Top Social Sciences (field) Researchers

Mark Damian Griffiths ranks first, followed by G. John Ikenberry and John C. Campbell, out of 4,161,078 ranked researchers.

Field rank: how many more of the researcher's articles, reviews and conference papers in this field reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected of anyone's. A paper in the top 10% adds 0.9 and any other takes 0.1 away, however highly cited, so many strong papers in the field outrank one famous paper, a long record of ordinary papers does not climb, and work in other fields does not count. A paper in two subfields counts half in each. A researcher with fewer papers in the Nature Index's selective journals than expected has the count lowered by the square root of that journal factor. Floor: 15 works, an institution the snapshot can resolve, and an article, review or conference paper in this field.

Social Sciences (field)

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1 Mark Damian Griffiths United Kingdom · #1,929 worldwide overall 351.4 of 554 papers here in the top 10%
2 G. John Ikenberry United States · #2,414 worldwide overall 173.6 of 353 papers here in the top 10%
3 John C. Campbell United States · #84,302 worldwide overall 230.2 of 946 papers here in the top 10%
4 Pierre Bourdıeu France · #14,698 worldwide overall 182.4 of 516 papers here in the top 10%
5 Claes H. de Vreese Netherlands · #6,404 worldwide overall 167.9 of 331 papers here in the top 10%
6 Douglas S. Massey United States · #2,106 worldwide overall 140.8 of 284 papers here in the top 10%
7 Alex R. Piquero United States · #11,234 worldwide overall 144.9 of 341 papers here in the top 10%
8 Michalinos Zembylas Cyprus · #7,077 worldwide overall 139.8 of 344 papers here in the top 10%
9 Robert C. Pianta United States · #2,786 worldwide overall 133.7 of 219 papers here in the top 10%
10 Robert Legvold United States · #31,746 worldwide overall 148.1 of 452 papers here in the top 10%
11 Fulong Wu United Kingdom · #351 worldwide overall 118.1 of 176 papers here in the top 10%
12 Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi United Kingdom · #114 worldwide overall 118.5 of 194 papers here in the top 10%
13 David P. Farrington United Kingdom · #15,745 worldwide overall 139.0 of 360 papers here in the top 10%
14 Ernest T. Pascarella United States · #11,169 worldwide overall 119.2 of 239 papers here in the top 10%
15 Mei‐Po Kwan China · #2,083 worldwide overall 112.2 of 190 papers here in the top 10%
16 Jacquelynne S. Eccles United States · #1,478 worldwide overall 112.3 of 196 papers here in the top 10%
17 Francis Fukuyama United States · #23,662 worldwide overall 128.6 of 364 papers here in the top 10%
18 Brenda S. A. Yeoh Singapore · #11,012 worldwide overall 118.4 of 270 papers here in the top 10%
19 Tom R. Tyler United States · #3,546 worldwide overall 111.5 of 202 papers here in the top 10%
20 Scott Rozelle United States · #25,770 worldwide overall 119.7 of 299 papers here in the top 10%
21 John F. Dovidio United States · #3,926 worldwide overall 110.8 of 214 papers here in the top 10%
22 Greg J. Duncan United States · #7,342 worldwide overall 114.1 of 252 papers here in the top 10%
23 Chin‐Chung Tsai Taiwan · #5,063 worldwide overall 111.0 of 226 papers here in the top 10%
24 Marc Nicholas Potenza United States · #5,392 worldwide overall 107.3 of 151 papers here in the top 10%
25 David Gertler Rand United States · #287 worldwide overall 102.2 of 153 papers here in the top 10%
26 Alejandro Portes United States · #12,862 worldwide overall 115.0 of 283 papers here in the top 10%
27 David J. Boud Australia · #3,808 worldwide overall 105.0 of 196 papers here in the top 10%
