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
Liang Dong(董亮)
Eco-industrial development
Urban sustainability
Sustainable urban planning
Industrial symbiosis
Industrial Ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
59
110
7,976
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Wallace KS Tang
Complex networks
evolutionary algorithm
chaos
nonlinear systems
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
53
153
14,926
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Lin Qiuzhen
Evolutionary Computation
Multiobjective Optimization
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
45
129
6,713
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Guangjie Zhou
Ecological Risk Assessment
Aquatic Toxicology
Environmental Analytical Chemistry
Phytoplankton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
29
55
3,557
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Li Genghui
Optimization
Evolutionary Computation
Machine Learning
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
35
2,095
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Shiu Yin Yuen
Black box optimization
Artificial Intelligence
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
48
1,855
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yunzi Hu
Biorefinery
Biotechnology
Enzyme
Polymer
Waste Utilization
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
17
1,513
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jinjin Yu
Microbiome
Microbial ecology
Environmental microbiology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
15
2,110

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sheng Xin Zhang
Evolutionary Computation
Differential Evolution
Machine Learning
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
382
Chloe Hatten
Conservation biology
illegal wildlife trade
wildlife forensics
conservation genetics
human
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
28
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Liang Dong(董亮)
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
59
110
7,976
Eco-industrial development
Urban sustainability
Sustainable urban planning
Industrial symbiosis
Industrial Ecology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Wallace KS Tang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
53
153
14,926
Complex networks
evolutionary algorithm
chaos
nonlinear systems
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Yun Wah Lam
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
47
82
11,295
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Lin Qiuzhen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
129
6,713
Evolutionary Computation
Multiobjective Optimization
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Wang Xin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
77
11,894
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Guangjie Zhou
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
55
3,557
Ecological Risk Assessment
Aquatic Toxicology
Environmental Analytical Chemistry
Phytoplankton
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Li Genghui
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
35
2,095
Optimization
Evolutionary Computation
Machine Learning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Shiu Yin Yuen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
48
1,855
Black box optimization
Artificial Intelligence
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yunzi Hu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
17
1,513
Biorefinery
Biotechnology
Enzyme
Polymer
Waste Utilization
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jinjin Yu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
15
2,110
Microbiome
Microbial ecology
Environmental microbiology

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sheng Xin Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
382
Evolutionary Computation
Differential Evolution
Machine Learning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Zhenhua Li
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
713
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
冯玲
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
290
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Muha Ajijur Rahman Al Azad
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
686
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Tabris Yik To Chung
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
74
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Bo Zheng
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
42
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Chloe Hatten
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
28
Conservation biology
illegal wildlife trade
wildlife forensics
conservation genetics
human