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.

Marcia Hermansen
Islamic Studies
Sufism
Religious Studies
Gender
South Asia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
49
1,738
JD Trout
Philosophy of Science
cognitive science
speech perception
Philosophy of mind
philosophy of psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
31
3,377
Brian M Lavelle
Ancient Greek history: Archaic Greece
tyranny
democracy
Archilochos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
17
713
M Therese Lysaught
Catholic moral theology
bioethics
theological ethics
theological bioethics
Catholic health care
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
19
704
Michelle Nickerson
U.S. History
political history
women's and gender history
urban history
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
558
David Dennis
Modern European Cultural and Intellectual History
Cultural History of Computing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
7
398
James S Mastaler,
Religion and Ecology
Environmental Ethics
Social Justice
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
56

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Thomas L Carson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
39
3,324
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Marcia Hermansen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
49
1,738
Islamic Studies
Sufism
Religious Studies
Gender
South Asia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Noah W Sobe
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
37
1,323
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
JD Trout
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
31
3,377
Philosophy of Science
cognitive science
speech perception
Philosophy of mind
philosophy of psychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Brian M Lavelle
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
17
713
Ancient Greek history: Archaic Greece
tyranny
democracy
Archilochos
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
M Therese Lysaught
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
19
704
Catholic moral theology
bioethics
theological ethics
theological bioethics
Catholic health care
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Michelle Nickerson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
558
U.S. History
political history
women's and gender history
urban history
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
David Dennis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
398
Modern European Cultural and Intellectual History
Cultural History of Computing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Miguel H Diaz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
171
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
James S Mastaler,
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
56
Religion and Ecology
Environmental Ethics
Social Justice

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Dimitris Apostolopoulos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
45
Phenomenology
Aesthetics
Post-Kantian European Philosophy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Emily Cain
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
18
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Clinton Neptune
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
7
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ndidi Nwaneri
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
8
Philosophy
Public Policy
International Development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Miguel Cerón-Becerra
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
5
migration
domestic labor
domestic work
exploitation