28 Rob Law China · #64,160 worldwide overall 156.2 of 386 papers here in the top 10%
29 Gail M. Gerhart United States · #15,556 worldwide overall 111.3 of 279 papers here in the top 10%
30 Benjamin Kenneth Sovacool Denmark · #435 worldwide overall 96.6 of 156 papers here in the top 10%
31 Seymour Martin Lipset United States · #28,885 worldwide overall 112.8 of 325 papers here in the top 10%
32 Francis T. Cullen United States · #15,675 worldwide overall 115.4 of 249 papers here in the top 10%
33 C. Michael Hall New Zealand · #84,365 worldwide overall 147.9 of 358 papers here in the top 10%
34 Michael P. Howlett Canada · #14,100 worldwide overall 106.7 of 180 papers here in the top 10%
35 Steve Graham United States · #1,516 worldwide overall 95.2 of 164 papers here in the top 10%
35 Rens Vliegenthart Netherlands · #11,206 worldwide overall 99.8 of 210 papers here in the top 10%
37 Jeanne Brooks‐Gunn United States · #8,300 worldwide overall 102.8 of 241 papers here in the top 10%
38 Daniel Luke King Australia · #648 worldwide overall 90.7 of 125 papers here in the top 10%
39 Zsolt Demetrovics Hungary · #13,068 worldwide overall 97.0 of 153 papers here in the top 10%
40 Jörg Matthes Austria · #15,086 worldwide overall 99.0 of 220 papers here in the top 10%
41 Kenneth A. Dodge United States · #1,801 worldwide overall 92.6 of 163 papers here in the top 10%
42 Linda Darling‐Hammond United States · #19,993 worldwide overall 105.8 of 301 papers here in the top 10%
43 David R. Williams United States · #7,332 worldwide overall 93.4 of 178 papers here in the top 10%
44 Christian Montag Germany · #9,705 worldwide overall 88.8 of 138 papers here in the top 10%
45 Sander van der Linden United Kingdom · #111 worldwide overall 86.9 of 119 papers here in the top 10%
46 Dietram A. Scheufele United States · #10,242 worldwide overall 94.5 of 194 papers here in the top 10%
47 S. Alexander Haslam Australia · #6,657 worldwide overall 94.8 of 202 papers here in the top 10%
48 Susan T. Fiske United States · #3,723 worldwide overall 90.9 of 164 papers here in the top 10%
49 Philip Hallinger Thailand · #12,771 worldwide overall 110.1 of 208 papers here in the top 10%
50 Chris G. Sibley New Zealand · #18,400 worldwide overall 98.5 of 242 papers here in the top 10%
51 Herbert W. Marsh Australia · #23,107 worldwide overall 122.4 of 292 papers here in the top 10%
52 Martin A. Nowak United States · #1,113 worldwide overall 85.9 of 133 papers here in the top 10%
53 Martin McKee United Kingdom · #38,874 worldwide overall 105.6 of 332 papers here in the top 10%
54 Gwo‐Jen Hwang Taiwan · #196 worldwide overall 84.4 of 123 papers here in the top 10%
55 Stephen J. Ball United Kingdom · #55,370 worldwide overall 135.1 of 287 papers here in the top 10%
56 Laurence D. Steinberg United States · #5,043 worldwide overall 92.5 of 175 papers here in the top 10%
57 Joël Billieux Switzerland · #6,027 worldwide overall 82.9 of 117 papers here in the top 10%
58 Stephan Lewandowsky Australia · #7,315 worldwide overall 83.6 of 132 papers here in the top 10%
59 Marc H. Bornstein United States · #27,972 worldwide overall 89.4 of 194 papers here in the top 10%
60 Paul R. Amato United States · #5,501 worldwide overall 83.2 of 137 papers here in the top 10%
61 Miles Hewstone United Kingdom · #18,119 worldwide overall 87.8 of 190 papers here in the top 10%
62 David L. Weisburd United States · #10,953 worldwide overall 87.5 of 193 papers here in the top 10%
63 Christopher G. Ellison United States · #8,349 worldwide overall 85.2 of 170 papers here in the top 10%
64 James N. Druckman United States · #5,019 worldwide overall 84.8 of 179 papers here in the top 10%
65 Matjaž Perc Slovenia · #1,993 worldwide overall 92.3 of 131 papers here in the top 10%
