Top 100 Scientists

World Top 100 Scientists 2024

The ranking of “Top 100” scientists is based on total h-index scores. Top 100 scientists can be ranked globally or specific to the following regions including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Oceania, Arab League, EECA, BRICS, and COMESA 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, and Social Sciences. According to Total H. BETA VERSION. Subject field ranking in world, region, country and university is beta version since subject field "others" (829,221 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
World Rank
59
Country Rank
26
Institution Rank : 2
United States
John PA Ioannidis
meta-research
clinical epidemiology
evidence-based medicine
research methods
meta-analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
259
1,320
570,799
* Rankings
World Rank
403
Country Rank
155
Institution Rank : 1
United States
Goncalo Abecasis
Biostatistics
Human Genetics
Statistical Computing
Genetics
Complex Traits
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
213
517
361,082
* Rankings
World Rank
680
Country Rank
250
Institution Rank : 4
United States
L Adrienne Cupples
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
194
704
232,380
* Rankings
World Rank
1,040
Country Rank
416
Institution Rank : 5
United States
Michael Boehnke
Statistical and computational human genetics and genomics
complex traits
type 2 diabetes and related traits
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
171
454
183,203
* Rankings
World Rank
1,211
Country Rank
496
Institution Rank : 18
United States
Mithat GöNen
Biostatistics
Clinical Trials
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
164
651
104,591
* Rankings
World Rank
1,271
Country Rank
25
Institution Rank : 3
Netherlands
Eric Boersma
biostatistics
cardiovascular diseases
epidemiology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
162
707
172,804
* Rankings
World Rank
1,397
Country Rank
101
Institution Rank : 14
United Kingdom
Tim J Cole
statistics
medical statistics
pediatrics
growth
nutrition
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
160
590
130,204
* Rankings
World Rank
1,501
Country Rank
643
Institution Rank : 67
United States
Richard Gelber
Biostatistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
156
497
125,396
* Rankings
World Rank
1,998
Country Rank
158
Institution Rank : 2
United Kingdom
Jon Deeks
Medical statistics
Biostatistics
Statistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
144
384
203,363
* Rankings
World Rank
2,066
Country Rank
164
Institution Rank : 12
United Kingdom
Andrew Pickles
Developmental epidemiology
Trials
Latent variable models
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
143
432
106,315
* Rankings
World Rank
2,238
Country Rank
1,022
Institution Rank : 20
United States
Steve Horvath
Bioinformatics
Human Genetics
Biostatistics
Systems Biology
Network Analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
140
462
116,684
* Rankings
World Rank
2,556
Country Rank
1,168
Institution Rank : 9
United States
Joseph Massaro
Biostatstics
Clinical Trials
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
136
388
163,380
* Rankings
World Rank
2,738
Country Rank
1,269
Institution Rank : 128
United States
Miguel Hernan
Causal inference
Observational studies
Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
134
344
116,936
* Rankings
World Rank
2,789
Country Rank
1,288
Institution Rank : 132
United States
David Alan Schoenfeld
biostatistics
medicine
healthcare
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
134
393
79,557
* Rankings
World Rank
2,834
Country Rank
1,311
Institution Rank : 133
United States
James M Robins
statistics
epidemiology
biostatistics
causal inference
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
133
346
103,519
* Rankings
World Rank
2,964
Country Rank
1,369
Institution Rank : 138
United States
Curtis Huttenhower
computational metagenomics
human microbiome
biological data mining
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
131
283
140,462
* Rankings
World Rank
3,013
Country Rank
1,384
Institution Rank : 12
United States
Frank Harrell
biostatistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
131
383
117,675
* Rankings
World Rank
3,096
Country Rank
1,417
Institution Rank : 145
United States
Marc Lipsitch
Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Surveillance
Microbiology
Biostatistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
130
389
66,937
* Rankings
World Rank
3,196
Country Rank
1,457
Institution Rank : 17
United States
Donald Berry
cancer
statistics
screening
clinical trials
bayesian statistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
130
474
86,756
* Rankings
World Rank
3,248
Country Rank
1,488
Institution Rank : 5
United States
Jim Mintz
