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.

Matt Watson
practice theory
social change
sustainability
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
43
12,151
Stephen J Livingstone
physical geography
glaciology
Quaternary
geology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
60
3,226
Richard Phillips
Geography
Curiosity
Adventure
Fieldwork
Creative Methods
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
54
3,414
Andrew Bell
Geography
Multilevel modelling
Social Statistics
Health
Political Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
23
4,901
Dorothea J Kleine
human geography
ICT4D
digital
gender
sustainable development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
28
2,696
Alexandra E Sexton
Human geography
critical food studies
biopolitics
visceral methods
innovation studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
1,593
Emily Potter
mountain meteorology
climate change
atmosphere over glaciers
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
116
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gill Valentine
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
100
215
46,220
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Matt Watson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
43
12,151
practice theory
social change
sustainability
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Stephen J Livingstone
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
60
3,226
physical geography
glaciology
Quaternary
geology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Richard Phillips
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
54
3,414
Geography
Curiosity
Adventure
Fieldwork
Creative Methods
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Andrew Bell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
23
4,901
Geography
Multilevel modelling
Social Statistics
Health
Political Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Dorothea J Kleine
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
28
2,696
human geography
ICT4D
digital
gender
sustainable development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Alexandra E Sexton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
1,593
Human geography
critical food studies
biopolitics
visceral methods
innovation studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Emily Potter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
116
mountain meteorology
climate change
atmosphere over glaciers