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" (873,937 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 :2
Peter Reuter
First interest
economics of illegal markets Second interest
drug policy ...
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
76
238
25,290
Douglas Besharov
Welfare Reform
Child Abuse
Child Welfare
Family Policy
Poverty
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
37
118
5,652
Yueming Lucy Qiu
Energy Economics and Energy Policy
Environmental Economics
Technology and Innovation Policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
29
53
2,872
Steve Fetter
Nuclear weapons
nonproliferation
nuclear energy
climate change
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
50
3,741
Philip Joyce
Public administration
Public budgeting
Public budgeting and finance
federal budgeting
performance budgeting
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
34
4,159
Aaron Mannes
Public Policy
International Affairs
Political Violence
Computational Modeling
Presidential Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
15
701
Ridwan Islam Sifat
Health Policy
Public Management
Digital Health
Climate Change & Health
Sexual & Reproductive Health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
14
646
Pamela R Bennett
Racial and Ethnic Inequality
Sociology of Education
Residential Segregation
Social Stratification
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
866
J Howard Kucher
social entrepreneurship
nonprofit management
public administration
public/private partnerships
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
58
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Herman Daly
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
83
287
65,666
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Peter Reuter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
76
238
25,290
First interest
economics of illegal markets Second interest
drug policy ...
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Susan Wendy Parker
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
78
6,074
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Douglas Besharov
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
118
5,652
Welfare Reform
Child Abuse
Child Welfare
Family Policy
Poverty
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Yueming Lucy Qiu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
53
2,872
Energy Economics and Energy Policy
Environmental Economics
Technology and Innovation Policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Steve Fetter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
50
3,741
Nuclear weapons
nonproliferation
nuclear energy
climate change
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Philip Joyce
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
34
4,159
Public administration
Public budgeting
Public budgeting and finance
federal budgeting
performance budgeting
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Phillip Swagel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
26
6,792
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Aaron Mannes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
15
701
Public Policy
International Affairs
Political Violence
Computational Modeling
Presidential Studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ridwan Islam Sifat
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
646
Health Policy
Public Management
Digital Health
Climate Change & Health
Sexual & Reproductive Health
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Christopher H Foreman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
731
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Pamela R Bennett
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
866
Racial and Ethnic Inequality
Sociology of Education
Residential Segregation
Social Stratification
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
J Howard Kucher
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
58
social entrepreneurship
nonprofit management
public administration
public/private partnerships