Top 100 Scientists

Top 100 Scientists in France 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" (870,057 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: 2
André de Palma
Industrial Organization
Transportation/Urban Economics
Discrete choice analysis
Risk Algorithms
Entropy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
73
236
27,041
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Fei Gao
Fuel cell
Transportation electrification
Real time simulation
digital twin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
51
156
8,455
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Fawzi Nashashibi
robotics
intelligent transportation systems
perception
data fusion
autonomous vehicles
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
45
117
9,145
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Stéphane Legleye
Survey methodology
drug use
gender
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
45
152
7,913

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Vicente Milanés
autonomous vehicles
intelligent transportation systems
cooperative vehicles
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
39
81
9,492
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Nidhal Rezg
Politique de Maintenance
Modélisation-Simulation
Optimisation
Théorie du Controle en SED
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
100
4,752
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Shelley Boulianne
Political participation
political communication
political consumerism
digital media
social media
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
49
8,109
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Daniel C Bach
Africa
international relations
international political economy
comparative politics
regionalism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
59
3,708
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Pierre Xavier Meschi
International Strategy
Joint Ventures and M&As
Internationalization Process
Event History Method
Policy Capturing Method
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
50
2,634
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Luis Miguel Martinez
Civil Engineering
Transportation
Simulation
Optimization
Operations research
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
53
3,238
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Catherine Davy
Transport in materials with complex pore network
cements
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
46
2,446
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Julien Talpin
Community organizing
deliberative democracy
race and politics
urban politics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
55
2,686
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Vincent Béal
science politique
sociologie
urban studies
cities
territorial politics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
43
2,064
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Thierry Vedel
Internet and politics
Political communication
Media studies
Big Data and politics
Political visualizations
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
49
2,617
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Christophe Broqua
HIV/AIDS
Gender
Sexuality
Social movements
Experimental music
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
48
2,261
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Elisabeth Adjadj
bibliométrie
épidémiologie
biophysique
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
32
1,985
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Isabelle Walsh
Bibliometrics
generative AI
grounded theory with mixed data
IT usage
knowledge management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
37
3,585
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Arnaud Alessandrin
Genre - Santé - Discriminations - Gender - Transgender - LGBT - Health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
42
1,482
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Alexis Maineult
Transport properties of rocks
conductivity
permeability
self-potential
induced polarization
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
33
1,630
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Dominique Marchetti
Sciences sociales
Sociologie
Science politique
Processus de transnationalisation des biens culturels
Maroc
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
34
1,979
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Mazhar Yasin Mughal
Development
Remittances
Inequality
Gender
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
33
1,280
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Hache Emmanuel
Natural Resource Foresight
Energy Economics
Energy Geopolitics
China and India
Geopolitical Foresight
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
27
1,575
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Nathalie Morel
social policy
welfare state
social investment
care policies
fiscal welfare
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
25
3,678
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Giulia Sandri
Digital Governance
Political Communication
Comparative politics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
31
1,263
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
A Simonneau
palaeoclimatology
Holocene
land-use
soil fluxes
lacustrine archives
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
22
3,382
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 76
Angelo Furno
Mobility
Networks
Resilience
Artificial Intelligence
Distributed Systems
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
30
1,066
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Olivier Le Deuff
information science
information literacy
digital humanities
digital cultures
culture de l
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
37
1,109
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Rodhain Florence
Self-Awareness
Green IT
Sustainable Development
Business Ethics
Gender Equality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
27
1,508
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
Fidelia Ibekwe
Racism in higher education
Critical race theory
data colonialism
Information science
text mining
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
36
3,242
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 83
Brendan Coolsaet
environmental justice
biodiversity conservation
food politics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
21
2,653
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 84
Alexandre Jaunait
science politique
sociologie du droit
genre
identités de genre
classifications de sexe
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
26
2,071
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
Taran Patel
Culture
leadership
gender
mindfulness
ethics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
23
772
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 87
Chantal Zabus
postcolonial studies
transgender
transsexualism
postqueer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
29
1,769
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 89
Giovanni De Nunzio
Transportation Systems
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
Optimization
Graph Theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
23
1,447
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 93
Stéphanie Dos Santos
