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" (873,688 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
Juan José Alvarado
Biología Marina-Diversidad-Ecología de Arrecifes Coralinos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
105
4,393
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Alberto Alape Girón
Cellular microbiology
Proteomics
Bacterial toxins
Snake Venoms
Antivenoms
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
62
4,257
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Henriette Raventos|Henriette Raventos Vorst
Human genetics
mental health
psychiatric genetics
human rights
bioethics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
57
3,442
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
César Rodríguez
C. difficile
antibiotic resistance
antibiotic ecotoxicology
bacterial genomics
anaerobic bacteriology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
49
1,873
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Warner Alpizar Alpizar
Biología del cáncer
Helicobacter pylori
inflamación y cáncer
cáncer gástrico
cáncer colorrectal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
17
657

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Steve Quiros
DNA damage response
Anticancer chemotherapeutic drugs
Human toxicology
Cancer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
1,204
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Allan Artavia-León
Biology
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Microbial Ecology
Symbiosis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
185
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Andrea Holst
Biotecnología
Agronomía
Mejoramiento genético
Biología Molecular
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
41
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Arturo Chang Castillo
Venomics
proteomics
immunology
biotechnology
molecular and cellular biology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
9
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Izayana Sandoval-Carvajal
Bioinformatics
virology
plant pathology
genomics
transcriptomics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
10
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Juan José Alvarado
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
105
4,393
Biología Marina-Diversidad-Ecología de Arrecifes Coralinos
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Alberto Alape Girón
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
62
4,257
Cellular microbiology
Proteomics
Bacterial toxins
Snake Venoms
Antivenoms
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Henriette Raventos|Henriette Raventos Vorst
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
57
3,442
Human genetics
mental health
psychiatric genetics
human rights
bioethics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Gabriel Macaya
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
34
2,571
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
César Rodríguez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
49
1,873
C. difficile
antibiotic resistance
antibiotic ecotoxicology
bacterial genomics
anaerobic bacteriology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Alejandro Leal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
21
1,202
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jennifer L Stynoski
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
20
797
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Molecular phytopathology and mycotoxins
plants and fungi secondary metabolism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Warner Alpizar Alpizar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
17
657
Biología del cáncer
Helicobacter pylori
inflamación y cáncer
cáncer gástrico
cáncer colorrectal
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Fernando Morales
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
774

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Laura Solís
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
333
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Steve Quiros
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
1,204
DNA damage response
Anticancer chemotherapeutic drugs
Human toxicology
Cancer
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Pablo Bolaños-Villegas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
285
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Natalia Barboza
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
270
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Allan Artavia-León
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
185
Biology
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Microbial Ecology
Symbiosis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Fernando Ortiz Morales
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
111
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Andrea Holst
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
41
Biotecnología
Agronomía
Mejoramiento genético
Biología Molecular
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Allan Orozco.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
75
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Nanotechnology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Melissa Vásquez Cerdas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
54
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ester Vargas-Ramírez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
89
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Juan Carlos Delgado-Carazo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
13
genetics
biodiversity
health
molecular biology
conservation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Arturo Chang Castillo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
9
Venomics
proteomics
immunology
biotechnology
molecular and cellular biology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Paola Piza Duarte
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
18
Molecular Biology
Microbial Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Brayan Delgado-Durán
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
16
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Izayana Sandoval-Carvajal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
10
Bioinformatics
virology
plant pathology
genomics
transcriptomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Juan Carlos Valverde-Hernández
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
4
Bioinformatics
Molecular Biology
RNAi
Drug Development