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
10,361
Country Rank
390
Institution Rank : 6
China
Zhili He
environmental microbiome
microbial ecology
synthetic microbial ecology
microbiome engineering
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
95
328
33,628
* Rankings
World Rank
24,402
Country Rank
1,050
Institution Rank : 14
China
Chung-I Wu
Evolutionary biology
Population genetics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
75
175
28,059
* Rankings
World Rank
24,802
Country Rank
1,082
Institution Rank : 15
China
Wen Jun Li
microbial resources、microbial ecology、extremophilic enzymes、systematics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
74
721
34,191
* Rankings
World Rank
33,237
Country Rank
144
Institution Rank : 7
Taiwan
Hsueh Wen Chang
Ecology
Biostatistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
68
282
16,138
* Rankings
World Rank
41,060
Country Rank
1,859
Institution Rank : 29
China
Fangliang He
Ecology and Conservation Biology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
63
148
16,861
* Rankings
World Rank
126,333
Country Rank
6,127
Institution Rank : 98
China
Tien Ming Lee
Conservation Science
Climate Change
Socio-Ecological
Wildlife Trade
Sustainability
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
41
61
11,298
* Rankings
World Rank
155,790
Country Rank
7,593
Institution Rank : 123
China
Guan-Zheng Luo 骆观正
Epigenetics
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
37
55
9,523
* Rankings
World Rank
164,090
Country Rank
7,983
Institution Rank : 131
China
Jian Hua Yang
lncRNA
microRNA
CLIP-seq
m6A
epitranscriptome
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
36
66
13,771
* Rankings
World Rank
171,315
Country Rank
1,065
Institution Rank : 23
Taiwan
Tse Min Lee
Algae
Stress Physiology
Bioenergy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
36
65
3,705
* Rankings
World Rank
188,790
Country Rank
9,456
Institution Rank : 167
China
Junhong Xia (夏军红)
Fish breeding & genetics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
34
68
3,152
* Rankings
World Rank
195,434
Country Rank
9,722
Institution Rank : 173
China
Cheng Wang
Microbial ecology
Bioinformatics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
55
3,867
* Rankings
World Rank
221,431
Country Rank
11,149
Institution Rank : 194
China
Cai LI
Evolutionary Genomics
Genome Regulation
Computational Biology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
35
7,548
* Rankings
World Rank
223,372
Country Rank
11,327
Institution Rank : 197
China
Rui Zhang
RNA editing and modification
RNA therapy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
37
5,344
* Rankings
World Rank
253,127
Country Rank
12,908
Institution Rank : 225
China
Bao-Ming Chen 陈宝明
Biological Invasions
Plant Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Plant nutrition
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
29
68
3,286
* Rankings
World Rank
292,410
Country Rank
14,915
Institution Rank : 283
China
袁洋
microbial ecology
evolutionary biology
bioinformatics
biological statistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
49
1,987
* Rankings
World Rank
335,545
Country Rank
16,982
Institution Rank : 324
China
Qinfen Zhang
structural biology
Cryo-EM
virus structure
chlamedia structure
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
31
2,250
* Rankings
World Rank
400,676
Country Rank
20,465
Institution Rank : 406
China
Chunyu Dong
ecohydrology
remote sensing
snow
drought
hydrological modeling
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
35
1,528
* Rankings
World Rank
414,944
Country Rank
20,928
Institution Rank : 413
China
Huihao Zhou
Structural Biology
Medicinal Chemical Biology
Drug Design
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
48
2,298
* Rankings
World Rank
419,969
Country Rank
21,388
Institution Rank : 419
China
Jia-Xing Yue
Evolution
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
29
3,638
* Rankings
World Rank
446,637
Country Rank
22,521
Institution Rank : 434
China
Shoudeng Chen
structural biology
virology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
26
9,383
* Rankings
World Rank
454,151
Country Rank
22,974
Institution Rank : 449
China
Lin Huang
Riboswitch
RNA Structural Modeling and Design
Bioinformatics
Structural Biology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
28
1,076
* Rankings
World Rank
478,982
Country Rank
24,011
Institution Rank : 469
China
Jian Rong Yang
Evolutionary Genomics
Systems Biology
Bioinformatics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
23
3,268
* Rankings
World Rank
514,110
Country Rank
25,592
Institution Rank : 499
China
Baixing Wu
