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.

John C Besley
Science Communication
Risk Communication
Environmental Communication
Strategic Communication
Public Relations
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
46
98
7,436
Wei Peng|彭葳
media psychology
health communication
human-AI communication
persuasion
serious game
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
43
77
11,165
Tim P Vos
Journalism Studies
Journalism
Media History
Media Sociology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
38
56
8,790
James W Dearing
diffusion of innovations
organizational change
scale up
social networks
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
38
84
13,789
Rabindra A Ratan
Media Psychology
virtual reality
video games
cars as avatars
autonomous vehicles
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
57
5,031

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Carrie Heeter
meditation
yoga
presence
interactivity
interoceptive awareness
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
76
8,856
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Susan Wyche
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
Information Communication Technology and Development (ICTD)
Speculative Design
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
55
3,328
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Kjerstin Thorson
New media
political communication
youth
social media
activism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
48
5,882
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Prabu David
Communication technology
mHealth
generative AI
AI ethics
AI trust
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
46
5,204
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mike Stern
ICT & Society
Social Networks
Community
Social Capital
Measurement Error
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
39
4,551
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Serena Miller Carpenter|Serena Carpenter
Mixed Methods
Concept Explicator
Art
Social Science Translator & Metascience
Alt. Journalism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
37
3,473
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Michele H Jackson
Commmunication Technology
Group Dynamics and Interaction
Organizational Communication
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
38
3,298
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sarah Nathel Douglas
communication partner training
augmentative and alternative communication
paraeducators
autism spectrum disorders
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
39
1,557
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Rachel R Mourão
Journalism Studies
Political Communication
International Communication
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
32
2,062
Anastasia Kononova
media multitasking
international communication
advertising
new media
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
27
1,540
Eric Freedman
Environmental Journalism
Professional Journalism Practices
International Journalism
Public Affairs Reporting
Media Law & Et
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
39
1,219
Rebecca Gray
communication technologies
interpersonal communication
social media
expectancy violations
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
17
4,208
Enrique Núñez-Mussa
Journalism Studies
Cultural and Critical Studies
Visual and Political Communication
Epistemology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
4
119
Brandon A Brooks
Communication Technology
Internet Governance
Social Informatics
Mixed-Methods
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
7
555
Siyuan Ma
Political communication
Computational social science
International communication
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
3
83
Henry Goble
Media Effects
Interpersonal Communication
Human-Machine Communication
Decision Making
Moral Judgments
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
106
Suhwoo Ahn
Media and Politics
AI and Journalism
Computational Social Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
2
48
Casey R Mcardle
digital rhetoric
social media
writing program administration
professional writing
technical
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
123
Chaeyun Lim
Media Psychology
Emerging Technologies
Organizational Comm
Persuasive Technologies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
115
Taewoo Kang
Political Communication
Digital Infrastructure
Large Language Models
Social Media
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
6
Judy Walgren
Visual Communication
Photojournalism
Visual Archives
Documentary Photography
Immersive
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
16
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Esther Thorson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
67
157
16,434
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ron Tamborini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
54
94
10,231
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
John C Besley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
46
98
7,436
Science Communication
Risk Communication
Environmental Communication
Strategic Communication
Public Relations
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Stephen Lacy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
106
14,087
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Wei Peng|彭葳
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
43
77
11,165
media psychology
health communication
human-AI communication
persuasion
serious game
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Tim P Vos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
56
8,790
Journalism Studies
Journalism
Media History
Media Sociology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
James W Dearing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
84
13,789
diffusion of innovations
organizational change
scale up
social networks
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Maria Knight Lapinski
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
66
7,780
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Rabindra A Ratan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
57
5,031
Media Psychology
virtual reality
video games
cars as avatars
autonomous vehicles
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Hairong Li
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
49
11,657

