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
Martin Voracek
research synthesis
meta-analysis
meta-research
open science
individual differences
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
80
304
41,480
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Helmut Leder
Psychology
Art
Beauty
Aesthetics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
73
161
18,843
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Harald H Sitte
Neurotransmitter Transporters
Addiction
Amphetamine and congeners
Cocaine
New Psychoactive Substances
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
62
168
11,268
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Ulrich S Tran
mindfulness
laterality
suicide
psychometrics
methodology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
48
119
9,053
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Sabine Pahl
Psychology
Behaviour
Energy
Marine environments
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
46
101
9,843
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Ulrich Ansorge
Cognitive Psychology
Vision Research
Attention
Unconscious Processing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
42
108
5,837
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Stefanie Hoehl
Developmental psychology
cognitive neuroscience
social cognition
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
40
74
4,791
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Arnd Florack
Applied Social Psychology
Consumer Research
Intercultural Relations
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
39
83
5,235
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Brigitte Lueger Schuster
traumatic stress
PTSD
Complex PTSD
clinical psychology
abuse
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
65
3,774
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Jakob Pietschnig
Psychological Assessment
Individual Differences
Intelligence
Flynn effect
Meta-analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
56
4,305
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Werner Goebl
Performance Science
Music Psychology
Musical Acoustics
Music Acoustics
Digital Musicology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
62
3,571
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Gerhard H Fischer
Psychometrics
Item Response Theory
Measurement
Mathematical Psychology
StatisticsyStatistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
59
6,988
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Christoph Eisenegger
Neurobiology
Psychology
Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
42
4,603
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Ricarda Nater Mewes
Clinical and Health Psychology
Health in an intercultural context
Psychological factors in bodily symptoms
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
62
3,689
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Ronald Sladky
Neuroimaging
Cognitive Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
44
2,711
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Elisabeth Oberzaucher
evolutionary psychology
environmental psychology
gender studies
human behavior
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
35
3,324
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Jana Nikitin
social motivation
adult development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
35
1,707
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Matthias Knefel
PTSD
complex PTSD
traumatic stress
clinical psychology
psychooncology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
31
2,008
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Raphael Rosenberg
Kunstgeschichte
Psychologie
Kognitionswissenschaften
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
34
1,878
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Thomas Slunecko
cultural psychology
phenomenology
dicourse and dispositif analysis
history and theory of science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
40
1,349
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Maurício De Jesus Dias Martins
Cognitive Science
Psychology
Recursion
Morality
Social values
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
18
912
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :26
Susanne Schuett
Clinical Psychology
Neuropsychology
Psychology of Aging
Community Psychiatry
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
15
773
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Markus Rütgen
Empathy
Pain
Social Interactions
Depression
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
16
1,354
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Alexander Batthyany
Mind and Behavior / Existential Issues in Psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
18
1,245
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Federica Riva
Social Affective and Cognitive Neuroscience
Neuropsychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
14
960
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Dina Weindl
clinical psychology
psychotraumatology
child and adolescent psychiatry
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
15
523
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Hyunji Kim
Social Cognition
Judgement
Decision Making
Self representation
Social Comparison
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
12
1,121
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Lisa Mariella Diamond (Née Loibl)
evolutionary psychology
psychometrics
society and technology
proxemics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
14
883
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Tudor Popescu
Music Cognition
Cultural Evolution
Music & Language
Cognitive Neuroscience
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
947
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Fiona S Rupprecht
Aging Psychology
Lifespan Psychology
Longitudinal Modeling
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
12
321
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Konstantin Glinitzer
Political behavior and psychology
quantitative methods
causal inference
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
290
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Matea Paskvan
Work and Organizational Psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
968
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Matthias A. Bertsch
music acoustic
music physiology
musicology
music psychology
performing science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
8
236
Anne Schild
meta-analysis
genetics of suicide
systemativ review
statistical graphs
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
258
Michael Wininger
Psychoanalysis
Psychotherapy
Education
Counselling
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
179
Rahel L. Van Eickels
Clinical Psychology
Childhood and Adolescence
Self-Concsious Emotions
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
436
Barbara Neudecker
Psychoanalytische Pädagogik
Traumapädagogik
Individualpsychologie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
1
71
Anja Čuš
psychology
mental health
mHealth
self-harm
suicide prevention
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
349
Sonja Kunz
Consumer Research
Food Perception
Social Cognition
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
177
Hana H Kutlikova
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Social decision making
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
154
Aljoscha Dreisörner
Psychology
Self-compassion
Touch
Mindfulness
Stress
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
4
242
Rebecca Rosa Schmid
Cognitive Neuroscience
Experimental Psychology
EEG
Perception
Attention
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
114
Jonathan Fries
psychology
intelligence
personality
statistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
0
45
Asena Boyadzhieva
mind-body interactions
developmental psychology
free energy principle
enactive apporoach
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
68
Achilleas Tsarpalis-Fragkoulidis
Social Anxiety
fear of positive evaluation
fear of negative evaluation
emotion regulation
adolescence
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
24
Bernadette Strobl
Psychoanalytische Pädagogik
Professionalisierung
Psychoanalyse
Qualifikationsforschung
Theorie-Praxis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
11
Julia Braunstein
social cognition
affective cognition
empathy
prosocoal behaviour
pain
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
9
Olaf Borghi
Developmental Neuroscience
Social Science
Political Psychology
Cognitive Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
7
Annika Martin
Poverty Reduction
Political Psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
4
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Martin Voracek
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
80
304
41,480
research synthesis
meta-analysis
meta-research
open science
individual differences
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Helmut Leder
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
73
161
18,843
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Harald H Sitte
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
62
168
11,268
Neurotransmitter Transporters
Addiction
Amphetamine and congeners
Cocaine
New Psychoactive Substances
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Urs Nater
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
57
160
18,191
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Christian Korunka
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
50
111
9,133
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ulrich S Tran
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
48
119
9,053
mindfulness
laterality
suicide
psychometrics
methodology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sabine Pahl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
46
101
9,843
Psychology
Behaviour
Energy
Marine environments
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ulrich Ansorge
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
42
108
5,837
Cognitive Psychology
