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" (873,899 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
John Braithwaite
criminology
restorative justice
peace
regulation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
96
309
62,877
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael J Platow
Social Identity Processes
Prejudice
Justice
Leadership and Influence
Partisan Truth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
52
104
12,711
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Roderic Broadhurst
criminology
criminal justice
cybercrime
organised crime
penology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
39
96
4,615
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Margaret Thornton
Feminist legal theory
discrimination law
legal education
legal profession
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
80
4,469
Sinclair Dinnen
criminology
security
development
Pacific Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
73
3,234
Lorana Bartels
criminology
criminal and sentencing law
corrections
Indigenous people and women in the criminal justice system
therapeutic j
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
67
2,127
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Andrew Macintosh
Environmental law
environmental policy
climate change mitigation
climate change adaptation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
51
2,221
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Carolyn Strange
history crime gender violence sexuality punishment mercy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
46
2,970
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Miranda Forsyth
customary law
legal pluralism
sorcery
witchcraft
Melanesia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
34
1,384
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lia Kent
Peacebuilding
Transitional Justice
Social Memory
Necropolitics
Missing persons
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
27
944
Tim Bonyhady
environmental law
climate law
cultural history
art history
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
22
1,577
Shelley Bielefeld
welfare law and policy
poverty surveillance
Indigenous law and policy
discrimination
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
21
632
Colin James
law
legal education
professional development
lawyer wellbeing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
20
1,291
Jeremy Matam Farrall
Public International Law
United Nations
Diplomacy
Rule of Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
13
890
Stephen Tang
Law and psychology
mental health law
legal profession
legal education
decision-making
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
7
737
Anne McNaughton
EU law
comparative law and theory
contract law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
670
Jessica Hambly
Refugee & Asylum Law
Socio-legal Studies
Migration
Courts & Tribunals
Lawyers
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
111
Phillip Drew
Humanitarian Law
Peacekeeping Law
Maritime Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
81
Tim Vines
Law
Public Health
Intellectual Property
Human Rights
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
3
77
Anneka Ferguson
Legal Professional Ethics
Legal Professional Identity
Law Student Wellbeing
Higher Education
Blockchain
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
62
Anne Macduff
Critical Legal Theory
Family Law
Citizenship Law
Mediation
Education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
87
Mary Spiers Williams
criminal law
criminal justice
criminology
law and society
Indigenous
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
83
Alvin Hoi-Chun Hung
Property Law
Organisations
Emerging Technologies
Socio-Legal Studies
Asian Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
30
Raymond Yang Gao
International economic law
international investment law and arbitration
transnational personal data flows
international and c
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
0
20
Mary Spiers Williams
Criminal law
sentencing
indigenous social justice
sociolegal studies
criminology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
33
Nan Jiang
wildlife crime
wildlife enforcement
transnational environmental crime
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
56
Peter Sutherland
Administrative Law
Income Support Law
Military Compensation
Commonwealth Compensation Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
24
Andrew Alan Henderson
Law
Legal profession
Legal education
Legal ethics
Constitutional law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
25
James C Fisher
Comparative private law
property
obligations
law in Japan
critical legal studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
20
Michelle Worthington
Corporate Ethics
Value Theory
Legal Design
Corporations Law
Value Pluralism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
10
Christie M Gardiner
human rights
ageing and law
end of life
succession
tort
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
7
Rebecca Mendelsohn
Foreign investment
China
law
regulation
public policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
30
Alicia Dawn Schmidt
Law
digital assets
financial crime
money laundering
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
26
Justine Poon
law
refugee law
critical theory
language
images
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
10
Radhika Chaudhri
law
equity
property
feminist legal theory
domestic violence
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
5
Graeme Blank
insolvency
family law
advocacy
succession
estates
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
3
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
John Braithwaite
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
96
309
62,877
criminology
restorative justice
peace
regulation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael J Platow
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
52
104
12,711
Social Identity Processes
Prejudice
Justice
Leadership and Influence
Partisan Truth
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Pat O Malley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
51
126
17,246
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Roderic Broadhurst
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
96
4,615
criminology
criminal justice
cybercrime
organised crime
penology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Margaret Thornton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
80
4,469
Feminist legal theory
discrimination law
legal education
legal profession
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Bruce Smyth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
75
3,267
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sinclair Dinnen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
73
3,234
criminology
security
development
Pacific Studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Donald R Rothwell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
78
3,970
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Lorana Bartels
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
67
2,127
criminology
criminal and sentencing law
corrections
Indigenous people and women in the criminal justice system
therapeutic j
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Andrew Macintosh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
51
2,221
Environmental law
environmental policy
climate change mitigation
climate change adaptation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Carolyn Strange
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
46
2,970
history crime gender violence sexuality punishment mercy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Miranda Forsyth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
34
1,384
customary law
legal pluralism
sorcery
witchcraft
Melanesia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Meredith Rossner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
26
1,468
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sally Wheeler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
21
1,875
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lia Kent
