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" (873,690 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
Hyoun-Woo Kim
optical astronomy
eclipsing binary stars
gravitational lensing
massive data reduction
time-series photometry
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
104
198
38,345
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Chung-Uk Lee
variable
microlensing
exoplanet
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
54
225
16,226
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tobias Cornelius Hinse
extrasolar planets
celestial mechanics
photometry
spectroscopy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
45
127
7,058
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yongseok Lee
Telescope
Astronomical Instrument
Satellite payload
CubeSat
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
110
3,629
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Liu Tie
star formation
molecular clouds
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
41
2,121
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Alexey Pankine
Remote sensing
Mars
atmosphere
dust
water ice
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
20
585

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jin Choi
satellite
orbit determination
GEO
LEO
optical tracking
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
12
253
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jongdae Sohn
Magnetosphere
Planetary science
Cosmic ray
Instrument Design
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
5
186
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Hyoun-Woo Kim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
104
198
38,345
optical astronomy
eclipsing binary stars
gravitational lensing
massive data reduction
time-series photometry
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Chung-Uk Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
54
225
16,226
variable
microlensing
exoplanet
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tobias Cornelius Hinse
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
127
7,058
extrasolar planets
celestial mechanics
photometry
spectroscopy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yongseok Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
110
3,629
Telescope
Astronomical Instrument
Satellite payload
CubeSat
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Liu Tie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
41
2,121
star formation
molecular clouds
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ryun Young Kwon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
28
1,104
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Heeyoung Oh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
17
861
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Alexey Pankine
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
20
585
Remote sensing
Mars
atmosphere
dust
water ice
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sriram
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
16
454
X-ray binaries
AGN
star flares
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jong-Kyun Chung
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
419
GNSS
Ionosphere
Aeronomy

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jongyeob Park
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
330
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jin Choi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
12
253
satellite
orbit determination
GEO
LEO
optical tracking
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jongdae Sohn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
5
186
Magnetosphere
Planetary science
Cosmic ray
Instrument Design
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jihun Kim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
315