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Top Social Sciences and Humanities Universities
The university ranking for Social Sciences and Humanities was developed by Research.com, one of the prominent platforms for
computer science research maintaining reliable data on scientific contributions since 2014, with the aim of
answering the question of what is the best Social Sciences and Humanities university.
The ranking of universities is based on the h-index and bibliometric indicators compiled by December 6th, 2021.
The ranking process involved a detailed examination of 166,880 researchers’ profiles from Google Scholar and
Microsoft Academic Graph. For the discipline of Social Sciences and Humanities, over 10,371 profiles
were examined. Scientists from more than 987 institutions and affiliations were analyzed.
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Position in the ranking is based on each scientist’s h-index using data compiled from Microsoft Academic Graph,
which is the most prominent and well-established bibliometric database of this type available to the scientific community.
A detailed definition of our research process can be found on our methodology page.
Please take into consideration that the research institution or university for a scientist is set based on the
affiliation details featured on their Google Scholar profile.
Animal Science and Veterinary
Biology and Biochemistry
Business and Management
Chemistry
Computer Science
Earth Science
Ecology and Evolution
Economics and Finance
Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Engineering and Technology
Environmental Sciences
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Immunology
Law and Political science
Materials Science
Mathematics
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Medicine
Microbiology
Neuroscience
Plant Science and Agronomy
Psychology
Social Sciences and Humanities
All countries
United States (254)
United Kingdom (94)
Germany (44)
Canada (42)
Australia (38)
China (26)
Italy (22)
Sweden (17)
Spain (16)
France (14)
Netherlands (13)
Norway (13)
Switzerland (12)
Japan (10)
Brazil (9)
Finland (8)
South Africa (8)
Austria (7)
Israel (7)
New Zealand (7)
Taiwan (7)
Belgium (6)
Greece (6)
Denmark (5)
Ireland (5)
South Korea (4)
Portugal (4)
Cyprus (3)
Mexico (3)
Singapore (3)
Turkey (3)
Chile (2)
Ghana (2)
Iceland (2)
Kuwait (2)
Malaysia (2)
Poland (2)
Bangladesh (1)
Czech Republic (1)
Hungary (1)
India (1)
Iran (1)
Jordan (1)
Kenya (1)
Lebanon (1)
Malawi (1)
Nigeria (1)
Oman (1)
Pakistan (1)
Peru (1)
Philippines (1)
Russia (1)
Slovenia (1)
Thailand (1)
Uganda (1)
United Arab Emirates (1)
Venezuela (1)
Vietnam (1)
Palestine (1)
Scholars
Σ Publications
Σ H-Index
1
World
1
National
United States
Scholars
96
11,820
Σ H-Index
4,432
2
World
2
National
United States
Scholars
83
8,243
Σ H-Index
3,660
3
World
3
National
United States
Scholars
74
7,528
Σ H-Index
3,159
4
World
1
National
United Kingdom
Scholars
76
9,243
Σ H-Index
3,147
5
World
4
National
United States
Scholars
70
7,604
Σ H-Index
3,146
6
World
5
National
United States
Scholars
64
8,124
Σ H-Index
2,842
7
World
6
National
United States
Scholars
59
6,856
Σ H-Index
2,694
8
World
1
National
Canada
Scholars
56
6,526
Σ H-Index
2,534
9
World
7
National
United States
Scholars
53
5,703
Σ H-Index
2,398
10
World
2
National
United Kingdom
Scholars
52
7,445
Σ H-Index
2,307
11
World
8
National
United States
Scholars
51
5,075
Σ H-Index
2,261
12
World
1
National
Australia
Scholars
48
6,676
Σ H-Index
2,063
13
World
3
National
United Kingdom
Scholars
48
6,234
Σ H-Index
2,050
14
World
9
National
United States
Scholars
45
4,691
Σ H-Index
1,971
15
World
10
National
United States
Scholars
47
4,636
Σ H-Index
1,959
16
World
11
National
United States
Scholars
44
5,200
Σ H-Index
1,778
17
World
12
National
United States
Scholars
41
4,369
Σ H-Index
1,768
18
World
2
National
Canada
Scholars
43
4,772
Σ H-Index
1,734
19
World
13
National
United States
Scholars
43
3,476
Σ H-Index
1,693
20
World
2
National
Australia
Scholars
42
5,653
Σ H-Index
1,689
21
World
14
National
United States
Scholars
38
4,101
Σ H-Index
1,618
22
World
15
National
United States
Scholars
38
4,078
Σ H-Index
1,596
23
World
4
National
United Kingdom
Scholars
33
4,789
Σ H-Index
1,536
24
World
16
National
United States
Scholars
34
3,945
Σ H-Index
1,502
25
World
17
National
United States
Scholars
35
3,438
Σ H-Index
1,491
26
World
1
National
Netherlands
Scholars
36
4,221
Σ H-Index
1,487
27
World
18
National
United States
Scholars
37
3,176
Σ H-Index
1,468
28
World
19
National
United States
Scholars
35
3,833
Σ H-Index
1,462
29
World
2
National
Netherlands
Scholars
33
3,760
Σ H-Index
1,420
30
World
20
