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" (1,014,167 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
Francisco J Cervantes
Environmental Biotechnology
Environmental Microbiology
Anammox
humus
nanobiotechnology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
51
114
9,303
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Abelardo Rodriguez
Res. and Agr. economics
agriculture value chains
climate change
evaluations
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
140
5,829
Hugo Olvera Vargas
wastewater treatment
electrocatalysis
electrochemical advanced oxidation processes
environmental
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
39
2,920
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Jorge Marcial Islas Samperio
Energy Economy
Energy and Climate Change Mitigation
Sustainability of Energy Systems
Modeling of Public Policies in Energy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
30
1,382
Fernando Antonio Rosete Verges
Land use planning
Landscape planning
Environmental public policy
Climate change adaptation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
24
1,589
Ana L Burgos
water security
watershed management
rural development
rural territories
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
17
786
Tonantzin Tarin
Water and carbon cycle
ecohydrology
plant physiology
ecophysiolgoy
biogeosciences
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
12
1,758
David González
Environment
Decision making
Ecological Economics
Sustainability
Environmental Sciences
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
2,319
René Cardeña
Enviromental Biotechnology
Biofuels
Bioelectrochemical systems
Hydrogen
Methane
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
273
Carol Hernandez
seed sovereignty
agrobiodiversity conservation
climate change politics
peasant studies
bioethics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
71
Abi Haro
climate change
socio-ecological systems
adaptation
sustainable livelihoods
agriculture
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
26
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Francisco J Cervantes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
51
114
9,303
Environmental Biotechnology
Environmental Microbiology
Anammox
humus
nanobiotechnology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Joan Albert Sanchez Cabeza
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
46
173
8,083
Global Change
Climate Change
Environmental Radioactivity
Radiochronology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Teresa I Fortoul
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
131
5,798
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Pablo Vinuesa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
61
6,095
Microbiology
Genomics
Evolutionary Genetics
Ecology
Bioinformatics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Abelardo Rodriguez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
140
5,829
Res. and Agr. economics
agriculture value chains
climate change
evaluations
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hugo Olvera Vargas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
39
2,920
wastewater treatment
electrocatalysis
electrochemical advanced oxidation processes
environmental
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
53
7,245
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Juan P Carricart Ganivet
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
53
2,926
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
CD Bazua
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
38
1,656
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jorge Marcial Islas Samperio
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
30
1,382
Energy Economy
Energy and Climate Change Mitigation
Sustainability of Energy Systems
Modeling of Public Policies in Energy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Juan C Durán Álvarez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
34
1,912
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Fernando Antonio Rosete Verges
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
24
1,589
Land use planning
Landscape planning
Environmental public policy
Climate change adaptation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Simón González Martínez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
23
1,230
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ruth Cerezo Mota
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
17
2,266
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ana L Burgos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
17
786
water security
watershed management
rural development
rural territories
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Víctor Manuel Ruiz-García
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
370
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Tonantzin Tarin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
1,758
Water and carbon cycle
ecohydrology
plant physiology
ecophysiolgoy
biogeosciences
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
David González
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
2,319
Environment
Decision making
Ecological Economics
Sustainability
Environmental Sciences
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
René Cardeña
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
273
Enviromental Biotechnology
Biofuels
Bioelectrochemical systems
Hydrogen
Methane
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
José Luis Bonilla Gómez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
6
411
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Litza Halla Velazquez Jimenez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
804
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Carol Hernandez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
71
seed sovereignty
agrobiodiversity conservation
climate change politics
peasant studies
bioethics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Luis Daniel Olivares Martínez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
85
pedology
soil classification
geoarchaeology
hydropedology
environmental management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Daniel Auliz Ortiz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
45
Conservation
Protected Areas
Climate Change
Biosdiversity
Spatial analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Abi Haro
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
26
climate change
socio-ecological systems
adaptation
sustainable livelihoods
agriculture