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" (873,690 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
Michael E Porter
Competitive Strategy
Digital Transformation
Economic Development
Health Care
U.S. Political System
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
182
1,028
638,302
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Robert Kaplan
Balanced Scorecard
Activity-Based Costing
Strategy Execution
E-liability Carbon Accounting
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
110
470
236,993
Matthew Baum
public opinion
political communication
media and politics
foreign policy
international conflict
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
41
73
18,862
James F Moore
Business ecosystems
climate
society and technology
business theory
complex dynamic evolutionary systems
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
40
45
25,354
Matt Andrews
Public management
public administration
international development
foreign aid
economic development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
38
71
9,406
Max Von Zedtwitz
China innovation
product innovation
global innovation
reverse innovation
business incubation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
60
8,659
Sounman Hong (홍순만)
Performance Management
Digital Governance
Public Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
45
3,636
Maya Sen
American Politics
Political Economy
Law
Race and Ethnic Politics
Political Methodology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
41
4,739

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Marshall Ganz
Organizing
Narrative
Leadership Pedagogy
Social Movement
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
28
5,567
Mark Bryant Budolfson
public policy
ethics
environmental economics
philosophy
food systems
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
33
1,588
Alexander Sasha Wait Zaranek
precision medicine
exascale data
AI
free knowledge business models.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
17
6,129
Gwen Yu
Capital markets
International Accounting
Valuation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
17
2,006
Sam Gregory
Human rights
deepfakes
generative AI
video
technology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
17
906
Adam Bear
Decision-making
Consciousness
Evolutionary Game Theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
13
2,686
Tao Li
public policy
data analytics
political economy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
591
Stefan Kambiz Behfar
Artificial Intelligence
Blockchain systems
Bigdata architecture
Cloud computing
Cybersecurity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
686
Brian Highsmith
public finance
consumer protection
fiscal federalism
inequality
civil rights
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
6
202
Alex A Wu
Asset Pricing
Industrial Organization
Political Economy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
50
Christiana O Oshotse
Public & Global Health Policy
Healthcare Resource Utilization
Bioethics
Global Surgery
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
74
James Dillon
executive teams
top management teams
management
organizational behavior
organizational change
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
731
Hildete De Moraes Vodopives
globalization
business strategy
emerging markets
change management
business history
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
18
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Michael E Porter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
182
1,028
638,302
Competitive Strategy
Digital Transformation
Economic Development
Health Care
U.S. Political System
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Robert Kaplan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
110
470
236,993
Balanced Scorecard
Activity-Based Costing
Strategy Execution
E-liability Carbon Accounting
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Matthew Baum
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
41
73
18,862
public opinion
political communication
media and politics
foreign policy
international conflict
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
James F Moore
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
45
25,354
Business ecosystems
climate
society and technology
business theory
complex dynamic evolutionary systems
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Matt Andrews
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
71
9,406
Public management
public administration
international development
foreign aid
economic development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Robert Behn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
64
11,909
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
John Beshears
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
43
8,339
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Max Von Zedtwitz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
60
8,659
China innovation
product innovation
global innovation
reverse innovation
business incubation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sounman Hong (홍순만)
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
45
3,636
Performance Management
Digital Governance
Public Finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Maya Sen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
41
4,739
American Politics
Political Economy
Law
Race and Ethnic Politics
Political Methodology

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Marshall Ganz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
28
5,567
Organizing
Narrative
Leadership Pedagogy
Social Movement
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Claire M Wagner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
33
2,568
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mark Bryant Budolfson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
33
1,588
public policy
ethics
environmental economics
philosophy
food systems
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bob Freeman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
21
4,689
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Alexander Sasha Wait Zaranek
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
17
6,129
precision medicine
exascale data
AI
free knowledge business models.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mark Henderson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
25
3,144
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Gwen Yu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
17
2,006
Capital markets
International Accounting
Valuation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Sam Gregory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
17
906
Human rights
deepfakes
generative AI
video
technology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Adam Bear
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
2,686
Decision-making
Consciousness
Evolutionary Game Theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Tao Li
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
591
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Stefan Kambiz Behfar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
686
Artificial Intelligence
Blockchain systems
Bigdata architecture
Cloud computing
Cybersecurity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Gautam Mukunda
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
341
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Dana Born
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
302
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Åsbjørn Melkevik
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
4
80
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Brian Highsmith
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
202
public finance
consumer protection
fiscal federalism
inequality
civil rights
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Alex A Wu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
50
Asset Pricing
Industrial Organization
Political Economy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Christiana O Oshotse
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
74
Public & Global Health Policy
Healthcare Resource Utilization
Bioethics
Global Surgery
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
James Dillon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
731
executive teams
top management teams
management
organizational behavior
organizational change
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Hildete De Moraes Vodopives
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
18
globalization
business strategy
emerging markets
change management
business history
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Rajiv Lal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
1,248
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Frederico Pabst
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
17