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
Loã¯C Wacquant
sociology
punishment
social theory
embodiment
ethnography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
133
505
149,125
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Michael Burawoy
Capitalism
Socialism
Marxism
Ethnography
Public Sociology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
80
207
49,281
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Peter Evans
Sociology
Economic Development
Politics of Globalization
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
78
215
74,091
Leo A Goodman
Social statistics
Goodman and Kruskal's lambda
Goodman and Kruskal's gamma
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
74
129
41,371
Irene Bloemraad
immigration
political sociology
citizenship
social movements
research methods & ethics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
42
70
9,865
David James Harding
poverty
inequality
urban sociology
education
adolescence
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
36
54
10,561
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Heather A Haveman
organizations
economic sociology
entrepreneurship
gender
media
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
46
12,626
Cybelle Fox
Immigration
Race and Ethnicity
Social Policy
Welfare State
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
16
3,446
Mathijs De Vaan
Sociology
Social Networks
Medical Sociology
Sociology of Science
Health Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
15
1,958
Leslie Salzinger
Gender
political economy
financial capitalism
feminist theory
sociology of work
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
1,930
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Loã¯C Wacquant
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
133
505
149,125
sociology
punishment
social theory
embodiment
ethnography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael Burawoy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
80
207
49,281
Capitalism
Socialism
Marxism
Ethnography
Public Sociology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Peter Evans
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
78
215
74,091
Sociology
Economic Development
Politics of Globalization
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Leo A Goodman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
74
129
41,371
Social statistics
Goodman and Kruskal's lambda
Goodman and Kruskal's gamma
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bruce Fuller
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
64
167
16,962
Sociology
organizations
early learning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Judith Warren Little
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
54
83
30,374
sociology
organizations
teaching profession
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Irene Bloemraad
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
42
70
9,865
immigration
political sociology
citizenship
social movements
research methods & ethics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
David James Harding
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
54
10,561
poverty
inequality
urban sociology
education
adolescence
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Marion Fourcade
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
52
12,562
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Heather A Haveman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
46
12,626
organizations
economic sociology
entrepreneurship
gender
media
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Thomas B Gold
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
32
5,737
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sarah Carnochan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
36
1,740
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Cybelle Fox
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
16
3,446
Immigration
Race and Ethnicity
Social Policy
Welfare State
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mathijs De Vaan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
15
1,958
Sociology
Social Networks
Medical Sociology
Sociology of Science
Health Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Robert Braun
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
611
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Leslie Salzinger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
1,930
Gender
political economy
financial capitalism
feminist theory
sociology of work
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Candi Cdebaca
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
334
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Danya Lagos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
5
470
Gender
Transgender Studies
Demography
Sociology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Keunbok Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
230
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Benjamin Njila Fields
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
12