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" (936,900 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
Neil Levy
Philosophy
free will
social epistemology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
59
174
12,251
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
John Sutton
memory
embodied cognition
distributed cognition
cog humanities
philosophy of cognitive science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
48
107
9,205
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mark Alfano
Moral Psychology
Epistemology
Nietzsche
Experimental Philosophy
Trust
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
36
81
5,014
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Catriona Mackenzie
Ethics
Applied Ethics
Feminist Philosophy
Moral Psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
34
58
10,195
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Robert M Ross
Delusions
Meta-Science
Misinformation
Reasoning
Religion
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
49
3,983
Richard Menary
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Neuroscience
philosophy of biology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
32
5,357

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jeanette Kennett
moral psychology
ethics
neuroethics
moral cognition
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
38
2,851
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Edward Wray Bliss
Ethics
religion
organisation
leadership
critical management studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
32
3,877
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Karola Stotz
Philosophy of Biology and Cognitive Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
31
3,185
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
David Christian
Russian History
Big History
HIstory of Inner Eurasia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
49
6,063
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Katrina Hutchison
Bioethics
Feminist Philosophy
Moral Psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
25
1,023
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Pierrick Bourrat
philosophy of biology
natural selection
levels of selection
religion
cultural evolution
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
39
1,565
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Danijel Džino
Ancient History
Medieval History
Roman history
Late antiquity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
41
1,462
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Robert Sinnerbrink
Aesthetics
philosophy of film
phenomenology
critical theory
Continental philosophy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
35
1,709
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bronwen Neil
late antiquity
Byzantine studies
Roman and Greek early Christianity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
28
1,126
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Robert Reynolds
Australian History
Oral History
Histories of Sexuality
Psychoanalysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
30
1,387
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mianna Lotz
Ethics
applied ethics
reproduction
family ethics
innovative surgery.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
18
782
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Paul Mckechnie
Greek and Roman history
early Christianity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
23
942
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Shirleene Robinson
History
Oral History
Gender
Sexuality
Australian History
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
21
679
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Albert Atkin
Philosophy of Race
Pragmatism
Peirce
Philosophy of Language
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
14
1,500
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Linda Evans
Human-Animal relationship
Animal Symbolism
Environmental History
Egyptology
Animal Behaviour
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
14
1,485
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Boyo Ockinga
Egyptology
Ancient History
Ancient Near East
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
16
729
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Jelle Bruineberg
attention
embodied cognition
theoretical neuroscience
philosophy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
16
1,993
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Joanne Faulkner
Settler colonialism
Critical Childhood Studies
Gender
Feminist philosophy
Nietzsche
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
17
692
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Susan Lupack
Bronze Age
Linear B
Religion
Bronze Age Ceramics
Archaic and Classical Ceramics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
14
461
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Karin Sowada
Archaeology of Egypt & the Levant
archaeological science
Egyptian mummies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
15
666
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Shawn A Ross
History
Archaeology
Open Research
Digital Methods
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
17
469
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Ken Parry
Byzantine Studies
Eastern Christianity
Silk Road Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
14
689
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Pascal Geraghty
Genetic population structure
life-history parameters
fishery management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
414
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Michelle Arrow
Australian history
history on television
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
12
475
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Virginia Madsen
media studies & media history
sound studies
radio studies and production
audio and sound arts
documentary studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
347
Oisin Deery
Philosophy of Mind/ Action
Agency and Responsibility
Cognitive Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
305
Ross Burns
ancient history
Middle East
Syria
historical geography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
8
555
Siobhan Lyons
Philosophy
popular culture
media
cultural studies
technology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
6
242
Christopher Forbes
History of Greek and Roman Philosophy
Hellenistic History
New Testament
Early Christianity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
635
Paul Mikhail Catapang Podosky
Conceptual Engineering
Critical Race Theory
Feminism
Animal Ethics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
143
Alexander James Gillett
Philosophy of Science
Spatial Cognition
Enculturated Cognition
Distributed Cognition
Interdisciplinarity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
141
Wendy C Higgins
Philosophy of measurement
construct validity
cognitive science
metascience
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
72
Janet Wade
Ancient History
Byzantine and Medieval History
Modern History
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
0
23
Thomas A Corbin
Generative AI
Higher Education
The Philosophy of Education
Assessment
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
106
Elizabeth Stockdale
ancient epic
Homeric epic
ancient ethics
female figures in ancient Greek literature
in Greek
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
8
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Neil Levy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
59
174
12,251
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
John Sutton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
48
107
9,205
memory
embodied cognition
distributed cognition
cog humanities
philosophy of cognitive science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mark Alfano
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
81
5,014
Moral Psychology
Epistemology
Nietzsche
Experimental Philosophy
Trust
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Catriona Mackenzie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
58
10,195
Ethics
Applied Ethics
Feminist Philosophy
Moral Psychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Robert M Ross
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
49
3,983
Delusions
Meta-Science
Misinformation
Reasoning
Religion
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ian Worthington
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
59
3,887
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ray Laurence
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
68
4,971
