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" (873,937 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
Richard Armstrong
Geology
archaeology
geochemistry
geochronology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
88
346
25,629
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Peter Bellwood|P.S. Bellwood
Archaeology
Prehistory
Southeast Asia
human migration
cultural evolution
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
64
184
21,136
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Atholl Anderson
archaeology
history
Polynesia
Pacific Ocean
palaeoecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
52
169
11,435
Tim Denham
Archaeology
New Guinea
Domestication
Environmental Change
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
44
109
9,656
Philip Piper
Archaeology of Southeast Asia
Zooarchaeology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
39
84
5,681
Rachel Wood
Radiocarbon dating
Archaeology
Palaeolithic
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
38
84
7,115
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Simon Connor
Palaeoecology
Biogeography
Archaeology
Fire Ecology
Vegetation History
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
29
53
4,180
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Shimona Kealy
Archaeology
Wallacea
Phylogenetics
Biogeography
Palaeogeography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
33
1,496
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Graeme K Ward
prehistoric archaeology
ethnography
Oceania
Australia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
40
2,878
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Catherine J Frieman
Archaeological material culture studies
innovation and technology studies
feminist archaeology
ancient DNA
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
25
1,115
Michelle J Richards
Archaeology
History of Archaeology
Pacific
Museums
Heritage
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
94
Vida Kusmartono
Archaeology
equatorial rainforest archaeology
archaeology of death
landscape archaeology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
3
92
Jennifer R Hull
Archaeology
Southeast Asia
animal bones
material culture.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
8
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Richard Armstrong
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
88
346
25,629
Geology
archaeology
geochemistry
geochronology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Peter Bellwood|P.S. Bellwood
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
64
184
21,136
Archaeology
Prehistory
Southeast Asia
human migration
cultural evolution
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Matthew Spriggs
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
58
195
12,164
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Atholl Anderson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
52
169
11,435
archaeology
history
Polynesia
Pacific Ocean
palaeoecology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sue O Connor
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
51
210
9,184
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Geoffrey Hope
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
49
129
9,540
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Tim Denham
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
44
109
9,656
Archaeology
New Guinea
Domestication
Environmental Change
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Philip Piper
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
84
5,681
Archaeology of Southeast Asia
Zooarchaeology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Rachel Wood
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
84
7,115
Radiocarbon dating
Archaeology
Palaeolithic
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Simon Connor
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
53
4,180
Palaeoecology
Biogeography
Archaeology
Fire Ecology
Vegetation History
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Hsiao Chun Hung 洪曉純
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
50
3,399
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Blair Conn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
35
1,971
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Shimona Kealy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
33
1,496
Archaeology
Wallacea
Phylogenetics
Biogeography
Palaeogeography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Dougald O Reilly
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
43
1,346
Archaeology
Southeast Asia
Laos
Cambodia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Graeme K Ward
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
40
2,878
prehistoric archaeology
ethnography
Oceania
Australia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Catherine J Frieman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
25
1,115
Archaeological material culture studies
innovation and technology studies
feminist archaeology
ancient DNA
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Duncan Wright
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
27
644
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ben Shaw
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
18
655
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ashley Carruthers
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
13
527
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Fredeliza Z Campos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
653
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Michelle J Richards
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
94
Archaeology
History of Archaeology
Pacific
Museums
Heritage
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Phillip Parton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
79
archaeology
GIS
lidar
urbanisation
urbanism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Vida Kusmartono
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
92
Archaeology
equatorial rainforest archaeology
archaeology of death
landscape archaeology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Christine Cave
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
88
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nicholas Skopal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
34
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Phillip Beaumont
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
48
archaeology
indonesia
island southeast asia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Jennifer R Hull
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
8
Archaeology
Southeast Asia
animal bones
material culture.