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
Paul Abramson
political science
generational change
strategic voting
Condorcet
partisan realignment
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
67
156
19,257
Melinda Gann Hall
Judicial politics
state politics
American politics
campaigns and elections
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
42
6,047

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Christian Houle
Comparative Politics
Democracy and Regime Change
Inequality
Comparative Political Economy
Political Instability
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
19
1,477
Reginald S Sheehan
Judicial Politics
Comparative Legal Systems
US Supreme Court
US Courts of Appeals
Australia High Court
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
20
3,559
Eric Gonzalez Juenke
Latino politics
Black Politics
U.S. Elections
Representation
State legislative elections
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
16
854
Ani Sarkissian
Religion and Politics
Authoritarianism
Democratization
Middle East Politics
Post-Communist Politics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
522
Nura A Sediqe
Political Science
Race and Ethnic Politics
Behavior & Identities
American Politics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
3
88
Jordan Cash
Political Science
American politics
constitutional law
political theory
executive politics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
49
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Paul Abramson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
67
156
19,257
political science
generational change
strategic voting
Condorcet
partisan realignment
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Brian D Silver
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
41
66
6,532
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
William G Jacoby
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
43
7,624
Mass political behavior
quantitative methodology
state politics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Melinda Gann Hall
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
42
6,047
Judicial politics
state politics
American politics
campaigns and elections
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ryan C Black
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
43
2,460
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jack Harrison
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
39
1,938
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nazita Lajevardi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
27
1,821
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Michael Wahman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
25
1,858
Democratization
elections
African Politics
Comparative Politics

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Eric CC Chang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
21
3,993
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Christian Houle
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
19
1,477
Comparative Politics
Democracy and Regime Change
Inequality
Comparative Political Economy
Political Instability
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nathan Burroughs
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
26
1,984
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Reginald S Sheehan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
20
3,559
Judicial Politics
Comparative Legal Systems
US Supreme Court
US Courts of Appeals
Australia High Court
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Eric Gonzalez Juenke
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
16
854
Latino politics
Black Politics
U.S. Elections
Representation
State legislative elections
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jeffrey Conroy Krutz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
764
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Andrew Halterman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
332
text data
NLP
security studies
civil war
semantic role labeling
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ani Sarkissian
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
522
Religion and Politics
Authoritarianism
Democratization
Middle East Politics
Post-Communist Politics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Nura A Sediqe
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
88
Political Science
Race and Ethnic Politics
Behavior & Identities
American Politics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Guido Parietti
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
0
47
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Thomas Bentley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
59
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Constanza F Schibber
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
82
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Jordan Cash
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
49
Political Science
American politics
constitutional law
political theory
executive politics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Yeyoung Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
53
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Sara Bano
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
33
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Gregory Wallsworth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
31
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Jonathan Spiegler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
34
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Benjamin Yoel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
2
Comparative Politics
Democratic Backsliding
Political Violence