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" (873,937 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
Dalton Russell J
political science
comparative politics
public opinion
elections
democracy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
87
234
71,663
Richard A Matthew
International relations
environment
climate change
peacebuilding
human security
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
41
90
7,262
Jeffrey Kopstein
Comparative Politics
Postcommunism
Political Violence
Jewish Studies
state building
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
32
3,527
Shawn Rosenberg
political psychology
populism
developmental psychology
political behavior
deliberative democracy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
26
2,971
Ines Levin
elections
survey research
computational social science
election forensics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
23
1,023
Marek Kaminski
game theory
social choice theory
democratization
voting
prison subculture
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
26
1,582
John R Emery
International Relations
Security Studies
Drones
Ethics of War and Peace
Contemporary Warfare
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
7
155
Erin Lockwood
international political economy
financial regulation
derivatives
risk and uncertainty
global inequality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
228
Andy Wondong Lee
International Relations
Religion & Politics
Epistemic Community
Interpretive Methods
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
5
95
Sargis Karavardanyan
political economy
research methodology
democratization
collective action and violence
ethnicity and economic development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
6
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Dalton Russell J
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
87
234
71,663
political science
comparative politics
public opinion
elections
democracy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Bernard Grofman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
80
316
25,029
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Richard A Matthew
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
41
90
7,262
International relations
environment
climate change
peacebuilding
human security
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Dorothy J Solinger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
70
7,704
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sara Wallace Goodman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
37
3,721
citizenship
immigration
integration
COVID-19
political science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jeffrey Kopstein
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
32
3,527
Comparative Politics
Postcommunism
Political Violence
Jewish Studies
state building
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Shawn Rosenberg
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
26
2,971
political psychology
populism
developmental psychology
political behavior
deliberative democracy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Carole Uhlaner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
28
6,194
political behavior
ethnic and gender politics
rational choice
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ines Levin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
23
1,023
elections
survey research
computational social science
election forensics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Marek Kaminski
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
26
1,582
game theory
social choice theory
democratization
voting
prison subculture
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Danielle Thomsen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
1,012
U.S. Congress
Partisan Polarization
Elections
Gender and Politics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
John R Emery
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
155
International Relations
Security Studies
Drones
Ethics of War and Peace
Contemporary Warfare
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Erin Lockwood
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
228
international political economy
financial regulation
derivatives
risk and uncertainty
global inequality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Andy Wondong Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
5
95
International Relations
Religion & Politics
Epistemic Community
Interpretive Methods
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
William Kidd
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
22
political psychology
partisanship
political behavior
public opinion
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sargis Karavardanyan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
6
political economy
research methodology
democratization
collective action and violence
ethnicity and economic development