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Carrie Heeter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
76
8,856
meditation
yoga
presence
interactivity
interoceptive awareness
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Allison Eden
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
56
4,882
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Susan Wyche
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
55
3,328
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
Information Communication Technology and Development (ICTD)
Speculative Design
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mary Bresnahan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
65
3,856
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Kjerstin Thorson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
48
5,882
New media
political communication
youth
social media
activism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Prabu David
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
46
5,204
Communication technology
mHealth
generative AI
AI ethics
AI trust
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Bruno Takahashi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
50
3,391
Environmental journalism
environmental communication
risk
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Amanda Holmstrom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
47
3,471
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mike Stern
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
39
4,551
ICT & Society
Social Networks
Community
Social Capital
Measurement Error
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Serena Miller Carpenter|Serena Carpenter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
37
3,473
Mixed Methods
Concept Explicator
Art
Social Science Translator & Metascience
Alt. Journalism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Michele H Jackson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
38
3,298
Commmunication Technology
Group Dynamics and Interaction
Organizational Communication
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sarah Nathel Douglas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
39
1,557
communication partner training
augmentative and alternative communication
paraeducators
autism spectrum disorders
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Tai Quan Winson Peng 彭泰权|Winson Peng, 彭 泰权
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
42
2,377
communication
computational social science
social media
mobile media
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ralf SchmäLzle [Schmaelzle]|Ralf Schmälzle
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
38
1,805
Communication Neuroscience
Media
Health
Cognitive Science
Natural Intelligence
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Brandon Van Der Heide
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
29
7,094
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Rachel R Mourão
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
32
2,062
Journalism Studies
Political Communication
International Communication
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Gwen M Wittenbaum
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
24
5,351
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Jonathan A Obar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
31
4,639
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Anastasia Kononova
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
27
1,540
media multitasking
international communication
advertising
new media
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Eric Freedman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
39
1,219
Environmental Journalism
Professional Journalism Practices
International Journalism
Public Affairs Reporting
Media Law & Et
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Nancy Nelson Knupfer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
23
1,237
Communication
ELearning
Information Design
Education
Justice
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Rebecca Gray
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
17
4,208
communication technologies
interpersonal communication
social media
expectancy violations
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Dustin Carnahan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
805
Political communication
public opinion
information processing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
David D Clare
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
577
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Ezgi Ulusoy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
189
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Taenyun Kim|김 태년
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
6
303
Human-Computer Interaction
Media Psychology
Trust
Morality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Enrique Núñez-Mussa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
4
119
Journalism Studies
Cultural and Critical Studies
Visual and Political Communication
Epistemology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Brandon A Brooks
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
555
Communication Technology
Internet Governance
Social Informatics
Mixed-Methods
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Siyuan Ma
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
83
Political communication
Computational social science
International communication
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Henry Goble
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
106
Media Effects
Interpersonal Communication
Human-Machine Communication
Decision Making
Moral Judgments
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Carol Terracina-Hartman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
227
environmental journalism
framing
campus media
Climategate
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Suhwoo Ahn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
48
Media and Politics
AI and Journalism
Computational Social Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Yiming Skylar Lei|Yiming Lei, Y. Skylar Lei
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
114
Media Psychology
Cooperation
Competition
Behavioral Game Theory
Game Studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Casey R Mcardle
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
123
digital rhetoric
social media
writing program administration
professional writing
technical
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Chaeyun Lim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
115
Media Psychology
Emerging Technologies
Organizational Comm
Persuasive Technologies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Nan Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
42
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Johnny Mcgraw
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
30
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Jinsuk Kim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
881
Communication Technology
Online Self-Disclosure
Cyberbullying
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Emily S Zhan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
78
Media psychology
Human-Computer Interaction
Gender studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Qucheng Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
26
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Sevgi Baykaldi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
58
public diplomacy
crisis communication
digital and social media
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Jessica Pettengill
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
8
narrative
media
storytelling
journalism
community-engagement
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Taewoo Kang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
6
Political Communication
Digital Infrastructure
Large Language Models
Social Media
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Judy Walgren
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
16
Visual Communication
Photojournalism
Visual Archives
Documentary Photography
Immersive
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Clint Townson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
3