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
Judee Burgoon
Interpersonal and Nonverbal Communication
Deception
New communication technologies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
100
288
49,937
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jake Harwood
Communication
Prejudice
Intergroup Contact
Communication and Music
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
69
137
15,304
Jennifer Stevens Aubrey
Media Effects
Adolescents and the Media
Health Communication
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
51
4,490
Catherine F Brooks
Instructional Communication
Language and Social Interaction
New Media
Online Collaboration and Learning
Discourse
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
22
1,867
Matthew A Lapierre
media effects
children and media
persuasion
health communication
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
26
2,308

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David Cuillier
Freedom of information
journalism
political communication
terror management theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
17
770
Heather Gahler
body image
media effects
identity
diverse groups
human development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
3
71
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Judee Burgoon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
100
288
49,937
Interpersonal and Nonverbal Communication
Deception
New communication technologies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jake Harwood
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
69
137
15,304
Communication
Prejudice
Intergroup Contact
Communication and Music
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kory Floyd
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
55
116
15,135
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Kate Kenski
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
68
7,075
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jennifer Stevens Aubrey
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
51
4,490
Media Effects
Adolescents and the Media
Health Communication
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Joseph Bonito
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
47
3,468
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Catherine F Brooks
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
22
1,867
Instructional Communication
Language and Social Interaction
New Media
Online Collaboration and Learning
Discourse
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Matthew A Lapierre
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
26
2,308
media effects
children and media
persuasion
health communication
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Dam Hee Kim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
17
1,234

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Roberta Schultz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
17
1,060
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
David Cuillier
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
17
770
Freedom of information
journalism
political communication
terror management theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Celeste Gonzalez De Bustamante
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
756
History
Latin America
Mexico
Media/Journalism
US-Mexico border
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Susan E Swanberg
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
1,519
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Fan Dong
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
176
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Heather Gahler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
71
body image
media effects
identity
diverse groups
human development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Anna Cooper
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
50
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Laura Fuchs
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
101