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
Eric Delson
Paleoanthropology
Primate Paleontology and Primatology (especially Cercopithecidae)
Human Paleontology and Paleolithic Archaeo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
47
97
9,816
Hershey Friedman
Leadership
Business Ethics
Humor
Biblical Humor
Biblical Leadership
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
37
135
8,292
Claire Bishop
contemporary art
performance
contemporary dance
exhibition history
attention
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
62
15,055
Samir Chopra
Legal theory of artificial intelligence
conceptual foundations of artificial intelligence
Nietzsche
existentialism
Buddhism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
33
1,518
Richard Brown
Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Consciousness
Cognitive Science
Metaphysics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
14
1,784
Michael Staub
Environmental History
Environmental Humanities
Cultural History
Nonfiction
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
14
1,357
Robyn C Spencer
Black radicalism
Post WWII social protest
Gender
Black feminism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
567
Stephen Petrus
urban history
cultural history
public history
political history
artistic trends
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
3
105
Jacob Kramer
Intellectual History
History of Radicalism
Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
22
Shannon Proctor
philosophy
phenomenology
psychoanalysis
embodiment
addiction
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
2
472
Samuel Finesurrey
Youth Participatory Action Research
Latin American History
New York City History
Oral History
Political Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
39
Mabel Gray
enstatite chondrites
planetary science
climate change
permafrost
Arctic
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
11
Amy Tziporah Karp
Jewish Women's Studies
Jewish LGBTQIA+ studies
Trauma and Affect
the Stranger figure
anti-assimilation strategies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
4
John E Williams
Urban History
Urban Geography
African American History
Historic Preservation
Urban Planning
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
2
Teófilo Reis
Philosophy of Race
Black Brazilian Social Thinking
Latin American Philosophy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
2
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Eric Delson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
47
97
9,816
Paleoanthropology
Primate Paleontology and Primatology (especially Cercopithecidae)
Human Paleontology and Paleolithic Archaeo
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Melvin Fitting
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
42
100
12,881
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Rohit Parikh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
76
7,109
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Hershey Friedman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
135
8,292
Leadership
Business Ethics
Humor
Biblical Humor
Biblical Leadership
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Claire Bishop
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
62
15,055
contemporary art
performance
contemporary dance
exhibition history
attention
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Naomi Zack
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
39
4,012
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Samir Chopra
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
33
1,518
Legal theory of artificial intelligence
conceptual foundations of artificial intelligence
Nietzsche
existentialism
Buddhism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Terrie Epstein
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
28
2,680
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Laird W Bergad
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
28
2,245
Latin American and Caribbean History
Latinos in U.S.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Herman Erlichson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
20
802
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Richard Brown
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
1,784
Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Consciousness
Cognitive Science
Metaphysics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Michael Staub
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
1,357
Environmental History
Environmental Humanities
Cultural History
Nonfiction
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Stephen Brier
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
15
920
history
digital technology
pedagogy
education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Robyn C Spencer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
567
Black radicalism
Post WWII social protest
Gender
Black feminism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Collin O'Neil
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
135
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
KA Cuordileone Kyle Cuordileone
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
853
20th century US History
Communism
anti-Communism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Vivaldi Jean-Marie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
64
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Stephen Petrus
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
105
urban history
cultural history
public history
political history
artistic trends
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
James David Nichols
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
70
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Grant Maxwell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
32
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Oliver R Marshall
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
23
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
John Shean
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
145
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jacob Kramer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
22
Intellectual History
History of Radicalism
Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Shannon Proctor
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
472
philosophy
phenomenology
psychoanalysis
embodiment
addiction
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Samuel Finesurrey
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
39
Youth Participatory Action Research
Latin American History
New York City History
Oral History
Political Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Mabel Gray
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
11
enstatite chondrites
planetary science
climate change
permafrost
Arctic
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Chrysoula Gitsoulis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
5
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Clarence Jefferson Hall Jr
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
8
U.S. History
Environmental History
Carceral State
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Jonathan Hill Jr
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
7
Latin American History
Technology
Environment & Society
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Amy Tziporah Karp
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
4
Jewish Women's Studies
Jewish LGBTQIA+ studies
Trauma and Affect
the Stranger figure
anti-assimilation strategies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
John E Williams
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
2
Urban History
Urban Geography
African American History
Historic Preservation
Urban Planning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Tim Keogh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
2
urban history
history of poverty
policy history
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Teófilo Reis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
2
Philosophy of Race
Black Brazilian Social Thinking
Latin American Philosophy