research methodology in psychiatry/psychology
data analysis
applied biostatistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
129
415
58,816
* Rankings
World Rank
3,308
Country Rank
1,517
Institution Rank : 3
United States
George Howard
cardiovascular
cerebrovascular
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
128
532
86,029
* Rankings
World Rank
3,399
Country Rank
24
Institution Rank : 1
Greece
Demosthenes Panagiotakos
Biostatistics
epidemiology
cardiovascular disease
nutrition
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
127
779
150,654
* Rankings
World Rank
3,677
Country Rank
314
Institution Rank : 36
United Kingdom
Caroline Sabin
Cohort Studies
HIV
infectious diseases
statistics
sexual health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
125
576
65,759
* Rankings
World Rank
3,787
Country Rank
1,743
Institution Rank : 17
United States
Yu Shyr
Biostatistics
Bioinformatics
Data Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
124
473
64,462
* Rankings
World Rank
3,790
Country Rank
1,746
Institution Rank : 24
United States
Ken Hess
Biostatistics
Clinical Trials
Prognostic Prediction
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
124
422
81,218
* Rankings
World Rank
4,053
Country Rank
1,887
Institution Rank : 180
United States
Nan Laird
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
122
300
213,732
* Rankings
World Rank
4,308
Country Rank
2,008
Institution Rank : 27
United States
J Jack Lee
biostatistics
cancer
clinical trials
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
120
771
70,291
* Rankings
World Rank
4,309
Country Rank
2,009
Institution Rank : 188
United States
Roger B Davis
biostatistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
120
348
61,419
* Rankings
World Rank
4,346
Country Rank
17
Institution Rank : 10
Finland
Samuli Ripatti
human genetics
biostatistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
119
311
86,535
* Rankings
World Rank
4,422
Country Rank
6
Institution Rank : 2
New Zealand
Thomas Lumley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
119
311
156,391
* Rankings
World Rank
4,488
Country Rank
58
Institution Rank : 5
Japan
Yonemoto Naohiro
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Global Health
Health Economics
Suicide Prevention
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
118
276
206,761
* Rankings
World Rank
4,673
Country Rank
165
Institution Rank : 22
Canada
Lehana Thabane
Biostatistics
Clinical Trials
Outcomes Research
Health Services Research
Methods for Evidence Synthesis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
119
775
69,972
* Rankings
World Rank
4,731
Country Rank
405
Institution Rank : 11
United Kingdom
Stephen Duffy
Biostatistics
Cancer epidemiology
cancer screening
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
117
482
58,376
* Rankings
World Rank
4,765
Country Rank
2,222
Institution Rank : 19
United States
Daniel O Stram
Biostatistics
Genetics
Radiation Epidemiology
Clinical Trials
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
117
393
53,220
* Rankings
World Rank
5,017
Country Rank
2,337
Institution Rank : 55
United States
Melanie Wall
Biostatistics
Psychometrics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
115
427
45,785
* Rankings
World Rank
5,394
Country Rank
188
Institution Rank : 30
Canada
George Tomlinson
Biostatistics
Bayesian methods
Clinical epidemiology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
114
443
55,784
* Rankings
World Rank
5,462
Country Rank
2,536
Institution Rank : 3
United States
Soren M Bentzen
Biostatistics
oncology
evidence based medicine
medical physics
mathematical modeling
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
113
407
50,327
* Rankings
World Rank
5,622
Country Rank
2,614
Institution Rank : 226
United States
Hang Lee
Biostatistics
Clinical Research
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
113
313
49,442
* Rankings
World Rank
5,838
Country Rank
2,715
Institution Rank : 29
United States
Elizabeth J Atkinson
genetics
statistics
epidemiology
osteoporosis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
111
294
51,441
* Rankings
World Rank
5,845
Country Rank
2,721
Institution Rank : 34
United States
Scott L Zeger
biostatistics
public health
environment
precision medicine
Bayes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
111
310
113,833
* Rankings
World Rank
5,987
Country Rank
34
Institution Rank : 22
Greece
Klea Katsouyanni
Environmental Epidemiology
Epidemiologic methods
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
110
289
49,916
* Rankings
World Rank
6,038
Country Rank
22
Institution Rank : 4
Austria
Hanno Ulmer
Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Clinical Trials
Medicine
Life Sciences
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
110
408
80,883
* Rankings
World Rank
