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" (873,690 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: 3
Joshua D Freilich
causes of & responses to terrorism
environmental criminology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
47
109
6,571
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Kevin T Wolff
Criminal Justice
Criminological Theory
Juvenile Justice
Program Evaluation
Quantitative Data
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
38
70
5,097
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jeremy Travis
criminology
criminal justice
penology
prisoner reentry
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
37
69
13,561
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Eric L Piza
Crime Prevention
Spatial Analysis
Evidence-Based Policing
Crime Control Technology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
34
65
3,894
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Margaret Bull Kovera
eyewitness identification
legal decision making
racial disparities
expert evidence
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
34
66
4,506
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Chitra Raghavan
coercive control
intimate partner violence
sex trafficking
sexual coercion
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
36
3,407

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Diana Falkenbach
Psychopathy
Forensic psychology
police psychology
risk assessment
violence and aggression
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
25
1,960
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Lila Kazemian
Desistance from crime
prisons
long-term incarceration
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
36
2,304
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jeff Mellow
Corrections
prison
jail
evaluation research
reentry
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
27
1,732
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Maria J D Agostino
gender
women in public administration
social equity
social justice
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
23
1,058
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kelly Mcwilliams
Forensic Interviewing
Children's eyewitness memory
Children's Testimony
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
24
807
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Casey Laduke
Psychology
Neuropsychology
Forensic Mental Health
Health Equity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
14
559
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
David A Green
criminology
punishment
public opinion
media and crime
politics and crime
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
13
1,129
Dara N Byrne
race
computer-mediated communication
social networking
civil rights
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
606
Daniel L Stageman
criminology
criminal justice
political economy
immigration
penology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
6
156
Nikoleta M Despodova
forensic confirmation bias
jury decision-making
trial advocacy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
35
Jose Arcaya
forensic psychology
psychological evaluations
epistemology
phenomenological psychology
psychoanalysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
3
72
Alfred S Titus, Jr
Criminal Justice
Policing
Law Enforcement
Social Issues
Empowerment
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
2
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Cathy Spatz Widom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
98
177
51,706
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Kevin Nadal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
54
87
26,717
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Joshua D Freilich
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
47
109
6,571
causes of & responses to terrorism
environmental criminology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Kevin T Wolff
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
70
5,097
Criminal Justice
Criminological Theory
Juvenile Justice
Program Evaluation
Quantitative Data
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jeremy Travis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
69
13,561
criminology
criminal justice
penology
prisoner reentry
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Eric L Piza
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
65
3,894
Crime Prevention
Spatial Analysis
Evidence-Based Policing
Crime Control Technology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Margaret Bull Kovera
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
66
4,506
eyewitness identification
legal decision making
racial disparities
expert evidence
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hung EN Sung
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
64
3,818
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jeffrey A Butts
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
61
3,643
Criminal
Juvenile
Justice
Evaluation
Policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Chitra Raghavan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
36
3,407
coercive control
intimate partner violence
sex trafficking
sexual coercion

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Deryn Strange
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
45
2,259
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Diana Falkenbach
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
25
1,960
Psychopathy
Forensic psychology
police psychology
risk assessment
violence and aggression
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Lila Kazemian
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
36
2,304
Desistance from crime
prisons
long-term incarceration
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Gohar Petrossian
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
24
1,457
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Elsa Sofia Morote
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
34
1,733
education
innovation
technology
economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jeff Mellow
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
27
1,732
Corrections
prison
jail
evaluation research
reentry
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
William H Gottdiener
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
23
2,519
Clinical Psychology
Psychoanalysis
Addictions
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Maria J D Agostino
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
23
1,058
gender
women in public administration
social equity
social justice
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kelly Mcwilliams
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
24
807
Forensic Interviewing
Children's eyewitness memory
Children's Testimony
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Rosemary Barberet
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
29
1,283
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Casey Laduke
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
559
Psychology
Neuropsychology
Forensic Mental Health
Health Equity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
David A Green
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
1,129
criminology
punishment
public opinion
media and crime
politics and crime
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Shweta Jain
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
15
866
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Anru Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
315
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Allison Pease
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
556
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Jean Carmalt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
221
human rights
international law
human geography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Evan Misshula
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
233
Criminal Justice
Poverty
Data Mining
Social Networks
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Dara N Byrne
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
606
race
computer-mediated communication
social networking
civil rights
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Fatih Karaosmanoglu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
5
210
Criminal Justice
Human Rights
Security
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Daniel L Stageman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
156
criminology
criminal justice
political economy
immigration
penology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Sebastián Galleguillos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
73
Criminal justice- Criminology- Law and Society
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Katherine E Limoncelli
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
62
criminal justice
corrections
juvenile justice
mental health
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Carla J Barrett
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
143
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Nikoleta M Despodova
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
35
forensic confirmation bias
jury decision-making
trial advocacy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Bryce Barthuly
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
48
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Jose Arcaya
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
72
forensic psychology
psychological evaluations
epistemology
phenomenological psychology
psychoanalysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Alfred S Titus, Jr
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
2
Criminal Justice
Policing
Law Enforcement
Social Issues
Empowerment
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Peter Mohrmann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
4
Police Science
Law
Chemistry
Criminal Justice
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Gurgen Balasanyan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
1