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
Nick Haslam
Social psychology
clinical psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
95
235
40,412
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Henry Jackson
First interest
Second interest
...psychosis
personality disorders
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
82
214
29,309
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yoshihisa Kashima
social psychology
cultural psychology
sustainability
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
78
221
24,997
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Barnaby Nelson
Psychosis
Schizophrenia
Phenomenology
Psychosis risk
Neuroscience
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
75
259
21,853
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Garry Robins
Social networks
statistical models
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
72
120
23,141
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Margaret L Kern
personality/ social psychology
health psychology
positive psychology
quantitative methods
interdisciplinary research
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
65
112
26,322
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nicola Reavley
mental health
psychiatry
psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
64
190
19,221

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Simon Rice
Men's mental health
Men’s health
Youth mental health
Athlete mental health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
59
219
16,378
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Simine Vazire
Research Methods
Metascience
Open Science
Personality Psychology
Social Psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
59
96
31,127
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lindsay G Oades
Wellbeing Science
Wellbeing Literacy
Thriveability Theory
Wellbeing Policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
54
121
12,037
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Gregory J Boyle
Cognitive Neuroscience
Clinical Neuropsychology
Personality & Individual Differences
Psychological Assessment
Child Rights
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
54
163
13,314
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Dianne Vella Brodrick
positive psychology
well-being
adolescent mental health
positive interventions
psychometrics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
47
84
14,535
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Julian G Simmons
Psychology
Neuroendocrinology
Psychopharmamcology
Adolescent Development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
47
114
8,242
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Peter Koval
affective science
emotion/affect dynamics
emotion/affect regulation
well-being
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
45
75
7,508
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Geoffrey W Stuart
psychology
statistics
human factors
psychiatry
neuroimaging
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
45
79
8,086
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Charles Kemp
Cognitive Science
Cognitive Psychology
Artificial Intelligence
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
40
73
11,627
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Milad Haghani
Urban Analytics
Disaster Resilience
Emergency Management
Public Safety
Human Factors
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
38
72
4,207
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Michael Salzberg
early life stress
psychological trauma
psychosomatic disorders
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
38
59
4,060
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Christina Bryant
clinical psychology
ageing and mental health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
37
73
4,979
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Simon Laham
Social psychology
moral psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
56
4,237
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Courtney C Walton
Sport and Exercise Psychology
Athlete Mental Health
Self-Compassion
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
57
3,189
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Elise Kalokerinos
Emotion
Emotion regulation
Motivation
Well-being
Experience Sampling
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
42
3,234
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Tayyab Rashid
Positive Psychotherapy
Strengths-based Resilience
Post traumatic Growth
Positive Education
Mindfulness
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
46
6,810
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Daniel R Little
Mathematical Psychology
Categorization
Systems Factorial Technology
Response Time
Recognition Memory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
52
3,228
Litza Kiropoulos
depression
anxiety
psychological interventions
psychological mechanisms underlying psychopathology
Randomised Controlled Tri
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
38
2,441
Ryan Perry
Social Psychology
Prejudice
Attitudes
Personality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
27
2,169
Hinze Hogendoorn
Cognitive Neuroscience
Experimental Psychology
Perception
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
37
2,112
Sean Kang
Human learning and memory
Applying cognitive psychology to education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
25
4,766
Justin Clemens
Psychoanalysis
Continental Philosophy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
35
1,234
Genevieve Rayner
Neuropsychology
Depression
Memory
Epilepsy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
30
1,163
Yang Li
social psychology
evolutionary psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
20
1,912
Claire Scoular
Education
Psychology
Assessment
Measurement
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
22
1,338
Elise Holland
sexual objectification
gender
dehumanization
morality
mind perception
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
20
2,310
Jodie Valpied
Environmental Psychology
Personality Psychology (e.g. introversion)
Women's Health
Mutivariate Data Analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
18
1,375
TanChyuan Chin
Well-being
Youth Mental Health
Measurement
Engagement
Music Psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
21
1,470
Jacqueline Fi Anderson
neuropsychology
cognition
mild traumatic brain injury
stroke
recovery
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
23
1,142
Emily Harris
Psychology
sex
sexual desire
orgasm
benevolent sexism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
18
3,346
Meredith McKague
Cognitive Psychology
Language
Reading
Visual Word Recognition
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
