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" (873,864 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
Scott O Lilienfeld
personalty disorders
psychiatric classification and diagnosis
scientific thinking in psychology
psychological pseudoscience
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
121
466
55,547
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Irwin D Waldman
child clinical psychology
ADHD
ODD
CD
conduct problems
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
91
209
41,321
Sherryl H Goodman
developmental psychopathology
offspring of depressed mothers
vulnerabilities to the development of depression
mother-infant i
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
66
116
29,019
Tené T Lewis *
Psychosocial Epidemiology/Health Psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
57
126
44,639
Stephan Hamann
Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Affective Neuroscience
Neuropsychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
52
77
17,375
Gregory Berns
mri decision making animal cognition dogs
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
52
93
19,545
David A Edwards
Hormones and Human Competition and Performance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
50
80
6,784
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Michael T Treadway
Computational psychiatry
motivation
decision-making
anhedonia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
47
70
16,193
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Yilang Tang|Yilang Tang, MD, PhD, Yilang Tang
Substance use disorders
Clinical psychopharmacology
Genetics of mental disorders
Mental health of
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
45
117
9,401
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Negar Fani
neuroimaging
neuropsychology
trauma
PTSD
racism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
43
77
6,034
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Stella F Lourenco
cognition
visual perception
gender differences
development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
42
75
6,367
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Phillip Wolff
language semantics
machine learning
causal reasoning
future thinking
digital phenotyping
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
38
59
7,494
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Robert Hampton
comparative psychology
primate cognition
avian cognition
comparative neurobiology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
38
70
5,216
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Marshall Duke
family narratives
clinical psychology
interdisciplinary study of behavior
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
36
58
6,773
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Yuk Fai Cheong
multilevel modeling
psychometrics
cluster-randomized trials
intimate partner violence
agency and empowerment
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
57
12,885
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Lynne Nygaard
speech perception
perceptual learning
auditory imagery
sound symbolism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
43
4,949
Xiangchuan Chen
Psychology
Psychiatry
Neuroimaging
Cognitive Neuroscience
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
29
2,936
Hillary Rodman
visual and comparative neuroscience
circadian rhythms and sleep
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
27
3,084
Thomas Hsiao
psychology
mental health
bullying
adolescents
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
34
10,561
Jared A Defife
Clinical psychology
Psychotherapy
Personality
Interpersonal Relationships
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
32
2,224
Hanan D Trotman
Psychosis
Clinical High Risk
Stress
Hormones
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
20
1,724
Eugene K Emory
Neuropsychology
Perinatology
Forensic Psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
25
4,866
Molly Mclaren
Mood symptoms and aging
neuropsychological assessment
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
15
1,512
Deanna Kaplan
Clinical Psychology
Behavioral Medicine
Ambulatory Assessment
Intervention Science
Implementation Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
13
573
Joel M Mumma
Human Factors
Engineering Psychology
Infection Prevention and Control
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
12
473
Allison Macdonald Lopilato
clinical psychology
child and adolescent depression
developmental psychopathology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
725
Shaheen Rana
Psychology
Community Psychology
Education
Evaluation
Public Health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
5
171
David Thylur
psychoneuroimmunology
schizophrenia
psychotic disorders
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
139
Yaelan Jung
Cognitive Neuroscience
fMRI
Cognitive development
brain development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
3
92
Shabnam Hossein
Clinical Psychology
Complex Networks
Network Neuroscience
Psychopathology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
63
Shujing Zhang
counseling psychology
clinical psychology
global mental health
global health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
49
Arielle N Lewis
Organizational Behavior
Social Psychology
Race/Ethnicity
Social Status
Colorism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
84
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Scott O Lilienfeld
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
121
466
55,547
personalty disorders
psychiatric classification and diagnosis
scientific thinking in psychology
psychological pseudoscience
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Irwin D Waldman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
91
209
41,321
child clinical psychology
ADHD
ODD
CD
conduct problems
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Patricia A Brennan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
73
152
19,832
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sherryl H Goodman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
66
116
29,019
developmental psychopathology
offspring of depressed mothers
vulnerabilities to the development of depression
mother-infant i
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Philippe Rochat
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
66
121
17,753
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Tené T Lewis *
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
57
126
44,639
Psychosocial Epidemiology/Health Psychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Stephan Hamann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
52
77
17,375
Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Affective Neuroscience
Neuropsychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gregory Berns
