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: 2
James Wertsch
national memory
national narratives
collective memory
semiotic mediation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
81
206
74,194
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Pascal Boyer
Evolutionary psychology
Cultural anthropology
Cultural evolution
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
53
118
22,329
David Strait
anthropology
evolution
biomechanics
phylogeny
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
45
78
7,040
Glenn Davis Stone
Political ecology
agriculture
sustainability
biotechnology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
44
85
58,308
Fiona B Marshall
Archaeology
Animal Domestication
Africa
Pastoralism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
37
55
6,069
Michael D Frachetti
Archaeology
Central Asia
Bronze Age
Nomadism
Pastoralism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
29
47
4,550

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Zhengwei Zhang
zooarchaeology
archaeology of the Tibetan Plateau
stable isotopes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
3
96
Sarah R Burack
anthropology
public health
global health
arts-based methods
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
35
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Erik Trinkaus
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
94
295
31,394
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
James Wertsch
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
81
206
74,194
national memory
national narratives
collective memory
semiotic mediation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Pascal Boyer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
53
118
22,329
Evolutionary psychology
Cultural anthropology
Cultural evolution
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
David Strait
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
78
7,040
anthropology
evolution
biomechanics
phylogeny
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Glenn Davis Stone
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
44
85
58,308
Political ecology
agriculture
sustainability
biotechnology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Fiona B Marshall
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
55
6,069
Archaeology
Animal Domestication
Africa
Pastoralism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
David L Browman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
59
4,087
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Michael D Frachetti
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
47
4,550
Archaeology
Central Asia
Bronze Age
Nomadism
Pastoralism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Elizabeth EA Quinn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
22
1,488
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sarah Kendzior
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
17
902

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Philip Mcelmurray
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
79
primate conservation
one health
ecohealth
biodiversity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Zhengwei Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
96
zooarchaeology
archaeology of the Tibetan Plateau
stable isotopes
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sarah R Burack
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
35
anthropology
public health
global health
arts-based methods
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sarah E Baumgarten
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
16
Anthropology
Paleoanthropology
Forensic Anthropology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Tashi Ghale Dolpo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
13