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
Marlene Behrmann
Visual recognition
object
face and word recognition
spatial representations
dorsal and ventral visual cortex
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
94
268
31,157
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Barbara G Shinn Cunningham
Auditory Neuroscience
Hearing Science
Auditory Perception
Psychoacoustics
Hearing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
65
175
15,475
Byron Yu
Neuroscience
brain-computer interfaces
machine learning
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
45
75
11,953
Wayne Wu
philosophy of action
philosophy of mind
philosophy of cognitive science
attention
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
24
1,469
Ying Yang
Neuroscience
Language Impairments
Natural Language Processing
Voxel-lesion symptom mapping
Brain Computer Interface
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
1,325
Tekin MeriçLi
AI
Intelligent Mobile Robots
Autonomous Vehicles
Developmental and Cognitive Robotics
Computational Neuroscience
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
12
453

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Jing A Wen
Learning and memory
sensory processing
synaptic plasticity
olfaction
neural coding
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
467
Melanie Gainey
Open Science
Neuroscience
Biology
Library & Information Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
7
837
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Marlene Behrmann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
94
268
31,157
Visual recognition
object
face and word recognition
spatial representations
dorsal and ventral visual cortex
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Barbara G Shinn Cunningham
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
65
175
15,475
Auditory Neuroscience
Hearing Science
Auditory Perception
Psychoacoustics
Hearing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Byron Yu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
75
11,953
Neuroscience
brain-computer interfaces
machine learning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Aryn Gittis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
33
3,196
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Wayne Wu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
24
1,469
philosophy of action
philosophy of mind
philosophy of cognitive science
attention
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Eric Yttri
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
21
1,310
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jiseok Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
1,932
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Y Kate Hong
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
1,145
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ying Yang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
1,325
Neuroscience
Language Impairments
Natural Language Processing
Voxel-lesion symptom mapping
Brain Computer Interface
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Tekin MeriçLi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
12
453
AI
Intelligent Mobile Robots
Autonomous Vehicles
Developmental and Cognitive Robotics
Computational Neuroscience

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jing A Wen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
467
Learning and memory
sensory processing
synaptic plasticity
olfaction
neural coding
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Melanie Gainey
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
837
Open Science
Neuroscience
Biology
Library & Information Science