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: 1
Nicholas J Horton
Biostatistics
Missing Data
Data Science Education
Statistical Education
Statistics Education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
81
176
21,534
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Michael A Cohen
Cognitive Science
Consciousness
Awareness
Vision
Perception
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
38
3,893
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Katrina Karkazis
STS
sex/gender
race
testosterone
SABV
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
38
3,063

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Catherine A Sanderson
social norms
close relationships
health behavior
bystander effect
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
32
3,579
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jonathan Friedman
Nanomagnetism
Single-molecule Magnets
Macroscopic Quantum Phenomena
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
35
5,597
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
David Hall
atomic physics
ultracold atoms
spinor gases
bose-einstein condensation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
32
8,447
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Austin Sarat
Law and legal processes in the U.S.
the death penalty
violence and the law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
60
3,572
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Julia D Mcquade
ADHD
peer relationships
emotion regulation
aggression
executive function
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
31
2,408
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jill S Miller
Evolutionary biology
Plant reproductive biology
Self-incompatibility
Speciation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
26
1,526
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Matteo Riondato
algorithmic data analysis
randomized algorithms
approximation algorithms
data mining
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
27
1,991
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ashwin Ravikumar
Political ecology
Amazon
Peru
indigenous rights
environmental justice
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
31
1,504
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Josef G Trapani
Neurophysiology
Zebrafish
Sensory Physiology
Auditory Physiology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
23
1,494
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Leah Schmalzbauer
immigration
family
Latinx second generation
qualitative methods
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
19
2,698
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Rachel A Levin
Plant systematics & biodiversity
Biogeography
Ecology and evolution of fragrance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
23
2,216
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Manuela L Picq
indigenous politics
international studies
sexuality and gender studies
Latin American studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
22
816
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Mona Wu Orr
Microbiology
Bacteriology
Small Proteins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
18
1,405
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Alexandra E Purdy
Vibrio cholerae
Drosophila melanogaster
Host-microbe interactions
marine microbiology
microbial genetics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
15
863
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
John E Drabinski
african-american studies
caribbean studies
africana studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
17
703
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Pawan Dhingra
education
race
immigration
inequality
Asian America
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
16
1,548
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Joshua Hyman
Labor Economics
Public Economics
Economics of Education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
12
2,610
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Ashley R Carter
Biophysics
single molecule biology
optical trapping
microrheology
precision measurements
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
13
841
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Alison Sparks
child language and literacy development
narrative
parent-child interaction
developmental language disorders
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
12
1,707
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Chris Dole
medical and psychiatric anthropology
healing and care
disaster
secularism and Islam
Turkey
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
12
512
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Deborah S Holoien
social psychology
intergroup relations
interracial interactions
diversity ideologies
close relationships
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
908
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Will Rosenbaum
Distributed Computing
Computational Complexity
Game Theory
Discrete Math
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
382
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Harris B Daniels
Algebraic Number Theory
Arithmetic Geometry
Elliptic Curves
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
196
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Sean Redding
South African history
gender history
African cultural history
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
12
370
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Ryan Carollo
AMO
trapped ions
laser cooling
photoassociation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
11
434
Edward Melillo
Environmental history
history of the Pacific World
nineteenth-century U.S. history
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
390
Brittney E Bailey
Biostatistics
Missing data
Clustered data
Partially nested designs
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
7
285
Ryan Alvarado
Harmonic Analysis
Functional Analysis
Geometric Analysis
Partial Differential Equations
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
5
245
Christopher A Grobe
theater & performance studies
American studies
film & media studies
the history of technology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
184
Brian Baisa
Auction Design
Mechanism Design
Game Theory.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
262
Russell Lohse
African Diaspora
Slavery in the Americas
Colonial Latin America
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
6
229
Sara J Brenneis
Contemporary Spanish Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
123
Jallicia Jolly
Health Equity
Reproductive Justice
Medical Humanities
HIV/AIDS
American Studies/Black Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
63
Kristina Reardon
Composition
Writing Centers
Writing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
45
Nicole Frontero
Clinical Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Neuroscience
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
2
44
Nancy Ratner
child development
early language acquisition
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
59
Jay Caplan
Eighteenth-century French literature and culture
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
171
Dhyey Dharmendrakumar Mavani
Computer Science
Mathematics
Statistics
Economics
Renewable Energy-Agrivoltaic system
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
52
Dylan Herts
Computer Systems
Web Security
Copyright
Trademark
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
32
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Nicholas J Horton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
81
176
21,534
Biostatistics
Missing Data
Data Science Education
Statistical Education
