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: 3
Xiaotao Lü (吕晓涛)|Xiaotao Lv
Plant functional traits
Ecological stoichiometry
Global change ecology
nitrogen deposition
plant
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
51
133
7,586
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ruzhen Wang(王汝振)
Global Change
Soil C and N pools
Pyrogenic Organic Carbon
Extracellular Enzyme Activities
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
56
2,727

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Siyu Zhang
Environmental Processes of Organic Pollutants and Nanoparticles
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
43
3,037
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
李春林
urban landscape ecology
urban hydrology
urban climate
remote sensing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
55
1,954
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Wentao Luo (雒文涛)|AE#JEcology #Oecologia
Oecologia Plant Community Ecology
Functional Traits
Drought Events
Grasslands
Ecosystem Function Stability
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
38
2,244
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Yi Yang (杨毅)|杨毅
Organohalide Respiration
Anaerobes
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Geomicrobiology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
22
1,023
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Deliang Lu
Forest ecology and management
Forest disturbance
Forest restoration
Silviculture
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
16
761
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Weiming Li
hydrogen metabolism
biohydrogen production
environmental microorganism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
469
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Weidong Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
95
919
44,131
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Zhanqing Hao
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
58
176
12,179
Forest Ecology
Community Ecology
Biodiversity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Plant functional traits
Ecological stoichiometry
Global change ecology
nitrogen deposition
plant
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Miao Liu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
50
285
10,574
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jiaojun Zhu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
50
187
8,687
Forest Ecology and Management/Protective Forest
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Edith Bai
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
44
90
7,175
biogeochemistry
ecosystem ecology
stable isotope
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yunting Fang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
41
87
6,068
Biogeochemistry
Forest Ecology
Stable isotopes
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
胡远满 Hu Yuanman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
132
5,571
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ruzhen Wang(王汝振)
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
56
2,727
Global Change
Soil C and N pools
Pyrogenic Organic Carbon
Extracellular Enzyme Activities
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Chao Wang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
45
3,495

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Zuoqiang Yuan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
64
4,377
Forest ecology
biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Siyu Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
43
3,037
Environmental Processes of Organic Pollutants and Nanoparticles
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
李春林
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
55
1,954
urban landscape ecology
urban hydrology
urban climate
remote sensing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Oecologia Plant Community Ecology
Functional Traits
Drought Events
Grasslands
Ecosystem Function Stability
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Zhiwei Wu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
87
2,785
landscape ecology
disturabnce ecology
fire ecology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Wanxia Ren
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
37
2,443
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Xuejiao Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
33
2,391
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Bin Huang (黄斌)
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
35
1,570
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Yu Liang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
33
1,061
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Shengen Liu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
27
1,161
soil biodiversity
BEF
forest ecosystem
climate change
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Yi Yang (杨毅)|杨毅
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
22
1,023
Organohalide Respiration
Anaerobes
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Geomicrobiology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Yingbin Li
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
17
667
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Shuai Fang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
23
608
Ecology
Community Assembly
Functional Trait
Phylogeny
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Deliang Lu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
16
761
Forest ecology and management
Forest disturbance
Forest restoration
Silviculture
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
于景华
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
17
472
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Shicong Geng
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
289
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Weiming Li
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
469
hydrogen metabolism
biohydrogen production
environmental microorganism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Yue Feng
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
291
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Bo Liu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
248
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Fengxian Chen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
0
42