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" (873,898 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
Derek Reveron
international security
foreign policy
defense strategy
cyber
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
23
1,276
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Tom Nichols
international security
Russia
nuclear weapons
expertise
democracy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
19
2,502
Hayat Alvi
Middle East
South Asia
Genocide Studies
International Relations
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
314
Naunihal Singh
Civil-Military Relations
Military Coups
Conflict Studies
African Politics
US Foreign Policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
7
815
David A Cooper
Nuclear strategy
nonproliferation and disarmament
international relations
US foreign and defense policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
6
305

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Derek Reveron
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
23
1,276
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Tom Nichols
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
19
2,502
international security
Russia
nuclear weapons
expertise
democracy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Curtis Bell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
15
587
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jonathan Caverley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
841
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Burak Kadercan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
322
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hayat Alvi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
314
Middle East
South Asia
Genocide Studies
International Relations
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
David C. Logan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
5
134
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Naunihal Singh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
815
Civil-Military Relations
Military Coups
Conflict Studies
African Politics
US Foreign Policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Kendrick Kuo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
120
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
David A Cooper
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
305
Nuclear strategy
nonproliferation and disarmament
international relations
US foreign and defense policy

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jessica Blankshain
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
106
civil-military relations
bureaucratic politics
foreign policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Noel Foster
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
44