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
Daniel Nettle
Human behavioural ecology
Life history
Social behaviour
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
82
207
31,840
Rachel Buchanan
Educational theory and philosophy
Educational policy and politics
Educational technology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
30
1,838
Hugh Lindsay
Roman social history
Ancient biography
Strabo and ancient geography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
25
1,190
Andrea Dolfini
Neolithic and Bronze Age Europe
Archaeometallurgy
Experimental Archaeology
Warfare & Violence
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
24
975
Lutz Sauerteig
History of Medicine
History of Sexualities
History of the Body
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
18
665
Violetta Hionidou
Abortion-Contraception-Reproduction
Famines
History of the Family
Medicine in Modern Greece
Historical Demography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
20
653
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
John Maynard
History
politics
sport
Aboriginal history
Australian history
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
19
729
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Clare Hickman
Environmental history
landscape history
medical history
garden history
sensory history
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
393
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Mark Pc Jackson
Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology
Ceramics
Churches
Settlements
Landscapes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
12
442
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Zeynep Kezer
cultural landscapes
infrastructure
turkey
environmental history
state formation processes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
386
Wayne Reynolds
Foreign Affairs
Defence Strategy
Nuclear Weapons.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
8
664
James B Stanfield
International development and education
technology enhanced learning
self-organising systems in education
history of educatio
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
438
Rachel Hammersley
intellectual history
history of political thought
revolutions
democracy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
272
Adam Mearns
History of the English language
lexical semantics
Old English language and literature
language variation and change
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
5
148
Emma Hamilton
US and Australian history
film
cultural studies
methodology
widening participation in higher education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
118
Kate Ariotti
Australian History
War and Society
Prisoners of War
Histories of Death and Grief
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
1
53
Stephanie Carter
music print culture
English music history before 1800
music print trade
music ownership
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
46
Sarah Campbell
Northern Ireland
oral history
civil rights
social history
political history
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
36
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Daniel Nettle
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
82
207
31,840
Human behavioural ecology
Life history
Social behaviour
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Alejandro Quiroga
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
40
2,085
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Catharine Coleborne
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
36
1,401
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Rachel Buchanan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
30
1,838
Educational theory and philosophy
Educational policy and politics
Educational technology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hugh Lindsay
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
25
1,190
Roman social history
Ancient biography
Strabo and ancient geography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Andrea Dolfini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
24
975
Neolithic and Bronze Age Europe
Archaeometallurgy
Experimental Archaeology
Warfare & Violence
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Victoria Haskins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
20
788
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Lutz Sauerteig
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
18
665
History of Medicine
History of Sexualities
History of the Body
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Violetta Hionidou
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
20
653
Abortion-Contraception-Reproduction
Famines
History of the Family
Medicine in Modern Greece
Historical Demography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
John Maynard
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
19
729
History
politics
sport
Aboriginal history
Australian history
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Roger D Markwick
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
15
696
Modern European history
esp. Russian & Soviet
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Clare Hickman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
393
Environmental history
landscape history
medical history
garden history
sensory history
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mark Pc Jackson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
12
442
Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology
Ceramics
Churches
Settlements
Landscapes
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Zeynep Kezer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
386
cultural landscapes
infrastructure
turkey
environmental history
state formation processes
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Wayne Reynolds
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
664
Foreign Affairs
Defence Strategy
Nuclear Weapons.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Matt Perry
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
7
445
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Bruce Baker
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
335
American history
business history
labor history
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
David Rose
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
7
212
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
James B Stanfield
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
438
International development and education
technology enhanced learning
self-organising systems in education
history of educatio
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Rachel Hammersley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
272
intellectual history
history of political thought
revolutions
democracy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Andrew Walton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
6
166
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Adam Mearns
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
148
History of the English language
lexical semantics
Old English language and literature
language variation and change
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Emma Hamilton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
118
US and Australian history
film
cultural studies
methodology
widening participation in higher education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Kate Ariotti
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
1
53
Australian History
War and Society
Prisoners of War
Histories of Death and Grief
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Elizabeth Roberts-Pedersen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
76
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Martin Farr
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
53
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Stephanie Carter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
46
music print culture
English music history before 1800
music print trade
music ownership
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Sarah Campbell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
36
Northern Ireland
oral history
civil rights
social history
political history
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Philip Garrett
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
95
Medieval Japan
Buddhism
荘園
起請文
tsunami
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Sarah Collins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
6