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" (870,057 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 Flowerdew
Applied linguistics
Discourse Analysis
Academic Discourse
English for Specific Purposes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
74
145
21,232
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jack Pun
English medium instruction
English for Specific Purposes
English for Academic Purposes
Discourse
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
45
3,843
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Christoph A Hafner
English for specific purposes
Language and law
Digital literacies
Multimodality
Language
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
36
4,453
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Longxi Zhang
comparative literature
east-west cross-cultural studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
35
2,931
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Chan Alice Yw
English Grammar
English Phonetics and Phonology
Lexicography
Second Language Acquisition
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
33
1,640
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Alex Chengyu Fang
Corpus Linguistics
Computational Linguistics
Dialogue Analysis
Linguistic Features
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
29
1,354
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Junjie Gavin Wu
Tech-enhanced learning
educational technology
language pedagogy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
17
717

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Anne Peirson-Smith
fashion studies
fashion marketing & promotion
fashion retail
sustainable fashion
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
14
630
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Bin Li 李彬
phonetics
language acquisition
language teaching
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
511
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Chak Yan Yeung
Computational linguistics
Natural language processing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
270
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Clara Ho-Yan Chan
Professional translation (esp. Legal translation)
Translation and Interpretation Theory and
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
4
146
Yizhou Lan
applied linguistics
second language acquisition
foreign accent
pronunciation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
65
Birgit Bunzel Linder
literary studies
poetry
Chinese literature
comparative literature
medical humanities
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
57
Reto Winckler
Literary studies
Shakespeare studies
adaptation studies
popular culture
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
51
Dariush Saberi
Artificial Intelligence
Natural Language Processing
Computational Linguistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
0
30
Suen Caesar Lun
sociolinguistics
terminology
computational linguistics
computer-assisted language learning
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
0
24
Su Lin 林蘇
Linguistics and Translation
Public Policy and Management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
9
Jinmeng Dou
corpus linguistics
cognitive linguistics
computational linguistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
8
Yingzhi Zhao
Classical Chinese Poetry and Poetics
Late Imperial Chinese Literature and Culture
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
6
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
John Flowerdew
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
74
145
21,232
Applied linguistics
Discourse Analysis
Academic Discourse
English for Specific Purposes
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Lindsay Miller
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
62
8,155
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Chunyu Kit
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
58
3,132
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jack Pun
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
45
3,843
English medium instruction
English for Specific Purposes
English for Academic Purposes
Discourse
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Christoph A Hafner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
36
4,453
English for specific purposes
Language and law
Digital literacies
Multimodality
Language
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Longxi Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
35
2,931
comparative literature
east-west cross-cultural studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Chan Alice Yw
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
33
1,640
English Grammar
English Phonetics and Phonology
Lexicography
Second Language Acquisition
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Alex Chengyu Fang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
29
1,354
Corpus Linguistics
Computational Linguistics
Dialogue Analysis
Linguistic Features
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Meichun Liu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
22
831
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Junjie Gavin Wu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
17
717
Tech-enhanced learning
educational technology
language pedagogy

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Anne Peirson-Smith
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
630
fashion studies
fashion marketing & promotion
fashion retail
sustainable fashion
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Bin Li 李彬
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
511
phonetics
language acquisition
language teaching
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Chak Yan Yeung
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
270
Computational linguistics
Natural language processing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Lydia Catedral
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
340
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Clara Ho-Yan Chan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
4
146
Professional translation (esp. Legal translation)
Translation and Interpretation Theory and
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Yuwei Wan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
134
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Esterina Nervino
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
70
Applied linguistics
multimodality
branding
luxury
ESG
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Yizhou Lan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
65
applied linguistics
second language acquisition
foreign accent
pronunciation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Birgit Bunzel Linder
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
57
literary studies
poetry
Chinese literature
comparative literature
medical humanities
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jeffrey Mather
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
0
34
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Reto Winckler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
51
Literary studies
Shakespeare studies
adaptation studies
popular culture
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Dariush Saberi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
30
Artificial Intelligence
Natural Language Processing
Computational Linguistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Suen Caesar Lun
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
24
sociolinguistics
terminology
computational linguistics
computer-assisted language learning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Su Lin 林蘇
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
9
Linguistics and Translation
Public Policy and Management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jinmeng Dou
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
8
corpus linguistics
cognitive linguistics
computational linguistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Bing Li Bertie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
6
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Yingzhi Zhao
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
6
Classical Chinese Poetry and Poetics
Late Imperial Chinese Literature and Culture