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" (870,057 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
Gary Lafree
Political and Criminal Violence
Crime Trends
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
60
131
13,923
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
John H Laub
Life Course Criminology
History of Criminology
Crime and Public Policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
59
102
42,263
Thomas A Loughran
Offender Decision-Making
Deterrence
Quantitative Methods
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
38
73
4,712
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sacoby Wilson
Environmental justice
Exposure Science
Environmental Health Disparities
Community-Based Participatory Research
Exposure Assessment
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
68
3,763

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jioni A Lewis
Racism
Sexism
Microaggressions
Intersectionality
Social Justice
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
29
36
6,467
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Bridget Kelly
women in higher education
faculty of color
social justice educators
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
26
3,202
Min Xie
Theories of victimization
race and gender
immigration
quantitative methods
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
35
1,933
Bianca Bersani
life course criminology
desistance
offending trajectories
immigration
emerging adulthood
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
26
2,455
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ed Hsu
Health and technology law
Public Health Informatics
Healthcare Informatics
Emergency Response
Minority Health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
30
1,727
Ursula Gorham
Access to government and legal information
technology and social justice
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
24
1,277
Greg Midgette
drug policy
decision making
criminal justice policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
19
1,679
P Jacob Bueno De Mesquita
airborne pathogen transmission
built environment
environmental justice
plant-based foodscapes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
1,151
Guha Krishnamurthi
criminal law
criminal procedure
constitutional law
antidiscrimination law
jurisprudence
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
5
240
Jeffrey Davis
Human Rights
Judicial Politics
Immigration and Asylum Law
Counter-Terrorism Law
Constitutional Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
5
150
Kraig Hays
sociology
criminal justice
criminology
juvenile delinquency
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
2
179
Laura P Taylor
cyberlaw
cybersecurity law
technology law
international law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
2
21
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Terence Thornberry
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
85
166
32,502
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Raymond Paternoster
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
84
151
31,834
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gary Lafree
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
60
131
13,923
Political and Criminal Violence
Crime Trends
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
John H Laub
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
59
102
42,263
Life Course Criminology
History of Criminology
Crime and Public Policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Danielle Keats Citron
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
42
59
19,870
Information Privacy
Civil Rights
Cyber Law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jean Marie Mcgloin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
42
60
5,906
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
James P Lynch
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
42
66
6,720
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Thomas A Loughran
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
73
4,712
Offender Decision-Making
Deterrence
Quantitative Methods
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Brian D Johnson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
39
7,056
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sacoby Wilson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
68
3,763
Environmental justice
Exposure Science
Environmental Health Disparities
Community-Based Participatory Research
Exposure Assessment

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jioni A Lewis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
36
6,467
Racism
Sexism
Microaggressions
Intersectionality
Social Justice
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Bridget Kelly
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
26
3,202
women in higher education
faculty of color
social justice educators
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Min Xie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
35
1,933
Theories of victimization
race and gender
immigration
quantitative methods
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bianca Bersani
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
26
2,455
life course criminology
desistance
offending trajectories
immigration
emerging adulthood
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ed Hsu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
30
1,727
Health and technology law
Public Health Informatics
Healthcare Informatics
Emergency Response
Minority Health
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ursula Gorham
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
24
1,277
Access to government and legal information
technology and social justice
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Greg Midgette
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
19
1,679
drug policy
decision making
criminal justice policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Erin Miller
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
17
862
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Wade C Jacobsen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
1,935
criminology
punishment
child wellbeing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Daniel Lytle
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
371
Policing
meta-analysis
criminal justice policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Angela Morris
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
890
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
P Jacob Bueno De Mesquita
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
1,151
airborne pathogen transmission
built environment
environmental justice
plant-based foodscapes
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Guha Krishnamurthi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
5
240
criminal law
criminal procedure
constitutional law
antidiscrimination law
jurisprudence
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Andrew Blair-Stanek
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
373
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jeffrey Davis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
5
150
Human Rights
Judicial Politics
Immigration and Asylum Law
Counter-Terrorism Law
Constitutional Law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Liz Clark Rinehart
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
51
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Joshua T Carback
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
29
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Judge Hal Campbell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
17
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Leah Berhane
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
21
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Kraig Hays
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
179
sociology
criminal justice
criminology
juvenile delinquency
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Laura P Taylor
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
21
cyberlaw
cybersecurity law
technology law
international law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Elaina Michewicz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
45
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Daniel J Smith, Jd
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
12
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Susan Mccarty
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
9