Structural Biology
RNA Biology
RNA & DNA modifications
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
21
1,528
* Rankings
World Rank
544,544
Country Rank
26,580
Institution Rank : 517
China
Xiangjun Du
Evolutionary Biology
Systems Biology
Bioinformatics
Theoretical Ecology
Infectious Diseases
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
23
3,906
* Rankings
World Rank
570,963
Country Rank
27,871
Institution Rank : 546
China
Jiajun Zhang
Computational Biology
Systems Biology
Stochastic Modelling
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
26
1,068
* Rankings
World Rank
582,121
Country Rank
28,017
Institution Rank : 551
China
Jian-Yu Jiao (焦建宇)
Phylogenomic
Metagenomic
Microbial ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
40
1,537
* Rankings
World Rank
600,116
Country Rank
29,217
Institution Rank : 573
China
Jing Xie
Remote Sensing
Urban Ecology and Local Climate
Land Use / Land Cover
Vegetation Phenology
Mountains and Alpine Areas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
18
640
* Rankings
World Rank
606,145
Country Rank
29,401
Institution Rank : 579
China
Rongfeng Cui
Evolutionary genomics
adaptation
sexual selection
sexual imprinting
olfactory communication
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
18
1,361
* Rankings
World Rank
627,630
Country Rank
30,011
Institution Rank : 588
China
Zhonghui Tang
computational biology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
18
3,333
* Rankings
World Rank
628,160
Country Rank
30,058
Institution Rank : 589
China
Xian Yang
Ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
18
984
* Rankings
World Rank
673,357
Country Rank
31,953
Institution Rank : 628
China
Xiaoli Yu
Microbial ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
17
712
* Rankings
World Rank
674,577
Country Rank
32,082
Institution Rank : 630
China
Jingwen Zhang
Ecohydrology
Water resources planning and management
Data analysis
Data-driven models
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
16
916
* Rankings
World Rank
692,435
Country Rank
33,033
Institution Rank : 652
China
Yong Shen
Community Ecology
Functional traits
Forest dynamics
Ecological networks
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
16
649
* Rankings
World Rank
714,146
Country Rank
4,791
Institution Rank : 108
Taiwan
Shu Ping Huang
Herpetology
Biophysical Models
Physiological Ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
15
442
* Rankings
World Rank
733,393
Country Rank
34,829
Institution Rank : 678
China
Shuang Xing
community ecology
species interaction
environmental gradients
conservation biology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
15
430
* Rankings
World Rank
792,253
Country Rank
5,253
Institution Rank : 123
Taiwan
Hsiu Chin Lin
Evolution
ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
18
580
* Rankings
World Rank
832,907
Country Rank
38,816
Institution Rank : 742
China
Xubing Liu
Biodiversity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
1,070
* Rankings
World Rank
889,062
Country Rank
41,126
Institution Rank : 775
China
Minxia Liang
Ecology
Biodiversity
Pathogen
Mycorrhizae
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
897
* Rankings
World Rank
966,355
Country Rank
45,093
Institution Rank : 826
China
Qingjiao Li
Computational Biology
Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
1,662
* Rankings
World Rank
1,026,869
Country Rank
47,461
Institution Rank : 851
China
Jiayuan Liao
Climate change
forest ecology
biogeochemistry
nitrogen cycle
urban microclimate
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
437
* Rankings
World Rank
1,051,025
Country Rank
48,973
Institution Rank : 875
China
Siddique
Biocontrol
IPM
Ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
115
* Rankings
World Rank
1,095,075
Country Rank
50,267
Institution Rank : 885
China
Bai-Liang He
Acute myeloid leukemia
Oncology
Hematopoiesis
Zebrafish
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
7
330
* Rankings
World Rank
1,106,364
Country Rank
51,130
Institution Rank : 898
China
Yangzhi Rao
Microbial evolution
Microbial genomics
Metagenomics
Microbial ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
323
* Rankings
World Rank
1,107,301
Country Rank
7,020
Institution Rank : 175
Taiwan
Romain Richard
Ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
283
* Rankings
World Rank
1,112,697
Country Rank
51,565
Institution Rank : 909
China
Yongsen Ruan (阮永森)|阮永森
population genetics
evolutionary biology
viral evolution
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
186
* Rankings
World Rank
1,116,895
Country Rank
51,937
Institution Rank : 919
China
Fan Xia
