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" (873,690 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
Ken Hyland
Applied linguistics
Academic discourse
EAP
discourse analysis
English for Specific
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
114
246
95,860
Luna Filipovic
bilingualism
psycholinguistics
forensic linguistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
35
1,949
Alberto Hijazo Gascón
cognitive linguistics
second language acquisition
spanish
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
24
789
Anshuman Mondal
English Literature
cultural studies
postcolonial studies
Islam
freedom of speech
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
22
837
Gabrina Pounds
discourse analysis
pragmatics
appraisal theory
systemic functional linguistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
14
527
Chi-Hé Elder
semantics
pragmatics
linguistics
conditionals
miscommunication
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
8
198
Matthew Taunton
English Literature
Modernism
Twentieth Century
Cultural History
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
6
201

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Nadja Althaus
language development
cognitive development
psycholinguistics
categorization
cognitive modelling
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
328
Alan Wolf
Linguistics
Intercultural Communication
Translation Studies
Pragmatics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
227
Jenna Pitchford-Hyde
20th and 21st century American literature
war
trauma
gender
technology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
69
David Mclaughlin
Literary geography
cultural geography
historical geography
literature
travel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
88
C Raschka
Applied Linguistics
Speech and Language Therapy
Bilingualism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
254
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ken Hyland
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
114
246
95,860
Applied linguistics
Academic discourse
EAP
discourse analysis
English for Specific
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Christopher Sinha|Chris Sinha
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
75
5,525
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Luna Filipovic
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
35
1,949
bilingualism
psycholinguistics
forensic linguistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alison Donnell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
31
1,701
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Alberto Hijazo Gascón
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
24
789
cognitive linguistics
second language acquisition
spanish
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Anshuman Mondal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
22
837
English Literature
cultural studies
postcolonial studies
Islam
freedom of speech
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gabrina Pounds
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
527
discourse analysis
pragmatics
appraisal theory
systemic functional linguistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Carlos De Pablos Ortega
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
327
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Chi-Hé Elder
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
198
semantics
pragmatics
linguistics
conditionals
miscommunication
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Matthew Taunton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
6
201
English Literature
Modernism
Twentieth Century
Cultural History

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Karen Elaine Smyth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
5
290
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nadja Althaus
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
328
language development
cognitive development
psycholinguistics
categorization
cognitive modelling
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Thomas Karshan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
2
167
Vladimir Nabokov
Modernism
Letters in Literature
Play
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Alan Wolf
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
227
Linguistics
Intercultural Communication
Translation Studies
Pragmatics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jenna Pitchford-Hyde
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
69
20th and 21st century American literature
war
trauma
gender
technology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
David Mclaughlin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
88
Literary geography
cultural geography
historical geography
literature
travel
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
C Raschka
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
254
Applied Linguistics
Speech and Language Therapy
Bilingualism