Top 100 Scientists

History, Philosophy, Theology Top 100 Scientists in Hong Kong 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" (873,937 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
Jason R Ali
Biogeography
Earth History
Island Biogeography
Paleogeography
Phylogeography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
48
111
10,213
Jenny Leigh Smith
history
environmental history
Russia
History of Technology
famine
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
38
112
6,653
Herman Cappelen
Philosophical methodology
conceptual engineering
philosophy of language
philosophy of mind
Philosophy of AI
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
57
7,439
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Jiji Zhang
Automated Causal Reasoning
Formal Epistemology
Philosophy of Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
41
2,982
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Darrell P Rowbottom
Philosophy of Science
Probability
Epistemology
Metaphysics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
38
1,572
Eric S Nelson|Eric Sean Nelson
Comparative Philosophy
Daoism
Environmental Philosophy
History of Philosophy
Hermeneutics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
48
1,837
Angela Ki Che Leung
Charitable organizations in the late imperial & modern China
Medicine and disease in China of the late imperial & modern period
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
31
1,492
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Stephen R Palmquist
Immanuel Kant (all aspects)
philosophy of religion
philosophy of science
theology of politics
philosophy of love
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
40
1,626
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
David Mccarthy
Ethics
Decision Theory
Formal Epistemology
Philosophy of Probability
Moral Philosophy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
17
581
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Christian Daniels
History of Southwest China & Mainland Southeast Asia
History of Chinese Technology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
20
1,831
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
David Pomfret
Comparative History
Transnational History. History of Childhood
Youth
Urban History
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
14
535
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Dan Marshall
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Language
Philosophy of Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
738
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Yafeng Shan
philosophy
philosophy of science
epistemology
metaphysics
metaphilosophy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
422
Ian Morley
Urban History
Planning History
Colonial History
the Philippines
Urban Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
7
269
Jun Zhang
Urban Studies
Social Transformation
Politics of Infrastructures
History and Anthropology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
6
311
Benedict Sb Chan
Applied Ethics
Political Philosophy
Comparative Philosophy (East and West)
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
7
322
Hinhung Sik
Buddhist meditation
Buddhist teaching based counseling
Buddhist education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
268
Wu Wai Yan Bonnie
Buddhist counselling and psychotherapy
Buddhist-based intervention
Buddhist education
Mindfulness and meditation
Buddhism and neuroscience
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
245
Poon Shuk-Wah (潘淑華)
Modern Chinese history
Hong Kong history
human-animal relationships
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
5
285
Andrew Brenner
Philosophy
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Religion
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
217
Tze-Wan Kwan
phenomenology
philosophy of language
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
207
Jianmei Liu 刘剑梅
modern Chinese literature
gender studies
comparative literature
literary history
history of thought
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
334
Bert Becker
Modern European History
Maritime and Business History of Hong Kong and China
Prussian-German History
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
4
173
Guoqi Xu
modern China
Chinese sports
First World War
labor
Chinese-foreign relations
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
6
1,085
Cong Lin
Philosophy of education
multiculturalism and multicultural education
civic and citizenship education
identity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
6
195
Ting Guo
Religion and politics
(Post)Secularism
Religion and gender
Decolonialisation
affect theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
107
Simon Shui-Man Kwan
Practical Theology
Counseling
Pastoral Counseling
Asia Theology
Postcolonialism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
174
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Catherine S Chan
diaspora
urban history
colonial East Asia
Macau & Hong Kong history
heritage studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
2
121
Orazio Coco
World History
International Relations
Political Sciences
International Business Affairs.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
3
69
George Kam Wah Mak
Bible Translation
History of Christianity in China
History of Christian Missions
Language and Nationalism in Modern China
Re
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
153
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Peter E Hamilton|Han Mosong (韓墨松)
Modern China
Hong Kong
Sino-US relations
history of capitalism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
79
James Morton
Byzantine Studies
Medieval Studies
Legal History
Mediterranean Studies
Religious History
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
42
Yun Zhang 张贇
History of Medicine
Science and Technology Studies
Gender Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
35
Wenkai He
institutionalism
comparative historical analysis
economic history
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
197
David Villena
philosophy of mind
philosophy of psychology
applied ethics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
57
Christine Yi Lai Luk
history of science in modern China
science and society in East Asia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
31
Paul S Cha
Korean History
Korean Christianity
religion
colonialism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
34
Chris Atkinson
Epistemology
Philosophy of Mind
Normative Ethics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
11
Ann Gillian Chu
Theological Ethics
Political Theology
Theological Anthropology
Hong Kong Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
7
Lang Xiao|肖浪
History of Chinese Arts
Dunhuang
Pigments
Reconstruction
Nano-Chemistry
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
31
Bin Chen
China and the modern world
technology
identity
religion
law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
6
Wilson Chan
Early Modern China
History of Science
Material Culture
Intellectual History
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
1
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jason R Ali
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
48
111
10,213
Biogeography
Earth History
Island Biogeography
Paleogeography
Phylogeography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jenny Leigh Smith
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
112
6,653
history
environmental history
Russia
History of Technology
famine
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Herman Cappelen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
57
7,439
Philosophical methodology
conceptual engineering
philosophy of language
philosophy of mind
Philosophy of AI
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jiji Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
41
2,982
Automated Causal Reasoning
Formal Epistemology
Philosophy of Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Darrell P Rowbottom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
38
1,572
Philosophy of Science
Probability
Epistemology
Metaphysics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Eric S Nelson|Eric Sean Nelson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
48
1,837
Comparative Philosophy
Daoism
Environmental Philosophy
History of Philosophy
Hermeneutics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Siu Him Janus Wong
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
30
1,306
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Chris Fraser
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
34
1,242
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Angela Ki Che Leung
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
31
1,492
Charitable organizations in the late imperial & modern China
Medicine and disease in China of the late imperial & modern period
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Stephen R Palmquist
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
40
1,626
Immanuel Kant (all aspects)
philosophy of religion
philosophy of science
theology of politics
philosophy of love
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Yong Huang 黃勇
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
