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: 1
Henrik G Smith
ecology
biodiversity
conservation biology
ecosystem services
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
94
251
30,611
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Åke Lindström
bird monitoring
bird migration
population ecology
climate change
moult
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
62
135
14,692
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Johan Bäckman
Animal movement ecology
radar ornithology
bird migration
ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
44
2,722
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jochen Smolka
Animal Vision
Navigation & Orientation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
20
1,081
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kaj Hulthén
Animal migration
Predator-prey interactions
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
24
1,921
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michael J Bok|Michael Bok
Animal Vision
Marine Biology
Eye Evolution
Visual Ecology
Neuroethology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
22
1,210
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Giuseppe Bianco
Animal Behaviour
Movement Ecology
Animal Tracking
Computational Biology
Computer Vision
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
22
725
Elainie Madsen
Animal cognition
Contagion
Referential communication
Altruism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
561
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Henrik G Smith
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
94
251
30,611
ecology
biodiversity
conservation biology
ecosystem services
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Åke Lindström
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
62
135
14,692
bird monitoring
bird migration
population ecology
climate change
moult
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Johan Bäckman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
44
2,722
Animal movement ecology
radar ornithology
bird migration
ecology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jochen Smolka
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
20
1,081
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kaj Hulthén
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
24
1,921
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michael J Bok|Michael Bok
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
22
1,210
Animal Vision
Marine Biology
Eye Evolution
Visual Ecology
Neuroethology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Giuseppe Bianco
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
22
725
Animal Behaviour
Movement Ecology
Animal Tracking
Computational Biology
Computer Vision
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Elainie Madsen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
561
Animal cognition
Contagion
Referential communication
Altruism