biology、autophagy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
140
* Rankings
World Rank
1,132,023
Country Rank
53,069
Institution Rank : 940
China
Yu-Zhen Ming(明语真)
microbial ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
4
140
* Rankings
World Rank
1,299,510
Country Rank
59,914
Institution Rank : 1,043
China
Xin Wang
Physical Biology
Biological Physics
Biophysics
Systems Biology
Theoretical Ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
5
415
* Rankings
World Rank
1,307,677
Country Rank
60,609
Institution Rank : 1,056
China
Qinglin Wang
生物学、药理学、药剂学、生物化学
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
5
128
* Rankings
World Rank
1,340,946
Country Rank
62,964
Institution Rank : 1,092
China
Yuqing Han
Ecology and evolutionary biology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
3
124
* Rankings
World Rank
1,419,094
Country Rank
65,905
Institution Rank : 1,142
China
You Zhang
Carbon nanotubes
Graphene
Copolymer
Oxygen Reduction Reaction
Oxygen evolution reaction Hydrogen evolution reaction
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
85
* Rankings
World Rank
1,456,751
Country Rank
67,979
Institution Rank : 1,181
China
Wei Xiao
Developmental biology
Evolutionary biology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
117
* Rankings
World Rank
1,478,949
Country Rank
69,328
Institution Rank : 1,209
China
Lyubing Zhang
Ecology
Conservation Biology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
325
Rankings
10,361
China
390
6
Zhili He
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
95
328
33,628
environmental microbiome
microbial ecology
synthetic microbial ecology
microbiome engineering
Rankings
24,402
China
1,050
14
Chung-I Wu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
75
175
28,059
Rankings
24,802
China
1,082
15
Wen Jun Li
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
74
721
34,191
microbial resources、microbial ecology、extremophilic enzymes、systematics
Rankings
33,237
Taiwan
144
7
Hsueh Wen Chang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
68
282
16,138
Rankings
41,060
China
1,859
29
Fangliang He
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
63
148
16,861
Rankings
126,333
China
6,127
98
Tien Ming Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
41
61
11,298
Conservation Science
Climate Change
Socio-Ecological
Wildlife Trade
Sustainability
Rankings
155,790
China
7,593
123
Guan-Zheng Luo 骆观正
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
55
9,523
Rankings
164,090
China
7,983
131
Jian Hua Yang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
66
13,771
lncRNA
microRNA
CLIP-seq
m6A
epitranscriptome
Rankings
171,315
Taiwan
1,065
23
Tse Min Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
65
3,705
Rankings
188,790
China
9,456
167
Junhong Xia (夏军红)
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
68
3,152
Rankings
195,434
China
9,722
173
Cheng Wang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
55
3,867
Rankings
221,431
China
11,149
194
Cai LI
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
35
7,548
Evolutionary Genomics
Genome Regulation
Computational Biology
Rankings
223,372
China
11,327
197
Rui Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
37
5,344
Rankings
253,127
China
12,908
225
Bao-Ming Chen 陈宝明
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
68
3,286
Biological Invasions
Plant Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Plant nutrition
Rankings
292,410
China
14,915
283
袁洋
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
49
1,987
microbial ecology
evolutionary biology
bioinformatics
biological statistics
Rankings
335,545
China
16,982
324
Qinfen Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
31
2,250
structural biology
Cryo-EM
virus structure
chlamedia structure
Rankings
400,676
China
20,465
406
Chunyu Dong
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
35
1,528
ecohydrology
remote sensing
snow
drought
hydrological modeling
Rankings
414,944
China
20,928
413
Huihao Zhou
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
48
2,298
Structural Biology
Medicinal Chemical Biology
Drug Design
Rankings
419,969
China
21,388
419
Jia-Xing Yue
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
29
3,638
Rankings
446,637
China
22,521
434
Shoudeng Chen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
26
9,383
Rankings
454,151
China
22,974
449
Lin Huang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
28
1,076
Riboswitch
RNA Structural Modeling and Design
Bioinformatics
Structural Biology
Rankings
478,982
China
24,011
469
Jian Rong Yang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
23
3,268
Evolutionary Genomics
