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.

Christian Chiarcos
Natural Language Processing
Computational Linguistics
Linked Data
Digital Humanities
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
29
81
3,149
Petra Schulz
child language acquisition
child bilingualism
language impairment
semantics
syntax
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
52
2,190
Katharina Hartmann
Syntax
Interfaces
syntax of German
information structure
syntax of African Languages
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
40
2,640
Thomas Ede Zimmermann
Linguistic Semantics
Linguistic Pragmatics
Philosophy of Language
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
38
2,574
Frank Kügler
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
prosody
syntax-phonology interface
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
37
1,872

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
И.А. Невская (Irina Nevskaya)
языкознание
тюркология
Linguistics
Turcology
Typology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
29
1,241
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jacopo Torregrossa
bilingualism
multilingualism
applied linguistics
multilingual education
information structure
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
15
471
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Niko Schenk
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Discourse Parsing
Dialog Modeling
Natural Language Understanding
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
254
Andreas Wagner
Political Philosophy
Legal Philosophy
History of Philosophy
Political Theory
Digital Humanities
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
181
Francesco Pinzin
Linguistics
morphosyntax interface
Latin linguistics
Italian dialectology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
2
69
Derya Nuhbalaoglu
sign language linguistics
pragmatics
syntax-discourse interface
syntax
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
2
67
Martina Wernli
literary studies
thing theory
material culture
contemporary literature
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
72
Hanna Teichler
Anglophone Literatures and Cultures
Memory Studies
World Literature
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
30
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Caroline Fery
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
42
91
6,526
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Cecilia Poletto
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
100
6,615
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Christian Chiarcos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
81
3,149
Natural Language Processing
Computational Linguistics
Linked Data
Digital Humanities
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Markus Bader
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
52
3,179
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Petra Schulz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
52
2,190
child language acquisition
child bilingualism
language impairment
semantics
syntax
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Katharina Hartmann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
40
2,640
Syntax
Interfaces
syntax of German
information structure
syntax of African Languages
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Thomas Ede Zimmermann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
38
2,574
Linguistic Semantics
Linguistic Pragmatics
Philosophy of Language
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Frank Kügler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
37
1,872
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
prosody
syntax-phonology interface
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Frank Richter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
34
1,365
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jona Sassenhagen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
18
1,326

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
И.А. Невская (Irina Nevskaya)
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
29
1,241
языкознание
тюркология
Linguistics
Turcology
Typology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Gerrit Kentner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
641
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Anke Himmelreich (Née Assmann)|Anke Assmann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
496
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jacopo Torregrossa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
15
471
bilingualism
multilingualism
applied linguistics
multilingual education
information structure
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Niko Schenk
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
254
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Discourse Parsing
Dialog Modeling
Natural Language Understanding
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Beata Moskal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
527
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Andreas Wagner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
181
Political Philosophy
Legal Philosophy
History of Philosophy
Political Theory
Digital Humanities
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Yvonne Portele
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
117
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sascha Bargmann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
155
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Francesco Pinzin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
2
69
Linguistics
morphosyntax interface
Latin linguistics
Italian dialectology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Irene Caloi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
86
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Derya Nuhbalaoglu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
67
sign language linguistics
pragmatics
syntax-discourse interface
syntax
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Martina Wernli
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
72
literary studies
thing theory
material culture
contemporary literature
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Tanaka Chidora
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
39
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jack E Taylor
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
107
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Víctor Ibarra B
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
13
estética
filosofía
literatura
idealismo alemán
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Hanna Teichler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
30
Anglophone Literatures and Cultures
Memory Studies
World Literature
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Corinna Langer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
6
Linguistics
Phonology
Phonetics
Hungarian
Prosody