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" (870,053 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: 4
Thomas Hörnschemeyer
Biodiversitätsinformatik
Evolution
Phylogenetic Systematics
functional Morphology
Insecta
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
51
2,195
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jörg Albrecht
biotic interactions
ecological networks
community ecology
global change biology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
35
1,977
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Matthew Forrest
Vegetation Modelling
Fire Modelling
Vegetation-climate interations
Biodiversity
Global Change
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
29
3,533
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mónica M. Solórzano-Kraemer
Paleoecology
Paleontology
Plaeoentomology
Entomology
Biogeography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
41
2,257

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Olaf Lenz
Mikropaläontologie
Palynologie
Paläoklima
Paläoökosysteme
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
26
834
Ichen Tsai
Rhipidialean oomycetes
Pestalotioid fungi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
191
François Wenemi Kagambèga
Restoration ecology
Land & Forest management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
191
Gemma Louise Benevento
Paleontology
Macroevolution
Fossil Mammals
Fossil Tetrapods
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
82
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Thomas Berberich
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
44
76
8,042
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Klaus-Dieter Klass
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
64
3,391
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Simon Scheiter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
40
4,201
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Thomas Hörnschemeyer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
51
2,195
Biodiversitätsinformatik
Evolution
Phylogenetic Systematics
functional Morphology
Insecta
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Stephan Blank
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
54
2,700
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Christiane Ritz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
39
2,663
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jörg Albrecht
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
35
1,977
biotic interactions
ecological networks
community ecology
global change biology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Matthew Forrest
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
29
3,533
Vegetation Modelling
Fire Modelling
Vegetation-climate interations
Biodiversity
Global Change
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Olaf Butenschoen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
31
2,536
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mónica M. Solórzano-Kraemer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
41
2,257
Paleoecology
Paleontology
Plaeoentomology
Entomology
Biogeography

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Johan Liakka
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
30
1,804
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Olaf Lenz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
26
834
Mikropaläontologie
Palynologie
Paläoklima
Paläoökosysteme
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mirjam Pfeiffer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
22
1,208
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Tilman Schell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
17
477
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Halina Binde Doria
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
603
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Raquel Marques
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
320
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Christiane Fischer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
1,897
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ichen Tsai
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
191
Rhipidialean oomycetes
Pestalotioid fungi
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Restoration ecology
Land & Forest management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Gemma Louise Benevento
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
82
Paleontology
Macroevolution
Fossil Mammals
Fossil Tetrapods
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jana S Dietrich
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
19