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 :2
Patrick Roberts
Palaeoecology
Archaeology
Land Use
Anthropocene
Historical Ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
39
95
4,948
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Denise Kühnert
Phylodynamics
Phylogenetics
Molecular epidemiology
Stochastic processes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
34
44
13,285
Steven T. Goldstein
Archaeology
East African prehistory
lithics
food production
climate change
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
24
1,467
Arthur Kocher
Disease ecology
Pathogen evolution
DNA metabarcoding
Ancient DNA
Bayesian inference
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
20
803
Anne-Maria Fehn
historical linguistics
areal linguistics
Khoisan studies
multidisciplinary studies
human
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
17
604
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Emma Finestone
Human Evolution
Paleoanthropology
Oldowan Behavior
Plio-Pleistocene Hominins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
295
Amy Hatton
computational archaeology
spatial statistics
landscape arcaheology
southern Africa
middle stone
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
106
Annika Tjuka
Language
Linguistics
Psycholinguistics
Semantic Typology
Cognition
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
58
Michael J Ziegler
Vertebrate Paleontology
Megafauna Extinctions
Sedimentology
Science Outreach & Education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
3
132
Bryan Cordova
Human Microbiome
Evolutionary Biology
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
3
76
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Johannes Krause
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
104
220
51,858
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Patrick Roberts
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
95
4,948
Palaeoecology
Archaeology
Land Use
Anthropocene
Historical Ecology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Stephan Schiffels
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
46
9,952
Population Genetics
Molecular Evolution
Bioinformatics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Denise Kühnert
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
44
13,285
Phylodynamics
Phylogenetics
Molecular epidemiology
Stochastic processes
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Olivier Morin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
34
1,836
quantitative cultural history
cultural evolution
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Steven T. Goldstein
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
24
1,467
Archaeology
East African prehistory
lithics
food production
climate change
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Arthur Kocher
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
20
803
Disease ecology
Pathogen evolution
DNA metabarcoding
Ancient DNA
Bayesian inference
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Anne-Maria Fehn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
17
604
historical linguistics
areal linguistics
Khoisan studies
multidisciplinary studies
human
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Christoph Rzymski
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
637
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Emma Finestone
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
295
Human Evolution
Paleoanthropology
Oldowan Behavior
Plio-Pleistocene Hominins
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Hiba Babiker
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
533
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nils Vanwezer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
218
Palaeolithic
Human Evolution
Spatial Analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Phylogenetics
Phylodynamics
Evolutionary Biology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Carlo Cocozza
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
110
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Amy Hatton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
106
computational archaeology
spatial statistics
landscape arcaheology
southern Africa
middle stone
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Annika Tjuka
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
58
Language
Linguistics
Psycholinguistics
Semantic Typology
Cognition
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Michael J Ziegler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
132
Vertebrate Paleontology
Megafauna Extinctions
Sedimentology
Science Outreach & Education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Bryan Cordova
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
76
Human Microbiome
Evolutionary Biology
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mary Lucas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
41
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24