Top 100 Scientists

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science Top 100 Scientists in Switzerland 2025

Top 100 scientists can be ranked globally or specific to the following regions including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Oceania, Arab League, ASEAN, EECA, and BRICS based on total H-index scores without any breakdown by subject areas. Top 100 rankings in the world, in a continent, or a region include standardized subjects areas of Agriculture & Forestry, Arts, Design and Architecture, Business & Management, Economics & Econometrics, Education, Engineering & Technology, History, Philosophy, Theology, Law/Law and Legal Studies, Medical and Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Art and Humanities Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Rankings BETA VERSION. Subject field ranking in world, region, country and university is beta version since subject field "others" (873,864 scientists profile whose branch cannot be determined, not yet edited or determined) is excluded, so the ranking will change as the others fields are edited. Please note that. Subjects indicated as “ * others ” will not be included in the ranking by regions and subjects.

* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Fabio Crestani
Information Retrieval
Data Science
Text Mining
Digital Libraries
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
49
209
11,310
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Patrick Ruch
Information science
Bioinformatics
Text Mining
Information Retrieval
Lifesciences
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
114
13,318
Martin Brändle
Scientometrics
Bibliometrics
Chemical Information
Quantum Chemistry
Zeolites
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
14
1,295
Luc Mottin
Information Sciences
Bioinformatics
Information Retrieval
Text mining
System Biology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
8
195
René Schneider
Research data
Linked Data in libraries
Usability and usefulness in digital libraries
Information Literacy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
528
Alexandre De Spindler
Computer Science
Natural Language Processing
Language Models
Language-Based Interactions
Edu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
222
Omar Ballester
Science of Science
Economics of Innovation
Scientometrics
Economics of Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
4
160
Andre Briviba
Political Economics
Tourism Economics
Cultural Economics
Scientometrics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
116
Dario Stähelin
Digital Health
Blended Therapy
Patient-centered Care
Digital Empowerment
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
43
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Fabio Crestani
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
49
209
11,310
Information Retrieval
Data Science
Text Mining
Digital Libraries
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Christian Appenzeller Herzog
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
50
5,653
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Patrick Ruch
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
114
13,318
Information science
Bioinformatics
Text Mining
Information Retrieval
Lifesciences
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Remo Burkhard
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
34
2,472
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Martin Brändle
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
14
1,295
Scientometrics
Bibliometrics
Chemical Information
Quantum Chemistry
Zeolites
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Lorenz Hofer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
912
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Alice Keller
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
489
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Luc Mottin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
195
Information Sciences
Bioinformatics
Information Retrieval
Text mining
System Biology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Research data
Linked Data in libraries
Usability and usefulness in digital libraries
Information Literacy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Giacomo Vaccario
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
259
complex systems
scientometrics
data science
socio-economic networks
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Alexandre De Spindler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
222
Computer Science
Natural Language Processing
Language Models
Language-Based Interactions
Edu
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ladina Tschander
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
200
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Martin Vesely
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
3
139
Scientific Publishing
Information Retrieval
Digital Libraries
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Camille Tardy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
155
Semantic digital libraries
Ontologies
Urbanism
GIS
3D
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Digital Libraries
Usability
Usefulness
Research Data
Research Infrastructures
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Thibault Estier
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
155
information systems
design science
systems evolution
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Eva Christina Edinger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
5
96
library
learning environments
sociology
architecture
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Alexis Rivier
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
136
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Andreas Ledl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
1
66
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Omar Ballester
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
160
Science of Science
Economics of Innovation
Scientometrics
Economics of Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Andre Briviba
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
116
Political Economics
Tourism Economics
Cultural Economics
Scientometrics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Dario Stähelin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
43
Digital Health
Blended Therapy
Patient-centered Care
Digital Empowerment