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" (870,053 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
Yaron Matras
linguistics
language contact
language documentation
dialectology
typology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
47
125
12,284
Tim Grant
forensic linguistics
applied linguistics
forensic psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
29
42
2,903
Judith Baxter
Gender and language
discourse
leadership
feminist poststructuralist discourse analysis (FPDA)
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
37
4,098
Marcello Giovanelli
stylistics
cognitive poetics
cognitive linguistics
educational linguistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
28
1,015
Urszula Clark
Sociolinguistics
educational linguistics
stylistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
23
3,020
Ramesh Krishnamurthy
corpus linguistics
lexicography
english language
teaching
collocation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
25
1,790
Chloe Harrison
Stylistics
Cognitive Poetics
Cognitive Linguistics
Reader Response
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
14
555
Robbie Love
Corpus linguistics
Applied linguistics
English language
Linguistics
Spoken English
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
14
970
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sarah Atkins
Applied Linguistics
Health Communication
Forensic Linguistics
Institutional Discourse
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
467

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Isma Masood
Blockchain
Software Engineering
Systematic Literature Review
Cyber Security
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
434
Tahmineh Tayebi
Impoliteness and aggression
hate language
pragmatics
forensic linguistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
352
Kate Haworth
Forensic linguistics
language and law
institutional discourse
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
663
Nicci MacLeod
(Critical) Discourse Analysis
Forensic Linguistics
Language & Gender
Computer-mediated Communication
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
8
456
Ria Perkins
Forensic Linguistics
Authorship Analysis
Native Language Influence Detection
sociolinguistics
linguistics of persuasion
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
206
Sarah Olive
Shakespeare
Adaptation
Young Adult and Children's Literature
English in Education
Education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
231
Daniela Schneevogt
Forensic Linguistics
Language Processing
Cybercrime
Child Sexual Abuse
Digital Discourse
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
26
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Yaron Matras
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
47
125
12,284
linguistics
language contact
language documentation
dialectology
typology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Malcolm Coulthard
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
44
81
25,370
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tim Grant
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
42
2,903
forensic linguistics
applied linguistics
forensic psychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Judith Baxter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
37
4,098
Gender and language
discourse
leadership
feminist poststructuralist discourse analysis (FPDA)
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Marcello Giovanelli
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
28
1,015
stylistics
cognitive poetics
cognitive linguistics
educational linguistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Urszula Clark
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
23
3,020
Sociolinguistics
educational linguistics
stylistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ramesh Krishnamurthy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
25
1,790
corpus linguistics
lexicography
english language
teaching
collocation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Chloe Harrison
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
555
Stylistics
Cognitive Poetics
Cognitive Linguistics
Reader Response
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Robbie Love
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
970
Corpus linguistics
Applied linguistics
English language
Linguistics
Spoken English
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sarah Atkins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
467
Applied Linguistics
Health Communication
Forensic Linguistics
Institutional Discourse

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Isma Masood
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
434
Blockchain
Software Engineering
Systematic Literature Review
Cyber Security
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Tahmineh Tayebi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
352
Impoliteness and aggression
hate language
pragmatics
forensic linguistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kate Haworth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
663
Forensic linguistics
language and law
institutional discourse
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Nicci MacLeod
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
456
(Critical) Discourse Analysis
Forensic Linguistics
Language & Gender
Computer-mediated Communication
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lucia Busso
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
5
149
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ria Perkins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
206
Forensic Linguistics
Authorship Analysis
Native Language Influence Detection
sociolinguistics
linguistics of persuasion
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sarah Olive
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
231
Shakespeare
Adaptation
Young Adult and Children's Literature
English in Education
Education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Márton Petykó
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
92
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Daniela Schneevogt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
26
Forensic Linguistics
Language Processing
Cybercrime
Child Sexual Abuse
Digital Discourse