top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists in History of Social Sciences

2025 single-year list · 52 listed authors · Historical Studies

52 researchers whose main subfield is History of Social Sciences, part of Historical Studies, are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, out of 2,425 Scopus authors in the subfield. Authors qualify by ranking in the top 2% of their main subfield or in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c); 16 of these are in the top 100,000.

Listed authors
52
2.14% of the subfield’s Scopus authors
Scopus authors in the subfield
2,425
Median citations
7
top 1% from 217 · all authors in the subfield
Highest-ranked
#5,075
North, Douglass C.

Top countries

  1. United States1835%
  2. United Kingdom1529%
  3. Netherlands36%
  4. Italy36%
  5. United Arab Emirates24%
  6. Denmark24%
  7. Germany24%
  8. Türkiye12%
  9. Spain12%
  10. Ireland12%

Top institutions

  1. London School of Economics and Political Science36%
  2. NYU Abu Dhabi24%
  3. Northwestern University24%
  4. University of Birmingham24%
  5. University of Warwick24%
  6. University of Minnesota Twin Cities24%
  7. Harvard Business School24%
  8. National Bureau of Economic Research24%
  9. Washington University in St. Louis12%
  10. Syddansk Universitet12%

52 listed scientists in History of Social Sciences

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