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: 3
Chris R Stokes
ice sheets
glaciers
subglacial bedforms
remote sensing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
66
142
13,356
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mike Crang
geography
waste
tourism studies
urban informatics
heritage
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
59
96
21,495
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
David JA Evans
glacial geomorphology
Quaternary Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
58
221
16,711
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
David Bridgland
Rivers
Quaternary
Palaeolithic
Geoconservation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
58
159
11,095
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mike Bentley
Antarctica
ice sheet
environmental change
glacial geomorphology
sea level
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
55
120
10,550
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ben Anderson
Cultural Geography
Human Geography
Political Geography
Affect
Non-Representational Theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
51
83
19,558

Enroll all your faculty members with discounted institutional membership to showcase your institution's academic strength to the world in the best way possible – join now and achieve results fast! 

* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Simon Engelhart
Sea Level Change
Paleoseismology
Physical Geography
Climate
Tectonics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
41
62
4,628
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Stewart Sr Jamieson
Ice-sheet modelling
glacial landscape evolution
Antarctic ice sheet behaviour
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
71
4,132
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Anna Secor
cultural geography
political geography
feminist geography
Turkey
refugees
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
51
4,794
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nicholas Cox
statistical methods and applications in Earth and environmental sciences
Stata software
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
91
4,904
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Marcus Power
Africa
geopolitics
development
cinema
energy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
51
4,628
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jonathan Darling
Forced migration
urban geography
political geography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
34
3,543
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
David Small
Ice sheets
Antarctica
cosmogenic nuclides
geomorphology
geochronology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
33
1,143
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Oliver Belcher
Human Geography
History of Computation
War
Geopolitical Ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
15
777
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Elizabeth R Johnson
Human-environment geography
STS
political ecology
biomimicry
Anthropocene
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
15
899
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Paul Harrison
Human Geography
Cultural Geography
Phenomenology
Deconstruction
Spatial Theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
12
4,134
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Penelope Anthias
human geography
anthropology
environmental conflicts
Indigenous politics
Latin America
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
11
689
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Burt T
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
84
279
23,443
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Harriet Bulkeley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
81
172
38,478
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Chris R Stokes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
66
142
13,356
ice sheets
glaciers
subglacial bedforms
remote sensing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Rachel Pain
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
62
91
20,148
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mike Crang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
59
96
21,495
geography
waste
tourism studies
urban informatics
heritage
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
David JA Evans
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
58
221
16,711
glacial geomorphology
Quaternary Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
David Bridgland
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
58
159
11,095
Rivers
Quaternary
Palaeolithic
Geoconservation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mike Bentley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
55
120
10,550
Antarctica
ice sheet
environmental change
glacial geomorphology
sea level
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ben Anderson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
51
83
19,558
Cultural Geography
Human Geography
Political Geography
Affect
Non-Representational Theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nicky Gregson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
51
79
11,324

Enroll all your faculty members with discounted institutional membership to showcase your institution's academic strength to the world in the best way possible – join now and achieve results fast! 

Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Simon Engelhart
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
41
62
4,628
Sea Level Change
Paleoseismology
Physical Geography
Climate
Tectonics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Stewart Sr Jamieson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
71
4,132
Ice-sheet modelling
glacial landscape evolution
Antarctic ice sheet behaviour
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Anna Secor
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
51
4,794
cultural geography
political geography
feminist geography
Turkey
refugees
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sarah Atkinson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
56
4,372
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nicholas Cox
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
91
4,904
statistical methods and applications in Earth and environmental sciences
Stata software
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Marcus Power
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
51
4,628
Africa
geopolitics
development
cinema
energy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jonathan Darling
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
34
3,543
Forced migration
urban geography
political geography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Sarah Woodroffe
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
37
2,358
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Andrew Baldwin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
33
2,420
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
David Small
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
33
1,143
Ice sheets
Antarctica
cosmogenic nuclides
geomorphology
geochronology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jeremy J Schmidt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
31
1,457
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Oliver Belcher
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
15
777
Human Geography
History of Computation
War
Geopolitical Ecology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jin Wang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
15
976
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Elizabeth R Johnson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
15
899
Human-environment geography
STS
political ecology
biomimicry
Anthropocene
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Paul Harrison
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
4,134
Human Geography
Cultural Geography
Phenomenology
Deconstruction
Spatial Theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Penelope Anthias
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
689
human geography
anthropology
environmental conflicts
Indigenous politics
Latin America