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" (873,937 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
Brendan Nyhan
Political science
American politics
Political behavior
Political communication
Misinformation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
53
96
29,309
Yusaku Horiuchi, 堀内勇作|堀内勇作
Public Opinion
Public Diplomacy
Survey Experiments
Japanese Politics
Political Methodology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
51
3,775
Benjamin Valentino
political science
international relations
international security
foreign policy
public opinion
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
27
4,541
Jason Lyall
political violence
inequality
international security
causal inference
Afghanistan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
22
3,927
Jennifer Lind
international security
East Asian security
US foreign policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
28
2,511
Lucas Swaine
political theory
political philosophy
legal theory
history of political thought
religion and politics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
15
559
John Patrick Harden
International Relations
International Security
American Foreign Policy
Political Psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
13
Serge Severenchuk
political science
political psychology
polarization
quantitative methods
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
10
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Brendan Nyhan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
53
96
29,309
Political science
American politics
Political behavior
Political communication
Misinformation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
William Wohlforth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
44
85
15,395
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
John M Carey
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
62
18,756
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yusaku Horiuchi, 堀内勇作|堀内勇作
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
51
3,775
Public Opinion
Public Diplomacy
Survey Experiments
Japanese Politics
Political Methodology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Michael Herron
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
49
5,024
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Stephen G Brooks
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
35
7,108
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Benjamin Valentino
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
27
4,541
political science
international relations
international security
foreign policy
public opinion
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jason Lyall
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
22
3,927
political violence
inequality
international security
causal inference
Afghanistan
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jennifer Lind
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
28
2,511
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Lucas Swaine
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
15
559
political theory
political philosophy
legal theory
history of political thought
religion and politics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
John Patrick Harden
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
13
International Relations
International Security
American Foreign Policy
Political Psychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Serge Severenchuk
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
10
political science
political psychology
polarization
quantitative methods