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: 1
Eduardo S Brondizio
Anthropology and environment
Amazon
land use
global change
institutions
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
79
188
36,342
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Richard Wilk
anthropology
food
material culture
Belize
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
57
144
23,183
Kathy Schick
Paleoanthropology
Palaeolithic Archaeology
Human Evolution
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
36
64
7,957
Nicholas Toth
Paleoanthropology
Palaeolithic Archaeology
Human Evolution
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
36
62
8,950
Kevin D Hunt
anatomy
human paleontology
primate paleontology
functional anatomy
primate ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
36
49
6,708
Virginia J Vitzthum
life history theory
reproductive functioning
women's health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
51
2,361
David Samson
Evolution
Anthropology
Sleep
Social Cognition
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
33
1,517
Michael Wasserman
Primate ecology & evolution
environmental endocrinology
nutritional anthropology
conservation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
23
1,447
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sarah D Phillips
Anthropology
Disability
Ukraine
Eastern Europe
Russia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
27
1,666

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sara Friedman
intimacy and state power
transnational marriage
citizenship and immigration
gender/sexuality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
20
1,089
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jason Baird Jackson
Ethnology
Folklore
Expressive Culture
Ethnohistory
Cultural Anthropology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
21
879
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Stacie M King
Mesoamerican archaeology
conquest and colonialism
households and social identity
food studies
sacred landscapes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
18
592
Susan Seizer
cultural anthropology
performance studies
standup comedy
stigma
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
5
449
Tolga Ozata
Socio and Cultural Anthropology
Political Violence and Subjectivity
Collective Memory
Hunger Strikes
Alevi Identity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
7
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Eduardo S Brondizio
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
79
188
36,342
Anthropology and environment
Amazon
land use
global change
institutions
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Richard Wilk
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
57
144
23,183
anthropology
food
material culture
Belize
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kathy Schick
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
64
7,957
Paleoanthropology
Palaeolithic Archaeology
Human Evolution
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Nicholas Toth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
62
8,950
Paleoanthropology
Palaeolithic Archaeology
Human Evolution
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kevin D Hunt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
49
6,708
anatomy
human paleontology
primate paleontology
functional anatomy
primate ecology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Virginia J Vitzthum
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
51
2,361
life history theory
reproductive functioning
women's health
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ilana Gershon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
39
4,379
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
David Samson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
33
1,517
Evolution
Anthropology
Sleep
Social Cognition
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Michael Wasserman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
23
1,447
Primate ecology & evolution
environmental endocrinology
nutritional anthropology
conservation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sarah D Phillips
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
27
1,666
Anthropology
Disability
Ukraine
Eastern Europe
Russia

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sara Friedman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
20
1,089
intimacy and state power
transnational marriage
citizenship and immigration
gender/sexuality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Anya Peterson Royce
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
24
2,855
Dance
performing arts
ethnicity
Zapotec
Mexico
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jason Baird Jackson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
21
879
Ethnology
Folklore
Expressive Culture
Ethnohistory
Cultural Anthropology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Stacie M King
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
18
592
Mesoamerican archaeology
conquest and colonialism
households and social identity
food studies
sacred landscapes
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Beth Buggenhagen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
653
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Brian Joseph Gilley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
1,336
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Susan Seizer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
449
cultural anthropology
performance studies
standup comedy
stigma
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Nur Amali Ibrahim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
110
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Tolga Ozata
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
7
Socio and Cultural Anthropology
Political Violence and Subjectivity
Collective Memory
Hunger Strikes
Alevi Identity