Top institutions in the United States for Sociology
Which institutions in the United States have the most top-cited scientists in Sociology?
268 researchers in the United States whose main subfield is Sociology are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 0.4% of all listed authors in the United States, and 1st of 25 countries in the subfield. 267 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of California, Los Angeles has the most (14), followed by Princeton University (12) and Columbia University (11). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.
Listed authors
268
0.4% of all in the United States
In the global top 100,000
267
99.6% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#1
of 25 countries in Sociology
Highest-ranked
#1,002
Brubaker, Rogers
No institution matches.
The top 100 in Sociology in the United States, in order
- 1Brubaker, RogersUniversity of California, Los Angeles
- 2Massey, Douglas S.Princeton University
- 3Portes, AlejandroPrinceton University
- 4Charmaz, KathySonoma State University
- 5Borgatti, Stephen P.University of Kentucky
- 6Collins, Patricia HillUniversity of Cincinnati
- 7Dunlap, Riley E.Oklahoma State University
- 8Bonilla-Silva, EduardoDuke University
- 9Ridgeway, Cecilia L.Stanford University
- 10Denzin, Norman K.University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- 11Alexander, Jeffrey C.Yale University
- 12Small, Mario LuisColumbia University
- 13Hochschild, Arlie RussellUniversity of California, Berkeley
- 14Kalleberg, Arne L.The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 15DiMaggio, Paul J.New York University
- 16Levitt, PeggyWellesley College
- 17York, Richard F.University of Oregon
- 18McCright, Aaron M.Michigan State University
- 19Xie, YuPrinceton University
- 20Menjívar, CeciliaUniversity of California, Los Angeles
- 21Lamont, MichèleHarvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
- 22Centola, Damon M.University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communications
- 23Desmond, MatthewPrinceton University
- 24Wimmer, AndreasColumbia University
- 25Elder, Glen H.The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 26McCall, LeslieThe Graduate Center
- 27Western, BruceRussell Sage Foundation
- 28Bail, Christopher AndrewDuke University
- 29Brulle, Robert J.Brown University
- 30Freeman, Linton C.University of California, Irvine
- 31Perry, Samuel L.The University of Oklahoma
- 32Collins, RandallUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences
- 33Tilly, Charles H.University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- 34Zhou, MinUniversity of California, Los Angeles
- 35Lareau, Annette P.University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences
- 36Fligstein, Neil D.University of California, Berkeley
- 37Schor, Juliet B.Boston College
- 38Correll, Shelley J.Stanford University
- 39Fourcade, MarionUniversity of California, Berkeley
- 40Castells, ManuelUniversity of Southern California
- 41Turney, KristinUniversity of California, Irvine
- 42Pager, DevahHarvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
- 43Moore, Jason W.Binghamton University State University of New York
- 44Wildeman, Christopher J.ROCKWOOL Foundation
- 45Ragin, Charles C.University of California, Irvine
- 46Wallerstein, ImmanuelColumbia University
- 47Christin, AngéleStanford University
- 48Alba, Richard D.The City University of New York
- 49Go, JulianThe University of Chicago
- 50Rivera, Lauren A.Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University
- 51Stets, Jan E.University of California, Riverside
- 52Foster, John BellamyUniversity of Oregon
- 53Merton, Robert K.Columbia University
- 54Lizardo, Omar A.University of California, Los Angeles
- 55Paxton, Pamela M.MarieThe University of Texas at Austin
- 56Quijano, AníbalBinghamton University State University of New York
- 57Swedberg, RichardCornell University
- 58Burke, Peter J.University of California, Riverside
- 59Emirbayer, MustafaUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
- 60Meyer, John W.Stanford University
- 61DiPrete, Thomas A.Columbia University
- 62Heckathorn, Douglas D.Cornell University
- 63Fine, Gary AlanEmory University
- 64Torche, FlorenciaPrinceton University
- 65Rosenberg, MorrisUniversity of Maryland, College Park
- 66Grosfoguel, RamónUniversity of California, Berkeley
- 67Zukin, SharonBrooklyn College
- 68Logan, John R.Brown University
- 69Zelizer, Viviana A.Princeton University
- 70Moen, PhyllisUniversity of Minnesota Twin Cities
- 71Strauss, Anselm L.University of California, San Francisco
- 72Jasper, James M.Independent Scholar
- 73Quillian, LincolnNorthwestern University
- 74Pellow, David NaguibUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
- 75Dobbin, Frank R.Harvard University
- 76Sharkey, Patrick T.Princeton University
- 77Vallas, Steven PeterEmeritus of Sociology in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities at Northeastern University
- 78Butts, Carter T.Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences
- 79Friedkin, Noah E.University of California, Santa Barbara
- 80Khan, Shamus RahmanPrinceton University
- 81Lichter, Daniel T.Cornell University
- 82Blau, Peter M.The University of Chicago
- 83Polletta, FrancescaUniversity of California, Irvine
- 84Evans, Peter B.University of California, Berkeley
- 85McAdam, Doug J.Stanford University
- 86Zuckerman, Ezra W.MIT Sloan School of Management
- 87Moody, James W.Duke University
- 88Bonikowski, BartNew York University
- 89Ritzer, GeorgeUniversity of Maryland, College Park
- 90Snow, David A.University of California
- 91Hout, MichaelNew York University
- 92Soule, Sarah A.Stanford University
- 93Ray, Victor ErikUniversity of Iowa
- 94Telles, Edward E.University of California, Irvine
- 95McLanahan, Sara S.Princeton University
- 96Bonacich, PhillipUniversity of California, Los Angeles
- 97Calarco, Jessica Mc CroryUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
- 98Salganik, Matthew J.Princeton University
- 99Lu, YaoColumbia University
- 100Vaisey, StephenDuke University
268 listed scientists in Sociology in the United States
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