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: 2
Ru-Jin Huang
Aerosol Chemistry and Physics
Secondary Organic Aerosol
Marine Aerosol
Air Pollution and Health Effects
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
67
209
17,790
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yunqiang Wang
Soil physics
spatial variability
soil desiccation
deep soil and water processes
soil water and plant relation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
57
136
9,835
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Fei Zhang
Earth surface erosion
weathering
the carbon cycle
isotopic geochemistry
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
38
108
4,832

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Yu Mingzhou
multiphase flow
population balance modeling
population balance equation
Aerosol dynamics
Aerosol Mechanics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
54
2,272
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Shugang Kang
Quaternary Geology
loess
luminescence dating
paleoclimate
Asian monsoon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
22
1,185
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
包光 Guang Bao
树轮年代学与区域气候环境变化
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
21
1,018
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Yuming Liu
Paleoclimatology
Grain size analysis
Sedimentology
Deep learning
Data mining
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
125
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
张鹏
岩石磁学、环境磁学、磁性地层
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
4
92
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Junji Cao Or Jj Cao
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
126
748
73,982
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ru-Jin Huang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
67
209
17,790
Aerosol Chemistry and Physics
Secondary Organic Aerosol
Marine Aerosol
Air Pollution and Health Effects
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Youbin Sun
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
60
118
13,013
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yunqiang Wang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
57
136
9,835
Soil physics
spatial variability
soil desiccation
deep soil and water processes
soil water and plant relation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Qiyuan Wang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
48
128
7,038
Black Carbon
Brown Carbon
Source Apportionment
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jr Dodson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
48
103
8,754
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yougui Song
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
127
7,631
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Liangcheng Tan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
71
5,560
Quaternary Geology
Speleology
Historical climate
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Fei Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
108
4,832
Earth surface erosion
weathering
the carbon cycle
isotopic geochemistry
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jianjun Li (李建军)
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
58
4,079
Atmospheric chemistry
aerosol pollution
organic aerosol

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Yan Hong
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
57
3,388
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Yu Mingzhou
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
54
2,272
multiphase flow
population balance modeling
population balance equation
Aerosol dynamics
Aerosol Mechanics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mao-Yong He (贺茂勇)
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
32
1,286
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Shugang Kang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
22
1,185
Quaternary Geology
loess
luminescence dating
paleoclimate
Asian monsoon
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Feng Xian
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
30
1,570
Loess 10Be tracing studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Xiangzhong Li
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
22
1,804
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
包光 Guang Bao
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
21
1,018
树轮年代学与区域气候环境变化
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Shugang Wu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
16
402
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Xing Cheng
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
13
399
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Zeke Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
168
stable isotope
paleoclimate
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Yong Hu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
102
Fluvial Geomorphology
Hydraulic Engineering
Rivers
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Yuming Liu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
125
Paleoclimatology
Grain size analysis
Sedimentology
Deep learning
Data mining
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
张鹏
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
92
岩石磁学、环境磁学、磁性地层
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Lvfan Chen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
36