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" (873,937 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
Ian Gordon
human geography
urban studies
economic geography
labour markets
migration
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
46
112
11,384
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Henry G Overman
Urban economics and policy
local economic growth
evaluation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
42
59
13,508
Hyun Bang Shin 신현방|신현방
Urban Studies
Urban Geography
Urban Political Economy
Gentrification
Cities
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
43
4,688
Thomas EL Smith
Biomass Burning
Tropical Peatlands
FTIR Spectroscopy
Remote Sensing
Wildfire spread modelling
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
35
2,608
Claire Mercer
African cities
middle classes
housing
civil society and diaspora
Tanzania
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
26
3,354
Austin Zeiderman
anthropology
geography
urban studies
environmental studies
security
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
18
996
Kasia Paprocki
political ecology
agrarian studies
development
climate change
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
14
1,016
Kauê Lopes Dos Santos
Geografia Econômica
Geografia Urbana
Economia Urbana
Meio Ambiente
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
6
195
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ian Gordon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
46
112
11,384
human geography
urban studies
economic geography
labour markets
migration
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Henry G Overman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
42
59
13,508
Urban economics and policy
local economic growth
evaluation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Urban Studies
Urban Geography
Urban Political Economy
Gentrification
Cities
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Thomas EL Smith
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
35
2,608
Biomass Burning
Tropical Peatlands
FTIR Spectroscopy
Remote Sensing
Wildfire spread modelling
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Claire Mercer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
26
3,354
African cities
middle classes
housing
civil society and diaspora
Tanzania
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Romola Sanyal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
19
1,725
Geography
Refugees
Urbanization
Housing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Austin Zeiderman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
18
996
anthropology
geography
urban studies
environmental studies
security
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Kasia Paprocki
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
14
1,016
political ecology
agrarian studies
development
climate change
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Kauê Lopes Dos Santos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
6
195
Geografia Econômica
Geografia Urbana
Economia Urbana
Meio Ambiente