Social Research Scientist - Scientific advisor on sustainable cities to the CEO
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
19
1,171
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 95
Madalina Olteanu
Unsupervised learning
Time series
Complex data
Applications in humanities and social sciences
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
26
962
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 96
Samim Akgönül
Minorities
Religion
Turkey
Migrations
International Relations
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
30
1,240
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 98
Jean-Michel Auberlet
Pedestrian
traffic simulation
driving simulator
multi-agent system
perception
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
21
1,005
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
political economy
political science
globalisation
political analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
André de Palma
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
73
236
27,041
Industrial Organization
Transportation/Urban Economics
Discrete choice analysis
Risk Algorithms
Entropy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Christian Prins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
64
134
16,381
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Fei Gao
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
51
156
8,455
Fuel cell
Transportation electrification
Real time simulation
digital twin
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Leclercq Ludovic
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
48
117
7,391
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Fawzi Nashashibi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
117
9,145
robotics
intelligent transportation systems
perception
data fusion
autonomous vehicles
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Stéphane Legleye
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
152
7,913
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Political Psychology
Political Communication
Attitude Formation
Intuition

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Vicente Milanés
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
81
9,492
autonomous vehicles
intelligent transportation systems
cooperative vehicles
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Migration
Environmental politics
Climate Change
Displacement
Environmental Migration
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Nidhal Rezg
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
100
4,752
Politique de Maintenance
Modélisation-Simulation
Optimisation
Théorie du Controle en SED
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Darren Hart
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
54
6,021
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Shelley Boulianne
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
49
8,109
Political participation
political communication
political consumerism
digital media
social media
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jacques Charmes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
69
3,997
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Benjamin Blunier
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
58
3,399
Fuel cell systems
hybrid and electrical vehicles
smart grids
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Gilles Pinson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
58
3,922
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Valerie Renaudin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
48
3,483
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Party Politics
Political Competition
Dimensionality
Ethnic Politics
Eastern Europe
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Anne Aguilera
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
52
3,140
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Daniel C Bach
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
59
3,708
Africa
international relations
international political economy
comparative politics
regionalism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Geeth Manthilake
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
43
1,924
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Jean Philippe Cointet
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
47
2,842
computational social sciences
text analysis
STS
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Christine Buisson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
43
2,783
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Pierre Xavier Meschi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
50
2,634
International Strategy
Joint Ventures and M&As
Internationalization Process
Event History Method
Policy Capturing Method
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
politique comparée
politiques publiques
gouvernance internationale
environnement
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Douglas Webber
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
40
3,274
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Pierpaolo Cazzola
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
30
5,817
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Luis Miguel Martinez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
53
3,238
Civil Engineering
Transportation
Simulation
Optimization
Operations research
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Catherine Davy
Centrale Lille Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
46
2,446
Transport in materials with complex pore network
cements
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Julien Talpin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
55
2,686
Community organizing
deliberative democracy
race and politics
urban politics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Vincent Béal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
43
2,064
science politique
sociologie
urban studies
cities
territorial politics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Bonnel Patrick
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
49
1,890
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Olivier Nay
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
39
3,060
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Internet and politics
Political communication
Media studies
Big Data and politics
Political visualizations
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Nicolas Chiabaut
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
33
2,182
traffic flow theory
transportation
bus
urban network
logistic
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Christophe Broqua
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
48
2,261
HIV/AIDS
Gender
Sexuality
Social movements
Experimental music
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Elisabeth Adjadj
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
32
1,985
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Catherine AUBERTIN
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
55
2,513
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Fausto Malvagi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
33
1,766
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Isabelle Walsh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
37
3,585
Bibliometrics
generative AI
