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" (873,899 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
Anna Wierzbicka
Linguistics
Semantics
Anthropology
Cognitive Science
Psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
91
341
57,700
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Nicholas Evans
Australian languages
Papuan languages
typology
linguistic anthropology
language documentation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
57
142
14,460
Jane Simpson
linguistics
Aboriginal languages
place-names
syntax
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
70
4,387
Diana Slade
Description of Spoken English
Healthcare Communication
Discourse Analysis
Functional Linguistics
Workplace Communication and
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
50
6,490
I Wayan Arka
Austronesian and Papuan languages of Indonesia
language typology
syntactic theory
language documentation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
52
2,170
Ian Keen
Language and Society
Australian Aborigines
Kinship
Linguistic Anthropology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
47
2,345
Rosanne Kennedy
Transnational memory
testimony and trauma
literature
environmental humanities
feminist theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
34
1,616
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Carmel O Shannessy
Language contact
language acquisition
Australian languages
mixed languages
endangered languages
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
30
1,314
Zhengdao Ye
Semantics
Pragmatics
Emotion
Cognitive Linguistics
Chinese Linguistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
20
881
Bruce Moore
Australian English
Lexicography
Medieval English Literature
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
19
1,185
Katherine Bode
literary studies
digital humanities
reading studies
book history
gender studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
19
987
Shunichi Ishihara
Forensic voice and text comparisoin
computational linguistics
intonational modelling
computational linguistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
19
662
Christine Nicholls
Australian Literature
Aboriginal Art
AboriginalLanguages
Humour Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
14
661
Yanyin Zhang
second language acquisition
applied linguistics
bilingualism
Chinese linguistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
7
606
Kyla Quinn
Linguistics
Computational Typology
Computational Historical Linguistics
Computational Linguistics
Southern New Guinea Languages
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
95
Claire Hansen
Shakespeare
education
complexity theory
pedagogy
ecocriticism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
57
Amelia Dale
eighteenth-century literature and culture
the novel
quixotism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
51
James Bednall
Linguistics
Language documentation
Semantics and pragmatics
Morpho-syntax
Australian Aboriginal languages
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
43
Alexandra Marley
linguistic variation
language change
Australian languages
language ecology
ethnobotany
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
0
27
Ashok Collins
Continental philosophy
religious studies
French literature
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
46
Thomas Nulley-Valdes
Latin American literature
World Literature theories and methodologies
McOndo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
17
Vihanga Perera
Postcolonial Literature
Sri Lankan Studies
Asian Literature
Creative Writing
Memory Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
7
Sarah-Jane Burton
American poetry
Archives
Materials Preservation
Poetry Pedagogy
New England (US) literature
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
4
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Anna Wierzbicka
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
91
341
57,700
Linguistics
Semantics
Anthropology
Cognitive Science
Psychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Nicholas Evans
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
57
142
14,460
Australian languages
Papuan languages
typology
linguistic anthropology
language documentation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Patrick McConvell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
81
3,749
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jane Simpson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
70
4,387
linguistics
Aboriginal languages
place-names
syntax
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Diana Slade
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
50
6,490
Description of Spoken English
Healthcare Communication
Discourse Analysis
Functional Linguistics
Workplace Communication and
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Catherine Travis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
42
3,401
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
I Wayan Arka
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
52
2,170
Austronesian and Papuan languages of Indonesia
language typology
syntactic theory
language documentation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ian Keen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
47
2,345
Language and Society
Australian Aborigines
Kinship
Linguistic Anthropology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Rosanne Kennedy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
34
1,616
Transnational memory
testimony and trauma
literature
environmental humanities
feminist theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Duck Young Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
77
2,339
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Cynthia L Allen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
28
2,239
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Carmel O Shannessy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
30
1,314
Language contact
language acquisition
Australian languages
mixed languages
endangered languages
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Inge Kral
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
29
1,234
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Zhengdao Ye
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
20
881
Semantics
Pragmatics
Emotion
Cognitive Linguistics
Chinese Linguistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jan Tent
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
24
898
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Bruce Moore
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
19
1,185
Australian English
Lexicography
Medieval English Literature
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Katherine Bode
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
19
987
literary studies
digital humanities
reading studies
book history
gender studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Shunichi Ishihara
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
19
662
Forensic voice and text comparisoin
computational linguistics
intonational modelling
computational linguistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Christine Nicholls
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
661
Australian Literature
Aboriginal Art
AboriginalLanguages
Humour Studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Yanyin Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
606
second language acquisition
applied linguistics
bilingualism
Chinese linguistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kyla Quinn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
95
Linguistics
Computational Typology
Computational Historical Linguistics
Computational Linguistics
Southern New Guinea Languages
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Grant Aiton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
75
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Claire Hansen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
57
Shakespeare
education
complexity theory
pedagogy
ecocriticism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Amelia Dale
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
51
eighteenth-century literature and culture
the novel
quixotism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
James Bednall
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
43
Linguistics
Language documentation
Semantics and pragmatics
Morpho-syntax
Australian Aboriginal languages
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Alexandra Marley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
0
27
linguistic variation
language change
Australian languages
language ecology
ethnobotany
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Ashok Collins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
46
Continental philosophy
religious studies
French literature
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Estelle Strazdins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
0
28
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Zurab Baratashvili
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
10
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Thomas Nulley-Valdes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
17
Latin American literature
World Literature theories and methodologies
McOndo
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
James Gray
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
13
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Alice Grundy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
11
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Fabricio Tocco
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
11
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Vihanga Perera
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
7
Postcolonial Literature
Sri Lankan Studies
Asian Literature
Creative Writing
Memory Studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Shaun Crowe
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
6
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Sarah-Jane Burton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
4
American poetry
Archives
Materials Preservation
Poetry Pedagogy
New England (US) literature
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Shubo Li
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
3
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Jessica Hewenn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
2
Historical Fiction
Ecocriticism
Postcolonial Literature