34
1,347
ethics
Chinese philosophy
comparative philosophy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Elizabeth Sinn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
32
1,970
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Simon Man Ho Wong
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
25
1,982
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Max Deutsch
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
19
1,365
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Muchou Poo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
18
1,022
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
David Mccarthy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
17
581
Ethics
Decision Theory
Formal Epistemology
Philosophy of Probability
Moral Philosophy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Christian Daniels
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
20
1,831
History of Southwest China & Mainland Southeast Asia
History of Chinese Technology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
David Pomfret
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
535
Comparative History
Transnational History. History of Childhood
Youth
Urban History
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Niccolò Pianciola
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
13
644
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Dan Marshall
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
738
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Language
Philosophy of Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Yafeng Shan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
422
philosophy
philosophy of science
epistemology
metaphysics
metaphilosophy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Peter Hawke
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
507
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ian Morley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
7
269
Urban History
Planning History
Colonial History
the Philippines
Urban Studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jun Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
6
311
Urban Studies
Social Transformation
Politics of Infrastructures
History and Anthropology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Benedict Sb Chan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
322
Applied Ethics
Political Philosophy
Comparative Philosophy (East and West)
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Hinhung Sik
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
268
Buddhist meditation
Buddhist teaching based counseling
Buddhist education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Wu Wai Yan Bonnie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
245
Buddhist counselling and psychotherapy
Buddhist-based intervention
Buddhist education
Mindfulness and meditation
Buddhism and neuroscience
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Poon Shuk-Wah (潘淑華)
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
285
Modern Chinese history
Hong Kong history
human-animal relationships
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Andrew Brenner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
217
Philosophy
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Religion
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Gregory S Moss
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
601
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Tze-Wan Kwan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
207
phenomenology
philosophy of language
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Xiaorong Han
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
224
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Jianmei Liu 刘剑梅
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
334
modern Chinese literature
gender studies
comparative literature
literary history
history of thought
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Bert Becker
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
4
173
Modern European History
Maritime and Business History of Hong Kong and China
Prussian-German History
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Guoqi Xu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
1,085
modern China
Chinese sports
First World War
labor
Chinese-foreign relations
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Cong Lin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
195
Philosophy of education
multiculturalism and multicultural education
civic and citizenship education
identity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Ting Guo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
107
Religion and politics
(Post)Secularism
Religion and gender
Decolonialisation
affect theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Simon Shui-Man Kwan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
174
Practical Theology
Counseling
Pastoral Counseling
Asia Theology
Postcolonialism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Catherine S Chan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
2
121
diaspora
urban history
colonial East Asia
Macau & Hong Kong history
heritage studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Lawrence Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
87
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Orazio Coco
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
69
World History
International Relations
Political Sciences
International Business Affairs.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Joshua Derman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
233
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
George Kam Wah Mak
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
153
Bible Translation
History of Christianity in China
History of Christian Missions
Language and Nationalism in Modern China
Re
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Peter E Hamilton|Han Mosong (韓墨松)
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
79
Modern China
Hong Kong
Sino-US relations
history of capitalism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
James Morton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
42
Byzantine Studies
Medieval Studies
Legal History
Mediterranean Studies
Religious History
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Yun Zhang 张贇
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
35
History of Medicine
Science and Technology Studies
Gender Studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Wenkai He
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
197
institutionalism
comparative historical analysis
economic history
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
David Villena
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
57
philosophy of mind
philosophy of psychology
applied ethics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Christine Yi Lai Luk
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
31
history of science in modern China
science and society in East Asia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Craig Ho
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
181
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Vincent S Leung
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
34
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Wing-Ming Chan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
33
History
Late Imperial China
chinese Historiography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Paul S Cha
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
34
Korean History
Korean Christianity
religion
colonialism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Tingxuan Liu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
20
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Chris Atkinson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
11
Epistemology
Philosophy of Mind
Normative Ethics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Ann Gillian Chu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
7
Theological Ethics
Political Theology
Theological Anthropology
Hong Kong Studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Jinseok Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
75
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
E-Learning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Lang Xiao|肖浪
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
31
History of Chinese Arts
Dunhuang
Pigments
Reconstruction
Nano-Chemistry
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Cheng Yang 楊程
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
15
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Bin Chen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
6
China and the modern world
technology
identity
religion
law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Zhang Yan
Metrics
H-Index
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Citation Counts
1
0
2
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Wilson Chan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
1
Early Modern China
History of Science
Material Culture
Intellectual History
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Sau Lin Tong
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
1