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" (873,690 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.

Magda Osman
Dynamic decision making
Conscious and Unconscious processes
Control
Complex systems
Coincidences
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
83
4,854
Valdas Noreika
Consciousness and sleep
Developmental psychology
ADHD and autism
Time perception
EEG and TMS methods
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
45
3,377
Yading Song
Music Informatics
Music Perception
Music Emotion
Recommendation System
Music Psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
35
2,893
Francois van Loggerenberg
Psychology
behavioural interventions
global mental health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
25
1,620
Fiona McEwen
autism
developmental psychology
psychopathology
imitation
refugee mental health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
21
1,721
Mark Freestone
Psychopathy
Forensic
Personality Disorder
Therapeutic Community
Violence
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
23
840
Frederike Beyer
Psychology
social cognition
cognitive neuroscience
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
16
857
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Brian Glass
Decision Making
Learning
Video Gaming
Aging
Sleep
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
17
1,139

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sania Shakoor
Developmental psychopathology
Early adversities
Mental Health
Violence
Inequalities
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
13
3,278
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Esther Murray
health psychology
moral injury
emergency medicine
pre-hospital care
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
15
1,635
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Stavros Orfanos
Clinical Psychology
group therapy
mental health
schizophrenia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
370
Gwen Brekelmans
speech perception
second language acquisition
language learning
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
5
173
Heidrun Bien
Cognitive Psychology
Psycholinguistics
Neuroscience
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
4
300
Elisavet Moschopoulou
psycho-oncology
psychological interventions
health psychology
behavioural science
mixed methods
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
6
721
Ioana M. Dalca
Cognitive Psychology
Affective Science
Neuroscience
Aesthetics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
354
Anna-Theresa Jieman
depression
anti-racism
inequalities
qualitative evidence synthesis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
101
Quan Zhou
Behavioral genomics
developmental psychology
cognition
noncognitive skills
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
26
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Peter Hajek
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
64
153
21,255
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael Pluess
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
47
85
15,520
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Magda Osman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
83
4,854
Dynamic decision making
Conscious and Unconscious processes
Control
Complex systems
Coincidences
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Valdas Noreika
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
45
3,377
Consciousness and sleep
Developmental psychology
ADHD and autism
Time perception
EEG and TMS methods
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Yading Song
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
35
2,893
Music Informatics
Music Perception
Music Emotion
Recommendation System
Music Psychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Francois van Loggerenberg
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
25
1,620
Psychology
behavioural interventions
global mental health
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Fiona McEwen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
21
1,721
autism
developmental psychology
psychopathology
imitation
refugee mental health
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mark Freestone
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
23
840
Psychopathy
Forensic
Personality Disorder
Therapeutic Community
Violence
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Frederike Beyer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
16
857
Psychology
social cognition
cognitive neuroscience
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Brian Glass
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
17
1,139
Decision Making
Learning
Video Gaming
Aging
Sleep

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sania Shakoor
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
3,278
Developmental psychopathology
Early adversities
Mental Health
Violence
Inequalities
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Esther Murray
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
15
1,635
health psychology
moral injury
emergency medicine
pre-hospital care
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Stavros Orfanos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
370
Clinical Psychology
group therapy
mental health
schizophrenia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Gwen Brekelmans
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
173
speech perception
second language acquisition
language learning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Heidrun Bien
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
4
300
Cognitive Psychology
Psycholinguistics
Neuroscience
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Elisavet Moschopoulou
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
721
psycho-oncology
psychological interventions
health psychology
behavioural science
mixed methods
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ioana M. Dalca
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
354
Cognitive Psychology
Affective Science
Neuroscience
Aesthetics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Anna-Theresa Jieman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
101
depression
anti-racism
inequalities
qualitative evidence synthesis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Gwijde Maegherman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
41
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Quan Zhou
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
26
Behavioral genomics
developmental psychology
cognition
noncognitive skills