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: 1
Markku Sotarauta
Regional studies
regional economic development
regional development
place leadership
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
50
133
8,288
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hongxiu Li
Digital services
digital innovation
user behaviour
business data analytics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
39
71
8,896
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Antti Lönnqvist
Management
knowledge management
performance management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
39
71
5,712
Tahani Z Aldahdouh
Innovativeness
Technology Acceptance
Professional Development
Higher Education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
6
349
Nadja Nordling
innovation policy
innovation systems
innovation ecosystems
entrepreneurial ecosystems
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
186
Antti Alaja
innovation
economic history
political economy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
114
Anil Engez
Circular Economy
Sustainability
Living Labs
Innovation Ecosystems
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
4
103
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Markku Sotarauta
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
50
133
8,288
Regional studies
regional economic development
regional development
place leadership
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hongxiu Li
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
71
8,896
Digital services
digital innovation
user behaviour
business data analytics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Antti Lönnqvist
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
71
5,712
Management
knowledge management
performance management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Tahani Z Aldahdouh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
6
349
Innovativeness
Technology Acceptance
Professional Development
Higher Education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nadja Nordling
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
186
innovation policy
innovation systems
innovation ecosystems
entrepreneurial ecosystems
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Antti Alaja
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
114
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Anil Engez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
103
Circular Economy
Sustainability
Living Labs
Innovation Ecosystems