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: 3
Mark Duffield
Development and Security
Disaster politics
humanitarian intervention
conflict
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
47
90
17,423
Eric Herring
World Politics. Promoting locally-led development. Education for sustainable development. Somalia/Somaliland.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
31
2,261
Levi John Wolf
Spatial statistics
Bayesian modeling
Electoral Politics
Segregation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
30
1,868
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Magnus Feldmann
varieties of capitalism
business and politics
labour politics
populism
post-communist politics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
17
1,104

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Filippo Dionigi
International Relations
Middle East
Borders
Syrian Refugee Crisis
Hezbollah
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
465
Cathy A Wilcock
diaspora
political activism
transnationalism
peace and conflict
Sudan and South Sudan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
3
139
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ron Johnston
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
90
728
66,107
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Martin Parker
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
55
130
14,027
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mark Duffield
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
47
90
17,423
Development and Security
Disaster politics
humanitarian intervention
conflict
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sarah Childs
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
46
85
9,526
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Roberta Guerrina
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
26
1,392
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Eric Herring
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
31
2,261
World Politics. Promoting locally-led development. Education for sustainable development. Somalia/Somaliland.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sheena Vachhani
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
25
1,667
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Levi John Wolf
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
30
1,868
Spatial statistics
Bayesian modeling
Electoral Politics
Segregation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Magnus Feldmann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
17
1,104
varieties of capitalism
business and politics
labour politics
populism
post-communist politics

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
1,775
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jonathan Floyd
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
618
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Filippo Dionigi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
465
International Relations
Middle East
Borders
Syrian Refugee Crisis
Hezbollah
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mircea Popa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
119
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Cathy A Wilcock
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
139
diaspora
political activism
transnationalism
peace and conflict
Sudan and South Sudan
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Egle Cesnulyte
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
80
gender
feminist political economy
informality
sex work
East Africa
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
James Freeman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
49