66 Stanley H. Hoffmann United States · #49,770 worldwide overall 104.9 of 387 papers here in the top 10%
67 Robert J. Sampson United States · #889 worldwide overall 79.2 of 130 papers here in the top 10%
68 Walter Leal Filho Germany · #3,822 worldwide overall 79.3 of 134 papers here in the top 10%
69 William Diebold United States · #56,305 worldwide overall 97.8 of 301 papers here in the top 10%
70 Matthijs Kalmijn Netherlands · #17,771 worldwide overall 85.3 of 196 papers here in the top 10%
71 John H. Goldthorpe United Kingdom · #5,022 worldwide overall 80.8 of 160 papers here in the top 10%
72 Homero Gil de Zúñiga Chile · #11,148 worldwide overall 81.2 of 167 papers here in the top 10%
73 S. V. Subramanian United States · #22,781 worldwide overall 84.6 of 202 papers here in the top 10%
74 Rand D. Conger United States · #5,228 worldwide overall 78.0 of 129 papers here in the top 10%
75 Ulrich Beck Germany · #32,387 worldwide overall 85.8 of 218 papers here in the top 10%
76 Jane Waldfogel United States · #10,373 worldwide overall 81.7 of 182 papers here in the top 10%
77 Jon A. Krosnick United States · #2,762 worldwide overall 74.4 of 114 papers here in the top 10%
78 Andrés Rodríguez‐Pose United Kingdom · #4,837 worldwide overall 79.7 of 168 papers here in the top 10%
79 Martin Ravallion United States · #3,245 worldwide overall 78.4 of 156 papers here in the top 10%
80 Juan Luís Arsuaga Spain · #26,899 worldwide overall 77.6 of 148 papers here in the top 10%
81 Gert Biesta Luxembourg · #36,262 worldwide overall 93.5 of 309 papers here in the top 10%
82 Tyler J. VanderWeele United States · #602 worldwide overall 74.1 of 122 papers here in the top 10%
83 John T. Jost United States · #4,856 worldwide overall 75.7 of 138 papers here in the top 10%
84 Rachel K. Jewkes South Africa · #15,263 worldwide overall 82.7 of 210 papers here in the top 10%
85 Daria Joanna Kuss United Kingdom · #1,569 worldwide overall 71.7 of 100 papers here in the top 10%
86 Ichiro Kawachi United States · #6,451 worldwide overall 79.7 of 180 papers here in the top 10%
87 Maykel Verkuyten Netherlands · #65,642 worldwide overall 95.2 of 269 papers here in the top 10%
88 Kyle Maurice Woosnam United States · #4,274 worldwide overall 72.8 of 116 papers here in the top 10%
89 Sonia Livingstone United Kingdom · #21,716 worldwide overall 82.7 of 210 papers here in the top 10%
90 JOHN R. LOGAN United States · #13,287 worldwide overall 78.9 of 178 papers here in the top 10%
91 Terrie E. Moffitt United Kingdom · #82 worldwide overall 71.7 of 106 papers here in the top 10%
92 Ben Bradford United Kingdom · #5,924 worldwide overall 73.3 of 124 papers here in the top 10%
92 George D. Kuh United States · #40,100 worldwide overall 82.2 of 212 papers here in the top 10%
94 Adriana J. Umaña‐Taylor United States · #26,965 worldwide overall 79.7 of 161 papers here in the top 10%
95 Ronald L. Simons United States · #10,149 worldwide overall 75.0 of 141 papers here in the top 10%
96 James F. Sallis United States · #5,210 worldwide overall 77.7 of 169 papers here in the top 10%
97 Luciano Floridi United Kingdom · #2,248 worldwide overall 74.1 of 135 papers here in the top 10%
98 James L. Gibson United States · #18,081 worldwide overall 74.3 of 138 papers here in the top 10%
99 Harold George Koenig United States · #82,902 worldwide overall 104.9 of 307 papers here in the top 10%
100 Dragan Gašević Australia · #3,091 worldwide overall 71.6 of 112 papers here in the top 10%

ranked researchers with an article, review or conference paper in Social Sciences. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review, but it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.