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" (873,864 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
Marc Hooghe
political science
political trust
comparative politics
political behavior
elections
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
78
262
24,177
Sofie Marien
Political trust
Citizen participation
Comparative politics
Political Behavior
Deliberative Democracy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
39
6,264
Peter Vermeersch
nationalism
minority policies
politics in Central and Eastern Europe
ethnic conflict
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
40
2,546
Katja Biedenkopf
sustainability politics
policy diffusion
climate diplomacy
carbon pricing policy
chemicals policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
32
930
Gert-Jan Put
Comparative politics
candidate selection
electoral systems
intra-party competition
electoral geography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
24
746
David Mwambari
Politics of knowledge production
Peace and Security
Memory Politics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
14
541
Wouter Wolfs
Political finance
Party politics
Comparative politics
Legislative studies
EU Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
14
382
Solomon Gebreyohans
Governance
governance in higher education
governance and development
governance and regional
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
2
95
Bas Leijssenaar
Political Philosophy
Sovereignty
Democratic Theory
Democracy
Citizen Partizipation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
14
Linde Stals
political socialization
political psychology
trust
civic engagement
youth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
12
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Marc Hooghe
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
78
262
24,177
political science
political trust
comparative politics
political behavior
elections
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sofie Marien
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
39
6,264
Political trust
Citizen participation
Comparative politics
Political Behavior
Deliberative Democracy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ellen Quintelier
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
49
5,306
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Peter Vermeersch
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
40
2,546
nationalism
minority policies
politics in Central and Eastern Europe
ethnic conflict
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Katja Biedenkopf
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
32
930
sustainability politics
policy diffusion
climate diplomacy
carbon pricing policy
chemicals policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gert-Jan Put
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
24
746
Comparative politics
candidate selection
electoral systems
intra-party competition
electoral geography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
David Mwambari
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
541
Politics of knowledge production
Peace and Security
Memory Politics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Wouter Wolfs
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
14
382
Political finance
Party politics
Comparative politics
Legislative studies
EU Studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Francois Boucher
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
325
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jef Smulders
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
244
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Silke Goubin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
254
Political Science
Public Opinion
Political Trust
Social Policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Dorien Sampermans
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
141
civic education
citizenship
citizenship norms
political sciences
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Solomon Gebreyohans
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
95
Governance
governance in higher education
governance and development
governance and regional
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Bas Leijssenaar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
14
Political Philosophy
Sovereignty
Democratic Theory
Democracy
Citizen Partizipation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Linde Stals
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
12
political socialization
political psychology
trust
civic engagement
youth
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Gunther Vanden Eynde
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
11
political science
party finance
campaign spending
digital campaigning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Britt Vande Walle
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
7
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Daniel B Lockwood
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
74