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.

Mustafa Kutlay
Comparative politics
political economy
emerging powers
Turkish politics & foreign policy
global South
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
30
1,730
Thomas R. Davies
NGOs
social movements
peace
democracy
transnational relations
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
22
1,285
Allyson Lucinda Benton
Political Economy
Political Budget Cycles
Politics and Financial Markets
Subnational Governance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
21
1,588
Christopher Mcdowell
political anthropology forced migration studies refugees involuntary resettlement
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
25
4,378
Koen Slootmaeckers
EU Politics
Sexual Politics
Global Queer Politics
Masculinities
Relationality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
16
965

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Stefano Sgambati
Monetary Theory
Financial History
Banking
International Political Economy
Historical Sociology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
211
Gwilym David Blunt
Political Philosophy
Human Rights
Global Health
Global Distributive Justice
Global Poverty
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
171
Neil Loughlin
Comparative politics
political economy
democracy
authoritarianism
Asia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
159
Charlotte Godziewski
Global Health
Health Promotion Politics
Constructivism
Science and Policy
EU Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
86
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ronen Palan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
68
6,533
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mustafa Kutlay
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
30
1,730
Comparative politics
political economy
emerging powers
Turkish politics & foreign policy
global South
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Thomas R. Davies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
22
1,285
NGOs
social movements
peace
democracy
transnational relations
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Allyson Lucinda Benton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
21
1,588
Political Economy
Political Budget Cycles
Politics and Financial Markets
Subnational Governance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Christopher Mcdowell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
25
4,378
political anthropology forced migration studies refugees involuntary resettlement
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sandy Brian Hager
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
19
1,001
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sarah Butt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
23
1,139
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Koen Slootmaeckers
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
16
965
EU Politics
Sexual Politics
Global Queer Politics
Masculinities
Relationality

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Stefano Sgambati
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
211
Monetary Theory
Financial History
Banking
International Political Economy
Historical Sociology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Gwilym David Blunt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
171
Political Philosophy
Human Rights
Global Health
Global Distributive Justice
Global Poverty
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sean Kenji Starrs
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
6
431
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Neil Loughlin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
159
Comparative politics
political economy
democracy
authoritarianism
Asia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Charlotte Godziewski
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
86
Global Health
Health Promotion Politics
Constructivism
Science and Policy
EU Studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Leonie Fleischmann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
47
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Begum Zorlu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
10