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" (873,864 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
Nikolaus Franke
Innovation
entrepreneurship
user innovation
toolkits
crowdsourcing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
54
17,278
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Christopher Lettl
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Organization Design
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
49
6,666
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Peter Vandor
migrant entrepreneurship
social entrepreneurship
civil society
experiments
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
16
733
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Reinhard Millner
Social Entrepreneurship
Social Innovation
Impact Investing
Social Impact Bonds
Social Impact Measurement
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
18
666
Peter Keinz
Open and User Innovation
Organizational Design
Knowledge and Technology Transfer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
13
2,556
Linn Kretzschmar
open innovation
crowdsourcing
ideation contests
innovation management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
16
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Nikolaus Franke
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
54
17,278
Innovation
entrepreneurship
user innovation
toolkits
crowdsourcing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Christopher Lettl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
49
6,666
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Organization Design
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Peter Vandor
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
16
733
migrant entrepreneurship
social entrepreneurship
civil society
experiments
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Reinhard Millner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
18
666
Social Entrepreneurship
Social Innovation
Impact Investing
Social Impact Bonds
Social Impact Measurement
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Peter Keinz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
2,556
Open and User Innovation
Organizational Design
Knowledge and Technology Transfer
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Klaus Marhold
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
317
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Katie Hyslop
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
289
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Linn Kretzschmar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
16
open innovation
crowdsourcing
ideation contests
innovation management