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" (901,365 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
John Gowlett
Prehistory
Palaeoanthropology
Chronology
Human origins
Fire
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
46
101
8,702
Alexei Zadorojnyi
Plutarch
Greek and Roman literature
ancient biography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
16
556
Jennifer C French
Palaeolithic archaeology
Prehistoric Demography
Hunter-Gatherers
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
14
720
Rebecca Wragg Sykes
Palaeolithic
Neanderthals
human origins
archaeology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
374
Tom Elliot
Archaeology
Mesolithic
Machine Learning
Archaeological Science
Archaeometry
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
17
Diederik Jh Halbertsma
Archaeology
state formation
secondary states
Iron Age I
Southern Levant
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
10
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
John Gowlett
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
46
101
8,702
Prehistory
Palaeoanthropology
Chronology
Human origins
Fire
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Alexei Zadorojnyi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
16
556
Plutarch
Greek and Roman literature
ancient biography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Peter Hommel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
16
1,110
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jennifer C French
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
720
Palaeolithic archaeology
Prehistoric Demography
Hunter-Gatherers
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Rebecca Wragg Sykes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
374
Palaeolithic
Neanderthals
human origins
archaeology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Tom Elliot
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
17
Archaeology
Mesolithic
Machine Learning
Archaeological Science
Archaeometry
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Diederik Jh Halbertsma
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
10
Archaeology
state formation
secondary states
Iron Age I
Southern Levant