20
801
Monika Raniti
Clinical Psychology
Prevention
Mental Health
Sleep
Whole-School Approaches
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
15
1,147
Juliana Kaya Prpic
Indigenous engineering education
Reflective practice
Transdisciplinarity
Jungian Psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
17
1,212
Dzenana Kartal
PTSD
mental health
refugees
veterans
meta-analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
16
944
Timothy P Schofield
social psychology
mental health
stereotypes
attitudes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
14
851
Heather Niven
Mental health
psychology
bioethics
philosophy of mind
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
12
1,447
James D Kean
Youth Psychosis
Child & Adolescent Psychology
Psychopharmacology
Neuroscience
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
11
640
Naomi Baes
Social Psychology
Natural Language Processing
Computational Social Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
103
Jesse Sy Tse
social psychology
clinical psychology
mental health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
76
Valentina Bianchi
social psychology
clinical psychology
secrecy
emotion
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
0
20
Lidia Lae
Greimas' Actantial Model
self-narratives
cross-cultural differences
life stories
health psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
2
582
Andrew Napier
Well-being
Positive Psychology
Meaning in Life
Self-Determination
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
7
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Nick Haslam
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
95
235
40,412
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Charles Abraham
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
92
263
53,098
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Henry Jackson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
82
214
29,309
First interest
Second interest
...psychosis
personality disorders
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yoshihisa Kashima
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
78
221
24,997
social psychology
cultural psychology
sustainability
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Barnaby Nelson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
75
259
21,853
Psychosis
Schizophrenia
Phenomenology
Psychosis risk
Neuroscience
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Garry Robins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
72
120
23,141
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
David Forbes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
71
204
15,724
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Lisa Jane Phillips
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
71
139
25,320
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Margaret L Kern
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
65
112
26,322
personality/ social psychology
health psychology
positive psychology
quantitative methods
interdisciplinary research
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nicola Reavley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
64
190
19,221

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Brock Bastian
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
60
121
17,242
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Simon Rice
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
59
219
16,378
Men's mental health
Men’s health
Youth mental health
Athlete mental health
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Simine Vazire
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
59
96
31,127
Research Methods
Metascience
Open Science
Personality Psychology
Social Psychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mingxing Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
59
142
17,383
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lindsay G Oades
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
54
121
12,037
Wellbeing Science
Wellbeing Literacy
Thriveability Theory
Wellbeing Policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Gregory J Boyle
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
54
163
13,314
Cognitive Neuroscience
Clinical Neuropsychology
Personality & Individual Differences
Psychological Assessment
Child Rights
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Robert Hester
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
52
105
11,218
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Dianne Vella Brodrick
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
47
84
14,535
positive psychology
well-being
adolescent mental health
positive interventions
psychometrics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Julian G Simmons
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
47
114
8,242
Psychology
Neuroendocrinology
Psychopharmamcology
Adolescent Development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Peter Koval
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
75
7,508
affective science
emotion/affect dynamics
emotion/affect regulation
well-being
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Geoffrey W Stuart
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
79
8,086
psychology
statistics
human factors
psychiatry
neuroimaging
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Luke D Smillie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
44
85
7,330
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Charles Kemp
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
73
11,627
Cognitive Science
Cognitive Psychology
Artificial Intelligence
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Milad Haghani
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
72
4,207
Urban Analytics
Disaster Resilience
Emergency Management
Public Safety
Human Factors
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Michael Salzberg
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
59
4,060
early life stress
psychological trauma
psychosomatic disorders
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Christina Bryant
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
73
4,979
clinical psychology
ageing and mental health
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Robert A Reeve
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
59
5,584
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Charles B Malpas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
82
4,436
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Simon Laham
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
56
4,237
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Courtney C Walton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
57
3,189
Sport and Exercise Psychology
Athlete Mental Health