Vision Research
Attention
Unconscious Processing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Stefanie Hoehl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
74
4,791
Developmental psychology
cognitive neuroscience
social cognition
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Arnd Florack
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
83
5,235
Applied Social Psychology
Consumer Research
Intercultural Relations
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ilse Kryspin Exner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
71
6,189
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Brigitte Lueger Schuster
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
65
3,774
traumatic stress
PTSD
Complex PTSD
clinical psychology
abuse
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jakob Pietschnig
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
56
4,305
Psychological Assessment
Individual Differences
Intelligence
Flynn effect
Meta-analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Werner Goebl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
62
3,571
Performance Science
Music Psychology
Musical Acoustics
Music Acoustics
Digital Musicology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Gerhard H Fischer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
59
6,988
Psychometrics
Item Response Theory
Measurement
Mathematical Psychology
StatisticsyStatistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Christoph Eisenegger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
42
4,603
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ricarda Nater Mewes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
62
3,689
Clinical and Health Psychology
Health in an intercultural context
Psychological factors in bodily symptoms
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ronald Sladky
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
44
2,711
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Elisabeth Oberzaucher
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
35
3,324
evolutionary psychology
environmental psychology
gender studies
human behavior
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jutta L Mueller
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
36
2,297
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jana Nikitin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
35
1,707
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Matthias Knefel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
31
2,008
PTSD
complex PTSD
traumatic stress
clinical psychology
psychooncology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Raphael Rosenberg
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
34
1,878
Kunstgeschichte
Psychologie
Kognitionswissenschaften
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Thomas Slunecko
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
40
1,349
cultural psychology
phenomenology
dicourse and dispositif analysis
history and theory of science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Maurício De Jesus Dias Martins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
18
912
Cognitive Science
Psychology
Recursion
Morality
Social values
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Susanne Schuett
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
15
773
Clinical Psychology
Neuropsychology
Psychology of Aging
Community Psychiatry
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Markus Rütgen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
16
1,354
Empathy
Pain
Social Interactions
Depression
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Alexander Batthyany
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
18
1,245
Mind and Behavior / Existential Issues in Psychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Federica Riva
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
960
Social Affective and Cognitive Neuroscience
Neuropsychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Dina Weindl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
15
523
clinical psychology
psychotraumatology
child and adolescent psychiatry
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Hyunji Kim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
1,121
Social Cognition
Judgement
Decision Making
Self representation
Social Comparison
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Margit Datler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
15
391
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Lisa Mariella Diamond (Née Loibl)
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
883
evolutionary psychology
psychometrics
society and technology
proxemics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Tudor Popescu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
947
Music Cognition
Cultural Evolution
Music & Language
Cognitive Neuroscience
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Ulrich Kropiunigg
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
14
628
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Fiona S Rupprecht
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
12
321
Aging Psychology
Lifespan Psychology
Longitudinal Modeling
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Konstantin Glinitzer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
290
Political behavior and psychology
quantitative methods
causal inference
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Matea Paskvan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
968
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Krisztina Kocsis Bogar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
295
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Alexa Müllner Huber
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
486
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Matthias A. Bertsch
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
236
music acoustic
music physiology
musicology
music psychology
performing science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Anne Schild
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
258
meta-analysis
genetics of suicide
systemativ review
statistical graphs
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Michael Wininger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
179
Psychoanalysis
Psychotherapy
Education
Counselling
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Jana Katharina Köhler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
213
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Rahel L. Van Eickels
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
436
Clinical Psychology
Childhood and Adolescence
Self-Concsious Emotions
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Jennifer Stark
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
282
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Barbara Neudecker
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
1
71
Psychoanalytische Pädagogik
Traumapädagogik
Individualpsychologie
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Anja Čuš
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
349
psychology
mental health
mHealth
self-harm
suicide prevention
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Sonja Kunz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
177
Consumer Research
Food Perception
Social Cognition
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Hana H Kutlikova
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
154
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Social decision making
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Bianca Bertl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
284
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Aljoscha Dreisörner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
242
Psychology
Self-compassion
Touch
Mindfulness
Stress
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Rebecca Rosa Schmid
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
114
Cognitive Neuroscience
Experimental Psychology
EEG
Perception
Attention
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Jonathan Fries
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
0
45
psychology
intelligence
personality
statistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Amos-Silvio E Friedrich
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
41
Klinische Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Niklas Pivecka
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
28
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Asena Boyadzhieva
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
68
mind-body interactions
developmental psychology
free energy principle
enactive apporoach
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Achilleas Tsarpalis-Fragkoulidis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
24
Social Anxiety
fear of positive evaluation
fear of negative evaluation
emotion regulation
adolescence
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Denise Tarnai Née Offenmüller
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
87
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Bernadette Strobl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
11
Psychoanalytische Pädagogik
Professionalisierung
Psychoanalyse
Qualifikationsforschung
Theorie-Praxis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Maximilian Hopfgartner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
11
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Nikita Podolin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
11
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Julia Braunstein
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
9
social cognition
affective cognition
empathy
prosocoal behaviour
pain
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Olaf Borghi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
7
Developmental Neuroscience
Social Science
Political Psychology
Cognitive Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Annika Martin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
4
Poverty Reduction
Political Psychology