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" (873,690 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
Philip Schwadel
Religion and Politics
Sociology of Religion
Inequality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
49
2,730
Tonya Haigh
Sustainable Agriculture
Drought Mitigation
Climate Adaptation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
34
2,090
Lisa Kort-Butler
Media and Crime
Adolescent & Young Adult Well-Being
Public Opinion and Crime
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
24
1,638
Jeffrey A Smith
Social Networks
Quantitative Methodology
Computational Social Science
Substance Use
Health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
20
2,754
Emily Kazyak
Sexuality
LGBTQ Studies
Identity
Law
Family
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
20
1,619
Christina Falci
mental health
gender
social psychology
social networks
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
15
1,916
Rachela Colosi
Sex work
sexualities
ethnography
gender
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
414
Jeff M Chambers
Sociology
Homelessness
Community Structure
Social Organization
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
1,256

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Gupteswar Patel
Health Systems and Policy Research
Sociology of Health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
170
James Pattison
Urban sociology
deindustrialisation
race and ethnicity
class
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
34
Jess Smith
Socio-legal studies
legal geography
legal theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
25
Cadyn Alexander Williamson
sex and gender
lgbt issues
social movements
media
qualitative methods
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
2
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
sociology
physical culture
sporting embodiment
senses
identity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Philip Schwadel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
49
2,730
Religion and Politics
Sociology of Religion
Inequality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tonya Haigh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
34
2,090
Sustainable Agriculture
Drought Mitigation
Climate Adaptation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Christopher J Chizinski
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
42
1,473
Social-ecological systems
Human dimensions
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Lisa Kort-Butler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
24
1,638
Media and Crime
Adolescent & Young Adult Well-Being
Public Opinion and Crime
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jeffrey A Smith
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
20
2,754
Social Networks
Quantitative Methodology
Computational Social Science
Substance Use
Health
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Emily Kazyak
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
20
1,619
Sexuality
LGBTQ Studies
Identity
Law
Family
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Christina Falci
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
15
1,916
mental health
gender
social psychology
social networks
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Rachela Colosi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
414
Sex work
sexualities
ethnography
gender
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jeff M Chambers
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
1,256
Sociology
Homelessness
Community Structure
Social Organization

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gupteswar Patel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
170
Health Systems and Policy Research
Sociology of Health
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
James Pattison
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
34
Urban sociology
deindustrialisation
race and ethnicity
class
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jess Smith
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
25
Socio-legal studies
legal geography
legal theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Cadyn Alexander Williamson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
2
sex and gender
lgbt issues
social movements
media
qualitative methods