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
Jiquan Chen
Ecology
Landscape
Global Change
Land Use
Urban
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
106
411
49,256
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
David P Roy
Remote Sensing
fire
land use and land cover change
geography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
81
159
37,310
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jiaguo Qi
Land use and land cover change
global change
remote sensing
grassland ecosystems
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
76
210
21,040
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Geoffrey M Henebry
Land Surface Phenology
Land Cover/Land Use Change
Grasslands
Urbanization
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
55
137
10,854
Randy Schaetzl
soils
geomorphology
loess
Quaternary science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
46
105
8,111
Ashton Shortridge
GIS
spatial data analysis
spatial data uncertainty
DEM
health geography policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
38
60
11,220
Arika Ligmann Zielinska
Agent-Based Modeling
Spatial Analysis
Sensitivity Analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
36
2,834
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Kyla Marie Dahlin
ecosystem ecology
remote sensing
Earth system modeling
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
34
4,752

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Leo Zulu
Environment/Society - natural resources governance
health geography
geospatial analysis
climate
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
37
2,204
Guo Chen At Msu
Poverty Inequality Justice
Urban & Environment
Migrants
Housing
Global South/Asia/APA/China
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
25
1,223
Yue Dou
Land use and land cover change
sustainability
resilience
trade
telecoupling
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
22
1,128
Kyle Evered
Geography
Geopolitics
Environmental History
Middle East Studies
Turkish Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
23
639
Pietro Sciusco
remote sensing
plant ecology
climate change
carbon fluxes
land use land cover change/management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
212
Yi Fan
Solar energy
Human geography
Life cycle assessment
Evironmental and economical sustainability
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
5
1,584
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jiquan Chen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
106
411
49,256
Ecology
Landscape
Global Change
Land Use
Urban
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Emilio Moran
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
84
248
43,817
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
David P Roy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
81
159
37,310
Remote Sensing
fire
land use and land cover change
geography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jiaguo Qi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
76
210
21,040
Land use and land cover change
global change
remote sensing
grassland ecosystems
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Geoffrey M Henebry
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
55
137
10,854
Land Surface Phenology
Land Cover/Land Use Change
Grasslands
Urbanization
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Randy Schaetzl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
46
105
8,111
soils
geomorphology
loess
Quaternary science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ashton Shortridge
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
60
11,220
GIS
spatial data analysis
spatial data uncertainty
DEM
health geography policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Julie Winkler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
66
3,541
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Arika Ligmann Zielinska
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
36
2,834
Agent-Based Modeling
Spatial Analysis
Sensitivity Analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Kyla Marie Dahlin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
34
4,752
ecosystem ecology
remote sensing
Earth system modeling

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Leo Zulu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
37
2,204
Environment/Society - natural resources governance
health geography
geospatial analysis
climate
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Guo Chen At Msu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
25
1,223
Poverty Inequality Justice
Urban & Environment
Migrants
Housing
Global South/Asia/APA/China
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Yue Dou
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
22
1,128
Land use and land cover change
sustainability
resilience
trade
telecoupling
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Kyle Evered
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
23
639
Geography
Geopolitics
Environmental History
Middle East Studies
Turkish Studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Pietro Sciusco
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
212
remote sensing
plant ecology
climate change
carbon fluxes
land use land cover change/management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Yi Fan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
5
1,584
Solar energy
Human geography
Life cycle assessment
Evironmental and economical sustainability
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Stephen Przybylinski
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
92
political geography homelessness property justice