Best Social Sciences and Humanities Scientists in United States

The 2nd edition of Research.com ranking of the best scholars in the arena of Social Sciences and Humanities is based on data combined from multiple data sources including OpenAlex and CrossRef. The bibliometric data for estimating the citation-based metrics were collected on 21-12-2022. Position in the ranking is based on a researcher’s D-index (Discipline H-index), which only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline.
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The focus of our Social Sciences and Humanities research
Research.com’s best scientists ranking is a credible lineup of leading researchers from the area of Social Sciences and Humanities, created using a detailed analysis of 166,880 scientists identified from a variety of bibliometric data sources. For the discipline of Social Sciences and Humanities, more than 15317 scholars were analysed.

What is D-index approval threshold for Social Sciences and Humanities
The D-index threshold for including a scientist to be examined is placed at 30 if the majority of of their publications are in the area of Social Sciences and Humanities. The acceptance criteria for scientists to be considered into the ranking of top researchers are based on the D-index, proportion of the contributions made within the given area as well as the awards and achievements of the researchers. The D-index threshold for including top scholars is set as an increment of 10 depending on the total number of scientists estimated for each area od study whilst guaranteeing that the top 1% of leading scholars are added into the ranking. We estimate a proximity of 30% or less between a scholar’s general H-index and their D-index.

Extra verification rules
Because our leading goal is to make sure that only genuine scientists are mentioned in our ranking we are aware that raw data are never supposed to be a complete tool to quantify the output of scholars. Because of that we manually check each profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a wide range of trustworthy sources. While it’s not a metric contributing to a scholar’s position in Research.com ranking, the amount of documents published in well-known journals and conference proceedings should constitute a reliable secondary implication of their contribution to research in a specific field of study. Position in the ranking is determined by each scientist’s D-index using information gathered from OpenAlex and CrossRef, which are the most trustworthy and well-known bibliometric databases of this type open to the scientific community. A comprehensive overview of our research process can be found on our methodology page.

Our goal
Our aim is to inspire researchers, businessmen and decision-makers around the world to explore where leading experts are heading and to give an opportunity for the entire scientific community to discover who the leading experts in specific fields of research, in different countries, or even within research institutions are.
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Key findings for Social Sciences and Humanities
With 3002 scientists United States ranks in spot 1 globally.

As far as scientific affiliations are concerned, the institution with the highest number of leading scientists in United States is Harvard University with 114 scholars affiliated with it being present in Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities ranking. It is followed by University of Minnesota with 106 scholars. Ranking thirds is Princeton University with 85 scholars.

Prominent scholars featured in United States are affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, REACH Institute, Waymark Care, Commonwealth Fund, National Development and Research Institutes, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, New York Academy of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Rush University Medical Center.

Professor Herbert A. Simon from Carnegie Mellon University is featured as the best researcher in United States in our ranking with a D-index of 169. Ranking second in United States is Dianne Neumark-Sztainer from University of Minnesota with a D-index of 149. The third position in United States is occupied by Douglas S. Massey from Princeton University with a D-index of 132.

The average D-index for the top 1% scholars is 110 in comparison to an average of 44 for all 3002 researchers featured in our ranking.

The average number of published articles in the area of Social Sciences and Humanities for the top 10% of scholars in the ranking is 284 in comparison to an average of 154 for all 3002 scholars.

The average number of citations for the top 5% scientists is 53093 against an average of 16489 for all 3002 scientists.

