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" (870,057 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: 2
David HK Brown
Sociology
culture
body
social change
sustainability
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
48
4,572
Christopher Groves
Sociology of risk
intergenerational ethics
science and technology studies
politics of uncertainty
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
29
50
4,317
Robin James Smith
Interaction
Ethnomethodology
Membership Categorization Analysis
Mobilities
Ethnography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
29
1,169
Tom Higgins
Skills
employment
low paid work
sociology of work
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
7
363
Kelly Buckley
Gender
young people
gender-based violence
media
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
6
456
Daniel Nicholson
Industrial Relations
Sociology of Work
Political Economy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
493

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Jonathan Ablitt
sociology
urban ethnography
ethnomethodology
interaction
categorisation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
49
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ej Renold
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
49
77
13,133
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
David HK Brown
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
48
4,572
Sociology
culture
body
social change
sustainability
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Christopher Groves
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
50
4,317
Sociology of risk
intergenerational ethics
science and technology studies
politics of uncertainty
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Robin James Smith
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
29
1,169
Interaction
Ethnomethodology
Membership Categorization Analysis
Mobilities
Ethnography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gareth Thomas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
21
1,345
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Daniel Smith
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
338
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Tom Higgins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
363
Skills
employment
low paid work
sociology of work
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kelly Buckley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
456
Gender
young people
gender-based violence
media
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Daniel Nicholson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
493
Industrial Relations
Sociology of Work
Political Economy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Alex Mcinch
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
1
70
Sociology
Education
Ethnography
Policy

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jonathan Ablitt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
49
sociology
urban ethnography
ethnomethodology
interaction
categorisation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
April-Louise Pennant
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
48
Sociology
Education
Race
Gender
Class