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
George J Armelagos
Bioarchaeology
Race and Racism
Paleopathology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
76
162
21,438
Peter D Little
Economic Anthropology
Political Ecology
Development Studies
Pastoralism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
46
100
11,199
Dietrich Stout
Paleolithic archaeology
Human brain evolution
Lithic technology
Cognitive neuroscience
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
50
7,721
Carla Roncoli
climate adaptation
smallholder agriculture
indigenous knowledge
water
Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
44
7,443
David Nugent
political anthropology
state theory
democracy
power
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
30
1,952
John Lindo
Ancient DNA
Population Genetics
Anthropology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
15
1,456
Minwoo Lee
social learning
prosociality
oxytocin
gene-culture coevolution
caregiving
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
436
Elizabeth Grace Veatch
anthropology
foraging theory
taphonomy
paleoecology
human origins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
628
Elizabeth M Zechenter
human rights
rule of law
anthropology
evolutionary theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
4
1,503

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Filipe Seefeldt De Césaro
Antropologia urbana
estudos migratórios
antropologia econômica
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
0
24
Jessica Ham
feminist political ecology
critical nutrition
medical anthropology
environmental anthropology
economic anthropology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
54
William Boose
Urban anthropology
mobility
infrastructures
Peru
racial capitalism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
23
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
George J Armelagos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
76
162
21,438
Bioarchaeology
Race and Racism
Paleopathology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Peter D Little
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
46
100
11,199
Economic Anthropology
Political Ecology
Development Studies
Pastoralism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Dietrich Stout
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
50
7,721
Paleolithic archaeology
Human brain evolution
Lithic technology
Cognitive neuroscience
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Carla Roncoli
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
44
7,443
climate adaptation
smallholder agriculture
indigenous knowledge
water
Africa
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bradd Shore
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
30
5,103
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
David Nugent
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
30
1,952
political anthropology
state theory
democracy
power
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
John Lindo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
15
1,456
Ancient DNA
Population Genetics
Anthropology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Minwoo Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
436
social learning
prosociality
oxytocin
gene-culture coevolution
caregiving
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Elizabeth Grace Veatch
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
628
anthropology
foraging theory
taphonomy
paleoecology
human origins
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Elizabeth M Zechenter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
1,503
human rights
rule of law
anthropology
evolutionary theory

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Filipe Seefeldt De Césaro
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
24
Antropologia urbana
estudos migratórios
antropologia econômica
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jessica Ham
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
54
feminist political ecology
critical nutrition
medical anthropology
environmental anthropology
economic anthropology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
William Boose
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
23
Urban anthropology
mobility
infrastructures
Peru
racial capitalism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sara Kauko
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
33