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
Barbara Neis
employment-related geographical mobility
gender
mobile work
fisheries
occupational health and safety
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
39
81
5,041
Volker Meja
sociology of knowledge and science
social theory
history of sociology
epistemology
Karl Mannheim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
40
5,736
Mark Cj Stoddart
Climate Change
Environmental Sociology
Environmental Communication
Social Movements
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
45
2,235
Liam Swiss
International Development
Sociology
Foreign Aid
Globalization
Gender
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
32
1,518
Obasanjo Joseph Oyedele
Transnationalism
environment
climate change
social movements
media and development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
2
102
Daniel Kudla
Homelessness
Policing
Urban Governance
Cultural Sociology
Neoliberalism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
127
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Barbara Neis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
81
5,041
employment-related geographical mobility
gender
mobile work
fisheries
occupational health and safety
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Volker Meja
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
40
5,736
sociology of knowledge and science
social theory
history of sociology
epistemology
Karl Mannheim
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mark Cj Stoddart
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
45
2,235
Climate Change
Environmental Sociology
Environmental Communication
Social Movements
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Liam Swiss
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
32
1,518
International Development
Sociology
Foreign Aid
Globalization
Gender
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Judith Adler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
17
2,585
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Stephen Harold Riggins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
2,304
sociology
material culture studies
ethnicity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Obasanjo Joseph Oyedele
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
2
102
Transnationalism
environment
climate change
social movements
media and development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Elizabeth Andres
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
138
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Daniel Kudla
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
127
Homelessness
Policing
Urban Governance
Cultural Sociology
Neoliberalism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Tahsina Akhter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
5
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Elahe Nezhadhossein
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
19