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" (873,864 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
Donelson Forsyth
Group Dynamics
Ethics
Leadership
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
55
124
21,890
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Stephanie Spera
Land Change Science
Remote Sensing
Human-Environment Interactions
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
17
1,723
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Paul Achter
rhetorical criticism
style
militarism
political culture
television
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
16
907
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Guoping Huang
Landscape planning
GIS
Geodesign
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
13
616
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
David Giancaspro
heritage bilingualism
Spanish morphosyntax
Spanish in the US
code-switching
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
353
Bedelia Nicola Richards
Immigration
Education
Race and Ethnicity
First generation College Students
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
318
Wesley J Meredith
Developmental Neuroscience
Adolescence
Experience-Dependent Neurodevelopment
Early Life Adversity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
185
Bob Spires
Human Trafficking
Southeast Asia
non-formal education
NGOs
Hong Kong
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
2
98
Daniel L Hocutt
technical communication
user experience
posthuman
rhetoric
technology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
264
Cheryl Pallant
contact improvisation
somatics
ecosomatics
poetics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
125
David Soule
Redistricting
Gerrymandering
Compactness
Communities of interest
Forecast aggregation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
0
14
Andrea Y Simpson
Black identity
environmental justice
gender
intersectionality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
138
Quang Minh Harry Dang
Electrochemistry
nanomaterials
drug delivery
immunomodulation
biosensors
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
31
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Donelson Forsyth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
55
124
21,890
Group Dynamics
Ethics
Leadership
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
William T Ross
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
66
3,955
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Dana Lascu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
38
4,399
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jory Brinkerhoff
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
34
2,916
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jeffrey W Legro
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
23
6,646
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Shital Thekdi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
23
1,027
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Cindy Bukach
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
23
2,637
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Steven Thompson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
19
1,027
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Amy Treonis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
23
1,850
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Stephanie Spera
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
17
1,723
Land Change Science
Remote Sensing
Human-Environment Interactions
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Paul Achter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
16
907
rhetorical criticism
style
militarism
political culture
television
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Guoping Huang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
616
Landscape planning
GIS
Geodesign
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
David Giancaspro
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
353
heritage bilingualism
Spanish morphosyntax
Spanish in the US
code-switching
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Lauren Tilton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
485
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Bedelia Nicola Richards
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
318
Immigration
Education
Race and Ethnicity
First generation College Students
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Randolph New
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
510
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Catherine Finegan-Dollak
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
444
Natural Language Processing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Wesley J Meredith
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
185
Developmental Neuroscience
Adolescence
Experience-Dependent Neurodevelopment
Early Life Adversity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bob Spires
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
2
98
Human Trafficking
Southeast Asia
non-formal education
NGOs
Hong Kong
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Peter Humby
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
236
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Daniel L Hocutt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
264
technical communication
user experience
posthuman
rhetoric
technology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Tze M Loo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
70
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
David F Painter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
47
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Gengsong Gao
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
36
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Cheryl Pallant
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
125
contact improvisation
somatics
ecosomatics
poetics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
David Soule
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
14
Redistricting
Gerrymandering
Compactness
Communities of interest
Forecast aggregation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Andrea Y Simpson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
138
Black identity
environmental justice
gender
intersectionality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Quang Minh Harry Dang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
31
Electrochemistry
nanomaterials
drug delivery
immunomodulation
biosensors