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: 2
Muthwii, Margaret Jepkirui
Language planning and development
Language in education
Language contact
Translation and Literacy.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
14
823
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nomsa Zindela
literary and linguistic pragmatics
multilingualism
students engagement theory
language assessment
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
507
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mtholeni Ngcobo
Language planning and policy
Language management
Sociolinguistics
Corpus Linguistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
11
221
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nkidi Phatudi
Language in the early years
Transitions in the early years
Leadership in the early years
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
364
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Carien Wilsenach
Psycholinguistics
Applied Linguistics
Cognitive Linguistics
Quantitative research methodology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
423
Amanda Bowen
TESOL
English Language Teaching
English Literature
Applied Linguistics
Editing & Proofreading
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
500
Dumisile Mkhize
Bilingualism
Multilingualism
Literacy
Additional Language learning
Linguistic social justice
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
350
Fetson Kalua
Literary Theory
Postcolonial Literature
Identity Politics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
5
315
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Zodwa Motsa
Literature
Theatre
Higher Education
Languages
Decoloniality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
443

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sibusiso Cliff Ndlangamandla
Applied Linguistics
English and African Studies
Academic Literacies
Critical Discourse Analysis
Multilingualism in ODeL
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
171
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Richard Alan Northover
theory of literature
critical theory
animal studies
rock art
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
194
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Christopher Babatunde Ogunyemi,
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Postcolonial English Literature and Global South Studies.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
108
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mirriam Lephalala
Language Studies
English Education
Student Writing
ESL and EFL
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
183
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Stanley Madonsela
General linguistics
semantics
Forensic Linguistics
Translation Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
2
80
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Thompson Ewata
Corpus Linguistics
Discourse & Conversational Analysis
Business Communication
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
2
69
Shandu-Phetla Thulile Pearl
Applied English Language Studies
Mobile learning
ODL
Sociolinguistics
blended learning
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
3
139
Verbra Frances Pfeiffer
academic literacy
English language
multilingualism
translanguaging
second language acquisition
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
1
82
Rizwana Habib Latha
Gender Studies
African Womens' Writing
Muslim Womens' Writing
English Education
Graphic Literature
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
3
93
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Wandia M Njoya
Francophone studies
African literature
Education in Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
2
110
Reinhardt Fourie
Comparative Literature
South African Literature
Afrikaans Literature
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
2
70
Theo Dore Rodrigues
Applied Linguistics
Translanguaging
Translation
Multimodality
Reading Pedagogy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
0
40
Julie Pridmore
literature historiography postcolonial theory medieval studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
0
60
Lezandra Grundlingh
linguistics
discourse analysis
appraisal theory
forensic linguistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
349
Josephine Olufunmilayo Alexander
Owé Language Revitilization
Preservation and Documentation
Syntax of English as a Second Language
Onomastic
Sociolinguistic
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
85
Suren Naicker
cognitive linguistics
cognitive semantics
Indology
comparative religion
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
40
Terrence R Carney
linguistics
forensic linguistics
semantics
pragmatics
language and law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
79
Joseph Moyo
English for Specific Purposes
TESOL
writing
reading
English Grammar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
0
24
Malatji Makwalete
Literacy Education
collaboration in education
teacher education and curriculum studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
48
Zuleika Suliman
Academic Writing
Applied English Language Studies
e-Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
41
Alwyn Roux
Poetry
Narratology
Landscape
Literary Theory
Heidegger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
36
Neil Van Heerden
Afrikaans literature
genre
crime fiction
ecocriticism
postcolonialism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
22
Mikaela Ann Daries
psycholinguistics literacy implementation science orthographic knowledge spelling reading
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
19
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Mildred Nyamayedenga
academic communication
language learning and teaching
multilingualism
strategic communication
professional communication
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
15
Lida Krüger
Postmodern Drama
Postmodern Theatre
Fictionality in Theatre
Metatheatre
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
14
John Mambambo
Intellectualisation of African Languages
Intercultural Communication
Linguistics
Translation
Code-switching and Code-mixing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
13
Remah Joyce Lubambo
Literature both Modern and Traditional
Linguistics
discourse analysis and Lexicography.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
6
Anné Engelbrecht
Sociolinguistics
Critical Discourse Analysis
Corpus Linguistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
22
Debbie Sanders
language education
incluslive education
computer integrated education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
4
Bulelwa Nokele
Linguistics
Translation Studies
Translator Training
Metaphor Translation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
10
Mante Mable Susan Mphahlele
African War Narratives
Black Women's Literature
Feminist Decoloniality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
6
Phil Ndlela
African American Literature
Black South African writing
Decoloniality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
5
Anele Gobodwana
Sociolinguistics
translanguaging
bi/multilingualism
Language shift and change
Language in Edu.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
4
Thato Monyakane
African Languages and Literature
Sotho people