Statistics Education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael Hood
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
48
103
7,591
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Javier Corrales
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
95
6,668
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
K Ward Duong
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
73
5,412
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Dominic Poccia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
70
3,603
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Anna Martini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
41
4,685
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ethan Clotfelter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
55
4,147
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ethan J Temeles
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
37
4,009
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Michael A Cohen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
38
3,893
Cognitive Science
Consciousness
Awareness
Vision
Perception
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Katrina Karkazis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
38
3,063

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Elizabeth Aries
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
28
6,200
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Arthur Zajonc
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
40
5,379
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Catherine A Sanderson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
32
3,579
social norms
close relationships
health behavior
bystander effect
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jonathan Friedman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
35
5,597
Nanomagnetism
Single-molecule Magnets
Macroscopic Quantum Phenomena
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Katharine Re Sims
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
36
5,416
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
David Hall
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
32
8,447
atomic physics
ultracold atoms
spinor gases
bose-einstein condensation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Austin Sarat
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
60
3,572
Law and legal processes in the U.S.
the death penalty
violence and the law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Julia D Mcquade
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
31
2,408
ADHD
peer relationships
emotion regulation
aggression
executive function
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jill S Miller
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
26
1,526
Evolutionary biology
Plant reproductive biology
Self-incompatibility
Speciation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Matteo Riondato
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
27
1,991
algorithmic data analysis
randomized algorithms
approximation algorithms
data mining
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ashwin Ravikumar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
31
1,504
Political ecology
Amazon
Peru
indigenous rights
environmental justice
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
David S Jones
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
23
2,787
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Josef G Trapani
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
23
1,494
Neurophysiology
Zebrafish
Sensory Physiology
Auditory Physiology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Kristin Bumiller
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
21
3,857
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Tekla Harms
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
29
2,232
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Leah Schmalzbauer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
19
2,698
immigration
family
Latinx second generation
qualitative methods
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Rachel A Levin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
23
2,216
Plant systematics & biodiversity
Biogeography
Ecology and evolution of fragrance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Nicholas Holschuh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
26
1,495
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Manuela L Picq
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
22
816
indigenous politics
international studies
sexuality and gender studies
Latin American studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Mona Wu Orr
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
18
1,405
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Daniel Velleman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
27
1,543
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
David Hanneke
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
19
5,381
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Jacob Olshansky
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
19
1,722
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Thomas Dumm
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
17
26,862
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Elizabeth Tepe Kneeland
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
15
963
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Alexandra E Purdy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
15
863
Vibrio cholerae
Drosophila melanogaster
Host-microbe interactions
marine microbiology
microbial genetics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Jeeyon Jeong
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
2,162
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
John E Drabinski
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
17
703
african-american studies
caribbean studies
africana studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Pawan Dhingra
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
16
1,548
education
race
immigration
inequality
Asian America
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Joshua Hyman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
2,610
Labor Economics
Public Economics
Economics of Education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Kristen Gardner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
748
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Adam Sitze
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
18
1,566
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Ashley R Carter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
841
Biophysics
single molecule biology
optical trapping
microrheology
precision measurements
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Katerina Ragkousi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
1,395
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Adam Honig
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
693
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Alison Sparks
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
1,707
child language and literacy development
narrative
parent-child interaction
developmental language disorders
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Chris Dole
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
512
medical and psychiatric anthropology
healing and care
disaster
secularism and Islam
Turkey
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Jeffers Engelhardt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
13
367
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Carrie Palmquist
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
1,813
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Deborah S Holoien
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
