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
Jonathan CK Wells
Human nutrition
Anthropology
Human evolution
Body composition
Breastfeeding
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
104
437
46,287
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Daniel Miller
Digital Anthropology.
Material Culture
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
99
269
64,214
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ruth Mace
evolutionary anthropology
human behavioural ecology
family
cultural evolution
human behavioral ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
75
171
18,280
Martin Holbraad
Cuba
anthropology
ethnography social theory
cosmology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
54
9,769
Jerome Lewis
Hunter-gatherer societies
egalitarianism
music
ritual
biocultural diversity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
34
57
3,618
Aida Gómez Robles
Human evolution
Geometric morphometrics
Brain evolution
Dental anthropology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
47
3,729
Gul Deniz Salali
Cultural Evolution
Evolutionary Medicine
Hunter-Gatherers
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
34
2,996
Ruth Mandel
migration
anthropology
Turks Germany
Kazakhstan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
26
2,434
Leilani Lucas
Anthropology
Archaeology
Archaeobotany
Origins and Spread of Agriculture
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
18
2,402

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Joseph D Calabrese
Medical Anthropology
Psychological Anthropology
Clinical Psychology
ritual
mental health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
18
2,861
Juliano Spyer
digital anthropology
qualitative research
ethnography
online research
media
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
15
2,383
Jiajia Wu
human behavior ecology
evolution of cooperation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
14
686
Ludovic Coupaye
Anthropology
Technology
Papua New Guinea
Art
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
18
708
Sertaç Sehlikoglu
Anthropology
Gender
Subjectivity
Prosperity
Ethical Imagination
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
543
Timothy Carroll
anthropology
material culture
Orthodox Christianity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
269
Dave Cook
Anthropology
remote work
digital nomads
work life balance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
606
Igor Cherstich
Anthropology of Religion
Revolution and Cosmology
Sufism and Secrecy
Tribalism and the State
Mortuary Archaeology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
323
Mohammad Kazeroun
Evolutionary Anthropology
Computational Biology
Human Genetics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
2
34
Alessandra Palange
Anthropology of Islam
social movements
E-learning
Virtual Ethnography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
8
Bikku
Ecological/Environmental Anthropology
Nomadic Pastoralism
Anthropology of Religion
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
3
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jonathan CK Wells
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
104
437
46,287
Human nutrition
Anthropology
Human evolution
Body composition
Breastfeeding
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Daniel Miller
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
99
269
64,214
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ruth Mace
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
75
171
18,280
evolutionary anthropology
human behavioural ecology
family
cultural evolution
human behavioral ecology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Martin Holbraad
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
54
9,769
Cuba
anthropology
ethnography social theory
cosmology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jerome Lewis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
57
3,618
Hunter-gatherer societies
egalitarianism
music
ritual
biocultural diversity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Aida Gómez Robles
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
47
3,729
Human evolution
Geometric morphometrics
Brain evolution
Dental anthropology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mark Dyble
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
33
2,377
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gul Deniz Salali
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
34
2,996
Cultural Evolution
Evolutionary Medicine
Hunter-Gatherers
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ruth Mandel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
26
2,434
migration
anthropology
Turks Germany
Kazakhstan
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Leilani Lucas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
18
2,402
Anthropology
Archaeology
Archaeobotany
Origins and Spread of Agriculture

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Joseph D Calabrese
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
18
2,861
Medical Anthropology
Psychological Anthropology
Clinical Psychology
ritual
mental health
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Juliano Spyer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
15
2,383
digital anthropology
qualitative research
ethnography
online research
media
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jiajia Wu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
686
human behavior ecology
evolution of cooperation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ludovic Coupaye
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
18
708
Anthropology
Technology
Papua New Guinea
Art
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sertaç Sehlikoglu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
543
Anthropology
Gender
Subjectivity
Prosperity
Ethical Imagination
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Alice Elliot
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
539
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Timothy Carroll
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
269
anthropology
material culture
Orthodox Christianity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Dave Cook
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
606
Anthropology
remote work
digital nomads
work life balance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Igor Cherstich
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
323
Anthropology of Religion
Revolution and Cosmology
Sufism and Secrecy
Tribalism and the State
Mortuary Archaeology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Catalina Tesar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
237
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Miranda Sheild Johansson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
118
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Andrea Bravo Díaz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
55
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Alessandra Giuffrida
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
85
Anthropology
Tuareg
Migration
Sustainability
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mohammad Kazeroun
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
34
Evolutionary Anthropology
Computational Biology
Human Genetics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Alessandra Palange
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
8
Anthropology of Islam
social movements
E-learning
Virtual Ethnography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Bikku
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
3
Ecological/Environmental Anthropology
Nomadic Pastoralism
Anthropology of Religion
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Anna Gilliland
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
3
anthropology
reproduction
queer studies
kinship