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
9,783
Country Rank
4,476
Institution Rank : 15
United States
Patrick J Bartlein
physical geography
climatology
paleoclimatology
paleoecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
97
192
35,117
* Rankings
World Rank
141,574
Country Rank
48,625
Institution Rank : 119
United States
Daniel G Gavin
paleoecology
climate change
biogeography
forest ecology
refugia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
39
71
8,925
* Rankings
World Rank
354,124
Country Rank
104,877
Institution Rank : 247
United States
Mark A Fonstad
Geomorphology
Hydrology
Remote Sensing
Rivers
Modeling
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
34
4,317
* Rankings
World Rank
364,561
Country Rank
107,631
Institution Rank : 251
United States
Xiaobo Su
Cultural geography
tourism
regional development
cross-border networks
drug control
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
30
1,687
* Rankings
World Rank
376,887
Country Rank
110,725
Institution Rank : 260
United States
Melissa Lucash
Ecosystem ecology
Biogeochemistry
Climate change
Wildfire
Roots
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
32
1,581
* Rankings
World Rank
451,595
Country Rank
129,877
Institution Rank : 299
United States
Katherine F Shields
Political Ecology
Public Health
Water management and governance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
22
1,375
* Rankings
World Rank
581,503
Country Rank
161,906
Institution Rank : 369
United States
Patricia Mcdowell
geomorphology
environmental science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
23
1,418
* Rankings
World Rank
726,194
Country Rank
197,434
Institution Rank : 435
United States
Kendra Chritz
isotope biogeochemistry
paleoecology
Anthropocene
Africa
archeology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
13
1,036
* Rankings
World Rank
812,789
Country Rank
217,309
Institution Rank : 476
United States
James E Meacham
Cartography
Atlas Design and Research
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
13
1,193
* Rankings
World Rank
1,291,084
Country Rank
307,778
Institution Rank : 681
United States
Derrick Hindery
indigenous rights
political ecology
geography
critical development studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
317
Rankings
9,783
United States
4,476
15
Patrick J Bartlein
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
97
192
35,117
physical geography
climatology
paleoclimatology
paleoecology
Rankings
141,574
United States
48,625
119
Daniel G Gavin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
71
8,925
paleoecology
climate change
biogeography
forest ecology
refugia
Rankings
354,124
United States
104,877
247
Mark A Fonstad
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
34
4,317
Geomorphology
Hydrology
Remote Sensing
Rivers
Modeling
Rankings
364,561
United States
107,631
251
Xiaobo Su
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
30
1,687
Cultural geography
tourism
regional development
cross-border networks
drug control
Rankings
376,887
United States
110,725
260
Melissa Lucash
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
32
1,581
Ecosystem ecology
Biogeochemistry
Climate change
Wildfire
Roots
Rankings
451,595
United States
129,877
299
Katherine F Shields
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
22
1,375
Political Ecology
Public Health
Water management and governance
Rankings
581,503
United States
161,906
369
Patricia Mcdowell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
23
1,418
Rankings
726,194
United States
197,434
435
Kendra Chritz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
1,036
isotope biogeochemistry
paleoecology
Anthropocene
Africa
archeology
Rankings
812,789
United States
217,309
476
James E Meacham
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
1,193
Rankings
1,291,084
United States
307,778
681
Derrick Hindery
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
317
indigenous rights
political ecology
geography
critical development studies