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" (870,053 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
Yuanchang Xie
ITS
Transportation Safety
Traffic Control and Simulation
Sensing and Data Analytics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
62
5,457
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Danjue Chen
Connected-Automated Vehicle
Human-Automation Interaction
Smart Citeis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
30
3,137
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
James Forest
terrorism
counterterrorism
WMD
homeland security
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
56
2,595
Arie Perliger
Terrorism
Political Violence
Middle Eastern Politics
Security Policy
Far-Right Politics and Violence
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
35
2,591
Joshua J Dyck
American Politics
State Politics
Public Opinion
Political Behavior
Direct Democracy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
24
1,930
Angélica Durán Martínez
Comparative Politics
Criminal and Political Violence
Latin America
Drug Trafficking
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
15
1,654
Jarrod Hayes
International Security
International Relations
Securitization Theory
Identity
Foreign Policy Analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
13
864
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Christopher Linebarger
Security Studies
International Relations
Civil Wars
Political Violence
Military Intervention
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
948

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jenifer Whitten Woodring
media freedom
political communication
human rights
repression & dissent
internet
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
741
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Yuanchang Xie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
62
5,457
ITS
Transportation Safety
Traffic Control and Simulation
Sensing and Data Analytics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Danjue Chen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
30
3,137
Connected-Automated Vehicle
Human-Automation Interaction
Smart Citeis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
James Forest
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
56
2,595
terrorism
counterterrorism
WMD
homeland security
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Arie Perliger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
35
2,591
Terrorism
Political Violence
Middle Eastern Politics
Security Policy
Far-Right Politics and Violence
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Joshua J Dyck
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
24
1,930
American Politics
State Politics
Public Opinion
Political Behavior
Direct Democracy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ardeth Thawnghmung
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
27
1,242
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Angélica Durán Martínez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
15
1,654
Comparative Politics
Criminal and Political Violence
Latin America
Drug Trafficking
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jarrod Hayes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
864
International Security
International Relations
Securitization Theory
Identity
Foreign Policy Analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Christopher Linebarger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
948
Security Studies
International Relations
Civil Wars
Political Violence
Military Intervention

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jenifer Whitten Woodring
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
741
media freedom
political communication
human rights
repression & dissent
internet
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
George Lasha Takalandze
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
416
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Cecilia Idika Kalu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
17