Top 100 Scientists

World Top 100 Scientists 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" (888,752 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
Paal Krokene
Plant-insect interactions
Plant-microbe interactions
Bark beetles
Entomology
Forest Protection
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
45
78
7,209
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Johannes Breidenbach
Forest biometry
survey sampling
national forest inventory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
36
55
3,731
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kevin Boston
Forest Operations
Forest Roads
Forest Engineering
Forest Management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
54
3,766
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Isabella Børja
Forest pathology
fungi
fine root dynamics in forest soils
mycorrhiza
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
35
2,359
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ola Flaten
Farm management
farming system analysis
livestock
crops
risk analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
33
2,192
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Hans Martin Hanslin
Plant ecology
plant stress
urban green infrastructure
restoration ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
33
2,406

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Dag-Ragnar Blystad
Plant virology
plant pathology
cryopreservation
plant health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
31
1,472
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Tomas Persson
Crop and grassland modelling
agricultural systems analysis
climate change
crop nutrient management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
30
1,112
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Adam Vivian-Smith
genome assembly
genotyping-by-sequencing
plant reproductive biology
auxin signalling
miRNAs
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
26
2,248
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Gunnhild Søgaard
forest management
land-use change
climate change mitigation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
15
525
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Shelemia Nyamuryekung'E
Animal Production
Ruminant Nutrition
Plant-Herbivore Interactions
Grazing Management
Conservation Management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
279
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Xiao Huang
Agricultural modelling
Climate change
Environment assessment
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
1,320
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Jiangsan Zhao
plant physiology
root
deep learning
image analysis
hyperspectral image super-resolution
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
366
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Lampros Lamprinakis
industrial organization
game theory
agricultural economics
cooperatives
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
91
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Knut Øistad
Forestry
Resource economics
Policy process
Climate Change
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
3
181
Eivind Handegard
Forest ecology
biodiversity
conservation and applied ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
6
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Erik Joner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
52
72
10,383
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Paal Krokene
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
78
7,209
Plant-insect interactions
Plant-microbe interactions
Bark beetles
Entomology
Forest Protection
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Johannes Breidenbach
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
55
3,731
Forest biometry
survey sampling
national forest inventory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Arne Stensvand
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
80
3,221
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kevin Boston
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
54
3,766
Forest Operations
Forest Roads
Forest Engineering
Forest Management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sten Johan Sverre Johansen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
35
2,173
aquaculture
sustainable feed
smart valuchains
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Michel Verheul
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
33
2,959
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Isabella Børja
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
35
2,359
Forest pathology
fungi
fine root dynamics in forest soils
mycorrhiza
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ola Flaten
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
33
2,192
Farm management
farming system analysis
livestock
crops
risk analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Hans Martin Hanslin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
33
2,406
Plant ecology
plant stress
urban green infrastructure
restoration ecology

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Marius Hauglin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
22
1,035
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Clara Antón-Fernández
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
32
2,031
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Dag-Ragnar Blystad
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
31
1,472
Plant virology
plant pathology
cryopreservation
plant health
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Andrea Ficke
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
24
2,976
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Tomas Persson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
30
1,112
Crop and grassland modelling
agricultural systems analysis
climate change
crop nutrient management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Maria-Luz Herrero
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
30
1,466
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Adam Vivian-Smith
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
26
2,248
genome assembly
genotyping-by-sequencing
plant reproductive biology
auxin signalling
miRNAs
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
vegetables
croppring systems
food quality
co-stream utilisation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Zhibo Hamborg
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
23
834
Plant virus
tissue culture
cryoprevation
HTS
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Alice Budai
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
17
2,081
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Anna Birgitte Milford
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
15
1,045
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Johannes Rahlf
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
701
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Gunnhild Søgaard
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
15
525
forest management
land-use change
climate change mitigation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Rob Lewis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
528
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Marta Vergarechea
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
387
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Kobra Maleki
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
351
Forestry (Forest modelling and simulation)
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Kirsten S. Tørresen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
15
721
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Shelemia Nyamuryekung'E
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
279
Animal Production
Ruminant Nutrition
Plant-Herbivore Interactions
Grazing Management
Conservation Management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Tomasz Woznicki
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
306
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Johannes Schumacher
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
563
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Xiao Huang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
1,320
Agricultural modelling
Climate change
Environment assessment
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Shahid Nadeem
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
402
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Jiangsan Zhao
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
366
plant physiology
root
deep learning
image analysis
hyperspectral image super-resolution
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
El Houssein Chouaib Harik
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
354
Robotics
Data Science
HMI
Autonomous navigation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Birgitte Henriksen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
427
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Lampros Lamprinakis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
91
industrial organization
game theory
agricultural economics
cooperatives
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Knut Øistad
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
181
Forestry
Resource economics
Policy process
Climate Change
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Eivind Handegard
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
6
Forest ecology
biodiversity
conservation and applied ecology