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
Philip Pettit
Moral Philosophy
Social Philosophy
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Metaphysics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
101
321
49,398
Alexander Nehamas
Ancient philosophy
Nietzsche
Philosophy of Art
French Thought
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
42
70
10,366
Daniel Garber
History of Philosophy
History of Science
History and Philosophy of Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
36
77
6,061
Hans Halvorson
philosophy of science
category theory
mathematical logic
philosophy of physics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
43
3,214
Victoria Mcgeer
philosophy of mind
moral psychology
cognitive psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
36
3,459
Adam Elga
epistemology
philosophy of science
probability
counterfactuals
philosophy of mind
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
18
3,664
James S Waters
Comparative Physiology
Biomechanics
Collective Behavior
Ants
Natural History
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
17
1,580
Hendrik Hartog
American History
Legal History
American Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
22
4,581
Lara Buchak
Decision Theory
Game Theory
Epistemology
Philosophy of Religion
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
20
1,758
Marina Rustow
Medieval Middle East
Jewish History
Cairo Geniza
Fatimid caliphate
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
19
774
Jensine Andresen
Ontology
Astroethics
Extraterrestrial Intelligence
History of Religion
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
16
1,156
Hendrik Lorenz
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Medieval Philosophy
Latin American Philosophy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
14
1,337
Tera Hunter
U.S. History
African-American Studies
Gender
Labor
South
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
13
2,275
Erica Fox Brindley
Intellectual history
philosophy
religion
cross-cultural history of premodern China and Southeast Asia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
13
733
Hannah M Postel
Migration
Immigration
Demography
Economic History
International Development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
785
David Builes
Philosophy
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
178
Xin Wen
Chinese History
manuscript studies
Silk Road
urban history
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
1
70
Grace Helton
Cognitive Science
Epistemology
Social Epistemology
Metaphilosophy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
192
Rosina Lozano
United States History
Mexican American history
comparative race and ethnicity
American West
language politics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
2
185
Catherine Clune-Taylor
Philosophy of Gender and Sexuality
Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Biology
Bioethics
Michel Foucaul
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
85
David Sclar
Jewish history
early modern history
book history
Kabbalah
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
44
Ryan Edwards
History
Geography
Latin America
Environment
Prisons
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
34
Jonathon Catlin
history
intellectual history
critical theory
philosophy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
45
Pavlo Smytsnyuk
Political theology
ecumenism
interreligious dialogue
nationalism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
0
26
Clemens Finkelstein
History and Theory of Architecture
Environmental Studies
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
Science and Technol
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
3
Cevat Dargin
Modern Middle Eastern and North African history
with a specialization in the late-nineteenth and early twentieth-century transformations from empires to nation-states and their impact on borderlands and peoples in the peripheries
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
3
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Philip Pettit
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
101
321
49,398
Moral Philosophy
Social Philosophy
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Metaphysics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Bas Van Fraassen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
64
162
33,285
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Anthony Grafton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
58
193
19,092
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alexander Nehamas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
42
70
10,366
Ancient philosophy
Nietzsche
Philosophy of Art
French Thought
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Daniel Garber
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
77
6,061
History of Philosophy
History of Science
History and Philosophy of Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gideon Rosen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
48
7,566
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Hans Halvorson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
43
3,214
philosophy of science
category theory
mathematical logic
philosophy of physics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
M Sukru Hanioglu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
40
5,990
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Victoria Mcgeer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
36
3,459
philosophy of mind
moral psychology
cognitive psychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Angela Nh Creager
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
39
2,305
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
David A Bell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
35
3,505
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Thomas Kelly
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
24
4,335
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Rob C Wegman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
35
1,385
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Adam Elga
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
18
3,664
epistemology
philosophy of science
probability
counterfactuals
philosophy of mind
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
James S Waters
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
17
1,580
Comparative Physiology
Biomechanics
Collective Behavior
Ants
Natural History
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Hendrik Hartog
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
22
4,581
American History
Legal History
American Studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Lara Buchak
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
20
1,758
Decision Theory
Game Theory
Epistemology
Philosophy of Religion
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Marina Rustow
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
19
774
Medieval Middle East
Jewish History
Cairo Geniza
Fatimid caliphate
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jensine Andresen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
16
1,156
Ontology
Astroethics
Extraterrestrial Intelligence
History of Religion
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sarah Mcgrath
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
15
1,483
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hendrik Lorenz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
1,337
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Medieval Philosophy
Latin American Philosophy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Tera Hunter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
2,275
U.S. History
African-American Studies
Gender
Labor
South
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kevin M Kruse
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
3,311
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Erica Fox Brindley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
733
Intellectual history
philosophy
religion
cross-cultural history of premodern China and Southeast Asia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Hannah M Postel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
785
Migration
Immigration
Demography
Economic History
International Development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
David Builes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
178
Philosophy
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Christina Bieber Lake
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
238
American literature
teaching
theology & the arts
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Zachary Foster
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
2
126
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Xin Wen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
1
70
Chinese History
manuscript studies
Silk Road
urban history
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Grace Helton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
192
Cognitive Science
Epistemology
Social Epistemology
Metaphilosophy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Rosina Lozano
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
185
United States History
Mexican American history
comparative race and ethnicity
American West
language politics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
He Bian
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
108
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Michal Masny
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
108
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Catherine Clune-Taylor
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
85
Philosophy of Gender and Sexuality
Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Biology
Bioethics
Michel Foucaul
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
David Sclar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
44
Jewish history
early modern history
book history
Kabbalah
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
David Robertson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
78
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Andrew Jb Fagal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
31
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Ryan Edwards
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
34
History
Geography
Latin America
Environment
Prisons
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Jonathon Catlin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
45
history
intellectual history
critical theory
philosophy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Pavlo Smytsnyuk
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
26
Political theology
ecumenism
interreligious dialogue
nationalism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Elise Mitchell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
20
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Felix E Rietmann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
13
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Christopher Register
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
5
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Elena Di Rosa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
45
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Brian Walsh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
4
Modern Japanese History
US-Japanese Relations
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Clemens Finkelstein
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
3
History and Theory of Architecture
Environmental Studies
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
Science and Technol
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Lee Horinko|Leanne M. Horinko
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
2
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Greek history and foreign policy
China
NATO and the Mediterranean.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Joy L Arroyo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
1
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Cevat Dargin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
3
Modern Middle Eastern and North African history
with a specialization in the late-nineteenth and early twentieth-century transformations from empires to nation-states and their impact on borderlands and peoples in the peripheries