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
Barry Buzan
International Relations
world history
international security
international relations theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
86
265
81,413
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Simon Hix
political science
comparative politics
European politics
European Union
electoral systems
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
62
126
28,492
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
David Lewis
anthropology and development
NGOs and civil society
agrarian change
Bangladesh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
59
128
21,375
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Patrick Dunleavy
Political science
Public Policy
Public Management
Public Administration
Political Theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
55
156
26,066
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Ulrich Sedelmeier
Political Science
International Relations
International Institutions
European Union
European Politics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
44
65
12,574
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Kathryn Hochstetler
political science
comparative politics
international relations
Brazil
environment
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
57
5,284
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Chandran Kukathas
political theory
liberalism
multiculturalism
history of political thought
immigration
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
34
63
6,930
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Robert Falkner
international relations
international political economy
global governance
global environmental politics
climate policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
55
6,018
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Jean Paul Faguet
Political Economy
Comparative Politics
New Institutional Economics
Development Economics
Institutions & Long-Run Development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
42
7,135
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Kitty Stewart
child poverty
social security
early years policy
inequality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
29
54
3,212
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Sunil Kumar Sahu *
Housing
urbanisation
labour-markets
migration
urban poverty
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
80
3,916
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Jonathan White
political science
European politics
political sociology
democratic theory
political parties
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
36
2,470
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Fawaz A Gerges
historical sociology
Hezbollah
social movements including Islamist and jihadist groups
Hamas
Arab-Israeli conflict
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
36
5,428
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Marc David Baer
Ottoman history
Turkish history
Jewish history
German history
gender and sexuality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
26
1,510
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Konstantina Davaki
gender and social policy
social inequalities
employment policy
family policy
digital divide
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
13
1,140
Alexandria Boyle
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Philosophy of Biology
Philosophy of Animal Minds
Philosophy of AI
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
7
173
Blake A Miller
political science
methodology
computational social science
comparative politics
Chinese politics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
296
Lauren Sukin
International Security
Nuclear Politics
Crisis Politics
Northeast Asia
Cybersecurity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
6
219
David Rampton
International Relations
Global Politics
Security Studies
Conflict Studies
Peace Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
7
439
Kira GartzouKatsouyanni
political science
political economy
EU politics
collective action problems
local economic development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
114
Abel Guerra
Media Studies
Science and Technology Studies
Platform Studies
Critical Algorithmic Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
2
87
Christine Cote
international trade and investment policy
internationalisation of the MNE
emerging markets
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
3
128
Gyorgyi Horvath
media and communications
discourse analysis
gendered social inequalities
Hungarian literature
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
3
114
Henry Radice
International Political Theory
International Ethics
Humanitarianism
Climate Change
Europe
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
70
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Barry Buzan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
86
265
81,413
International Relations
world history
international security
international relations theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jane Lewis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
80
295
40,019
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Simon Hix
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
62
126
28,492
political science
comparative politics
European politics
European Union
electoral systems
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
David Lewis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
59
128
21,375
anthropology and development
NGOs and civil society
agrarian change
Bangladesh
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Patrick Dunleavy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
55
156
26,066
Political science
Public Policy
Public Management
Public Administration
Political Theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
John Hills
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
50
120
10,754
Inequality
Social Policy
Social Security
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Patrick Sturgis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
47
83
9,986
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ulrich Sedelmeier
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
44
65
12,574
Political Science
International Relations
International Institutions
European Union
European Politics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Eileen Munro
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
59
10,082
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Chris Brown
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
99
8,849
International Relations
Political Theory
Political Science
Ethics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
William A Callahan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
62
7,124
China
International Relations
Visual International Relations
Thailand
Asia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kathryn Hochstetler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
57
5,284
political science
comparative politics
international relations
Brazil
environment
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
David Stevenson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
74
10,939
First World War
History of International Relations
Modern Europe
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Chandran Kukathas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
63
6,930
political theory
liberalism
multiculturalism
history of political thought
immigration
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Catherine Boone
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
47
6,686
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Robert Falkner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
55
6,018
international relations
international political economy
global governance
global environmental politics
climate policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jean Paul Faguet
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
42
7,135
Political Economy
Comparative Politics
New Institutional Economics
Development Economics
Institutions & Long-Run Development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
James Hughes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
47
3,660
Nationalism
Political Violence
Terrorism
Reconciliation
European Union
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jouni Kuha
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
42
4,425
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Irini Moustaki
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
51
8,452
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kitty Stewart
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
54
3,212
child poverty
social security
early years policy
inequality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Tarak Barkawi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
38
4,181
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Paul Mitchell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
49
3,907
Comparative political institutions
ethnic conflict
electoral systems
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Lea Ypi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
41
3,084
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Tomila Lankina
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
39
2,351
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Sunil Kumar Sahu *
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
80
3,916
Housing
urbanisation
labour-markets
migration
urban poverty
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Waltraud Schelkle
