
Coimbra, Portugal
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
105
0.633
Sociologia
Epistemologia
Direitos Humanos
Estudos Pós-Coloniai
David Finkelhor
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
89
0.553
child maltreatment
criminology
victimolog
Douglas S Massey
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
87
0.561
Trisha Greenhalgh
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
109
0.736
Primary health care
digital health
health services research
translational scienc
Glen H Elder Jr
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
66
0.455
Alex Piquero|Alexis Piquero
University of Miami
Coral Gables, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
83
0.593
criminological theory
criminal careers
quantitative research method
Loã ̄C Wacquant
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
86
0.628
sociology
punishment
social theory
embodiment
ethnograph
Murray Straus
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
56
0.418
Jason Powell
University of Chester
Chester, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
71
0.534
Wellbeing
Care
Health and Social Care
Ag
Alejandro Portes
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
71
0.538
Sociology
immigration
development
migration
social capita
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Linda George
Duke University
Durham, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
41
0.342
Bob Jessop
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
69
0.600
Political economy
social theory
state theory
governanc
John Urry
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
67
0.593
Ronald L Simons
University of Georgia
Athens, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
57
0.509
medical sociology
life course
criminology
family
rac
Carl May|Carl R May
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
62
0.569
implementation science
medical sociology
science and technology studies
health services researc
Deborah Lupton
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
82
0.759
sociology
medical sociology
media and communications
cultural studies
ris
Paul R Amato
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
60
0.566
John W Meyer
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
56
0.533
sociology of education
organization theory
globalizatio
Frank Furstenberg
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
45
0.433
Christopher Ellison
University of Texas San Antonio
San Antonio, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
56
0.544
sociology of religion
social psychology of health and illness
sociology of family
race and ethnicit
Sara Mclanahan
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
48
0.466
Howard E Aldrich
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
55
0.539
sociology
entrepreneurship
organizations
social inequality
organizational sociolog
Nikolas Rose
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
64
0.634
Gary Gereffi
Duke University
Durham, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
59
0.584
global value chains
industrial governance
economic and social upgrading
private governanc
Thomas Dietz
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
68
0.680
climate change
human ecology
environmental sociology
macro energy system