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: 2
Berthele Raphael
Multilingualism
Bilingualism
Cognition
Spatial Reference
Receptive Multilingualism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
29
63
2,812
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Steve Oswald
linguistics
pragmatics
argumentation theory
deception
discourse analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
34
1,350
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sayaka Sato
cognitive psychology
psycholinguistics
gender representation
stereotypes
bilingualism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
466
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jan Vanhove
linguistics
bilingualism
multilingualism
second language acquisition
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
12
745
Francesco Screti
linguistics
sociolinguistics
critical discourse studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
350
Rossella Varvara
morphology
lexical semantics
computational linguistics
corpus linguistics
language resources
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
6
221
Audrey Bonvin
linguistics
bilingualism
second language acquisition
foreign language education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
92

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David Amherdt
Langue et littérature latine de la Renaissance et de l'Antiquité
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
149
Anita Thomas
second language acquisition and teaching
input
corpus
interaction
FLE
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
123
Elisa Monaco
language
embodiment
rehabilitation
aphasia
bilingualism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
3
112
Sebastian Imoberdorf
Latin American Literature
Latinx Literature
Apocalyptic Literature
Nueva narrativa española
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
0
43
Moritz Sommet|モーリッツ・ソメ
Japanese studies
Library and information science
Literature
Multilingualism
Popular music
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
0
16
Patrizia Zanella
Indigenous literatures
language revitalization
border studies
kinship
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
17
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Peter Trudgill
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
71
186
49,160
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Berthele Raphael
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
63
2,812
Multilingualism
Bilingualism
Cognition
Spatial Reference
Receptive Multilingualism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Steve Oswald
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
34
1,350
linguistics
pragmatics
argumentation theory
deception
discourse analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sayaka Sato
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
466
cognitive psychology
psycholinguistics
gender representation
stereotypes
bilingualism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jan Vanhove
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
745
linguistics
bilingualism
multilingualism
second language acquisition
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gilles Corminboeuf
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
17
578
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Francesco Screti
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
350
linguistics
sociolinguistics
critical discourse studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Rossella Varvara
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
6
221
morphology
lexical semantics
computational linguistics
corpus linguistics
language resources
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Michel Viegnes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
6
312
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Audrey Bonvin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
92
linguistics
bilingualism
second language acquisition
foreign language education

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
David Amherdt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
149
Langue et littérature latine de la Renaissance et de l'Antiquité
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Anita Thomas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
123
second language acquisition and teaching
input
corpus
interaction
FLE
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Elisa Monaco
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
112
language
embodiment
rehabilitation
aphasia
bilingualism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sebastian Imoberdorf
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
43
Latin American Literature
Latinx Literature
Apocalyptic Literature
Nueva narrativa española
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Moritz Sommet|モーリッツ・ソメ
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
16
Japanese studies
Library and information science
Literature
Multilingualism
Popular music
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Giacomo Vagni
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
29
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Eliane Fitzé
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
52
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Patrizia Zanella
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
17
Indigenous literatures
language revitalization
border studies
kinship