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
Peter Haase
Long-term ecological research
river and floodplain ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
64
144
11,599
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Phillip J. Haubrock
Invasive species
Long-term ecological research
Limnology
Ichthyology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
77
3,779
Thomas Lehmann
Palaeontology
Mammals
Afrotheria
African Neogene
Old World Paleogene
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
28
3,736
Julia Intemann
Knowledge transfer
History of science
Philosophy of science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
584
Julian Ahlborn
Grassland systems
Fish farms
Agro ecology
nature conservation
Vegetation ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
160
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Peter Haase
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
64
144
11,599
Long-term ecological research
river and floodplain ecology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Steffen U. Pauls
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
85
6,814
Stream Ecology
Entomology
Evolutionary Ecology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Dieter Uhl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
99
5,682
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Phillip J. Haubrock
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
77
3,779
Invasive species
Long-term ecological research
Limnology
Ichthyology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Torben Riehl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
35
1,604
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Thomas Lehmann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
28
3,736
Palaeontology
Mammals
Afrotheria
African Neogene
Old World Paleogene
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Julia Intemann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
584
Knowledge transfer
History of science
Philosophy of science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jennifer Reinecke
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
276
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Julian Ahlborn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
160
Grassland systems
Fish farms
Agro ecology
nature conservation
Vegetation ecology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Xi-Ling Deng 邓熙龄
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
37
phylogeography
phylogenomics
mountain biodiversity