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
52
93
19,545
mri decision making animal cognition dogs
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
David A Edwards
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
50
80
6,784
Hormones and Human Competition and Performance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Michael T Treadway
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
47
70
16,193
Computational psychiatry
motivation
decision-making
anhedonia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Yilang Tang|Yilang Tang, MD, PhD, Yilang Tang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
117
9,401
Substance use disorders
Clinical psychopharmacology
Genetics of mental disorders
Mental health of
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Negar Fani
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
43
77
6,034
neuroimaging
neuropsychology
trauma
PTSD
racism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Stella F Lourenco
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
42
75
6,367
cognition
visual perception
gender differences
development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Phillip Wolff
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
59
7,494
language semantics
machine learning
causal reasoning
future thinking
digital phenotyping
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Robert Hampton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
70
5,216
comparative psychology
primate cognition
avian cognition
comparative neurobiology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Marshall Duke
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
58
6,773
family narratives
clinical psychology
interdisciplinary study of behavior
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
John R Snarey
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
54
7,260
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Yuk Fai Cheong
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
57
12,885
multilevel modeling
psychometrics
cluster-randomized trials
intimate partner violence
agency and empowerment
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sarah Smith
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
66
4,287
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lynne Nygaard
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
43
4,949
speech perception
perceptual learning
auditory imagery
sound symbolism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Bonney Reed
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
43
1,708
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Xiangchuan Chen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
29
2,936
Psychology
Psychiatry
Neuroimaging
Cognitive Neuroscience
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Hillary Rodman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
27
3,084
visual and comparative neuroscience
circadian rhythms and sleep
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Thomas Hsiao
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
34
10,561
psychology
mental health
bullying
adolescents
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jared A Defife
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
32
2,224
Clinical psychology
Psychotherapy
Personality
Interpersonal Relationships
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Hanan D Trotman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
20
1,724
Psychosis
Clinical High Risk
Stress
Hormones
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Eugene K Emory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
25
4,866
Neuropsychology
Perinatology
Forensic Psychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Jennifer L Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
22
806
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Molly Mclaren
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
15
1,512
Mood symptoms and aging
neuropsychological assessment
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Roman Palitsky
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
22
747
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Deanna Kaplan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
573
Clinical Psychology
Behavioral Medicine
Ambulatory Assessment
Intervention Science
Implementation Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Joel M Mumma
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
473
Human Factors
Engineering Psychology
Infection Prevention and Control
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Richard Mendola
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
1,410
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Allison Macdonald Lopilato
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
725
clinical psychology
child and adolescent depression
developmental psychopathology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Cecil Lamonte Powell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
370
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Shaheen Rana
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
5
171
Psychology
Community Psychology
Education
Evaluation
Public Health
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
David Thylur
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
139
psychoneuroimmunology
schizophrenia
psychotic disorders
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Yaelan Jung
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
92
Cognitive Neuroscience
fMRI
Cognitive development
brain development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Monica K Thieu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
378
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Callan M Coghlan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
117
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Kenneth Carter|Kenneth E Carter, Kenneth Edwin Carter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
113
psychopharmacology
clinical psychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Shabnam Hossein
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
63
Clinical Psychology
Complex Networks
Network Neuroscience
Psychopathology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Shujing Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
49
counseling psychology
clinical psychology
global mental health
global health
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Blaire Pingeton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
42
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Arielle N Lewis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
84
Organizational Behavior
Social Psychology
Race/Ethnicity
Social Status
Colorism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Cyrus Chi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
83