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
Christopher Stuart Henshilwood
Archaeology
Middle Stone Age
Early Sapiens Behaviour
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
49
79
14,446
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Riaan Rifkin
Archaeology
Ancient DNA
Pathogens
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
20
1,551
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ramona Harrison
Zooarchaeology
Environmental Archaeology
Middle Ages
North Atlantic
Trade
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
21
986
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Zarko Tankosic
prehistoric archaeology
island archaeology
prehistoric Aegean
Mediterranean archaeology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
15
355
Sofie Laurine Albris
archaeology
onomastics
prehistoric landscapes
personal and social identities
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
2
84
Turid Hillestad Nel
Archaeology
micromammals
Middle Stone Age
palaeoenvironmental reconstruction
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
3
109
Sarah Hamilton
Environmental History
World History
Modern Spain
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
4
88
Asia V Alsgaard
Archaeology
Anthropology
Zooarchaeology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
3
184

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Knut Melvær
religion
spirituality
conceptual history
cognition
culture
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
21
Hedda Susanne Molland
cultural history
intellectual history
environmental humanities
political science
science and technology studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
2
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Christopher Stuart Henshilwood
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
49
79
14,446
Archaeology
Middle Stone Age
Early Sapiens Behaviour
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Knut Andreas Bergsvik
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
39
1,315
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Riaan Rifkin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
20
1,551
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ramona Harrison
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
21
986
Zooarchaeology
Environmental Archaeology
Middle Ages
North Atlantic
Trade
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gitte Hansen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
23
918
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Zarko Tankosic
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
15
355
prehistoric archaeology
island archaeology
prehistoric Aegean
Mediterranean archaeology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sofie Laurine Albris
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
2
84
archaeology
onomastics
prehistoric landscapes
personal and social identities
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Turid Hillestad Nel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
109
Archaeology
micromammals
Middle Stone Age
palaeoenvironmental reconstruction
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sarah Hamilton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
88
Environmental History
World History
Modern Spain
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Asia V Alsgaard
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
184
Archaeology
Anthropology
Zooarchaeology

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Knut Melvær
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
21
religion
spirituality
conceptual history
cognition
culture
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Hedda Susanne Molland
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
2
cultural history
intellectual history
environmental humanities
political science
science and technology studies