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" (937,844 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
Reinhold Kliegl
linear mixed models
physical fitness
eye movements
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
93
225
35,421
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Guenter Esser
Clinical Psychology
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
Psychological Assessment
Developmental Psychopathology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
65
202
13,299
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Martin H Fischer
Numbers
Embodied Cognition
Grounded Cognition
Embodiment
Numerical Cognition
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
64
181
16,667
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Shravan Vasishth
psycholinguistics
sentence comprehension
computational modeling
Bayesian statistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
58
127
16,164
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Falko Rheinberg
Motivationspsychologie
Flow-Erleben
Pädagogische Psychologie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
50
103
13,967
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ralf Engbert
Cognitive Models
Active Vision
Eye Movements
Visual Attention
Mathematical Psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
49
102
12,676
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Rebecca Lazarides
Schulpädagogik
Bildungsforschung
Erziehungswissenschaft
Pädagogische Psychologie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
65
3,912
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Birgit Elsner
social-cognitive development in infancy and early childhood
executive function and Theory of Mind as protective or risk factors in school age
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
56
4,126
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sven Hohenstein
Experimental Psychology
Cognitive Science
Eye Movements
Statistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
35
2,436

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Franziska Kühne
Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
37
1,609
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Audrey Bürki
Psycholinguistics
phonetics
neurocognition
statistical analyses
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
29
1,142
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sarah Risse
Experimental Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Attention
Eye Movements
Reading
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
13
698
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Daniela Niesta Kayser
Identity
Diversity
Inclusion
Research Methods
Teacher Training
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
16
2,315
Lars Rothkegel
eye movements
Scene Perception
Visual Attention
Cognitive Modeling
disgust
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
242
Jakob FinkLamotte
Clinical Psychology
Psychotherapy
Disgust
Emotion Regulation
Imagery Rescripting
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
7
215
Maximilian Michael Rabe
Cognition
Memory
Psycholinguistics
Statistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
5
264
Sinika Timme
exercise psychology
motivation
affect
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
412
Susann Ullrich
Biodiversity
Environmental Psychology
Climate Adaptation
Emotion
Cognition
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
5
300
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Reinhold Kliegl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
93
225
35,421
linear mixed models
physical fitness
eye movements
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Harald Clahsen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
83
174
29,009
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Guenter Esser
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
65
202
13,299
Clinical Psychology
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
Psychological Assessment
Developmental Psychopathology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Martin H Fischer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
64
181
16,667
Numbers
Embodied Cognition
Grounded Cognition
Embodiment
Numerical Cognition
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Shravan Vasishth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
58
127
16,164
psycholinguistics
sentence comprehension
computational modeling
Bayesian statistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Falko Rheinberg
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
50
103
13,967
Motivationspsychologie
Flow-Erleben
Pädagogische Psychologie
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ralf Engbert
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
49
102
12,676
Cognitive Models
Active Vision
Eye Movements
Visual Attention
Mathematical Psychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Rebecca Lazarides
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
65
3,912
Schulpädagogik
Bildungsforschung
Erziehungswissenschaft
Pädagogische Psychologie
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Birgit Elsner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
56
4,126
social-cognitive development in infancy and early childhood
executive function and Theory of Mind as protective or risk factors in school age
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sven Hohenstein
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
35
2,436
Experimental Psychology
Cognitive Science
Eye Movements
Statistics

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Franziska Kühne
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
37
1,609
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Audrey Bürki
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
29
1,142
Psycholinguistics
phonetics
neurocognition
statistical analyses
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sarah Risse
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
698
Experimental Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Attention
Eye Movements
Reading
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Daniela Niesta Kayser
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
16
2,315
Identity
Diversity
Inclusion
Research Methods
Teacher Training
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lars Rothkegel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
242
eye movements
Scene Perception
Visual Attention
Cognitive Modeling
disgust
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jakob FinkLamotte
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
215
Clinical Psychology
Psychotherapy
Disgust
Emotion Regulation
Imagery Rescripting
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Maximilian Michael Rabe
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
264
Cognition
Memory
Psycholinguistics
Statistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Sinika Timme
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
412
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Susann Ullrich
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
5
300
Biodiversity
Environmental Psychology
Climate Adaptation
Emotion
Cognition
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