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
Merrill Singer
environmental health
climate change
medical anthropology
social inequality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
76
250
30,615
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Peter Turchin
Cultural Evolution
Social Evolution
Cliodynamics
Evolutionary Anthropology
Cooperation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
71
143
26,701
Dimitris Xygalatas|Δημήτρης Ξυγαλατάς
Cognitive Science of Religion
Cognitive Anthropology
Ritual
Experimental Anthropology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
40
72
6,985
Richard Ashby Wilson
Human rights
transitional justice
hate speech & hate crimes in the United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
36
114
11,095
Christian A Tryon
Archaeology
Africa
modern human origins
paleoecology
geology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
34
58
4,185
Natalie Munro
origins of agriculture
zooarchaeology
taphonomy
behavioral ecology
archaeology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
55
5,172
Sarah Willen
medical anthropology
psychological anthropology
migration
deservingness
flourishing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
37
3,308
Pamela I Erickson
medical anthropology
research methods
reproductive health and risk taking behavior
Waorani raiding
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
31
2,422
Jocelyn Linnekin
History & anthropology
Comparative politics
Nationalism & Ethnicity
Gender
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
27
5,176
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Cesar Abadia
Medical Anthropology
Human Rights
Capitalism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
43
2,129

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Eleanor Shoreman Ouimet
Anthropology
Environmental Anthropology
Environmental Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
12
803
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Merrill Singer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
76
250
30,615
environmental health
climate change
medical anthropology
social inequality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Peter Turchin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
71
143
26,701
Cultural Evolution
Social Evolution
Cliodynamics
Evolutionary Anthropology
Cooperation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Dimitris Xygalatas|Δημήτρης Ξυγαλατάς
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
72
6,985
Cognitive Science of Religion
Cognitive Anthropology
Ritual
Experimental Anthropology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Richard Ashby Wilson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
114
11,095
Human rights
transitional justice
hate speech & hate crimes in the United States
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Christian A Tryon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
58
4,185
Archaeology
Africa
modern human origins
paleoecology
geology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Natalie Munro
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
55
5,172
origins of agriculture
zooarchaeology
taphonomy
behavioral ecology
archaeology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sarah Willen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
37
3,308
medical anthropology
psychological anthropology
migration
deservingness
flourishing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Pamela I Erickson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
31
2,422
medical anthropology
research methods
reproductive health and risk taking behavior
Waorani raiding
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jocelyn Linnekin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
27
5,176
History & anthropology
Comparative politics
Nationalism & Ethnicity
Gender
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Cesar Abadia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
43
2,129
Medical Anthropology
Human Rights
Capitalism

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Francoise Dussart
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
18
1,167
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Eleanor Shoreman Ouimet
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
803
Anthropology
Environmental Anthropology
Environmental Studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jayson P Gill
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
7