College of Social Sciences in the Stanford/Elsevier 2026 list
The Stanford/Elsevier list covers the top 2% most-cited scientists in each subfield. These are the people from this institution on at least one of its two rankings: career-long and single-year (citations from 2025).
12
researchers on the list
284
rank in United Kingdom
3,968
rank worldwide, of 38,384
Ranks by number of people on the list; we calculate them from the same data.
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kearns, Ade J. | Urban & Regional Planning | 61 / 15,338 | 143 / 15,338 |
| McGrath, Simon | Education | 1,444 / 115,687 | 819 / 115,687 |
| McCartney, Gerry | Public Health | — | 570 / 82,273 |
| Claassen, Christopher | Political Science & Public Administration | — | 541 / 27,183 |
| Meer, Nasar | Sociology | — | 306 / 12,471 |
| Back, Les | Sociology | — | 307 / 12,471 |
| Sosu, Edward M. | Education | — | 1,120 / 115,687 |
| Wardle, Heather | Substance Abuse | — | 167 / 18,209 |
| Proudfoot, Kevin | Education | — | 1,365 / 115,687 |
| Mulvey, Benjamin | Education | — | 1,857 / 115,687 |
| Bailey, Nick | Urban & Regional Planning | 259 / 15,338 | — |
| Dimmock, Clive A.J. | Education | 1,152 / 115,687 | — |
Source: Ioannidis JPA, Elsevier (2026). August 2026 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators". Mendeley Data, version 9. Licence CC BY-NC 3.0. doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9
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