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" (873,690 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
Ankur Desai
Carbon cycle
climate
micrometeorology
biogeochemistry
eddy covariance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
69
176
19,773
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tristan L Ecuyer
Atmospheric Science
Climate Change
Radar
Satellite
Remote Sensing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
63
149
14,067
Benjamin Zuckerberg
climate change
species distributions
citizen science
landscape ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
41
96
8,044
Stephen R Meyers
Paleoclimatology
Paleoceanography
Stratigraphy
Sedimentary Geochemistry
Statistics & Data Analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
36
49
4,994

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David Lorenz
Climate
Climate Variability
Climate Change
Atmospheric Dynamics
Climate Dynamics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
33
2,958
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
John Kutzbach
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
87
174
40,535
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ankur Desai
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
69
176
19,773
Carbon cycle
climate
micrometeorology
biogeochemistry
eddy covariance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tristan L Ecuyer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
63
149
14,067
Atmospheric Science
Climate Change
Radar
Satellite
Remote Sensing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Steve Ackerman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
56
114
19,058
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
R Bradley Pierce
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
120
7,360
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Benjamin Zuckerberg
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
41
96
8,044
climate change
species distributions
citizen science
landscape ecology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Daniel Vimont
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
61
9,873
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Stephen R Meyers
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
49
4,994
Paleoclimatology
Paleoceanography
Stratigraphy
Sedimentary Geochemistry
Statistics & Data Analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Pao K Wang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
97
5,402
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Robert Holz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
57
5,851

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Matthew Hitchman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
57
4,689
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
David Lorenz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
33
2,958
Climate
Climate Variability
Climate Change
Atmospheric Dynamics
Climate Dynamics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Andi Walther
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
27
2,357
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Leigh Orf
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
21
1,248
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mathias Trachsel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
21
1,110
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Claire Pettersen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
20
902
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mathew Gunshor
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
21
1,975
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
David S Henderson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
743
Precipitation
Clouds
Remote Sensing
Numerical Weather Prediction