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.

* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Elisabetta Crocetti
Psychology
Adolescence
Identity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
56
136
11,475
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Luca Pietrantoni
psychology of risk and safety
work and organizational psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
43
98
8,356
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Maurizio Codispoti
Emotion
Attention
Learning
Experimental Psychology
Psychophysiology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
40
57
11,258

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Paola Bonifacci
Disturbi di apprendimento
bilinguismo
intelligenza
movimenti oculari
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
55
2,733
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Alessandra Sansavini
Development of communication
language
cognition and relationships in children with typical and atypical development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
61
3,481
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sara Zaniboni
Work and Organizational Psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
41
2,411
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Salvatore Zappalà
Organizational Psychology
Innovation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
32
3,689
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Alessia Tessari
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Neuropsychology
Motor control
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
40
1,887
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Silvia Moscatelli
Intergroup relations
social discrimination
intergroup criticism
linguistic intergroup bias
justice in groups
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
33
1,358
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Luisa Lugli
social cognition
perception&action
emotion
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
39
1,564
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Marco Costa
Psychology of music
Environmental Psychology
Human factors
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
25
1,777
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Andrea De Cesarei
psychology
psychophysiology
neuroscience
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
23
1,928
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Giovanni Ottoboni
Cognitive Psychology
Experimental Psychology
Sport Psychology
Body representations
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
38
1,512
Francesca Prati
Social Psychology
Social Cognition
Intergroup prejudice
Intergroup relations
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
20
1,216
Renata Galatolo
Psychology of communication
Discursive psychology
Conversation analysis
Multimodality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
24
731
Laura Palareti
children residential care
program evaluation
prevention
everyday life
chronic illness
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
21
943
Giuseppina Speltini
Adolescence
Social Representations
Purity and Impurity representations
Classroom Justice.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
18
913
Paola Villano
prejudice
stereotypes
social exclusion
Roma people
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
18
704
Stefania D'Ascenzo
Psychology Neuroscience Cognitive Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
12
520
Christian Compare
empowerment
civic engagement
service learning
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
11
261
Andrea Flumini
Cognitive Science
Embodied Cognition
Affordances
Language
Sound Symbolism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
628
Silvia Potì
Health Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
8
279
Laura Menabò
Developmental Psychology
Bullying
Cyberbullying
E-learning
Distance Education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
211
Davide Giusino
Applied Psychology
Psychosocial Interventions
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
6
473
Antonella Tramacere
Philosophy of Cognition
Philosophy of Neuroscience
Philosophy of Psychology
Philosophy of Biology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
376
Gerardo Petruzziello
Psychology
Career management
Career sustainability
Graduate Employability
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
7
243
Beatrice Bobba
social psychology
developmental psychology
prejudice
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
4
89
Giada Boccolini
Psychology
Autism
Learning Disabilities
Chronic Illness
Mental Pain
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
5
533
Giulia Simonetti
Psychology
psychotherapy
Health psychology
Psychiatry
Clinical psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
3
103
Renato Vignati
Psicologia
psicoterapia
sessuologia
apprendimento
emozioni
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
0
34
Nicla Manzari
Psychology
Neurodevelopmental disorders
prenatal period
stress
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
3
264
Valentina Gardini
clinical psychology
eating disorders
virtual reality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
35
Gioele Piobbico
Lifelong Learning
robotics in education
educational psychology
Developmental Psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
24
Valentina Fiorentini
Management
Pedagogia
Psicologia
Risorse Umane
Formazione
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
6
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Elisabetta Ladavas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
74
156
16,839
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Andrea Serino
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
60
123
11,106
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Elisabetta Crocetti
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
56
136
11,475
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Vincenzo Natale
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
52
120
11,306
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Chiara Rafanelli
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
49
96
9,789
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Chiara Ruini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
44
74
7,941
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Luca Pietrantoni
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
43
98
8,356
psychology of risk and safety
work and organizational psychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Maurizio Codispoti
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
57
11,258
Emotion
Attention
Learning
Experimental Psychology
Psychophysiology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Elvira Cicognani
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
98
6,828
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Annalisa Guarini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
70
5,077