Self-Compassion
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Elise Kalokerinos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
42
3,234
Emotion
Emotion regulation
Motivation
Well-being
Experience Sampling
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Tayyab Rashid
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
46
6,810
Positive Psychotherapy
Strengths-based Resilience
Post traumatic Growth
Positive Education
Mindfulness
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Daniel R Little
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
52
3,228
Mathematical Psychology
Categorization
Systems Factorial Technology
Response Time
Recognition Memory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Aaron Jarden
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
49
4,154
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Zac Seidler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
57
3,419
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Litza Kiropoulos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
38
2,441
depression
anxiety
psychological interventions
psychological mechanisms underlying psychopathology
Randomised Controlled Tri
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Ryan Perry
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
27
2,169
Social Psychology
Prejudice
Attitudes
Personality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Hinze Hogendoorn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
37
2,112
Cognitive Neuroscience
Experimental Psychology
Perception
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Sean Kang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
25
4,766
Human learning and memory
Applying cognitive psychology to education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Simon James Cropper
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
35
2,200
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Justin Clemens
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
35
1,234
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Genevieve Rayner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
30
1,163
Neuropsychology
Depression
Memory
Epilepsy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Yang Li
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
20
1,912
social psychology
evolutionary psychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Claire Scoular
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
22
1,338
Education
Psychology
Assessment
Measurement
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Elise Holland
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
20
2,310
sexual objectification
gender
dehumanization
morality
mind perception
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Jodie Valpied
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
18
1,375
Environmental Psychology
Personality Psychology (e.g. introversion)
Women's Health
Mutivariate Data Analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
TanChyuan Chin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
21
1,470
Well-being
Youth Mental Health
Measurement
Engagement
Music Psychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Jacqueline Fi Anderson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
23
1,142
neuropsychology
cognition
mild traumatic brain injury
stroke
recovery
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Emily Harris
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
18
3,346
Psychology
sex
sexual desire
orgasm
benevolent sexism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Meredith McKague
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
20
801
Cognitive Psychology
Language
Reading
Visual Word Recognition
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Monika Raniti
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
15
1,147
Clinical Psychology
Prevention
Mental Health
Sleep
Whole-School Approaches
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Clare Bellhouse
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
16
923
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Juliana Kaya Prpic
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
17
1,212
Indigenous engineering education
Reflective practice
Transdisciplinarity
Jungian Psychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Dzenana Kartal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
16
944
PTSD
mental health
refugees
veterans
meta-analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Timothy P Schofield
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
851
social psychology
mental health
stereotypes
attitudes
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Joshua T Abbott
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
993
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Alexandra Howard
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
743
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Heather Niven
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
1,447
Mental health
psychology
bioethics
philosophy of mind
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
James D Kean
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
640
Youth Psychosis
Child & Adolescent Psychology
Psychopharmacology
Neuroscience
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Cassandra L Hayward nee Govan|Cassandra L. Govan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
1,670
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Rhoda Lai
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
57
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Naomi Baes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
103
Social Psychology
Natural Language Processing
Computational Social Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Jesse Sy Tse
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
76
social psychology
clinical psychology
mental health
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Po Han Kung
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
37
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Valentina Bianchi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
20
social psychology
clinical psychology
secrecy
emotion
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Lidia Lae
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
582
Greimas' Actantial Model
self-narratives
cross-cultural differences
life stories
health psychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Kiran Morrigan Grace Sutcliffe
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
47
Clinical psychology
Computational psychiatry
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Andrew Napier
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
7
Well-being
Positive Psychology
Meaning in Life
Self-Determination