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.

Gabriel Zucman
Inequality
Public economics
International macro
Economic history
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
46
118
24,635
Jan De Vries
Early Modern European Economic History
Global History
Consumer Behavior
Urban History
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
37
64
29,524
John Macfarlane
philosophy of language
philosophical logic
philosophy of logic
epistemology
ancient philosophy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
39
7,486
Steven Ross Murray
Wellness
Sport History
Physical Education
Kinesiology
Physical Culture
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
44
1,966
David William Bates
Intellectual History
Artificial Intelligence
Cybernetics
Political Theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
18
621
Shreeharsh Kelkar
history and anthropology of computing
information studies
data studies
critical algorithm studies
history and ethics of AI
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
13
838
Daniela Cammack
History of political thought
Ancient Greek politics
Democracy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
316
Daniel J Sargent
U.S. Foreign Policy
International History
Diplomatic History
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
8
1,136
Emily Gottreich
North Africa
Moroccan history
Jewish-Muslim relations
Islam and Judaism.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
463
Brian Delay
Borderlands
transnational history
revolution
Indigenous history
arms trade
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
7
791
Rebecca Leah Golbert Phd
Jewish and Holocaust studies
anthropology and ethnography
conflict resolution and mediation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
4
230
B. Scot Rousse
Heidegger
Merleau-Ponty
phenomenology
philosophy of AI
skill acquisition
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
162
Jeroen Dewulf
Colonial History
Colonial and Postcolonial Literature
Transatlantic Slavery
Dutch Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
278
Rebecca Mclennan
American History
Criminal Justice
Law and Society
History of Prisons
Food History
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
5
491
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David K Lewis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
112
338
122,294
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Gabriel Zucman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
46
118
24,635
Inequality
Public economics
International macro
Economic history
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jan De Vries
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
64
29,524
Early Modern European Economic History
Global History
Consumer Behavior
Urban History
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
David Hollinger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
75
8,166
US history
intellectual history
ethnoracial history
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
R Jay Wallace
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
48
6,749
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
John Macfarlane
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
39
7,486
philosophy of language
philosophical logic
philosophy of logic
epistemology
ancient philosophy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Steven Ross Murray
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
44
1,966
Wellness
Sport History
Physical Education
Kinesiology
Physical Culture
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Seth Yalcin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
25
3,106
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Wesley H Holliday
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
41
1,230
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
David William Bates
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
18
621
Intellectual History
Artificial Intelligence
Cybernetics
Political Theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Shreeharsh Kelkar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
838
history and anthropology of computing
information studies
data studies
critical algorithm studies
history and ethics of AI
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Veronique Munoz Darde
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
611
Ethics
Political Philosophy
Rawls
Rousseau
Hume
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Daniela Cammack
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
316
History of political thought
Ancient Greek politics
Democracy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Daniel J Sargent
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
1,136
U.S. Foreign Policy
International History
Diplomatic History
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Matthew Specter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
393
European history
philosophy
and political theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Emily Gottreich
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
463
North Africa
Moroccan history
Jewish-Muslim relations
Islam and Judaism.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Murray Eiland
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
204
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Brian Delay
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
791
Borderlands
transnational history
revolution
Indigenous history
arms trade
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Rebecca Leah Golbert Phd
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
4
230
Jewish and Holocaust studies
anthropology and ethnography
conflict resolution and mediation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
B. Scot Rousse
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
162
Heidegger
Merleau-Ponty
phenomenology
philosophy of AI
skill acquisition
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jeroen Dewulf
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
278
Colonial History
Colonial and Postcolonial Literature
Transatlantic Slavery
Dutch Studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Rebecca Mclennan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
5
491
American History
Criminal Justice
Law and Society
History of Prisons
Food History
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Abhishek Kaicker
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
78
South Asian History
Cultural History
Early Modern history