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jenny Guidi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
50
4,424
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Balducci Cristian
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
65
5,184
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Elisa Ciaramelli
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
59
6,874
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Paolo Maria Russo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
54
4,418
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Marco Giovanni Mariani
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
72
3,105
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Paola Bonifacci
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
55
2,733
Disturbi di apprendimento
bilinguismo
intelligenza
movimenti oculari
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Alessandra Sansavini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
61
3,481
Development of communication
language
cognition and relationships in children with typical and atypical development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Marco Depolo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
56
3,655
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Lorenzo Tonetti
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
60
3,661
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Paola Gremigni
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
55
2,344
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sara Zaniboni
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
41
2,411
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Salvatore Zappalà
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
32
3,689
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Matteo Valsecchi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
43
1,883
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Alessia Tessari
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
40
1,887
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Neuropsychology
Motor control
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Silvia Moscatelli
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
33
1,358
Intergroup relations
social discrimination
intergroup criticism
linguistic intergroup bias
justice in groups
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Fiorella Giusberti
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
41
1,671
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Pio Enrico Ricci Bitti
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
33
2,056
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Erica Neri
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
27
1,709
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Luisa Lugli
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
39
1,564
social cognition
perception&action
emotion
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Caterina Bertini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
36
1,324
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Marco Costa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
25
1,777
Psychology of music
Environmental Psychology
Human factors
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Andrea De Cesarei
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
23
1,928
psychology
psychophysiology
neuroscience
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Giovanni Ottoboni
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
38
1,512
Cognitive Psychology
Experimental Psychology
Sport Psychology
Body representations
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Franco Baldoni
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
45
1,499
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Francesca Prati
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
20
1,216
Social Psychology
Social Cognition
Intergroup prejudice
Intergroup relations
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Alessandro Agostini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
20
830
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Sara Gostoli
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
21
970
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Giannino Melotti
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
23
1,100
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Ornella Montebarocci
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
17
1,514
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Renata Galatolo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
24
731
Psychology of communication
Discursive psychology
Conversation analysis
Multimodality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Laura Palareti
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
21
943
children residential care
program evaluation
prevention
everyday life
chronic illness
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Giuseppina Speltini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
18
913
Adolescence
Social Representations
Purity and Impurity representations
Classroom Justice.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Paola Villano
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
18
704
prejudice
stereotypes
social exclusion
Roma people
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Antonella Guarino
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
298
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Stefania D'Ascenzo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
520
Psychology Neuroscience Cognitive Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Christian Compare
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
261
empowerment
civic engagement
service learning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Giulia Baroni
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
628
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Andrea Flumini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
628
Cognitive Science
Embodied Cognition
Affordances
Language
Sound Symbolism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Silvia Potì
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
279
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Laura Menabò
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
211
Developmental Psychology
Bullying
Cyberbullying
E-learning
Distance Education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Davide Giusino
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
6
473
Applied Psychology
Psychosocial Interventions
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Antonella Tramacere
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
376
Philosophy of Cognition
Philosophy of Neuroscience
Philosophy of Psychology
Philosophy of Biology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Gerardo Petruzziello
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
243
Psychology
Career management
Career sustainability
Graduate Employability
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Beatrice Bobba
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
4
89
social psychology
developmental psychology
prejudice
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Giada Boccolini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
5
533
Psychology
Autism
Learning Disabilities
Chronic Illness
Mental Pain
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Giulia Simonetti
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
103
Psychology
psychotherapy
Health psychology
Psychiatry
Clinical psychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Renato Vignati
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
0
34
Psicologia
psicoterapia
sessuologia
apprendimento
emozioni
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Nicla Manzari
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
264
Psychology
Neurodevelopmental disorders
prenatal period
stress
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Stefano Ciaffoni
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
29
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Valentina Gardini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
35
clinical psychology
eating disorders
virtual reality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Gioele Piobbico
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
24
Lifelong Learning
robotics in education
educational psychology
Developmental Psychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Luana Fantini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
12
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Giulia Ferrari
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
5
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Valentina Fiorentini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
6
Management
Pedagogia
Psicologia
Risorse Umane
Formazione