908
social psychology
intergroup relations
interracial interactions
diversity ideologies
close relationships
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Will Rosenbaum
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
382
Distributed Computing
Computational Complexity
Game Theory
Discrete Math
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Harris B Daniels
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
196
Algebraic Number Theory
Arithmetic Geometry
Elliptic Curves
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Sean Redding
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
12
370
South African history
gender history
African cultural history
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Ryan Carollo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
434
AMO
trapped ions
laser cooling
photoassociation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Caroline Goutte
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
1,728
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Robert Oldershaw
Metrics
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Citation Counts
10
10
385
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Caroline Theoharides
Metrics
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Citation Counts
9
9
780
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Scott Alfeld
Metrics
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9
8
757
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Edward Melillo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
390
Environmental history
history of the Pacific World
nineteenth-century U.S. history
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Victor E Guevara
Metrics
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Citation Counts
8
8
271
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Nathan Pflueger
Metrics
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8
7
246
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Chris Elliott
Metrics
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8
7
235
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Brittney E Bailey
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
285
Biostatistics
Missing data
Clustered data
Partially nested designs
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Vonna Hemmler
Metrics
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Citation Counts
7
5
289
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Paul A Schroeder Rodríguez
Metrics
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7
7
241
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Ryan Alvarado
Metrics
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Citation Counts
7
5
245
Harmonic Analysis
Functional Analysis
Geometric Analysis
Partial Differential Equations
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Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Daniel W Van Wyk|DW van Wyk, Daniel W van Wyk, Danie van Wyk
Metrics
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7
5
95
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Alana Kumbier
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7
7
518
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Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Jonathan Obert
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6
6
141
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Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Christopher A Grobe
Metrics
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Citation Counts
6
4
184
theater & performance studies
American studies
film & media studies
the history of technology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Brian Baisa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
262
Auction Design
Mechanism Design
Game Theory.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Russell Lohse
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
229
African Diaspora
Slavery in the Americas
Colonial Latin America
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Sara J Brenneis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
123
Contemporary Spanish Studies
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Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Nicola Courtright|Nicola M. Courtright
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6
4
180
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Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Nathan Clayburn
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5
4
102
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Ranking Based On Selection: 76
Jallicia Jolly
Metrics
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Citation Counts
4
2
63
Health Equity
Reproductive Justice
Medical Humanities
HIV/AIDS
American Studies/Black Studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
Kristina Reardon
Metrics
H-Index
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Citation Counts
4
2
45
Composition
Writing Centers
Writing
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Ranking Based On Selection: 78
Gabriel Arboleda
Metrics
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4
3
61
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Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Nicole Frontero
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2
2
44
Clinical Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Neuroscience
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Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Ashley Brown Burns
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2
1
79
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Ranking Based On Selection: 81
Nancy Ratner
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2
1
59
child development
early language acquisition
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Ranking Based On Selection: 82
Aneeka Ayanna Henderson
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2
1
16
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Ranking Based On Selection: 83
Jay Caplan
Metrics
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1
1
171
Eighteenth-century French literature and culture
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Ranking Based On Selection: 84
Dhyey Dharmendrakumar Mavani
Metrics
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i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
52
Computer Science
Mathematics
Statistics
Economics
Renewable Energy-Agrivoltaic system
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
Dylan Herts
Metrics
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i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
32
Computer Systems
Web Security
Copyright
Trademark
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 86
Darrian Kelly
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1
1
31
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Ranking Based On Selection: 87
Amelia Worsley
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1
1
21
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Ranking Based On Selection: 88
Dawn Cadogan
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1
1
15
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Ranking Based On Selection: 89
Justin Su
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1
0
4
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Ranking Based On Selection: 90
Cameron Matsui
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1
0
4
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Ranking Based On Selection: 91
Mekhola Gomes
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1
0
2
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Ranking Based On Selection: 92
Thomas Braun
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1
0
1