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" (870,053 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
Jules Van Lier
Environmental Engineering
Wastewater Treatment
Anaerobic Treatment Technology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
83
274
28,520
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
David A. Vermaas
Renewable energy
membrane technology
electrochemistry
environmental science
mass transport
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
41
53
7,138
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ming Yang
Resilience and Process Safety
Dynamic Risk Assessment
Offshore Safety
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
34
79
3,562
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Thomas Frederikse
Sea level rise
sea level
climate change
geodesy
soil water content
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
36
4,479
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Amineh Ghorbani
institutional modelling
institutional network analysis
climate change
social simulation
community action
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
42
2,019
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Elif Ozcan
product design
sound design
product sounds
environmental sounds
conceptual design
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
33
1,057
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Arjen Meijer
environmental sciences
life cycle assessment
sustainable building
circular built environment
circular building
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
23
1,677

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Poonam Taneja
Uncertainty & Flexibility
Port Planning
Sustainability
Climate Change
Transport and logistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
21
736
Yawei Chen
Urban China Studies
governance
mega (flagship) projects
urban resilience
climate change
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
16
700
Devanita Ghosh
Biogeochemistry
Microbial Ecology
Environmental Engineering
Water Quality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
15
629
Luciano Raso
Water Resources Management
Optimal Reservoir Operation
Stochastic Hydrology
Adaptation to Climate Change
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
13
584
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Robbert Kleerebezem
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
85
183
22,799
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jules Van Lier
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
83
274
28,520
Environmental Engineering
Wastewater Treatment
Anaerobic Treatment Technology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
David A. Vermaas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
41
53
7,138
Renewable energy
membrane technology
electrochemistry
environmental science
mass transport
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ming Yang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
79
3,562
Resilience and Process Safety
Dynamic Risk Assessment
Offshore Safety
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Stefan Pfenninger|Stefan Pfenninger-Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
49
10,365
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Thomas Frederikse
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
36
4,479
Sea level rise
sea level
climate change
geodesy
soil water content
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Amineh Ghorbani
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
42
2,019
institutional modelling
institutional network analysis
climate change
social simulation
community action
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
William T Ball
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
33
1,988
Air quality
Climate
Ozone
Statistical methods
Remote Sensing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Elif Ozcan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
33
1,057
product design
sound design
product sounds
environmental sounds
conceptual design
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Arjen Meijer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
23
1,677
environmental sciences
life cycle assessment
sustainable building
circular built environment
circular building

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ludovic Jourdin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
16
1,970
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Poonam Taneja
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
21
736
Uncertainty & Flexibility
Port Planning
Sustainability
Climate Change
Transport and logistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Yawei Chen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
16
700
Urban China Studies
governance
mega (flagship) projects
urban resilience
climate change
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Devanita Ghosh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
15
629
Biogeochemistry
Microbial Ecology
Environmental Engineering
Water Quality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Luciano Raso
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
584
Water Resources Management
Optimal Reservoir Operation
Stochastic Hydrology
Adaptation to Climate Change
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Qiong Chen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
96
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ali Elahinik
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
36