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.

Pablo Barberá
Social Media
Political Behavior
Computational Social Science
Political Methodology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
40
56
14,305
Gerardo L Munck
Political Science
Comparative Politics
Democracy
Democratization
Latin America
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
39
71
9,637
J Ann Tickner
International Relations
International theory
feminist international relations
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
36
53
8,627

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jeffery A Jenkins
American Politics
Congress
Political Parties
Political Economy
American Political Development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
29
51
2,828
Jefferey Sellers
Comparative political economy
multilevel governance
urban politics
environmental politics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
37
4,107
Christian Grose
political institutions
representation
race
legislative politics
executive politics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
38
2,714
Jacques EC Hymans
International Relations
Nuclear Proliferation
Energy Policy
National Identity
Money
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
35
2,650
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Joshua Aizenman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
83
235
25,892
International Economics
Development Economics
Political Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Guillermo O'Donnell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
73
152
71,651
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
William Dutton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
62
220
16,519
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Patrick James
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
49
159
12,212
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Pablo Barberá
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
56
14,305
Social Media
Political Behavior
Computational Social Science
Political Methodology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gerardo L Munck
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
71
9,637
Political Science
Comparative Politics
Democracy
Democratization
Latin America
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
J Ann Tickner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
53
8,627
International Relations
International theory
feminist international relations
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
David C Kang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
66
9,340
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Saori Katada|片田さおり
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
58
2,859
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Brian Rathbun
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
34
4,470

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jeffery A Jenkins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
51
2,828
American Politics
Congress
Political Parties
Political Economy
American Political Development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Carol Wise
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
44
2,554
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
John Odell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
31
4,267
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jefferey Sellers
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
37
4,107
Comparative political economy
multilevel governance
urban politics
environmental politics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Christian Grose
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
38
2,714
political institutions
representation
race
legislative politics
executive politics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jonathan Quong
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
25
3,010
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jacques EC Hymans
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
35
2,650
International Relations
Nuclear Proliferation
Energy Policy
National Identity
Money
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jeb Barnes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
27
1,516
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Morris Levy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
19
885
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Thomas A Hollihan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
24
1,082
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Christina Dunbar Hester
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
839
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Leland Saito
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
754
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Pongkwan Sawasdipakdi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
24
International Relations
Foreign Policy
Southeast Asia and Great Power Politics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Anne Van Wijk
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
1
International Relations
International Governance
International Cooperation