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.

Rachel M Schmitz
Sexualities
Gender
Families
Social Inequalities
Qualitative Methods
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
48
2,309
Liesel Ritchie
Sociology of Hazards and Disasters
Technological Hazards and Disasters
Community Resilience
Oil Spills
Social Impact Assessm
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
41
2,184
Andrew S Fullerton
Work and Occupations
Social Stratification and Inequality
Quantitative Methods
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
35
2,372
Jonathan S Coley
Social Movements
Student Activism
Sociology of Education
Sociology of Religion
LGBTQ Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
26
1,016
Bin Liang
Law and society
Comparative legal systems
Chinese legal system
Crime & deviance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
29
1,210
Tamara L Mix
environmental sociology
environmental justice
social movements
social inequality
qualitative methods
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
21
908
Heather Mclaughlin
gender
work and occupations
law and deviance
stratification
life course
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
11
1,612

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Daniel Milner
agency
critical management studies
microsociology
systems psychodynamics
qualitative methods
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
4
319
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gary Sandefur
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
41
73
12,000
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Rachel M Schmitz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
48
2,309
Sexualities
Gender
Families
Social Inequalities
Qualitative Methods
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Liesel Ritchie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
41
2,184
Sociology of Hazards and Disasters
Technological Hazards and Disasters
Community Resilience
Oil Spills
Social Impact Assessm
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Andrew S Fullerton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
35
2,372
Work and Occupations
Social Stratification and Inequality
Quantitative Methods
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jonathan S Coley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
26
1,016
Social Movements
Student Activism
Sociology of Education
Sociology of Religion
LGBTQ Studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Bin Liang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
29
1,210
Law and society
Comparative legal systems
Chinese legal system
Crime & deviance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Tamara L Mix
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
21
908
environmental sociology
environmental justice
social movements
social inequality
qualitative methods
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Heather Mclaughlin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
1,612
gender
work and occupations
law and deviance
stratification
life course

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Daniel Milner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
319
agency
critical management studies
microsociology
systems psychodynamics
qualitative methods