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" (873,690 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: 4
Roy Ballantyne
Visitor Research
Environmental Learning & Interpretation
Eco-Wildlife Tourism
Environmental Education.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
62
125
17,512
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Pierre Benckendorff
tourism
technology
design
experiences
learning
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
48
87
10,205
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Richard NS Robinson
Tourism &Hospitality Workforce Development
Service Employment
Culinary Worker Experiences & MH&W
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
39
66
6,251

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Peter Fowler
Travel
Sleep
Exercise Immunology
Performance Recovery
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
27
1,518
Yawei Jiang
Tourism crisis and disaster management
Risk Reduction
Dynamic Capabilities
Organisational Resilience
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
13
2,502
Csilla Demeter
Climate Change
Sustainable tourism
Carbon emissions
Behaviour Change
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
7
197
Avishek Khanal
Tourism
Energy
Environment
Applied Economics
Sustainability
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
157
Antje Martins
Tourism and hospitality work
sustainable work
sustainable tourism
sustainability
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
4
3,070
Wanru Zhou
Tourism Economics
Climate Change
Tourism Carbon Footprint
Input-Output Model
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
55
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Bob Mckercher
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
87
187
32,152
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Brent W Ritchie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
70
135
20,823
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
David Weaver
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
68
158
22,399
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Roy Ballantyne
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
62
125
17,512
Visitor Research
Environmental Learning & Interpretation
Eco-Wildlife Tourism
Environmental Education.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Pierre Benckendorff
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
48
87
10,205
tourism
technology
design
experiences
learning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Lisa Ruhanen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
46
107
9,353
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Judith Mair
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
43
78
7,838
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Richard NS Robinson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
66
6,251
Tourism &Hospitality Workforce Development
Service Employment
Culinary Worker Experiences & MH&W
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ian Patterson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
45
3,477
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Muchazondida Mkono
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
46
3,517

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gabrielle Walters
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
44
3,856
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Andy Hee Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
37
2,822
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Peter Fowler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
27
1,518
Travel
Sleep
Exercise Immunology
Performance Recovery
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Noreen Breakey
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
23
1,402
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sally Driml
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
21
1,216
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Yawei Jiang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
2,502
Tourism crisis and disaster management
Risk Reduction
Dynamic Capabilities
Organisational Resilience
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Csilla Demeter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
197
Climate Change
Sustainable tourism
Carbon emissions
Behaviour Change
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Avishek Khanal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
157
Tourism
Energy
Environment
Applied Economics
Sustainability
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Oscar Yuheng Zhu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
2
69
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Antje Martins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
3,070
Tourism and hospitality work
sustainable work
sustainable tourism
sustainability
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Guanrong Gus Liu|Guanrong (Gus) Liu, Guanrong Liu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
40
Tourism and Hospitality
Technology
Human-Robot Interaction
AI Marketing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Esther R Anderson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
69
tourism
anthropology
labour
temporality
landscape
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Wanru Zhou
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
55
Tourism Economics
Climate Change
Tourism Carbon Footprint
Input-Output Model
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Qingqing Chen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
18