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 :1
Eugenia Kalnay
Meteorology
Atmospheric Sciences
Numerical Weather Prediction
Data Assimilation
Population and Climate Change
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
81
227
79,403
Da Lin Zhang
Mesoscale meteorology
Numerical weather prediction
Severe storms
Regional climate
Urban meteorology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
60
155
12,414
Da Lin Zhang
tropical cyclones
extreme rainfall
urbanization effects
severe storms
numerical weather prediction
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
60
154
12,201
Huan Wu
Hydrometeorology
Hydrological Modelling
Flood
HydroEcology
Land Surface Modelling
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
38
3,134
Menglin Jin
Atmospheric Science
Climate Change
Satellite Remote Sensing
Land-surface Modeling
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
27
2,910
Ujjwal Narayan
Microwave remote sensing
Hydrology
Numerical Weather Prediction
GIS
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
639
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Eugenia Kalnay
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
81
227
79,403
Meteorology
Atmospheric Sciences
Numerical Weather Prediction
Data Assimilation
Population and Climate Change
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Russell Dickerson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
73
176
18,011
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jessica M Sunshine
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
60
137
13,656
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Da Lin Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
60
155
12,414
Mesoscale meteorology
Numerical weather prediction
Severe storms
Regional climate
Urban meteorology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Da Lin Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
60
154
12,201
tropical cyclones
extreme rainfall
urbanization effects
severe storms
numerical weather prediction
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Phillip Alan Arkin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
54
96
33,697
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
James Carton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
53
118
15,617
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Timothy A Livengood
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
55
2,979
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Juying Warner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
42
4,337
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Huan Wu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
38
3,134
Hydrometeorology
Hydrological Modelling
Flood
HydroEcology
Land Surface Modelling
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Menglin Jin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
27
2,910
Atmospheric Science
Climate Change
Satellite Remote Sensing
Land-surface Modeling
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Seoung Soo Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
36
2,505
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Michael Fox Rabinovitz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
37
1,998
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Myungje Choi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
31
1,834
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Youtong Zheng
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
26
1,397
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Daniel Kirk Davidoff
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
19
1,763
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Derrick Lampkin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
18
1,021
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Augustin Vintzileos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
18
2,433
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sujung Go
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
589
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ujjwal Narayan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
639
Microwave remote sensing
Hydrology
Numerical Weather Prediction
GIS
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kunhikrishnan Thengumthara
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
193
Atmospheric Sciences
Hydrology
Remote Sensing
Climate Dynamics
Data Assimilation