deconstruction
ethnicity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
4
Davhana Livhuwani
Language challanges
Language attitudes. Mother tongue and Language Policy and Planning.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
2
Mzukisi Lento
African American and African Literature
South African Literature
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
2
Claudia Fratini
reception studies
history
comparative literature
mythology
languages
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
1
Delvah Mabaso
Translation
Indigenous Knowledge Systems
African Linguistics
Semantics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
1
Maselepe Phineas Chidi
Literacy
Language Teaching and Learning
ICT in Language Teaching
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
1
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Lilli Pretorius
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
40
2,618
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Muthwii, Margaret Jepkirui
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
823
Language planning and development
Language in education
Language contact
Translation and Literacy.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nomsa Zindela
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
507
literary and linguistic pragmatics
multilingualism
students engagement theory
language assessment
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mtholeni Ngcobo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
221
Language planning and policy
Language management
Sociolinguistics
Corpus Linguistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nkidi Phatudi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
364
Language in the early years
Transitions in the early years
Leadership in the early years
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Carien Wilsenach
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
423
Psycholinguistics
Applied Linguistics
Cognitive Linguistics
Quantitative research methodology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Amanda Bowen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
500
TESOL
English Language Teaching
English Literature
Applied Linguistics
Editing & Proofreading
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Dumisile Mkhize
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
350
Bilingualism
Multilingualism
Literacy
Additional Language learning
Linguistic social justice
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Fetson Kalua
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
5
315
Literary Theory
Postcolonial Literature
Identity Politics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Zodwa Motsa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
443
Literature
Theatre
Higher Education
Languages
Decoloniality

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sibusiso Cliff Ndlangamandla
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
171
Applied Linguistics
English and African Studies
Academic Literacies
Critical Discourse Analysis
Multilingualism in ODeL
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mlamli Diko
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
129
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Richard Alan Northover
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
194
theory of literature
critical theory
animal studies
rock art
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Elvis Saal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
3
185
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Christopher Babatunde Ogunyemi,
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
108
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Postcolonial English Literature and Global South Studies.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mirriam Lephalala
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
183
Language Studies
English Education
Student Writing
ESL and EFL
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Stanley Madonsela
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
2
80
General linguistics
semantics
Forensic Linguistics
Translation Studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Thompson Ewata
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
69
Corpus Linguistics
Discourse & Conversational Analysis
Business Communication
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Shandu-Phetla Thulile Pearl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
139
Applied English Language Studies
Mobile learning
ODL
Sociolinguistics
blended learning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Verbra Frances Pfeiffer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
1
82
academic literacy
English language
multilingualism
translanguaging
second language acquisition
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Rizwana Habib Latha
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
93
Gender Studies
African Womens' Writing
Muslim Womens' Writing
English Education
Graphic Literature
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Wandia M Njoya
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
110
Francophone studies
African literature
Education in Africa
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Reinhardt Fourie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
70
Comparative Literature
South African Literature
Afrikaans Literature
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ruth Scheepers
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
56
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Theo Dore Rodrigues
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
0
40
Applied Linguistics
Translanguaging
Translation
Multimodality
Reading Pedagogy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Julie Pridmore
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
0
60
literature historiography postcolonial theory medieval studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Lezandra Grundlingh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
349
linguistics
discourse analysis
appraisal theory
forensic linguistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Eileen Donaldson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
73
Feminist science fiction
Fantasy
Children's Literature
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Josephine Olufunmilayo Alexander
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
85
Owé Language Revitilization
Preservation and Documentation
Syntax of English as a Second Language
Onomastic
Sociolinguistic
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Suren Naicker
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
40
cognitive linguistics
cognitive semantics
Indology
comparative religion
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
D Sekepe Matjila
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
118
Literature
Cultural history
Natural history
language
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Terrence R Carney
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
79
linguistics
forensic linguistics
semantics
pragmatics
language and law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Antoinette Pretorius
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
0
35
South African literature
food studies
embodiment
