Top 100 Scientists

World Top 100 Scientists 2025

The ranking of “Top 100” scientists is based on total H-index scores. 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, and Social Sciences. According to Total H. BETA VERSION. Subject field ranking in world, region, country and university is beta version since subject field "others" (1,014,374 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. 

Federico Tosi
Planetary Science
Astronomy
Remote Sensing
Scientific Computing
Space Missions
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
51
157
9,710
Michele Perna
Galaxy Formation & Evolution
Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN)
AGN and stellar feedback
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
37
67
4,608
Diego Turrini
Planetary Science
Planetary Formation
Exoplanets
Scientific Computing
Space Missions
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
37
80
4,748
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Bianca Maria Poggianti
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
80
226
21,419
Galaxy formation and evolution
Observational cosmology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Fabrizio Capaccioni
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
65
161
16,134
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Alberto Cellino
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
59
209
36,131
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ricardo Carrera
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
54
85
15,845
Galactic archaeology
open cluster
Magellanic clouds
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Daniela Bettoni
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
53
122
8,293
galaxy dynamics
cluster of galaxies
early type galaxies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Giancarlo Bellucci
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
53
117
10,972
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Maria Teresa Capria
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
52
134
9,334
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gianrico Filacchione
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
52
138
8,434
Planetary science
Astronomy
VIS-IR Spectroscopy
Remote Sensing
Instrumentation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Federico Tosi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
51
157
9,710
Planetary Science
Astronomy
Remote Sensing
Scientific Computing
Space Missions
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Diego Bossini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
48
77
25,570
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Roberto Ragazzoni
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
48
216
12,331
Astronomical instrumentation - Adaptive Optics - Exoplanets
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Roberto Orosei
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
46
99
7,998
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Davide Grassi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
41
103
6,706
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mario Di Martino
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
102
4,414
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Michele Perna
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
67
4,608
Galaxy Formation & Evolution
Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN)
AGN and stellar feedback
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Diego Turrini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
80
4,748
Planetary Science
Planetary Formation
Exoplanets
Scientific Computing
Space Missions
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Alessandro Frigeri
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
84
6,674
Planetary Science
Geology
Remote Sensing
Data Science
GIS
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Giovanni Catanzaro
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
74
4,575
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Enrico Pinna
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
88
4,233
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lorenzo Lovisari
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
55
3,946
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Francesca Zambon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
57
3,792
Planetary science
spectroscopy
remote sensing
Dawn
BepiColombo
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Alessio Traficante
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
59
4,230
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Alessandro Baldi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
49
3,852
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Alice Lucchetti
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
59
2,288
planetary science
space exploration
Solar System
impact cratering
astronomy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Matteo Genoni
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
42
2,059
Astrofisica
Strumentazione Astronomica
Ottica
Ingeneria
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Giustina Vietri
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
33
2,299
Galaxy formation and evolution
Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN)
AGN feedback
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Filippo Marcello Maccagni
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
24
908
Astronomy
Radioastronomy
Active Galactic Nuclei
Neutral Hydrogen
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Simone De Angelis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
21
606
Planetary Sciences
VIS-IR spectroscopy
Planetary Analogues
Meteorites
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Adaptive Optics
Astronomical Instrumentation
Optics
Young Stellar Objects and Star Formation
etc
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Davide Greggio
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
17
631
astronomy
optical design
planetary sciences
adaptive optics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Cristina Re
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
17
563
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Salvatore Savarese
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
335