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jean Philippe Deranty
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
49
3,321
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Richard Menary
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
32
5,357
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Neuroscience
philosophy of biology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Paul Formosa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
41
1,993

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jeanette Kennett
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
38
2,851
moral psychology
ethics
neuroethics
moral cognition
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Edward Wray Bliss
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
32
3,877
Ethics
religion
organisation
leadership
critical management studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Karola Stotz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
31
3,185
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
David Christian
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
49
6,063
Russian History
Big History
HIstory of Inner Eurasia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Katrina Hutchison
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
25
1,023
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Pierrick Bourrat
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
39
1,565
philosophy of biology
natural selection
levels of selection
religion
cultural evolution
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Danijel Džino
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
41
1,462
Ancient History
Medieval History
Roman history
Late antiquity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Robert Sinnerbrink
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
35
1,709
Aesthetics
philosophy of film
phenomenology
critical theory
Continental philosophy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bronwen Neil
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
28
1,126
late antiquity
Byzantine studies
Roman and Greek early Christianity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Robert Reynolds
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
30
1,387
Australian History
Oral History
Histories of Sexuality
Psychoanalysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mianna Lotz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
18
782
Ethics
applied ethics
reproduction
family ethics
innovative surgery.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Paul Mckechnie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
23
942
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Chris Dixon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
22
1,109
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Shirleene Robinson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
21
679
History
Oral History
Gender
Sexuality
Australian History
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Tanya Evans
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
20
915
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Regina E. Fabry
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
17
470
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Albert Atkin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
14
1,500
Philosophy of Race
Pragmatism
Peirce
Philosophy of Language
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Linda Evans
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
14
1,485
Human-Animal relationship
Animal Symbolism
Environmental History
Egyptology
Animal Behaviour
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Boyo Ockinga
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
16
729
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Robert Spillane
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
17
891
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Jelle Bruineberg
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
16
1,993
attention
embodied cognition
theoretical neuroscience
philosophy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Anke Snoek
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
18
685
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Joanne Faulkner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
17
692
Settler colonialism
Critical Childhood Studies
Gender
Feminist philosophy
Nietzsche
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Susan Lupack
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
461
Bronze Age
Linear B
Religion
Bronze Age Ceramics
Archaic and Classical Ceramics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Karin Sowada
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
15
666
Archaeology of Egypt & the Levant
archaeological science
Egyptian mummies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Shawn A Ross
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
17
469
History
Archaeology
Open Research
Digital Methods
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Ken Parry
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
689
Byzantine Studies
Eastern Christianity
Silk Road Studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Mark Hearn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
16
582
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Pascal Geraghty
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
414
Genetic population structure
life-history parameters
fishery management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Michelle Arrow
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
475
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Virginia Madsen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
347
media studies & media history
sound studies
radio studies and production
audio and sound arts
documentary studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Peter Edwell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
570
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Oisin Deery
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
305
Philosophy of Mind/ Action
Agency and Responsibility
Cognitive Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Ross Burns
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
555
ancient history
Middle East
Syria
historical geography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Marcello Messina
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
6
346
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Siobhan Lyons
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
6
242
Philosophy
popular culture
media
cultural studies
technology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Ian Plant
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
461
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Christopher Forbes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
635
History of Greek and Roman Philosophy
Hellenistic History
New Testament
Early Christianity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Paul Mikhail Catapang Podosky
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
143
Conceptual Engineering
Critical Race Theory
Feminism
Animal Ethics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Alexander James Gillett
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
141
Philosophy of Science
Spatial Cognition
Enculturated Cognition
Distributed Cognition
Interdisciplinarity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
John Scannell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
68
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Wendy C Higgins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
72
Philosophy of measurement
construct validity
cognitive science
metascience
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Janet Wade
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
23
Ancient History
Byzantine and Medieval History
Modern History
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Stephane Savanah
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
332
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Thomas A Corbin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
106
Generative AI
Higher Education
The Philosophy of Education
Assessment
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Elizabeth Stockdale
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
8
ancient epic
Homeric epic
ancient ethics
female figures in ancient Greek literature
in Greek
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Benjamin R Overcash
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
4
ancient history
early Christianity
papyrology
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