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Joseph Moyo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
0
24
English for Specific Purposes
TESOL
writing
reading
English Grammar
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Malatji Makwalete
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
48
Literacy Education
collaboration in education
teacher education and curriculum studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Beatrice Taringa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
45
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Zuleika Suliman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
41
Academic Writing
Applied English Language Studies
e-Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Millicent Ngema
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
43
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Alwyn Roux
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
36
Poetry
Narratology
Landscape
Literary Theory
Heidegger
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Fiona Severiona Ferris
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
24
Linguistic Landscapes
Language and Identity
Multisemiocity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Magdeline Princess Moeng (Bembe)
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
68
Sociolinguistics
youth languages
African literature in English.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Nozibele Nomdebevana
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
24
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Neil Van Heerden
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
22
Afrikaans literature
genre
crime fiction
ecocriticism
postcolonialism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Mikaela Ann Daries
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
19
psycholinguistics literacy implementation science orthographic knowledge spelling reading
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Arnold Mushwana
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
15
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Mildred Nyamayedenga
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
15
academic communication
language learning and teaching
multilingualism
strategic communication
professional communication
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Lida Krüger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
14
Postmodern Drama
Postmodern Theatre
Fictionality in Theatre
Metatheatre
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Bernice Badal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
14
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Jane Kinuthia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
14
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
John Mambambo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
13
Intellectualisation of African Languages
Intercultural Communication
Linguistics
Translation
Code-switching and Code-mixing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Mosunmola Oluyinka Adebayo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
10
Phonetics
Phonology
Syntax
Sociolinguistics
Discourse Analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Remah Joyce Lubambo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
6
Literature both Modern and Traditional
Linguistics
discourse analysis and Lexicography.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Anné Engelbrecht
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
22
Sociolinguistics
Critical Discourse Analysis
Corpus Linguistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Miriam Mwita
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
12
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Tebatso Gorgina Moape
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
10
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Debbie Sanders
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
4
language education
incluslive education
computer integrated education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Bulelwa Nokele
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
10
Linguistics
Translation Studies
Translator Training
Metaphor Translation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Mante Mable Susan Mphahlele
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
6
African War Narratives
Black Women's Literature
Feminist Decoloniality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Phil Ndlela
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
5
African American Literature
Black South African writing
Decoloniality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Loraine Van Der Westhuizen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
5
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Anele Gobodwana
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
4
Sociolinguistics
translanguaging
bi/multilingualism
Language shift and change
Language in Edu.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Thato Monyakane
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
4
African Languages and Literature
Sotho people
deconstruction
ethnicity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Matsie Cassandra Ntsana Mokuoane
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
4
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Jacques Avril Du Toit
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
3
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Davhana Livhuwani
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
2
Language challanges
Language attitudes. Mother tongue and Language Policy and Planning.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Mzukisi Lento
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
2
African American and African Literature
South African Literature
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Lina Akaka
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
1
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Claudia Fratini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
1
reception studies
history
comparative literature
mythology
languages
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Delvah Mabaso
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
1
Translation
Indigenous Knowledge Systems
African Linguistics
Semantics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Choice Dimakatso Mpanza
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
1
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Aaron Mpho Masowa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
1
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Alex Adobaw-Bansah
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
1
Language Education
Curriculum Studies
English Education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Mthokozisi C. Myeza
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
3
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 76
Safiyyah Gani
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
1
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
Maselepe Phineas Chidi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
1
Literacy
Language Teaching and Learning
ICT in Language Teaching
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 78
Sibongile Mahan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
1