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" (870,057 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
Carol Ptacek
Hydrogeology
Environmental Geochemistry
Groundwater
Remediation
Contaminant Transport
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
59
165
16,313
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Monica Emelko
drinking water treatment
pathogens
filtration
wildfire QMRA
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
38
68
4,536
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Brendon Mh Larson
connection-to-nature
conservation and society
invasive species
metaphor
natural history
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
38
64
6,935
Amelia Clarke
sustainability management
climate mitigation
partnerships
strategy
youth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
43
3,603
Bruce Frayne
Cities
Food Security
Migration
International Development
Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
29
44
3,418
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rashmi Chandra
Science for Sustainability
Environmental Biotechnology
Environmental engineering
Biofuels
Renewable energy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
36
2,796

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Brent Doberstein
disaster risk reduction
hazards
climate change adaptation
resilience
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
36
3,279
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Andre Ja Unger Peng
Water Infrastructure Finance
Project Risk & Uncertainty
Computational Hydrology
Water Resources Management...
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
33
2,110
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Warren Dodd
global health
global development
migration
food security
climate change
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
41
1,749
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
John Quilty
Water Resources
Machine Learning
Forecasting
Simulation
Uncertainty
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
24
2,451
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Vanessa Schweizer
scenarios
futures studies
climate change
resilience
complex systems
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
23
1,741
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Rebecca Saari
Air quality
air pollution
climate policy
health impacts
co-benefits
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
21
1,395
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
M Salim Uddin
Environmental Management
Community Resilience
Disaster Governance
Community Development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
31
1,263
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Anh Le Tuan Pham
Environmental Chemistry
Biogeochemistry
Water Quality Engineering
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
20
1,553
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nathan Grishkewich
Wastewater treatment
nanocellulose
renewable nanomaterials
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
19
2,848
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
KA Scott
environmental systems
data assimilation
remote sensing
sea ice
turbulence
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
31
1,093
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ushnik Mukherjee
Food-Water-Energy Nexus
Air Pollutant Health Impacts
Environmental Inequality
Integrated Assessment Modeling
Energy Optimiza
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
17
905
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Carrie Mitchell
climate change
resilience
planning
communication
equity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
17
1,093
Denis Kirchhoff
environmental assessment
sustainability
resource development
Indigenous peoples
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
13
478
Sean Geobey
Social Innovation
Social Finance
Design Thinking
Participatory Budgeting
Governance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
13
1,326
Mahyar Shafii
Hydrological/biogeochemical modelling
environmental models identification
multicriteria optimization
climate change analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
722
Andrea M Collins
Gender
Global Land and Agricultural Governance
Food Politics
Global Governance
Feminist IPE
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
421
Kaitlyn Rathwell
art and environmental change
bridging knowledge systems
indigenous knowledge
Arctic
knowledge pluralism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
1,002
Abiola D Obembe
Deep learning
Machine learning
Fluid Flow in Porous media
Reservoir Simulation
Numerical
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
285
Shupa Rahman
Industrial ecology
Food security
Circular economy
Island industrial ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
4
94
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Derek Armitage
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
62
133
19,805
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Carol Ptacek
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
59
165
16,313
Hydrogeology
Environmental Geochemistry
Groundwater
Remediation
Contaminant Transport
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Walter A Illman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
42
79
5,030
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Simon Courtenay
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
42
127
5,222
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Monica Emelko
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
68
4,536
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Brendon Mh Larson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
64
6,935
connection-to-nature
conservation and society
invasive species
metaphor
natural history
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sarah Burch
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
63
7,495
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Amelia Clarke
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
43
3,603
sustainability management
climate mitigation
partnerships
strategy
youth
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Bruce Frayne
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
44
3,418
Cities
Food Security
Migration
International Development
Africa
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rashmi Chandra
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
36
2,796
Science for Sustainability
Environmental Biotechnology
Environmental engineering
Biofuels
Renewable energy

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Linda Mortsch
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
44
3,329
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Brent Doberstein
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
36
3,279
disaster risk reduction
hazards
climate change adaptation
resilience
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Christopher G Fletcher
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
30
2,236
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Andre Ja Unger Peng
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
33
2,110
Water Infrastructure Finance
Project Risk & Uncertainty
Computational Hydrology
Water Resources Management...
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Warren Dodd
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
41
1,749
global health
global development
migration
food security
climate change
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
John Quilty
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
24
2,451
Water Resources
Machine Learning
Forecasting
Simulation
Uncertainty
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Andrew Trant
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
30
4,322
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Johanna Wandel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
28
12,674
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Vanessa Schweizer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
23
1,741
scenarios
futures studies
climate change
resilience
complex systems
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Rebecca Saari
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
21
1,395
Air quality
air pollution
climate policy
health impacts
co-benefits
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
M Salim Uddin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
31
1,263
Environmental Management
Community Resilience
Disaster Governance
Community Development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Anh Le Tuan Pham
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
20
1,553
Environmental Chemistry
Biogeochemistry
Water Quality Engineering
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nathan Grishkewich
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
19
2,848
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
KA Scott
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
31
1,093
environmental systems
data assimilation
remote sensing
sea ice
turbulence
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ushnik Mukherjee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
17
905
Food-Water-Energy Nexus
Air Pollutant Health Impacts
Environmental Inequality
Integrated Assessment Modeling
Energy Optimiza
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Carrie Mitchell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
17
1,093
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Denis Kirchhoff
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
478
environmental assessment
sustainability
resource development
Indigenous peoples
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Sean Geobey
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
13
1,326
Social Innovation
Social Finance
Design Thinking
Participatory Budgeting
Governance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Nishil Mohammed
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
2,288
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Mahyar Shafii
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
722
Hydrological/biogeochemical modelling
environmental models identification
multicriteria optimization
climate change analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Andrea M Collins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
421
Gender
Global Land and Agricultural Governance
Food Politics
Global Governance
Feminist IPE
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Kaitlyn Rathwell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
1,002
art and environmental change
bridging knowledge systems
indigenous knowledge
Arctic
knowledge pluralism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Joel W. Harrison
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
267
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Abiola D Obembe
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
285
Deep learning
Machine learning
Fluid Flow in Porous media
Reservoir Simulation
Numerical
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Shupa Rahman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
94
Industrial ecology
Food security
Circular economy
Island industrial ecology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Alexandra Kunert
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
64
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Ali Reza Shahvaran
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
15
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Vandana Bharti
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
23