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" (873,864 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
Earle R Williams
Physical meteorology
atmospheric electricity
cloud physics
lightning
radar meteorology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
83
233
23,641
Chien Wang
Atmospheric Sciences
Climate
Aerosol and Cloud
Atmospheric Chemistry
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
45
81
8,276
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Kerry Emanuel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
125
320
74,396
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Earle R Williams
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
83
233
23,641
Physical meteorology
atmospheric electricity
cloud physics
lightning
radar meteorology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Elfatih AB Eltahir
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
63
142
16,059
Hydrology
Water Resources
Climate
Meteorology
Infectious disease
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Noelle Eckley Selin|Noelle Eckley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
59
115
22,215
air pollution impacts
sustainability science
science-policy
mercury
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ra Plumb
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
58
106
15,304
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Daniel J Cziczo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
50
88
9,601
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Chien Wang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
81
8,276
Atmospheric Sciences
Climate
Aerosol and Cloud
Atmospheric Chemistry
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Paul O Gorman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
43
65
12,209
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
John G Dwyer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
40
5,569
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
David A Ridley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
35
4,183
Climate Science
Aerosol Microphysics
Dust Emission
Sub-Grid Processes
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
William J Blackwell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
56
2,683
Atmospheric remote sensing
radiometry
estimation
signal processing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Qing Ye
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
24
1,497
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Timothy Bonin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
26
1,260
Boundary layer meteorology
Unmanned aerial systems
Doppler lidar
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Diane J Ivy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
22
1,892
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kristina Dahl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
16
2,553
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Alexander J Evans
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
16
769
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Rodney Cole
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
18
710
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
David M Blair
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
536
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Muge Komurcu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
900
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Daniel Gallagher
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
879
climate adaptation
international development
planning
political economy
water