top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists in Science Studies

2025 single-year list · 143 listed authors · Social Sciences

143 researchers whose main subfield is Science Studies, part of Social Sciences, are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, out of 5,303 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); 137 of these are in the top 100,000.

Listed authors
143
2.70% of the subfield’s Scopus authors
Scopus authors in the subfield
5,303
Median citations
19
top 1% from 655 · all authors in the subfield
Highest-ranked
#95
Geels, Frank W.

Top countries

  1. United States4431%
  2. United Kingdom3021%
  3. Netherlands1410%
  4. Germany86%
  5. Italy64%
  6. France53%
  7. Australia53%
  8. Canada53%
  9. Switzerland43%
  10. Sweden43%

Top institutions

  1. University of Pittsburgh43%
  2. Michigan State University43%
  3. University of Sussex32%
  4. Universiteit van Amsterdam32%
  5. Stanford University32%
  6. Georgia Institute of Technology32%
  7. Lunds Universitet32%
  8. Cornell University32%
  9. Alliance Manchester Business School21%
  10. The Open University21%

143 listed scientists in Science Studies

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