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.

* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Trisha Greenhalgh
Primary Health Care
Innovation
Global Health
Medical Sociology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
146
493
110,022
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
John Goldthorpe
Sociology
Social Inequality
Social Mobility
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
96
200
59,863
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Anthony F Heath
electoral behaviour
social inequality
ethnicity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
86
259
35,140
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sue Ziebland
Qualitative Research
Health Experiences
Internet Use and Health Care
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
79
208
32,664
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Catherine Pope
medical sociology
primary care
health services research
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
74
161
53,566
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Richard Breen
Social stratification
quantitative methods
formal theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
61
134
25,817
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Schroeder Ralph
virtual environments
e-Research
sociology of science and technology
Max Weber
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
58
140
12,925
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mary Daly
gender
family
eu social policy
comparative welfare states
ireland
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
58
119
15,088
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Helen Margetts
Political Science
Public Policy
Collective Action
Digital Government
Public Administration
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
56
143
18,150
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nan Dirk De Graaf
Nuffield College
Oxford University
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
52
108
11,072

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Aaron Reeves
political economy of health
sociology of culture
elites
welfare reform
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
51
106
9,608
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jan O Jonsson
Social stratification
stratification
social mobility
educational inequality
intergenerational mobility
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
47
85
12,249
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Marc J Ventresca
sociology
strategy
organization theory
innovation
management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
38
51
11,993
Erzsebet Bukodi
Sociology
Social Inequality
Education
Social Mobility
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
82
4,683
Bernie Hogan
Sociology
social network analysis
social media
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
47
7,394
Christiaan Monden
Sociology
Demography
Family
Inequality
Health & Mortality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
51
3,657
David Kirk
Urban Sociology
Criminology
Quantitative Methodology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
44
6,688
Michael Biggs
social movements
collective protest
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
32
3,217
Pavel Ovseiko
Gender equity
diversity and inclusion
impact assessment
health services research
organisational culture
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
36
2,179
Man Yee Kan
Gender
time use
domestic labour
family
migration
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
32
2,976
Lindsay Richards
Social stratification
health and well-being
political preferences
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
24
1,017
Per Block
Sociology
Networks
Social Mobility
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
20
3,286
Spreckelsen Thees F
Methods for evidence-based social interventions
Sociology
Public Opinion Research
Survey Methods
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
18
1,303
Heather Hamill
Sociology
criminology
terrorism
Ireland
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
15
949
Luiz Phelipe Dal Santo
Punishment and society
sociology of punishment
Southern Criminology
political economy of punishment
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
3
114
Wybo Wiersma
Social Science of the Internet
Sociology of the Internet
Sociology
Social Network Analysis
Critical Mass
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
313
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Trisha Greenhalgh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
146
493
110,022
Primary Health Care
Innovation
Global Health
Medical Sociology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
John Goldthorpe
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
96
200
59,863
Sociology
Social Inequality
Social Mobility
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Anthony F Heath
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
86
259
35,140
electoral behaviour
social inequality
ethnicity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sue Ziebland
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
79
208
32,664
Qualitative Research
Health Experiences
Internet Use and Health Care
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Catherine Pope
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
74
161
53,566
medical sociology
primary care
health services research
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Richard Breen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
61
134
25,817
Social stratification
quantitative methods
formal theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Schroeder Ralph
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
58
140
12,925
virtual environments
e-Research
sociology of science and technology
Max Weber
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mary Daly
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
58
119
15,088
gender
family
eu social policy
comparative welfare states
ireland
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Helen Margetts
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
56
143
18,150
Political Science
Public Policy
Collective Action
Digital Government
Public Administration
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nan Dirk De Graaf
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
52
108
11,072

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Aaron Reeves
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
51
106
9,608
political economy of health
sociology of culture
elites
welfare reform
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jan O Jonsson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
47
85
12,249
Social stratification
stratification
social mobility
educational inequality
intergenerational mobility
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Marc J Ventresca
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
51
11,993
sociology
strategy
organization theory
innovation
management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Erzsebet Bukodi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
82
4,683
Sociology
Social Inequality
Education
Social Mobility
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Bernie Hogan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
47
7,394
Sociology
social network analysis
social media
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Christiaan Monden
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
51
3,657
Sociology
Demography
Family
Inequality
Health & Mortality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
David Kirk
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
44
6,688
Urban Sociology
Criminology
Quantitative Methodology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Michael Biggs
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
32
3,217
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Pavel Ovseiko
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
36
2,179
Gender equity
diversity and inclusion
impact assessment
health services research
organisational culture
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Man Yee Kan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
32
2,976
Gender
time use
domestic labour
family
migration
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Lindsay Richards
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
24
1,017
Social stratification
health and well-being
political preferences
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Per Block
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
20
3,286
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Spreckelsen Thees F
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
18
1,303
Methods for evidence-based social interventions
Sociology
Public Opinion Research
Survey Methods
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Heather Hamill
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
15
949
Sociology
criminology
terrorism
Ireland
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Luiz Phelipe Dal Santo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
3
114
Punishment and society
sociology of punishment
Southern Criminology
political economy of punishment
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Wybo Wiersma
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
313
Social Science of the Internet
Sociology of the Internet
Sociology
Social Network Analysis
Critical Mass
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Maryam Aslany
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
5
232
Economic Sociology & Political Economy