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
49
2,273
Political Economy
comparative crisis research
monetary integration
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Jonathan White
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
36
2,470
political science
European politics
political sociology
democratic theory
political parties
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Fawaz A Gerges
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
36
5,428
historical sociology
Hezbollah
social movements including Islamist and jihadist groups
Hamas
Arab-Israeli conflict
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Michael Bruter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
25
3,846
Elections
Public Opinion
Electoral Psychology
Identity
Research Methods
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Cheryl Schonhardt Bailey
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
24
1,888
political economy
legislatures
textual analysis
political science
deliberation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Marc David Baer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
26
1,510
Ottoman history
Turkish history
Jewish history
German history
gender and sexuality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Katrin Flikschuh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
35
1,677
political philosophy
Kant
modern African philosophy
history of philosophy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Spyros Economides
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
21
1,276
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Timothy Hildebrandt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
16
1,485
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Joseph Downing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
14
1,234
Muslims
Social Media
France
Terrorism
Security
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Kirsten Ainley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
18
2,503
Politics of international law
international political theory & ethics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Kai Spiekermann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
17
1,164
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Konstantina Davaki
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
1,140
gender and social policy
social inequalities
employment policy
family policy
digital divide
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
David Woodruff
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
19
1,389
Political economy
financial crisis
philosophy of social science
Russia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Carl Müller Crepon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
311
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Paul Apostolidis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
532
political theory
critical theory
US Latino politics
immigration
labour
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Alexandria Boyle
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
7
173
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Philosophy of Biology
Philosophy of Animal Minds
Philosophy of AI
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Jin Zhu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
306
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Grammateia Kotsialou
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
172
mechanism design
algorithmic economics
distributed ledgers technology
public policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Blake A Miller
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
296
political science
methodology
computational social science
comparative politics
Chinese politics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Anna Maria Fontrier
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
241
health technology assessment
pharmaceutical policy
pricing
reimbursement
orphan drugs
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Lauren Sukin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
6
219
International Security
Nuclear Politics
Crisis Politics
Northeast Asia
Cybersecurity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Lori Handrahan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
916
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Anna Getmansky
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
731
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Political economy
Development
rural politics
Conflict studies
illicit economies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Chris Chaplin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
243
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Diego Sazo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
139
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Aiko Holvikivi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
169
gender studies
feminist theory
feminist methodology
peacekeeping
gender training
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
David Rampton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
439
International Relations
Global Politics
Security Studies
Conflict Studies
Peace Studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
José Carlos Mariátegui
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
3
206
Data & Society
Information Systems
Museums Studies
Media Theory
Media Art
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Dorottya Sallai
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
224
Corporate lobbying
capitalism
populism
organisational change
management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Angelos Kissas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
208
ideology
political discourse
populism
political communication
digital platforms
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Jonathan Cardoso Silva
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
115
data science
agile
network science
optimization
cheminformatics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Bruno Leipold
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
192
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 76
Mahvish Ahmad
Metrics
H-Index
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Citation Counts
6
4
74
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Catarina Heeckt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
158
sustainable mobility
urban transport
climate change
liveable cities
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Alexander Grous
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
109
Digital
Productivity
Management Practices
Transport Economics
Health Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
Elitsa Garnizova
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
126
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 82
Kira GartzouKatsouyanni
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
114
political science
political economy
EU politics
collective action problems
local economic development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
Abel Guerra
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
87
Media Studies
Science and Technology Studies
Platform Studies
Critical Algorithmic Studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 86
Cristhian Jaramillo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
78
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 87
Rowena Abdul Razak
Metrics
H-Index
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Citation Counts
5
0
35
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 88
Christine Cote
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
128
international trade and investment policy
internationalisation of the MNE
emerging markets
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 89
Gyorgyi Horvath
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
114
media and communications
discourse analysis
gendered social inequalities
Hungarian literature
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 90
Elizabeth Eliza Ngutuku
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
101
Children's Voice
Child poverty and vulnerability
post-feminist research methods
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 91
Maria Rikitianskaia
Metrics
H-Index
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Citation Counts
5
2
67
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 92
Chandra Morrison
Metrics
H-Index
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Citation Counts
5
1
51
graffiti
street art
muralism
Latin American cities
urban ethnography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 93
Comparative Research on Civilization
Comparative Civilizations
Political Science
Neomedievalism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 95
Mathematics anxiety reported by university students reading social sciences
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 96
Elizabeth E Stillwell
Metrics
H-Index
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Citation Counts
4
3
195
emotions at work
mental health
stigma
workplace relationships
workplace interventions
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 97
Christopher Kissane
Metrics
H-Index
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Citation Counts
4
3
90
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 99
Hjalte Lokdam
Metrics
H-Index
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Citation Counts
4
3
78
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 100
Henry Radice
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
70
International Political Theory
International Ethics
Humanitarianism
Climate Change
Europe