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 rankings in world, region, country, and university are in Beta version and are subject to real-time updates, since the subject field “Others” (1,121,291 scientists profile whose branch cannot be determined, not yet edited or determined) is excluded. These rankings will dynamically evolve in real time as the “Others” profiles are revised and classified. Please note that. Subjects indicated as “ * others ” will not be included in the ranking by regions and subjects.

* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Elinor Ostrom
Institutional Analysis
Collective Action
Common
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
170
570
271,432
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Thomas Dishion
development and psychopathology
prevention science
child clinica
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
127
342
72,035
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Stephen N Elliott
Social emotional skills assessment and intervention program
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
92
254
40,339
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ana L Moore
Artificial photosynthesi
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
90
243
32,315
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
A Stewart Fotheringham
Spatial Analysis
GIScience
Quantitative Geograph
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
81
191
46,211
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Michelene Th Chi
Learning and instruction
cognitive scienc
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
77
131
68,309
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Everett Shock
geobiochemistry
hydrothermal organic transformations
hydrothermal ecosystems
ocean world
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
74
185
22,791
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Curtis Marean
paleoanthropology
modern human origins
Afric
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
72
141
20,596
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Angelia Nedich
nonlinear programming
convex optimization
variational inequalities
complex network
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
67
172
30,145
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Elinor Ostrom
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
170
570
271,432
Institutional Analysis
Collective Action
Common
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Thomas Dishion
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
127
342
72,035
development and psychopathology
prevention science
child clinica
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Barbara Ainsworth
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
126
347
157,617
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Philip Christensen
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
96
230
32,047
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Blake E Ashforth
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
92
140
120,132
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Stephen N Elliott
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
92
254
40,339
Social emotional skills assessment and intervention program
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ana L Moore
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
90
243
32,315
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
A Stewart Fotheringham
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
81
191
46,211
Spatial Analysis
GIScience
Quantitative Geograph
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Charles Perrings
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
80
207
40,314
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Philip Mauskopf
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
80
303
33,330
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sharlene A Wolchik
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
80
163
18,766
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Tracy Spinrad
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
78
162
41,433
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ferran Garcia-Pichel
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
78
170
21,545
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Michelene Th Chi
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
77
131
68,309
Learning and instruction
cognitive scienc
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
James Adams
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
75
190
23,972
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Everett Shock
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
74
185
22,791
geobiochemistry
hydrothermal organic transformations
hydrothermal ecosystems
ocean world
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Curtis Marean
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
72
141
20,596
paleoanthropology
modern human origins
Afric
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Michael F Dorman
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
71
182
19,925
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Arthur Glenberg
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
69
123
29,856
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sasha Barab
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
69
115
30,295
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Wei-Tek Tsai
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
69
293
16,353
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Roberta E Martin
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
68
128
17,094
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Angelia Nedich
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
67
172
30,145
nonlinear programming
convex optimization
variational inequalities
complex network
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Judd Bowman
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
67
165
18,179
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Steven Neuberg
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
66
103
33,672