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" (870,053 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
Jens Ludwig
Social policy
data science
behavioral science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
80
169
29,777
Daniel Hemel
federal income tax
administrative law
intellectual property law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
40
2,213
Therese Quinn
Social justice in education
museum education
art education
teacher education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
27
2,873
Benjamin Lessing
Criminal Conflict
Game Theory
Latin America
Policing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
25
2,196
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jeni Hebert Beirne
health justice community-based participatory research qualitative research community engagement
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
26
1,170

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Monika Nalepa|Monika Anna Nalepa, Monica Nalepa
Transitional Justice
Democratic Backsliding
Purges
Lustration
Comparative Politics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
25
1,394
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Daryl Lim
Intellectual Property Law
Patent Law
Copyright Law
Antitrust Law
Civil Procedure
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
19
742
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ashley Muchow
(Im)migration
Policing
Racial/ethnic inequality
Health and education equity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
12
824
Angela S Garcia
International Migration
Law and Society
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
12
640
Riley Tucker
crime and place
computational methods
urban
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
141
Gorkem Okudan
Forensics
Finite Element Analysis
NDE
Deep Learning
Phononic Crystals
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
116
Shamshad Pasarlay
Comparative constitutionalism
Afghanistan Constitutional History
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
86
Cynthia D. Bond
Media Studies
Cultural Studies
Critical Race Studies
Law & Film
Law & Culture
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
110
B Robert Owens
policing
public safety
sociology of law
sociology of knowledge
history of social science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
3
125
Farah Peterson
American history
Founding Era
Constitutional law
Legal history
Legislation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
4
188
Angela Zorro Medina
Crime
Social Stratification
Race and Ethnicity
Econometrics
Prison Growth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
45
Bradson Camelo
Políticas Públicas
Public Policy
Law and Econonics
Direito Financeiro
Direito tributário
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
41
Kumar Ramanathan
race and ethnicity
American political development
public policy
public law
urban politics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
53
Julienne E Grant
Foreign & International Law
Latin American Legal Bibliography
Law Librarianship
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
8
Hannan Latif
Criminology
Queer Studies
Queer Criminology
Forensics
Victimology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
6
Yiming Sun
corporate law
securities law
bankruptcy
finance
law and economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
14
Toyan “Tj” Harper
Criminal Legal System
Reentry
Family Well-being
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
12
Claire Johnson Raba
access to justice
consumer law
legal technology
poverty law
self-represented litigants
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
3
Arthur Langlois
Machine Learning
Causal Inference
Behavioral Economics
Law and Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
2
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Eric Posner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
96
247
36,862
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jens Ludwig
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
80
169
29,777
Social policy
data science
behavioral science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Edna Erez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
89
6,407
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
David Weisbach
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
61
6,380
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Anup Malani
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
61
3,854
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Daniel Hemel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
40
2,213
federal income tax
administrative law
intellectual property law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Therese Quinn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
27
2,873
Social justice in education
museum education
art education
teacher education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Benjamin Lessing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
25
2,196
Criminal Conflict
Game Theory
Latin America
Policing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jason Kilborn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
24
1,152
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jeni Hebert Beirne
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
26
1,170
health justice community-based participatory research qualitative research community engagement

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Monika Nalepa|Monika Anna Nalepa, Monica Nalepa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
25
1,394
Transitional Justice
Democratic Backsliding
Purges
Lustration
Comparative Politics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Daryl Lim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
19
742
Intellectual Property Law
Patent Law
Copyright Law
Antitrust Law
Civil Procedure
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Laurie Schaffner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
16
938
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Kate Caldwell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
1,052
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ashley Muchow
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
824
(Im)migration
Policing
Racial/ethnic inequality
Health and education equity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Angela S Garcia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
640
International Migration
Law and Society
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Riley Tucker
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
141
crime and place
computational methods
urban
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Gorkem Okudan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
116
Forensics
Finite Element Analysis
NDE
Deep Learning
Phononic Crystals
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Christopher Maggio
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
136
immigration
race/ethnicity
quantitative methods
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Shamshad Pasarlay
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
86
Comparative constitutionalism
Afghanistan Constitutional History
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Shubho Roy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
76
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Thomas J Manning
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
1,806
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nicole Hallett
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
176
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Cynthia D. Bond
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
110
Media Studies
Cultural Studies
Critical Race Studies
Law & Film
Law & Culture
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Andrew Friedman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
5
134
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Hajin Kim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
147
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
B Robert Owens
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
125
policing
public safety
sociology of law
sociology of knowledge
history of social science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Karl T Muth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
91
Law
Business
Economics
Interdisciplinary Topics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Farah Peterson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
188
American history
Founding Era
Constitutional law
Legal history
Legislation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Julian G Thompson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
83
Carcerality
Race
Inequality
Therapeutics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Angela Zorro Medina
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
45
Crime
Social Stratification
Race and Ethnicity
Econometrics
Prison Growth
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Bradson Camelo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
41
Políticas Públicas
Public Policy
Law and Econonics
Direito Financeiro
Direito tributário
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Anson Fung
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
94
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Kumar Ramanathan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
53
race and ethnicity
American political development
public policy
public law
urban politics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Shubhangi Roy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
36
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Philip Petrov
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
32
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Julienne E Grant
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
8
Foreign & International Law
Latin American Legal Bibliography
Law Librarianship
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Hannan Latif
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
6
Criminology
Queer Studies
Queer Criminology
Forensics
Victimology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Margaret Schilt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
20
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Dharmendra Chatur
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
10
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Grigory Gorbun
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
9
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Dylan Salzman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
15
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Yiming Sun
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
14
corporate law
securities law
bankruptcy
finance
law and economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Sean D Kennedy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
13
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Toyan “Tj” Harper
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
12
Criminal Legal System
Reentry
Family Well-being
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Adam M Josephs
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
9
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Natalia Galica
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
7
criminal law
criminal justice
radicalization
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Candice Yandam Riviere
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
6
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Megan Bess
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
5
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Claire Johnson Raba
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
3
access to justice
consumer law
legal technology
poverty law
self-represented litigants
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Arthur Langlois
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
2
Machine Learning
Causal Inference
Behavioral Economics
Law and Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Andrew Mackie-Mason
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
1
Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure
Evidence