2026 Nikolas Rose: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	73	606	529	111	97	251	104255

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Social Sciences and Humanities

606

529

111

251

104255

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index

Citations

104255

World Ranking

606

National Ranking

111

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Nikolas Rose is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple intersecting disciplines including General Health Professions, Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, and Philosophy.

The scientist's work addresses key topics such as Mental Health and Psychiatry, Health Disparities and Outcomes, Foucault, Power, and Ethics, Race, Genetics, and Society, Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations, Employment and Welfare Studies, and Mental Health Treatment and Access.

Recent papers by Nikolas Rose include the following:

Towards Neuroecosociality: Mental Health in Adversity (2021) published in Theory Culture & Society
The social underpinnings of mental distress in the time of COVID-19 - time for urgent action (2020) published in Wellcome Open Research

Frequent co-authors of Rose are:

Thomas Osborne
Tara Mahfoud
Christine Aicardi
Saheli Datta Burton
Nick Manning

Their publications have appeared most often in the following venues:

Wellcome Open Research
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Theory Culture & Society
Psychological Medicine
Work Employment and Society

Nikolas Rose has authored books published primarily by Princeton University Press, including three titles: The Politics of Life Itself (2020), The Urban Brain (2022), appearing twice in distinct editions or entries. Additionally, Rose has a publication with Edward Elgar Publishing titled Questioning Humanity (2024).

Best Publications

Powers of Freedom: Reframing Political Thought

Nikolas Simon Rose

15286
Citations
Governing the Soul: The Shaping of the Private Self

Nikolas S. Rose

11392
Citations
The Politics of Life Itself

Nikolas Rose

8623
Citations
Political power beyond the State: problematics of government

Nikolas Rose;Peter Miller

6301
Citations
Powers of Freedom: Reframing Political Thought

Unknown

5664
Citations
Governing economic life

Peter Miller;Nikolas Rose

4489
Citations
Governing the present: administering economic, social and personal life

Nikolas Rose;Peter Miller

3675
Citations
Inventing our selves : psychology, power, and personhood

Nikolas S. Rose

3644
Citations
Governing "advanced" liberal democracies

Andrew Barry;Thomas Osborne;Nikolas Rose

3532
Citations
The Politics of Life Itself: Biomedicine, Power, and Subjectivity in the Twenty-First Century

Nikolas S. Rose

3162
Citations
The death of the social? Re-figuring the territory of government

Nikolas Rose

3135
Citations
Government and Control

Nikolas Rose

2081
Citations
The psychological complex : psychology, politics and society in England, 1869-1939

Nikolas S. Rose

1588
Citations
Government, authority and expertise in advanced liberalism

Nikolas Rose

1530
Citations
Foucault and political reason : liberalism, neo-liberalism and rationalities of government

Andrew Barry;Thomas Osborne;Nikolas S. Rose

1529
Citations
Inventing Our Selves: Psychology, Power, and Personhood

Paul Heelas;Nikolas Rose

1224
Citations
Genetic risk and the birth of the somatic individual

Carlos Novas;Nikolas Rose

1190
Citations
Neuro: The New Brain Sciences and the Management of the Mind

Nikolas S. Rose;Joelle M. Abi-Rached

1184
Citations
Governing the Soul

Nikolas Rose

991
Citations
Governing by numbers: Figuring out democracy☆

Nikolas Rose

910
Citations
Community, Citizenship, and the third Way:

Nikolas Rose

799
Citations
Politics of life itself: biomedicine, power and subjectivity in the twenty-first century

Nikolas Rose

422
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard P. Bentall University of Sheffield

Kamaldeep Bhui University of Oxford

James B. Kirkbride University College London

Paul Rabinow University of California, Berkeley

Bernd Carsten Stahl De Montfort University

Jan G. Bjaalie University of Oslo

Paul Martin University of Bristol

Mike Savage London School of Economics and Political Science

External Links

Personal website of Nikolas Rose

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