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
Jan Teorell
Comparative politics
political methodology
democratization
corruption
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
61
113
24,573
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ian Manners
European Communion
Normative Power
Planetary Politics
Planetary Organic Crisis
Critical Social Theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
41
73
15,329
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Hanna Bäck
Comparative Politics
Political parties
Political institutions
Political behavior
Political psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
38
86
5,388
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Catarina Kinnvall
International relations
political psychology
ontological security
Muslims in the West
India
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
51
5,438
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Merle Jacob
funding instruments
science-policy interaction
research management
innovation policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
51
3,427
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Johannes Stripple
Environmental Politics
Governance
governmentality
climate change
climate imaginaries
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
52
4,823
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Fariborz Zelli
Environmental politics
Climate politics
Governance complexity
Political theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
40
3,556

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Annika Bergman Rosamond
Feminist Foreign Policy
Cosmopolitanism
Celebrity Humanitarianism
feminist security studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
30
1,733
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jakob Skovgaard
Environmental Politics
International Relations
EU
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
23
1,239
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Douglas Brommesson
Foreign policy
religion and politics
party politics
higher education policies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
21
854
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Spyros Sofos
Political Sociology
Conflict
Populism
Nationalism
Urban Citizenship
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
16
1,124
Ted Svensson
International Relations
state making
nationalism
cultural heritage
South Asia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
14
476
Julie Hassing Nielsen
Political Psychology
Populism
Polarization
European integration
Experimental Research
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
423
Agustin Goenaga
Political Science
Comparative Politics
Comparative Political Economy
Comparative Development
Democratic Theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
355
Nina C Krickel-Choi
International Relations Theory
Security Studies
Ontological Security
Sovereignty
East Asia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
5
365
Joel W Abdelmoez
Political Science
Middle Eastern Studies
Comparative Politics
Media Studies
Queer and Feminist Theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
51
Björn Östbring
political theory
political sociology
migration
nationalism
liberalism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
30
Kristin Smette Gulbrandsen
Political geography
Regions
Local democracy
Renewable energy
Discourse analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
28
Hyeyoon Park
Global environmental politics
global governance
extractive industries
climate finance
China
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
0
20
Elias Isaksson
Transport politics
environmental politics
critical methodology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
0
19
Malte Breiding|Malte Breiding Hansen
Global LGBT politics
global queer politics
political theory
European Union
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
2
33
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jan Teorell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
61
113
24,573
Comparative politics
political methodology
democratization
corruption
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ian Manners
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
41
73
15,329
European Communion
Normative Power
Planetary Politics
Planetary Organic Crisis
Critical Social Theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Hanna Bäck
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
86
5,388
Comparative Politics
Political parties
Political institutions
Political behavior
Political psychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Annika Björkdahl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
61
4,200
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Catarina Kinnvall
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
51
5,438
International relations
political psychology
ontological security
Muslims in the West
India
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Merle Jacob
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
51
3,427
funding instruments
science-policy interaction
research management
innovation policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Johannes Stripple
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
52
4,823
Environmental Politics
Governance
governmentality
climate change
climate imaginaries
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Johannes Lindvall
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
45
3,221
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Fariborz Zelli
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
40
3,556
Environmental politics
Climate politics
Governance complexity
Political theory

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Annika Bergman Rosamond
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
30
1,733
Feminist Foreign Policy
Cosmopolitanism
Celebrity Humanitarianism
feminist security studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jakob Skovgaard
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
23
1,239
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Douglas Brommesson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
21
854
Foreign policy
religion and politics
party politics
higher education policies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Moira Nelson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
19
2,260
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Spyros Sofos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
16
1,124
Political Sociology
Conflict
Populism
Nationalism
Urban Citizenship
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Niklas Altermark
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
13
515
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ted Svensson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
14
476
International Relations
state making
nationalism
cultural heritage
South Asia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Julie Hassing Nielsen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
423
Political Psychology
Populism
Polarization
European integration
Experimental Research
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Agustin Goenaga
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
355
Political Science
Comparative Politics
Comparative Political Economy
Comparative Development
Democratic Theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nina C Krickel-Choi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
365
International Relations Theory
Security Studies
Ontological Security
Sovereignty
East Asia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Joel W Abdelmoez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
51
Political Science
Middle Eastern Studies
Comparative Politics
Media Studies
Queer and Feminist Theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Björn Östbring
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
30
political theory
political sociology
migration
nationalism
liberalism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Kristin Smette Gulbrandsen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
28
Political geography
Regions
Local democracy
Renewable energy
Discourse analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Hyeyoon Park
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
20
Global environmental politics
global governance
extractive industries
climate finance
China
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Elias Isaksson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
19
Transport politics
environmental politics
critical methodology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Mi Lennhag
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
18
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Malte Breiding|Malte Breiding Hansen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
33
Global LGBT politics
global queer politics
political theory
European Union
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Sindre Gade Viksand
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
8