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
Douglas Klein
conjugated-carbon nano-structures
chemical graph theory
valence-bond theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
63
301
16,064
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Wesley E Highfield
natural hazards
hazard mitigation
spatial analysis
flood risk
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
36
49
5,653
David Hala
Toxicology
Computational Biology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
22
2,068
Samuel Mark
Ancient seafaring
trade
and ship construction
Paleopathology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
13
461
Jessica Hillhouse
Phytoplankton
Marine biology
Human disturbance on coastal environments
Oil spills
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
206

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Philip R Brown
complex analysis
fundamental constants
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
65
Laura Stearns
Flood Risk
Natural Hazards
Spatial Analysis
Geographic Information Systems
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
82
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Douglas Klein
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
63
301
16,064
conjugated-carbon nano-structures
chemical graph theory
valence-bond theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Randall William Davis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
52
115
9,463
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Antonietta Quigg
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
48
144
14,424
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Wesley E Highfield
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
49
5,653
natural hazards
hazard mitigation
spatial analysis
flood risk
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Glenn Jones
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
68
6,795
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Diego Luis Gil Agudelo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
36
2,997
biodiversidad
conservación
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Kathy Schwehr
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
22
1,738
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
David Hala
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
22
2,068
Toxicology
Computational Biology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Samuel Mark
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
13
461
Ancient seafaring
trade
and ship construction
Paleopathology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jessica Hillhouse
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
206
Phytoplankton
Marine biology
Human disturbance on coastal environments
Oil spills

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Michelle Zapp Sluis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
5
195
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Wei Cheng
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
5
177
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Philip R Brown
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
65
complex analysis
fundamental constants
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Laura Stearns
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
82
Flood Risk
Natural Hazards
Spatial Analysis
Geographic Information Systems