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World
National
Scholar
D-Index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.
Citations
Publications
1 World 1 National D-index 169 Citations 335,340 543
4 World 2 National D-index 149 Citations 75,982 666
6 World 3 National D-index 132 Citations 102,551 393
7 World 4 National D-index 128 Citations 78,984 457
8 World 5 National D-index 124 Citations 75,214 469
9 World 6 National D-index 124 Citations 63,809 318
10 World 7 National D-index 117 Citations 66,404 703
11 World 8 National D-index 116 Citations 71,725 377
14 World 9 National D-index 110 Citations 282,773 523
15 World 10 National D-index 110 Citations 55,912 416
18 World 12 National D-index 108 Citations 95,257 405
19 World 13 National D-index 108 Citations 39,981 703
20 World 14 National D-index 107 Citations 62,517 444
23 World 15 National D-index 105 Citations 55,919 230
25 World 16 National D-index 105 Citations 40,846 380
26 World 17 National D-index 104 Citations 40,283 291
28 World 18 National D-index 103 Citations 52,556 336
30 World 19 National D-index 102 Citations 45,087 487
31 World 20 National D-index 102 Citations 42,064 703
34 World 21 National D-index 101 Citations 249,038 477
36 World 22 National D-index 100 Citations 37,059 657
38 World 23 National D-index 99 Citations 95,743 221
41 World 24 National D-index 99 Citations 62,981 275
44 World 25 National D-index 99 Citations 34,735 282
46 World 26 National D-index 98 Citations 67,514 254
48 World 27 National D-index 97 Citations 151,423 290
52 World 28 National D-index 97 Citations 57,128 316
53 World 29 National D-index 97 Citations 48,032 257
55 World 30 National D-index 96 Citations 114,941 386
57 World 31 National D-index 96 Citations 52,415 338
58 World 32 National D-index 96 Citations 35,320 320
60 World 33 National D-index 95 Citations 54,187 255
61 World 34 National D-index 95 Citations 39,165 418
62 World 35 National D-index 95 Citations 38,295 317
63 World 36 National D-index 95 Citations 33,714 220
64 World 37 National D-index 95 Citations 32,131 543
66 World 38 National D-index 93 Citations 38,413 371
67 World 39 National D-index 93 Citations 37,286 414
73 World 40 National D-index 93 Citations 28,070 394
78 World 41 National D-index 92 Citations 34,328 342
79 World 42 National D-index 92 Citations 33,098 163
82 World 43 National D-index 91 Citations 253,104 578
84 World 44 National D-index 91 Citations 76,902 407
85 World 45 National D-index 91 Citations 61,840 582
86 World 46 National D-index 91 Citations 45,606 248
88 World 47 National D-index 91 Citations 36,713 280
89 World 48 National D-index 91 Citations 34,198 272
90 World 49 National D-index 91 Citations 34,016 172
92 World 50 National D-index 90 Citations 133,288 234
94 World 51 National D-index 90 Citations 96,092 273
98 World 52 National D-index 89 Citations 119,989 220
100 World 53 National D-index 89 Citations 90,488 264
101 World 54 National D-index 89 Citations 78,915 230
103 World 55 National D-index 89 Citations 41,167 165
104 World 56 National D-index 89 Citations 29,475 480
107 World 57 National D-index 88 Citations 41,627 245
108 World 58 National D-index 88 Citations 38,853 252
109 World 59 National D-index 88 Citations 38,506 386
110 World 60 National D-index 88 Citations 30,491 293
114 World 61 National D-index 87 Citations 66,401 276
115 World 62 National D-index 87 Citations 61,237 207
117 World 63 National D-index 87 Citations 37,218 361
119 World 64 National D-index 87 Citations 30,503 497
121 World 65 National D-index 87 Citations 29,286 353
126 World 66 National D-index 86 Citations 63,818 193
127 World 67 National D-index 86 Citations 48,593 196
130 World 68 National D-index 86 Citations 30,303 407
131 World 69 National D-index 86 Citations 25,499 269
132 World 70 National D-index 86 Citations 25,095 485
133 World 71 National D-index 85 Citations 58,212 348
135 World 72 National D-index 85 Citations 50,536 331
138 World 73 National D-index 85 Citations 29,973 303
144 World 74 National D-index 84 Citations 41,068 204
145 World 75 National D-index 84 Citations 38,397 336
149 World 76 National D-index 84 Citations 24,525 350
152 World 77 National D-index 83 Citations 44,311 248
153 World 78 National D-index 83 Citations 36,597 258
154 World 79 National D-index 83 Citations 33,867 299
156 World 80 National D-index 83 Citations 30,884 481
157 World 81 National D-index 83 Citations 30,224 371
158 World 82 National D-index 83 Citations 30,024 230
160 World 83 National D-index 83 Citations 25,967 264
161 World 84 National D-index 83 Citations 25,726 381
162 World 85 National D-index 83 Citations 21,496 473
163 World 86 National D-index 83 Citations 20,677 294
166 World 87 National D-index 82 Citations 114,887 285
170 World 88 National D-index 82 Citations 27,454 271
173 World 89 National D-index 81 Citations 146,772 216
175 World 90 National D-index 81 Citations 98,383 221
178 World 91 National D-index 81 Citations 50,999 286
179 World 92 National D-index 81 Citations 40,564 305
180 World 93 National D-index 81 Citations 34,130 366
181 World 94 National D-index 81 Citations 30,109 365
182 World 95 National D-index 81 Citations 26,836 241
183 World 96 National D-index 80 Citations 68,698 176
184 World 97 National D-index 80 Citations 55,765 200
187 World 98 National D-index 80 Citations 26,952 199
189 World 99 National D-index 80 Citations 21,822 294
192 World 100 National D-index 79 Citations 102,065 191

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