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: 1
Achille Mbembe
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
79
285
68,083
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Isabel Hofmeyr
Postcolonial literary studies
print culture
book history
oceanic studies
Indian Ocean studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
63
4,880
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Clive Glaser
modern South African history
immigration
sexuality
youth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
27
1,788
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Dilip Menon
South Asian History
Caste
Communism
Social Theory
Transnational History
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
30
1,119
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sekibakiba Peter Lekgoathi
Radio
Ndebele ethnicity
nationalism
popular struggles
oral history
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
13
481

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Maria Suriano
African history
popular culture
print cultures
transnational anti-apartheid solidarities
life history writing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
213
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Lindelwa Dalamba
South African Jazz
Music History
Jazz
Popular Music
Cultural Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
88
Stacey Sommerdyk
Loango
West Central Africa
Cross-Cultural Exchange
African History
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
49
Luigi Robuschi
Early Modern History
History of Political Thought
History of Ideas
Renaissance Studies
History of Architecture
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
0
18
Kasonde Mukonde
Library Science
theatre
liberation movements
popular culture
South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
6
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Achille Mbembe
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
79
285
68,083
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Peter Delius
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
48
3,601
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Isabel Hofmeyr
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
63
4,880
Postcolonial literary studies
print culture
book history
oceanic studies
Indian Ocean studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Keith Breckenridge
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
32
2,158
History
South Africa
Biometrics
States
Gold Mining
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Lucy Allais
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
29
5,737
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Clive Glaser
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
27
1,788
modern South African history
immigration
sexuality
youth
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Dilip Menon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
30
1,119
South Asian History
Caste
Communism
Social Theory
Transnational History
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Muchaparara Musemwa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
19
735
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sekibakiba Peter Lekgoathi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
481
Radio
Ndebele ethnicity
nationalism
popular struggles
oral history
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Samantha Vice
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
819

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Cynthia Kros
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
16
496
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Arianna Lissoni
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
290
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Maria Suriano
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
213
African history
popular culture
print cultures
transnational anti-apartheid solidarities
life history writing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Priscilla Gerrand
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
109
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sarah Godsell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
106
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Lindelwa Dalamba
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
88
South African Jazz
Music History
Jazz
Popular Music
Cultural Studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jonathan Noble
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
137
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Robert Kowalenko
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
52
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Stacey Sommerdyk
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
49
Loango
West Central Africa
Cross-Cultural Exchange
African History
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Caro C Janse Van Rensburg
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
42
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Luigi Robuschi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
18
Early Modern History
History of Political Thought
History of Ideas
Renaissance Studies
History of Architecture
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Keanu K Mabalane
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
12
Logic
Philosophical Logics
Metaphysics and Ethics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jonathan Botes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
7
History
Queer History
LGBTQIA+ History
Southern Africa
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Kasonde Mukonde
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
6
Library Science
theatre
liberation movements
popular culture
South Africa
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mahlatse Rabothata
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
13
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Angela Ferreira
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
5
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Kebashnee Moodley|Kebashnee Jurakhan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
5
Artificial intelligence
technology in education
data analytics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Vitumbiko Nyirenda
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
4