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 rankings in world, region, country, and university are in Beta version and are subject to real-time updates, since the subject field “Others” (1,121,260 scientists profile whose branch cannot be determined, not yet edited or determined) is excluded. These rankings will dynamically evolve in real time as the “Others” profiles are revised and classified. Please note that. Subjects indicated as “ * others ” will not be included in the ranking by regions and subjects.

* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jingdong Wang (王井东)
Computer Vision
Deep Learning
Multimedi
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
103
270
63,731
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Kenneth Ward Church
Natural Language Processing
Corpora
Speec
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
72
161
31,561
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Haifeng Wang
NLP
MT
Search
Speech
Data Minin
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
65
248
19,877
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Hua Wu
Machine Translation
Natural Language Processing
Machine Learnin
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
64
159
18,782
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Dawei Yin
Machine Learning
Web Mining
Data Minin
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
61
148
16,192
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Errui Ding
computer vision
machine learnin
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
60
144
13,785
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Hengshu Zhu 祝恒书
Data Mining
Recommender System
People Analytics
AI4Science
Management Information System
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
50
145
16,086
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Haoyi Xiong|熊昊一
ubiquitous computing
data science
data-centric AI
human mobilit
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
46
120
7,906
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yanwu Xu, Frank|许,言午
Ophthalmic Image Analysis
Medical Image Analysis
Medical Intelligence
Healthcare Data Analysi
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
46
113
11,201
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Shilei Wen
computer vision
machine learnin
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
39
57
7,352
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Xiao Tan
AI CV M
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
66
3,526
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Yajuan Lyu (Yajuan Lü)
Natural Language Processing
Knowledge Grap
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
67
4,214
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Shuaiqiang Wang
Retrieval-augmented generation
Information retrieval
Recommender system
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
61
4,669
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Tian Hao
natural language processing
search engine
recommendation syste
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
52
6,468
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dou Shen
Data Mining
Machine Learning
Online Advertisin
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
49
4,268
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Yueqiang Cheng
System Security
Software Security
Microarchitecture Security
AI Securit
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
51
2,443
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jing Liu
Large Language Model
Information Retrieval
Agent
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
38
3,772
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Dingfu Zhou|周 定富
3D Vision
Autonomous Driving
Manchine Learnin
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
36
4,376
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Fan Wang
Embodied AI
Meta-Learning
Reinforcement Learnin
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
38
2,819
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Lin Tianwei
video analysis
computer visio
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
35
5,049
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Wenhao Wu|吴文灏
Computer Vision
Video Understanding
Multimodal Mode
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
36
2,018
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Xinyan Xiao
Natural Language Processing
Statistical Machine Translatio
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
39
3,206
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ji Liu
Distributed Machine learning
Federated learning
Big data
Scientific workflow
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
39
2,512
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jingdong Wang (王井东)
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
103
270
63,731
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Kenneth Ward Church
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
72
161
31,561
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Haifeng Wang
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
65
248
19,877
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Hua Wu
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
64
159
18,782
Machine Translation
Natural Language Processing
Machine Learnin
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Dawei Yin
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
61
148
16,192
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Errui Ding
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
60
144
13,785
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Hengshu Zhu 祝恒书
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
50
145
16,086
Data Mining
Recommender System
People Analytics
AI4Science
Management Information System
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Haoyi Xiong|熊昊一
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
46
120
7,906
ubiquitous computing
data science
data-centric AI
human mobilit
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yanwu Xu, Frank|许,言午
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
46
113
11,201
Ophthalmic Image Analysis
Medical Image Analysis
Medical Intelligence
Healthcare Data Analysi
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Shilei Wen
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
57
7,352
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Xiao Tan
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
66
3,526
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Yajuan Lyu (Yajuan Lü)
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
67
4,214
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Shuaiqiang Wang
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
61
4,669
Retrieval-augmented generation
Information retrieval
Recommender system
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Tian Hao
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
52
6,468
natural language processing
search engine
recommendation syste
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Liang Wang
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
38
7,259
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dou Shen
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
49
4,268
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Liu Jingtuo
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
38
3,892
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Yueqiang Cheng
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
51
2,443
System Security
Software Security
Microarchitecture Security
AI Securit
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jing Liu
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
38
3,772
Large Language Model
Information Retrieval
Agent
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Dingfu Zhou|周 定富
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
36
4,376
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Fan Wang
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
38
2,819
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Lin Tianwei
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
35
5,049
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Wenhao Wu|吴文灏
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
36
2,018
Computer Vision
Video Understanding
Multimodal Mode
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Xinyan Xiao
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
39
3,206
Natural Language Processing
Statistical Machine Translatio
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ji Liu
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
39
2,512
Distributed Machine learning
Federated learning
Big data
Scientific workflow