6,094
Country Rank
2,837
Institution Rank : 53
United States
Warren Bilker
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
110
338
43,841
* Rankings
World Rank
6,095
Country Rank
2,838
Institution Rank : 65
United States
Robert Elashoff
Biostatistics
Biomathematics
Cancer Research
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
110
282
52,327
* Rankings
World Rank
6,116
Country Rank
2,852
Institution Rank : 16
United States
Stephan Arndt
Biostatistics
measurement
epidemiology
substance use
addiction
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
110
265
41,972
* Rankings
World Rank
6,162
Country Rank
545
Institution Rank : 44
United Kingdom
Christl Donnelly
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Outbreaks
Disease Control
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
109
394
72,585
* Rankings
World Rank
6,203
Country Rank
228
Institution Rank : 26
Canada
Joseph Beyene
Biostatistical modelling
statistical genomics
meta-analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
110
308
111,518
* Rankings
World Rank
6,342
Country Rank
235
Institution Rank : 24
Australia
Yuming Guo
Air Pollution
Biostatistics
Climate Change
Environmental Epidemiology
Global Environmental
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
108
459
141,398
* Rankings
World Rank
6,411
Country Rank
171
Institution Rank : 21
Netherlands
Eijkemans, Mjc
Biostatistics
survival analysis
prediction and classification
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
108
364
116,119
* Rankings
World Rank
6,875
Country Rank
342
Institution Rank : 5
Italy
Maria Pia Sormani
biostatistics
clinical neurology
multiple sclerosis
MRI
oncology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
106
415
41,843
* Rankings
World Rank
6,889
Country Rank
3,189
Institution Rank : 54
United States
Brenda W Gillespie
biostatistics
kidney disease
glaucoma
organ transplants
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
106
322
42,160
* Rankings
World Rank
6,955
Country Rank
272
Institution Rank : 25
Canada
Robert W Platt
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
106
394
43,920
* Rankings
World Rank
7,086
Country Rank
621
Institution Rank : 98
United Kingdom
Sarah Walker
Infectious diseases
medical statistics
epidemiology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
105
433
40,890
* Rankings
World Rank
7,180
Country Rank
3,317
Institution Rank : 2
United States
Sue Leurgans
biostatistics
neuroscience
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
105
299
44,701
* Rankings
World Rank
7,267
Country Rank
3,360
Institution Rank : 31
United States
J Philip Miller
clinical trials
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
105
299
62,082
* Rankings
World Rank
7,469
Country Rank
3,449
Institution Rank : 13
United States
Ken Kleinman
Biostatistics
Biomedical research
Health care
Health services research
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
104
264
38,610
* Rankings
World Rank
7,680
Country Rank
3,542
Institution Rank : 5
United States
John Lachin
biostatistical methods
clinical trials
diabetes
epidemiology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
103
234
109,736
* Rankings
World Rank
7,748
Country Rank
689
Institution Rank : 50
United Kingdom
Paul Seed
Biostatistics
Maternal & Fetal Medicine
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
103
345
37,217
* Rankings
World Rank
7,822
Country Rank
3,608
Institution Rank : 63
United States
Frances Shofer
Emergency Medicine Research
Occupational Medicine
Public Health
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
103
366
31,935
* Rankings
World Rank
7,877
Country Rank
697
Institution Rank : 70
United Kingdom
Stephen Burgess
Mendelian randomization
instrumental variables
causal inference
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
102
287
66,926
* Rankings
World Rank
7,916
Country Rank
702
Institution Rank : 20
United Kingdom
Kate Tilling
Medical statistics
epidemiology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
102
351
59,040
* Rankings
World Rank
7,987
Country Rank
3,690
Institution Rank : 294
United States
Xihong Lin
Biostatistics
Genetics and Genomics
Epidemiology
Environmental Science
Medicine
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
103
360
47,750
* Rankings
World Rank
8,000
Country Rank
3,698
Institution Rank : 40
United States
Mariza Andrade
statistical genetics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
102
327
100,389
* Rankings
World Rank
8,029
Country Rank
3,714
Institution Rank : 30
United States
Xh Zhou
Biostatistics
Diagnostic Medicine
Health Services Research
Causal Inferences
Mental Health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
102
841
53,752
* Rankings
World Rank
8,378
Country Rank
749
Institution Rank : 8
United Kingdom
Keith R Abrams