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" (873,864 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
Sara AO Cousins
Community ecology
Climate change
Landscape history
Plant dispersal
Connectivity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
54
120
8,208
Arjen P Stroeven
Paleoglaciology
geomorphology
Earth surface processes
Cosmogenic dating
Antarctic
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
45
89
7,629
Jerker Jarsjö
Hydrology
hydrogeology
water resources
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
39
89
4,618
Peter Jansson
earth science
geophysics
glaciology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
37
58
5,487
Adrian M Hall
Geomorphology
Neogene
Quaternary
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
91
4,604
Jan Plue
Landscape ecology
Historical Ecology
Semi-natural grasslands
Population genetics
Plant ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
61
3,194
Fernando Jaramillo
Budyko
Planetary boundaries
wetlands
InSAR
Hydrogeodesy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
51
5,149
Dominic Power
human geography
Creative industries
Innovation studies
Clusters
economic geography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
29
46
5,637
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Eva K Andersson
residential segregation
neighbourhood effects
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
40
2,762
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Mats Widgren
Landscape history
political ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
40
2,472
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Peter Schmitt
spatial planning
territorial governance
urban planning
regional planning
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
39
1,754
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Annika Dahlberg
landscape change
conservation
environmental justice
urban studies
political ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
25
1,205
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Marianne Abramsson
Housing
Residential mobility
Ageing
Regional geography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
23
936
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Anders Wästfelt
Land use-Agrarian synergies - Agricultural history - Remote sensing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
15
943
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Ulf Jansson
historical geography
GIS
landscape
rural geography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
778
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Michael Meinild Nielsen
Geography
Spatial Analysis
Gis
Remote Sensing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
11
470
Klas Persson
Catchment hydrology
pollution risk assessment
water quality management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
601
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Sara AO Cousins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
54
120
8,208
Community ecology
Climate change
Landscape history
Plant dispersal
Connectivity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Arjen P Stroeven
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
89
7,629
Paleoglaciology
geomorphology
Earth surface processes
Cosmogenic dating
Antarctic
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Qiong Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
109
6,744
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jerker Jarsjö
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
89
4,618
Hydrology
hydrogeology
water resources
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Peter Jansson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
58
5,487
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Adrian M Hall
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
91
4,604
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jan Plue
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
61
3,194
Landscape ecology
Historical Ecology
Semi-natural grasslands
Population genetics
Plant ecology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Fernando Jaramillo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
51
5,149
Budyko
Planetary boundaries
wetlands
InSAR
Hydrogeodesy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Dominic Power
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
46
5,637
human geography
Creative industries
Innovation studies
Clusters
economic geography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Eva K Andersson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
40
2,762
residential segregation
neighbourhood effects
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mats Widgren
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
40
2,472
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Peter Schmitt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
39
1,754
spatial planning
territorial governance
urban planning
regional planning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Annika Dahlberg
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
25
1,205
landscape change
conservation
environmental justice
urban studies
political ecology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Karen Haandrikman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
26
1,068
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lowe Börjeson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
20
1,041
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Marianne Abramsson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
23
936
Housing
Residential mobility
Ageing
Regional geography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Thomas Borén
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
17
1,241
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Anders Wästfelt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
15
943
Land use-Agrarian synergies - Agricultural history - Remote sensing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ulf Jansson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
778
historical geography
GIS
landscape
rural geography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Michael Meinild Nielsen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
470
Geography
Spatial Analysis
Gis
Remote Sensing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Klas Persson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
601
Catchment hydrology
pollution risk assessment
water quality management