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: 2
Hugh Kennedy
History of the Midle East 600-1050 CE
Islamic Archaeology
History of Muslim Spain
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
36
74
6,762
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Michael W Charney
History of Violence
Warfare and Security Studies
Graphic Histories
West Africa
Southeast Asia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
23
1,631
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mustafa Shah
Early Arabic Linguistic Thought
Qur'an and Hadith Studies
Theology and Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
13
407
Peter Flügel
Jaina Studies
South Asian History and Culture
Sociology of Religions and Philosophies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
18
483
Elvis Imafidon
African Philosophy
Continental Philosophy
Philosophy of disability
Philosophy of the body
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
379
Onur Ulas Ince
Political theory
history of political thought
political economy
capitalism
colonialism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
644

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ulrich Pagel
Buddhist Studies
Indo-Tibetan Buddhism
Buddhist Monasticism
Mahāyāna Buddhism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
11
268
Shabnum Tejani
Modern south Asian history
intellectual history
secularism
histories of money and wealth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
430
Helen Macnaughtan
Japanese history
Japanese economy and business
Gender History
Work and Organisation
International Human Resource Management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
298
Yair Wallach
Israel/Palestine
Middle East Studies
Cultural History
Social History
Critical Theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
6
265
Polly Savage
Contemporary art and curatorial practice in Africa
Brazil and the Caribbean
south-south solidarity networks
theories of decol
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
90
Tanya Elal Lawrence
History of the Middle East
State Building in the Modern Middle East
Social History of Ideas
Histories of Revolution and Resis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
43
Sanjukta Ghosh
South Asia History
history of science
technology
international development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
14
Hengameh Ziai|Henny Ziai
political theory
critical political economy
Islamic studies
histories of capitalism
anthropology of religion
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
4
Daphne Ang
Portraiture
19th century Photographic Techniques
Colonial Singapore
Digital Databases
Curating
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
2
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Nicholas Sims Williams
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
114
4,928
Iranian languages
Central Asia
Manichaeism
Christianity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hugh Kennedy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
74
6,762
History of the Midle East 600-1050 CE
Islamic Archaeology
History of Muslim Spain
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Scott Redford
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
35
1,023
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Michael W Charney
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
23
1,631
History of Violence
Warfare and Security Studies
Graphic Histories
West Africa
Southeast Asia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mustafa Shah
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
407
Early Arabic Linguistic Thought
Qur'an and Hadith Studies
Theology and Law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Peter Flügel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
18
483
Jaina Studies
South Asian History and Culture
Sociology of Religions and Philosophies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Wayne Dooling
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
479
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Elvis Imafidon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
379
African Philosophy
Continental Philosophy
Philosophy of disability
Philosophy of the body
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Onur Ulas Ince
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
644
Political theory
history of political thought
political economy
capitalism
colonialism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Stacey Pierson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
524

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ulrich Pagel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
268
Buddhist Studies
Indo-Tibetan Buddhism
Buddhist Monasticism
Mahāyāna Buddhism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Southeast Asia
Archaeology
Art History
Curating
Decolonisation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Shabnum Tejani
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
430
Modern south Asian history
intellectual history
secularism
histories of money and wealth
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Japanese history
Japanese economy and business
Gender History
Work and Organisation
International Human Resource Management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Olivette Otele
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
279
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Yair Wallach
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
265
Israel/Palestine
Middle East Studies
Cultural History
Social History
Critical Theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Owen Miller
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
132
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Hyunseon Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
2
139
Film and Media/German Studies
Korean Peninsula Cinema
Film Festival
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Korean Studies
Korean history
legal and institutional history
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
David Webster
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
228
Buddhist Philosophy
New Religious Movements
Conspiracy Theory
Pedagogy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Polly Savage
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
90
Contemporary art and curatorial practice in Africa
Brazil and the Caribbean
south-south solidarity networks
theories of decol
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Roy S Fischel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
81
History: South Asia
Muslim World
Indian Ocean
Early modernity
Empire
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
History of the Middle East
State Building in the Modern Middle East
Social History of Ideas
Histories of Revolution and Resis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Military History
Energy Policy
Climate Change
Energy Efficiency
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
South Asia History
history of science
technology
international development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
History of Medicine
History of Intoxicants
Urban History
Visual History.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
political theory
critical political economy
Islamic studies
histories of capitalism
anthropology of religion
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Jenny Paszik
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
3
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Sareh Javid
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
2
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Daphne Ang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
2
Portraiture
19th century Photographic Techniques
Colonial Singapore
Digital Databases
Curating
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