National
United States
Scholars
35
3,580
Σ H-Index
1,414
31
World
5
National
United Kingdom
Scholars
29
3,674
Σ H-Index
1,350
32
World
21
National
United States
Scholars
34
3,302
Σ H-Index
1,341
33
World
3
National
Netherlands
Scholars
30
4,416
Σ H-Index
1,333
34
World
22
National
United States
Scholars
32
3,062
Σ H-Index
1,322
35
World
23
National
United States
Scholars
30
3,146
Σ H-Index
1,299
36
World
24
National
United States
Scholars
23
3,428
Σ H-Index
1,293
37
World
25
National
United States
Scholars
29
2,812
Σ H-Index
1,281
38
World
3
National
Canada
Scholars
29
3,474
Σ H-Index
1,183
39
World
26
National
United States
Scholars
30
3,237
Σ H-Index
1,178
40
World
6
National
United Kingdom
Scholars
28
3,648
Σ H-Index
1,136
41
World
27
National
United States
Scholars
30
2,413
Σ H-Index
1,135
42
World
3
National
Australia
Scholars
24
3,252
Σ H-Index
1,106
43
World
28
National
United States
Scholars
22
2,734
Σ H-Index
1,105
44
World
7
National
United Kingdom
Scholars
26
3,106
Σ H-Index
1,083
45
World
8
National
United Kingdom
Scholars
26
3,023
Σ H-Index
1,058
46
World
4
National
Canada
Scholars
22
2,955
Σ H-Index
1,033
47
World
29
National
United States
Scholars
25
2,286
Σ H-Index
1,025
48
World
4
National
Australia
Scholars
24
3,385
Σ H-Index
1,011
49
World
30
National
United States
Scholars
21
2,378
Σ H-Index
1,001
50
World
9
National
United Kingdom
Scholars
20
3,112
Σ H-Index
993
51
World
10
National
United Kingdom
Scholars
22
2,665
Σ H-Index
991
52
World
31
National
United States
Scholars
23
2,685
Σ H-Index
981
53
World
32
National
United States
Scholars
14
2,542
Σ H-Index
947
54
World
33
National
United States
Scholars
24
2,336
Σ H-Index
940
55
World
34
National
United States
Scholars
23
2,260
Σ H-Index
931
56
World
1
National
Belgium
Scholars
23
3,079
Σ H-Index
924
57
World
11
National
United Kingdom
Scholars
23
2,509
Σ H-Index
894
58
World
35
National
United States
Scholars
22
2,142
Σ H-Index
891
59
World
12
National
United Kingdom
Scholars
20
2,607
Σ H-Index
891
60
World
5
National
Australia
Scholars
21
2,948
Σ H-Index
888
61
World
13
National
United Kingdom
Scholars
21
2,221
Σ H-Index
888
62
World
36
National
United States
Scholars
23
2,089
Σ H-Index
886
63
World
14
National
United Kingdom
Scholars
20
2,677
Σ H-Index
861
64
World
15
National
United Kingdom
Scholars
17
2,125
Σ H-Index
836
65
World
2
National
Belgium
Scholars
20
2,903
Σ H-Index
833
66
World
16
National
United Kingdom
Scholars
19
2,439
Σ H-Index
825
67
World
4
National
Netherlands
Scholars
20
2,532
Σ H-Index
822
68
World
37
National
United States
Scholars
19
1,834
Σ H-Index
821
69
World
38
National
United States
Scholars
20
2,022
Σ H-Index
792
70
World
39
National
United States
Scholars
20
1,903
Σ H-Index
789
71
World
5
National
Netherlands
Scholars
17
1,814
Σ H-Index
759
72
World
17
National
United Kingdom
Scholars
16
2,013
Σ H-Index
743
73
World
40
National
United States
Scholars
18
1,676
Σ H-Index
740
74
World
41
National
United States
Scholars
19
1,984
Σ H-Index
739
75
World
18
National
United Kingdom
Scholars
16
2,153
Σ H-Index
729
76
World
1
National
Finland
Scholars
15
1,875
Σ H-Index
728
77
World
19
National
United Kingdom
Scholars
19
1,899
Σ H-Index
721
78
World
6
National
Australia
Scholars
16
2,469
Σ H-Index
721
79
World
42
National
United States
Scholars
18
1,950
Σ H-Index
713
80
World
7
National
Australia
Scholars
16
2,747
Σ H-Index
698
81
World
43
National
United States
Scholars
14
1,866
Σ H-Index
698
82
World
20
National
United Kingdom
Scholars
16
1,727
Σ H-Index
694
83
World
21
National
United Kingdom
Scholars
17
1,974
Σ H-Index
671
84
World
5
National
Canada
Scholars
16
1,944
Σ H-Index
660
85
World
44
National
United States
Scholars
15
1,537
Σ H-Index
655
86
World
6
National
Netherlands
Scholars
17
1,678
Σ H-Index
654
87
World
45
National
United States
Scholars
16
1,652
Σ H-Index
654
88
World
22
National
United Kingdom
Scholars
15
2,101
Σ H-Index
651
89
World
8
National
Australia
Scholars
14
2,165
Σ H-Index
644
90
World
23
National
United Kingdom
Scholars
16
1,699
Σ H-Index
635
91
World
46
National
United States
Scholars
16
1,701
Σ H-Index
627
92
World
47
National
United States
Scholars
16
1,413
Σ H-Index
627
93
World
9
National
Australia
Scholars
16
2,064
Σ H-Index
626
94
World
48
National
United States
Scholars
16
1,902
Σ H-Index
615
95
World
49
National
United States
Scholars
14
1,418
Σ H-Index
603
96
World
50
National
United States
Scholars
15
1,609
Σ H-Index
595
97
World
6
National
Canada
Scholars
14
1,570
Σ H-Index
575
98
World
7
National
Canada
Scholars
16
1,696
Σ H-Index
573
99
World
10
National
Australia
Scholars
11
1,936
Σ H-Index
572
100
World
51
National
United States
Scholars
14
1,486
Σ H-Index
569