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" (870,057 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
James L Gibson
Political Science
Law and Politics
Political Psychology
Comparative Politics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
81
166
24,173
Matthew Gabel
comparative politics
European politics
judicial politics
medical decision-making
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
48
9,060
David B Carter
international relations
conflict
territorial disputes
terrorism
political methodology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
30
4,393

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Andrew Reeves
Social Science
Political Science
American Politics
Elections
Presidency
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
33
2,768
Taylor N Carlson
American Politics
Political Psychology
Political Communication
Political Behavior
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
602
Ming Yin
International and comparative education
Educational equality and equity in the context of globalization
Social and global cont
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
44
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
James L Gibson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
81
166
24,173
Political Science
Law and Politics
Political Psychology
Comparative Politics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Margit Tavits
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
44
62
8,344
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Steven S Smith
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
59
7,055
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Brian F Crisp
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
52
3,954
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Matthew Gabel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
48
9,060
comparative politics
European politics
judicial politics
medical decision-making
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
James F Spriggs II
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
32
5,269
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jacob M Montgomery
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
31
3,776
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Guillermo Rosas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
30
2,635
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
David B Carter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
30
4,393
international relations
conflict
territorial disputes
terrorism
political methodology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Betsy Sinclair
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
26
5,915

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Randall Calvert
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
32
8,047
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Frank Lovett
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
30
2,905
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Andrew Reeves
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
33
2,768
Social Science
Political Science
American Politics
Elections
Presidency
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Clarissa Hayward
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
20
1,842
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Justin Fox
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
1,195
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Taylor N Carlson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
602
American Politics
Political Psychology
Political Communication
Political Behavior
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Michael Olson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
3
177
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Zack Bowersox
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
63
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ming Yin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
44
International and comparative education
Educational equality and equity in the context of globalization
Social and global cont
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Bomi K Lee|Bomi Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
52
International Relations
Political Methodology
Political Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Lukas K Alexander|LK Alexander
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
120