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: 2
Alejandro Portes
Sociology
immigration
development
migration
social capital
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
132
418
162,367
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Paul Dimaggio
sociology of culture
economic sociology
stratification
organizations
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
86
180
149,979
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Yu Xie
Sociology
Demography
Social Statistics
Research Methods
China
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
78
196
31,545
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Dalton Conley
Biosociology
Sociogenomics
Social Stratification
Health Economics
Human Genetics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
56
130
21,702
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Brandon Stewart
Computational Social Science
Applied Statistics
Machine Learning
Text as Data
Causal Inference
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
45
14,782

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Matthew J Salganik
Social Networks
Computational Social Science
Quantitative Methods
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
34
12,335
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Filiz Garip
Migration
Quantitative Methodology
Economic Sociology
Social Networks
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
27
3,798
Diana Enriquez
Organizations and Work
Economic Sociology
Science and Technology Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
123
Alfredo Garcia
Sociology of Culture
Sociology of Religion
Economic Sociology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
3
121
Vivekananda Nemana
sociology of knowledge
development studies
work and occupations
STS
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
47
Vance Alan Puchalski
urban sociology
economic sociology
ethnographic methods.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
15
Eliot Raynor
sociolinguistics
language contact
language variation and change
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
7
Dan Liu
Migration of Sociology
Environmental Sociology
Urban and Rural Sociology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
13
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Douglas S Massey
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
155
439
130,664
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Alejandro Portes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
132
418
162,367
Sociology
immigration
development
migration
social capital
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sara Mclanahan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
103
257
52,122
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Paul Dimaggio
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
86
180
149,979
sociology of culture
economic sociology
stratification
organizations
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Yu Xie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
78
196
31,545
Sociology
Demography
Social Statistics
Research Methods
China
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Dalton Conley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
56
130
21,702
Biosociology
Sociogenomics
Social Stratification
Health Economics
Human Genetics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Matthew Desmond
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
47
67
13,850
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Marcelo Medeiros|M Medeiros
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
43
86
8,834
Social Inequalities
Sociologia
Economia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Viviana A Zelizer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
62
18,413
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Brandon Stewart
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
45
14,782
Computational Social Science
Applied Statistics
Machine Learning
Text as Data
Causal Inference

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Shamus Khan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
46
7,379
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Matthew J Salganik
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
34
12,335
Social Networks
Computational Social Science
Quantitative Methods
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Filiz Garip
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
27
3,798
Migration
Quantitative Methodology
Economic Sociology
Social Networks
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Gavin G Cook
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
107
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
David Reinecke
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
137
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Diana Enriquez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
123
Organizations and Work
Economic Sociology
Science and Technology Studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Alfredo Garcia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
121
Sociology of Culture
Sociology of Religion
Economic Sociology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Vivekananda Nemana
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
47
sociology of knowledge
development studies
work and occupations
STS
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Francisco Lara-García
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
54
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Vance Alan Puchalski
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
15
urban sociology
economic sociology
ethnographic methods.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Eliot Raynor
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
7
sociolinguistics
language contact
language variation and change
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jorie Hofstra
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
2
sociology
intersubjectivity
disability
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Dan Liu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
13
Migration of Sociology
Environmental Sociology
Urban and Rural Sociology