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" (870,053 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
Tobias Plieninger
Sustainability science
Landscape ecology
Agroforestry
Ecosystem services
Social-ecological systems
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
77
184
20,088
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Reiner Finkeldey
Plant genetics
Forest Genetics
Population Genetics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
45
133
7,934
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Anna Gunina
soil science
soil organic carbon and nitrogen
microbial biomarkers
C isotopes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
34
49
4,215
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Rajasekaran Murugan
Soil health
soil carbon storage
soil ecological indicators
climate-smart agriculture
microbial necromass
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
17
847
Arman Arefi
Optical imaging
Process monitoring
Non-invasive measurements
Digital Twins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
19
825
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Regina Roessler
livestock breeding
local breeds
resource use efficiency
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
24
931

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Johannes Timaeus
Agroecology
farming practice
crop diversity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
877
Laura Kmoch
Land System Science
Rural Livelihoods
Restoration
Agroforestry
Climate Change Adaptation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
6
243
Shahin Alam
Animal nutrition
Dairy farming system
Heavy metals
Milk fatty acid profiling
FarmDESIGN
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
162
Bateki Christian A
Agriculture
animal production
climate smart livestock production
digitalization in livestock agriculture
modelling livestock
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
3
103
Pramila Thapa
agriculture
ecosystem services
rural-urban interface
livelihood
green and blue infrastructures
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
7
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Tobias Plieninger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
77
184
20,088
Sustainability science
Landscape ecology
Agroforestry
Ecosystem services
Social-ecological systems
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ulrich Hamm
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
50
120
12,571
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Reiner Finkeldey
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
133
7,934
Plant genetics
Forest Genetics
Population Genetics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Michael Wachendorf
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
44
118
6,074
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Anna Gunina
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
49
4,215
soil science
soil organic carbon and nitrogen
microbial biomarkers
C isotopes
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Thomas Astor geb Moeckel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
25
1,444
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Daniel Uteau
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
29
1,571
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Rajasekaran Murugan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
17
847
Soil health
soil carbon storage
soil ecological indicators
climate-smart agriculture
microbial necromass
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Arman Arefi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
19
825
Optical imaging
Process monitoring
Non-invasive measurements
Digital Twins
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Regina Roessler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
24
931
livestock breeding
local breeds
resource use efficiency

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Margret Krieger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
310
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Johannes Timaeus
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
877
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Laura Kmoch
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
6
243
Land System Science
Rural Livelihoods
Restoration
Agroforestry
Climate Change Adaptation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Stephan M Junge
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
122
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Shahin Alam
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
162
Animal nutrition
Dairy farming system
Heavy metals
Milk fatty acid profiling
FarmDESIGN
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Bateki Christian A
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
103
Agriculture
animal production
climate smart livestock production
digitalization in livestock agriculture
modelling livestock
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Suman Kumar Sourav
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
12
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Pramila Thapa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
7
agriculture
ecosystem services
rural-urban interface
livelihood
green and blue infrastructures