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" (873,688 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
Jeffrey C Alexander
cultural sociology
politics
performance
civil society
The Strong Program
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
93
277
52,244
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Karl Ulrich Mayer
Social Stratification
Education
Life Course
Social Demography
Comparative Sociology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
75
203
27,754
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Philip Smith
Cultural Sociology
Cultural Theory
Criminology
The Strong Program
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
49
78
12,132
Grace Kao
Immigration
Race
Education
K-Pop
Hallyu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
45
63
17,733
Danielle Bolling
Social
Developmental
Cognitive Neuroscience
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
22
2,339
Rene Almeling
Gender
Medicine
Reproductive Technologies
Egg and Sperm Donation
Genetics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
16
2,630
Emily Erikson
Comparative Historical
Social Networks
Theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
16
1,085

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Julia Dibenigno
sociology of work
occupations and professions
organizational change
upward influence
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
966
Johan Gøtzsche-Astrup
Social Movements
Political Sociology
Cultural Sociology
Post-Structuralism
Sociology of Critique
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
39
Jeffrey Sachs
Computational Social Science
Networks
Fairness
Social Media
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
29
Christina Cano
Urban communities
race
spatial inequality
settler colonialism
gender
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
2
21
Jason Wong
Social demography
Aging and the life course
Health
Environment
Social policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
12
Jacob Derechin
Sociology
Social Networks
Culture
Theory
Biosocial Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
6
Daphne Fietz
social theory
selfhood
cultural sociology
right-wing politics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
2
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jeffrey C Alexander
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
93
277
52,244
cultural sociology
politics
performance
civil society
The Strong Program
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Karl Ulrich Mayer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
75
203
27,754
Social Stratification
Education
Life Course
Social Demography
Comparative Sociology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Philip Smith
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
49
78
12,132
Cultural Sociology
Cultural Theory
Criminology
The Strong Program
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Grace Kao
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
63
17,733
Immigration
Race
Education
K-Pop
Hallyu
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ron Eyerman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
44
65
16,521
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Victoria L Brescoll
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
36
12,223
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Julia Adams
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
27
4,040
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Danielle Bolling
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
22
2,339
Social
Developmental
Cognitive Neuroscience
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Rene Almeling
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
16
2,630
Gender
Medicine
Reproductive Technologies
Egg and Sperm Donation
Genetics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Emily Erikson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
16
1,085
Comparative Historical
Social Networks
Theory

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Julia Dibenigno
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
966
sociology of work
occupations and professions
organizational change
upward influence
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Johan Gøtzsche-Astrup
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
39
Social Movements
Political Sociology
Cultural Sociology
Post-Structuralism
Sociology of Critique
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jeffrey Sachs
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
29
Computational Social Science
Networks
Fairness
Social Media
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Christina Cano
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
21
Urban communities
race
spatial inequality
settler colonialism
gender
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jason Wong
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
12
Social demography
Aging and the life course
Health
Environment
Social policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jacob Derechin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
6
Sociology
Social Networks
Culture
Theory
Biosocial Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Daphne Fietz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
2
social theory
selfhood
cultural sociology
right-wing politics