Systems Biology
Bioinformatics
Rankings
514,110
China
25,592
499
Baixing Wu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
21
1,528
Structural Biology
RNA Biology
RNA & DNA modifications
Rankings
544,544
China
26,580
517
Xiangjun Du
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
23
3,906
Evolutionary Biology
Systems Biology
Bioinformatics
Theoretical Ecology
Infectious Diseases
Rankings
570,963
China
27,871
546
Jiajun Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
26
1,068
Computational Biology
Systems Biology
Stochastic Modelling
Rankings
582,121
China
28,017
551
Jian-Yu Jiao (焦建宇)
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
40
1,537
Rankings
600,116
China
29,217
573
Jing Xie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
18
640
Remote Sensing
Urban Ecology and Local Climate
Land Use / Land Cover
Vegetation Phenology
Mountains and Alpine Areas
Rankings
606,145
China
29,401
579
Rongfeng Cui
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
18
1,361
Evolutionary genomics
adaptation
sexual selection
sexual imprinting
olfactory communication
Rankings
627,630
China
30,011
588
Zhonghui Tang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
18
3,333
Rankings
628,160
China
30,058
589
Xian Yang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
18
984
Rankings
673,357
China
31,953
628
Xiaoli Yu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
17
712
Rankings
674,577
China
32,082
630
Jingwen Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
16
916
Ecohydrology
Water resources planning and management
Data analysis
Data-driven models
Rankings
692,435
China
33,033
652
Yong Shen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
16
649
Community Ecology
Functional traits
Forest dynamics
Ecological networks
Rankings
714,146
Taiwan
4,791
108
Shu Ping Huang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
15
442
Herpetology
Biophysical Models
Physiological Ecology
Rankings
733,393
China
34,829
678
Shuang Xing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
15
430
community ecology
species interaction
environmental gradients
conservation biology
Rankings
792,253
Taiwan
5,253
123
Hsiu Chin Lin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
18
580
Rankings
832,907
China
38,816
742
Xubing Liu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
1,070
Rankings
889,062
China
41,126
775
Minxia Liang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
897
Rankings
966,355
China
45,093
826
Qingjiao Li
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
1,662
Computational Biology
Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
Rankings
1,026,869
China
47,461
851
Jiayuan Liao
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
437
Climate change
forest ecology
biogeochemistry
nitrogen cycle
urban microclimate
Rankings
1,051,025
China
48,973
875
Siddique
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
115
Rankings
1,095,075
China
50,267
885
Bai-Liang He
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
330
Acute myeloid leukemia
Oncology
Hematopoiesis
Zebrafish
Rankings
1,106,364
China
51,130
898
Yangzhi Rao
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
323
Microbial evolution
Microbial genomics
Metagenomics
Microbial ecology
Rankings
1,107,301
Taiwan
7,020
175
Romain Richard
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
283
Rankings
1,112,697
China
51,565
909
Yongsen Ruan (阮永森)|阮永森
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
186
population genetics
evolutionary biology
viral evolution
Rankings
1,116,895
China
51,937
919
Fan Xia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
140
Rankings
1,132,023
China
53,069
940
Yu-Zhen Ming(明语真)
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
4
140
Rankings
1,299,510
China
59,914
1,043
Xin Wang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
5
415
Physical Biology
Biological Physics
Biophysics
Systems Biology
Theoretical Ecology
Rankings
1,307,677
China
60,609
1,056
Qinglin Wang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
5
128
生物学、药理学、药剂学、生物化学
Rankings
1,340,946
China
62,964
1,092
Yuqing Han
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
124
Rankings
1,419,094
China
65,905
1,142
You Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
85
Carbon nanotubes
Graphene
Copolymer
Oxygen Reduction Reaction
Oxygen evolution reaction Hydrogen evolution reaction
Rankings
1,456,751
China
67,979
1,181
Wei Xiao
Metrics
H-Index
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4
3
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China
69,328
1,209
Lyubing Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
325