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" (873,898 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
Richard Keegan
Motivation
Sport Psychology
Physical Literacy
Readiness Monitoring
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
38
70
7,750
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
James T Neill
Outdoor education
Adventure therapy
Experiential education
Program evaluation
Open education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
34
51
7,948
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Penney Upton
Psychology
health
wellbeing
quality of life
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
57
5,257
Phil Kavanagh
evolutionary psychology
sociometer theory
the Dark Triad
life history theory
life history strategies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
30
2,010
Johra Fatima
Service relationships
Consumer psychology
Emotion
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
23
1,107
Lean O Brien
Social Psychology
Environmental Psychology
Mental Health
Population Health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
22
1,537
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Tom Chen
Co-Creation
Customer Engagement
Psychological Ownership
Sharing
Transdisciplinary Collaboration
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
21
3,495

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Kristen Murray
Body Image
Eating Disorders
Obesity
Stress
Adolescence
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
23
1,385
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Amanda M George
Risk taking
young adults
personality
alcohol
distracted driving
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
20
661
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Thomas William Nielsen
Wellbeing
values
positive psychology
imagination
Steiner education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
13
548
Antonia Kish
Psychology
family
parenting
work-family balance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
4
232
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Richard Keegan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
70
7,750
Motivation
Sport Psychology
Physical Literacy
Readiness Monitoring
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
James T Neill
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
51
7,948
Outdoor education
Adventure therapy
Experiential education
Program evaluation
Open education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Penney Upton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
57
5,257
Psychology
health
wellbeing
quality of life
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sally Kelty
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
35
1,554
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Phil Kavanagh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
30
2,010
evolutionary psychology
sociometer theory
the Dark Triad
life history theory
life history strategies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Patricia M Brown
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
24
1,097
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Johra Fatima
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
23
1,107
Service relationships
Consumer psychology
Emotion
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Janie Busby Grant
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
22
3,326
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Lean O Brien
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
22
1,537
Social Psychology
Environmental Psychology
Mental Health
Population Health
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Tom Chen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
21
3,495
Co-Creation
Customer Engagement
Psychological Ownership
Sharing
Transdisciplinary Collaboration

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Kristen Murray
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
23
1,385
Body Image
Eating Disorders
Obesity
Stress
Adolescence
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Amanda M George
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
20
661
Risk taking
young adults
personality
alcohol
distracted driving
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Thomas William Nielsen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
13
548
Wellbeing
values
positive psychology
imagination
Steiner education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Antonia Kish
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
232
Psychology
family
parenting
work-family balance