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
27
944
Peacebuilding
Transitional Justice
Social Memory
Necropolitics
Missing persons
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Tim Bonyhady
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
22
1,577
environmental law
climate law
cultural history
art history
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Stephen Bottomley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
21
980
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Shelley Bielefeld
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
21
632
welfare law and policy
poverty surveillance
Indigenous law and policy
discrimination
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Colin James
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
20
1,291
law
legal education
professional development
lawyer wellbeing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Molly Townes O Brien
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
15
513
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jeremy Matam Farrall
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
890
Public International Law
United Nations
Diplomacy
Rule of Law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Michael Eburn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
18
637
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Dennis Pearce
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
15
935
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Michael Coper
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
692
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Judith Jones
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
546
environmental law
colonial legal history
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Stephen Tang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
737
Law and psychology
mental health law
legal profession
legal education
decision-making
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Robert Fleet
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
106
Criminology
organised crime
game studies.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Anne McNaughton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
670
EU law
comparative law and theory
contract law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Jessica Hambly
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
111
Refugee & Asylum Law
Socio-legal Studies
Migration
Courts & Tribunals
Lawyers
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Phillip Drew
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
81
Humanitarian Law
Peacekeeping Law
Maritime Law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
David Letts
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
84
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Tim Vines
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
77
Law
Public Health
Intellectual Property
Human Rights
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Daniel Stewart
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
73
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Cameron Roles
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
1
69
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Anneka Ferguson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
62
Legal Professional Ethics
Legal Professional Identity
Law Student Wellbeing
Higher Education
Blockchain
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Andrew Ray
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
50
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Anne Macduff
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
87
Critical Legal Theory
Family Law
Citizenship Law
Mediation
Education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Katherine Fallah
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
90
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Mary Spiers Williams
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
83
criminal law
criminal justice
criminology
law and society
Indigenous
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Jacqueline Parry
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
34
International law
humanitarian practice
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Alvin Hoi-Chun Hung
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
30
Property Law
Organisations
Emerging Technologies
Socio-Legal Studies
Asian Studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Raymond Yang Gao
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
20
International economic law
international investment law and arbitration
transnational personal data flows
international and c
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Mary Spiers Williams
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
33
Criminal law
sentencing
indigenous social justice
sociolegal studies
criminology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Nan Jiang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
56
wildlife crime
wildlife enforcement
transnational environmental crime
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Peter Sutherland
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
24
Administrative Law
Income Support Law
Military Compensation
Commonwealth Compensation Law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Adelaide Bragias
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
56
Criminology
familicide
facial recognition
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Andrew Alan Henderson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
25
Law
Legal profession
Legal education
Legal ethics
Constitutional law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Lachlan Dudley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
19
Criminology
Police
Policing
Courts
crime
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Elizabeth Keogh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
17
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
James C Fisher
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
20
Comparative private law
property
obligations
law in Japan
critical legal studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Michelle Worthington
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
10
Corporate Ethics
Value Theory
Legal Design
Corporations Law
Value Pluralism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Christie M Gardiner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
7
human rights
ageing and law
end of life
succession
tort
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Lynn Du Moulin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
22
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Rebecca Mendelsohn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
30
Foreign investment
China
law
regulation
public policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Alicia Dawn Schmidt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
26
Law
digital assets
financial crime
money laundering
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Barry Yau
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
24
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Viona Wijaya
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
18
Hukum
Law
Regulation
Law and Development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Justine Poon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
10
law
refugee law
critical theory
language
images
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Moira Murray
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
8
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Judy Harrison
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
7
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Radhika Chaudhri
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
5
law
equity
property
feminist legal theory
domestic violence
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Jonathan Blaine
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
4
Law
Jurisprudence
Ethics
Financial Regulation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Graeme Blank
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
3
insolvency
family law
advocacy
succession
estates