grounded theory with mixed data
IT usage
knowledge management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Arnaud Alessandrin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
42
1,482
Genre - Santé - Discriminations - Gender - Transgender - LGBT - Health
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Alexis Maineult
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
33
1,630
Transport properties of rocks
conductivity
permeability
self-potential
induced polarization
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Dominique Marchetti
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
34
1,979
Sciences sociales
Sociologie
Science politique
Processus de transnationalisation des biens culturels
Maroc
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Renaud Epstein
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
40
2,469
Politique de la ville
rénovation urbaine
évaluation
centre/périphérie
gouvernance urbaine
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Charles Raux
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
50
2,137
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Yves Deloye
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
49
2,382
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Alain Bonnafous
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
45
1,781
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Politics
political parties
political participation
media
right-wing extremism & populism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Mazhar Yasin Mughal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
33
1,280
Development
Remittances
Inequality
Gender
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Hache Emmanuel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
27
1,575
Natural Resource Foresight
Energy Economics
Energy Geopolitics
China and India
Geopolitical Foresight
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
social policy
welfare state
social investment
care policies
fiscal welfare
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Afrânio Raul Garcia Jr
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
28
2,243
sciences sociales
anthropologie
sociologie
philosophie
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Roland Pfefferkorn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
29
1,751
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Philippe Zittoun
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
33
1,622
Politique publique
politique et politique publique
politique du logement
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Giulia Sandri
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
31
1,263
Digital Governance
Political Communication
Comparative politics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Olivier Giraud
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
34
1,268
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Vincent Foucher
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
23
960
African studies
secessionism
armed conflicts
jihadism
Boko Haram
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
A Simonneau
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
22
3,382
palaeoclimatology
Holocene
land-use
soil fluxes
lacustrine archives
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 76
Angelo Furno
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
30
1,066
Mobility
Networks
Resilience
Artificial Intelligence
Distributed Systems
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
Gérôme Truc
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
25
1,200
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 78
political science
comparative politics
parties
environment
symbolic politics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Olivier Le Deuff
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
37
1,109
information science
information literacy
digital humanities
digital cultures
culture de l
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Rodhain Florence
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
27
1,508
Self-Awareness
Green IT
Sustainable Development
Business Ethics
Gender Equality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
Fidelia Ibekwe
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
36
3,242
Racism in higher education
Critical race theory
data colonialism
Information science
text mining
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 83
Brendan Coolsaet
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
21
2,653
environmental justice
biodiversity conservation
food politics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 84
Alexandre Jaunait
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
26
2,071
science politique
sociologie du droit
genre
identités de genre
classifications de sexe
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
Taran Patel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
23
772
Culture
leadership
gender
mindfulness
ethics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 86
Union européenne
risques environnementaux
gouvernement de la mer
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 87
Chantal Zabus
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
29
1,769
postcolonial studies
transgender
transsexualism
postqueer
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 88
Lesort Jean Baptiste
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
21
1,140
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 89
Giovanni De Nunzio
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
23
1,447
Transportation Systems
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
Optimization
Graph Theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 90
political science
migration studies
comparative politics
international relations
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 91
Land systems
Land governance
Large-scale land acquisitions
Geopolitics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 93
Stéphanie Dos Santos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
19
1,171
Social Research Scientist - Scientific advisor on sustainable cities to the CEO
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 94
Toufik Azib
ESTACA École d'Ingénieurs Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
28
979
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 95
Madalina Olteanu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
26
962
Unsupervised learning
Time series
Complex data
Applications in humanities and social sciences
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 96
Samim Akgönül
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
30
1,240
Minorities
Religion
Turkey
Migrations
International Relations
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 97
Violaine Sebillotte Cuchet
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
28
758
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 98
Jean-Michel Auberlet
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
21
1,005
Pedestrian
traffic simulation
driving simulator
multi-agent system
perception
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 99
Jean-Pierre Le Bourhis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
24
1,679
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 100
Marc Smyrl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
23
1,357