top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists in Social Sciences Methods

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

143 researchers whose main subfield is Social Sciences Methods, part of Social Sciences, are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, out of 3,363 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); 142 of these are in the top 100,000.

Listed authors
143
4.25% of the subfield’s Scopus authors
Scopus authors in the subfield
3,363
Median citations
16
top 1% from 1,300 · all authors in the subfield
Highest-ranked
#105
Bentler, Peter M.

Top countries

  1. United States9969%
  2. Netherlands1510%
  3. Canada64%
  4. Spain43%
  5. Germany43%
  6. United Kingdom32%
  7. Australia32%
  8. Singapore21%
  9. Belgium11%
  10. Sweden11%

Top institutions

  1. University of California, Los Angeles75%
  2. Arizona State University64%
  3. University of Notre Dame53%
  4. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen53%
  5. University of Southern California43%
  6. Vanderbilt University32%
  7. College of Arts and Sciences32%
  8. The Ohio State University32%
  9. Universiteit Utrecht32%
  10. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign32%

143 listed scientists in Social Sciences Methods

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