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: 1
Yoriko Otomo
International Environmental Law
Animal Law
Feminist Theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
39
100
6,336
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Lynn Welchman
Middle East law and society
human rights
Muslim family laws
women's rights
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
29
1,869
Fareda Banda
Human rights focusing on women
Family law
law and society
law and literature
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
17
872
Matthew Nelson
South Asia
Islam
Comparative Politics
Comparative Law
International Relations
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
16
513

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Vanja Hamzić
history
anthropology
law
critical theory
feminist and queer studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
348
Emilia Onyema
Arbitration
Africa
dispute resolution
law and development
corruption
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
8
302
Richard Alexander
financial law and regulation
economic and financial crime
business law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
174
Jonathan Ercanbrack
Islamic financial law
transnational financial law
informal finance
FinTech and the Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
5
174
Catriona Drew
International law
self-determination
international legal history
Israel-Palestine conflict
Western Sahara.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
3
168
Birsha Ohdedar
human rights and the environment
water law
environmental law
climate justice
political ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
59
Olivia Kokushubila Lwabukuna
Displacement law
Development law
Resource Governance
HLP Rights
African laws
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
49
Makeen Makeen
comparative intellectual property law
private international law
IT law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
84
Nada Ali
Public International Law
International Criminal Law
Law and Economics
Law and Development
Governance and Democracy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
39
Mba Chidi Nmaju
Public International Law
International Humanitarian Law
International Criminal Law
Diplomatic Law
International Law & Cyber war.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
44
Jonathan Bashi Rudahindwa
International Economic Law
OHADA Law
Law and Development
Regionalism
International Inequality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
20
David Kc Huang
Constitutional Law
Administrative Law
Judicial Politics and Behaviourism
Comparative Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
0
15
Nicolette Busuttil
refugee law
international human rights law
disability law
migration
borders
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
15
Kanika Sharma
Law and colonialism
women's legal history
law and performance
South Asia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
12
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Yoriko Otomo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
100
6,336
International Environmental Law
Animal Law
Feminist Theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ziba Mir Hosseini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
64
5,375
Islam
gender
Islamic feminism
family law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Philippe Cullet
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
65
2,975
law
environment
natural resources
water and sanitation
India
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Galina Yemelianova
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
30
1,309
Islam
nationalism
jihadism
Russia
Eurasia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Lynn Welchman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
29
1,869
Middle East law and society
human rights
Muslim family laws
women's rights
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Paul O Connell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
765
Law
Marxism
Human Rights
Social Movements
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Fareda Banda
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
17
872
Human rights focusing on women
Family law
law and society
law and literature
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Matthew Nelson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
16
513
South Asia
Islam
Comparative Politics
Comparative Law
International Relations

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Vanja Hamzić
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
348
history
anthropology
law
critical theory
feminist and queer studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Emilia Onyema
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
302
Arbitration
Africa
dispute resolution
law and development
corruption
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
History of South Asia
gender
law and knowledge production
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Bulama Bukarti
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
170
Boko Haram
Nigeria
Lake Chad
Sahel
Law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
financial law and regulation
economic and financial crime
business law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Amrita Shodhan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
144
Colonialism
Legal History
Indian history
Law and Society
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Islamic financial law
transnational financial law
informal finance
FinTech and the Law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
International Law
Human Rights
Law and Society of Southeast Asia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Catriona Drew
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
168
International law
self-determination
international legal history
Israel-Palestine conflict
Western Sahara.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
human rights and the environment
water law
environmental law
climate justice
political ecology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Displacement law
Development law
Resource Governance
HLP Rights
African laws
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Bilge Sahin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
58
Conflict and Peace Studies
Feminist Security Approaches
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Makeen Makeen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
84
comparative intellectual property law
private international law
IT law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Nada Ali
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
39
Public International Law
International Criminal Law
Law and Economics
Law and Development
Governance and Democracy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Public International Law
International Humanitarian Law
International Criminal Law
Diplomatic Law
International Law & Cyber war.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
International Economic Law
OHADA Law
Law and Development
Regionalism
International Inequality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Constitutional Law
Administrative Law
Judicial Politics and Behaviourism
Comparative Law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Nuhu Yidana
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
37
Consumer law
commercial law
law of contract
and law of tort
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
refugee law
international human rights law
disability law
migration
borders
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Kanika Sharma
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
12
Law and colonialism
women's legal history
law and performance
South Asia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Mediation
Public Law
Law and Literature
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Laila Fathi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
8
International law
transitional justice
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Law
Gender
Critical Race Theory
Feminist Legal Theory
TWAIL
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Khalil Dewan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
1
International law
war
conflict
security
human rights
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