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: 1
Kerry O'Donnell
Evolution
fungi
Fusarium
plant pathology
mycotoxins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
91
212
44,660
Manan Sharma
produce safety
manure
irrigation water
bacteriophage
pathogens
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
36
71
3,950
Thad Stanton
Anaerobic bacteriology
intestinal microbial ecology
Genomics
Metagenomics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
49
4,725
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Heather K Allen
metagenomics
phages
antibiotic resistance
microbial ecology
AMR-Consortium
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
64
9,428

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
John W Schmidt
Antibiotic Resistance
Escherichia coli
Salmonella
Food Safety
Mobile Genetic Elements
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
38
1,958
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Kerry O'Donnell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
91
212
44,660
Evolution
fungi
Fusarium
plant pathology
mycotoxins
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
John Bannantine
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
52
136
8,517
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jonathan G Frye
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
49
102
10,490
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Stephen W Peterson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
49
95
9,898
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Craig Thomas Parker
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
84
6,184
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jarlath Nally
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
78
8,231
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Manan Sharma
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
71
3,950
produce safety
manure
irrigation water
bacteriophage
pathogens
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Charlene Jackson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
74
4,565
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Thad Stanton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
49
4,725
Anaerobic bacteriology
intestinal microbial ecology
Genomics
Metagenomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Heather K Allen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
64
9,428
metagenomics
phages
antibiotic resistance
microbial ecology
AMR-Consortium

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Atul Chaudhari
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
42
3,134
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
John W Schmidt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
38
1,958
Antibiotic Resistance
Escherichia coli
Salmonella
Food Safety
Mobile Genetic Elements
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Christie Robnett
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
26
6,790
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Peter Krug
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
27
2,208
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Kevin Panke-Buisse
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
15
1,275
microbiome
soil
host-microbe interactions
agroecosystem
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
James Swezey
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
756