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" (873,688 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
Michael Richards
Archaeology
Archaeological Science
Stable Isotopes
Paleodiet
Bioarchaeology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
95
321
35,453
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mark Collard
Human evolution
evolutionary anthropology
cultural evolution
archaeological science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
57
132
10,804
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Dana Lepofsky
archaeology
ethnobiology
palaeothnobotany
historical ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
41
72
4,848
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Francesco Berna
Archaeology
Archaeological Science
Geoarchaeology
Vibrational Spectroscopy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
38
62
6,927
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
David Burley
archaeology
Lapita
Northwest Coast
Fiji
Tonga
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
38
74
3,968
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hugo FV Cardoso
Biological Anthropology
Human Osteology
Bioarchaeology
Forensic Anthropology
Juvenile Osteology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
75
4,188
George Nicholas
Archaeology
Cultural Heritage
Indigenous Archaeology
Wetlands
Archaeological Theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
48
3,245
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
John R Welch
Apache archaeology and historical geography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
34
1,532

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April Ruttle
Archaeology
Human Evolution
Cultural Evolution
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
4
232
Joseph C. Hepburn
Archaeology
Stable Isotope Analysis
Forensic Identification
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
4
165
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Michael Richards
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
95
321
35,453
Archaeology
Archaeological Science
Stable Isotopes
Paleodiet
Bioarchaeology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mark Collard
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
57
132
10,804
Human evolution
evolutionary anthropology
cultural evolution
archaeological science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Dana Lepofsky
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
41
72
4,848
archaeology
ethnobiology
palaeothnobotany
historical ecology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Francesco Berna
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
62
6,927
Archaeology
Archaeological Science
Geoarchaeology
Vibrational Spectroscopy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
David Burley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
74
3,968
archaeology
Lapita
Northwest Coast
Fiji
Tonga
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hugo FV Cardoso
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
75
4,188
Biological Anthropology
Human Osteology
Bioarchaeology
Forensic Anthropology
Juvenile Osteology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Dennis Sandgathe
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
44
2,651
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
George Nicholas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
48
3,245
Archaeology
Cultural Heritage
Indigenous Archaeology
Wetlands
Archaeological Theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jonathan Driver
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
41
3,380
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
John R Welch
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
34
1,532
Apache archaeology and historical geography

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ross Jamieson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
17
946
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
April Ruttle
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
232
Archaeology
Human Evolution
Cultural Evolution
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Joseph C. Hepburn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
165
Archaeology
Stable Isotope Analysis
Forensic Identification
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Candice Koopowitz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
15