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: 1
Richard E Matland
Comparative Politics
American Politics
Representation
Electoral Systems
Women & Politics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
44
10,209
Molly M Melin
International Relations
Scientific Study of International Processes
Conflict Processes
International Conflict Management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
15
720
John Allen Williams
National and International Security Policy
Civil-Military Relations
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
22
2,389
Jennifer Forestal
political theory
social media
software design
democratic theory
civic engagement
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
262

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Patrick Cunha Silva
Political Representation
Gender Politics
Electoral Systems
Political Campaigns
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
123
Yuna Blajer De La Garza
Political Theory
Democratic Theory
Interpretive Methods
Egalitarianism
Critical Theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
0
17
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Richard E Matland
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
44
10,209
Comparative Politics
American Politics
Representation
Electoral Systems
Women & Politics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
David Doherty
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
37
4,626
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
John Frendreis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
33
2,284
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
John P Pelissero
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
25
1,328
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Molly M Melin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
15
720
International Relations
Scientific Study of International Processes
Conflict Processes
International Conflict Management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Olga Avdeyeva
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
1,006
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
John Allen Williams
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
22
2,389
National and International Security Policy
Civil-Military Relations
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Abraham Singer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
590
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Eric R Hansen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
436
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jennifer Forestal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
262
political theory
social media
software design
democratic theory
civic engagement

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Patrick Cunha Silva
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
123
Political Representation
Gender Politics
Electoral Systems
Political Campaigns
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Yuna Blajer De La Garza
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
17
Political Theory
Democratic Theory
Interpretive Methods
Egalitarianism
Critical Theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jay Carlson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
12
political epistemology
epistemology of disagreement
bioethics