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" (870,057 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
Stefan Uhlenbrook
hydrology and water resources
climate change
ecosystems
food systems
sustainability
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
72
183
18,402
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Pay Drechsel
Resource recovery & reuse
Urban agriculture
Safe wastewater use
Soil fertility & plant nutrition
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
71
201
18,326
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Simon Langan
water quality
soils
river basin management
irrigation
water futures and scenarios
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
53
135
8,187
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi
Climate Change
Environment
Food Systems
Health
Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
50
159
9,272
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Barbara Van Koppen
water development
gender
poverty eradication
water law
community-driven development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
47
141
7,292
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Matthew Mccartney
water resources management
wetlands
livelihoods
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
44
143
7,320
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Paul Pavelic
groundwater management
conjunctive use
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
38
100
5,469

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Santosh Nepal
Hydrology
Climate change impacts
Cryosphere
Water-Food Nexus
climate resilient Systems
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
51
6,312
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Simon Parkinson
climate risk
sustainable development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
46
4,861
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Olufunke Cofie
Natural Resource Management
Peri-urban agriculture
Agriculture Water Management
Sanitation
Soil fertility
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
83
4,535
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Upali Amarasinghe
Water management
Irrigation Performance Assessment
Impact assessment
Vulnerability and Poverty assessment
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
77
5,688
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Amare Haileslassie
Agricultural system
ecosystem services
agricultural water management
sustainability
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
74
3,547
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Petra Schmitter
Agricultural water management
irrigation
hydrology
biogeochemical cycles
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
29
50
2,362
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Cws Dickens
River health
agroecology
aquatic ecosystems
e-flows
sustainable development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
50
3,218
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Usman Khalid Awan
International Water Resources Management Specialist
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
34
1,484
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Alan Nicol
Water
environment
climate
growth
development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
40
2,223
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Munyaradzi Mutenje
impact assessment of agricultural technologies
cost benefit analysis
nutrition/gender sensitive value chain analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
33
1,899
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Meron Teferi Taye
Climate change/variability
hydrological modeling
hydrological extremes
water security
water management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
32
1,789
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Amgad Elmahdi
Integrated Water and natural resources assessment and managment
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
35
2,333
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Javier Mateo-Sagasta
water quality
water pollution
water reuse
river basins
water resources management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
32
3,992
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Everisto Mapedza
Institutions
Governance
Gender and Natural Resources
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
30
1,300
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Surajit Ghosh
Agriculture
Ecology
Disaster
Earth Observation
Data Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
31
1,048
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Komlavi Akpoti
Spatial Hydrology
Climate Change
Water Accounting
Land and Water Management
Earth Observation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
21
1,182
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Minh Thai
Innovation system
innovation scaling
research commercialisation
development studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
20
812
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Sanjiv De Silva
Natural Resources Governance
irrigation management
wetlands management
inclusive growth
weather index insurance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
27
1,170
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
M Aheeyar
Research in water resources management
Agrarian development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
22
647
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Inga Jacobs-Mata
water governance
transdisciplinarity
climate change
community-based approaches to water
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
19
840
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Solomie Gebrezgabher
Resource recovery & reuse
Environmental sustainability assessment
Business model development
Waste reuse
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
14
859
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Bunyod Holmatov
Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Climate Change Adaptation/Mitigation
Water Resources Management
Water Security
Energy Transition
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
374
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Jayne Curnow
anthropology
social science
water
natural resource management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
1,359
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Karthikeyan Matheswaran
Water productivity
irrigation performance assessment
hydrological modelling
collaborative tool development approaches
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
284
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Muhammad Azeem Ali Shah
Water Governance
Transboundary water management
Flow Monitoring
Solar based irrigation systems
Natural Resource Management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
248
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Charity Osei-Amponsah
Institutions and Governance
Policy analysis
Innovation system
Development and Social Transformation
Climate change
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
677
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Nirman Shrestha
water resources engineering
agricultural water management
crop water modeling
GIS
hydrology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
320
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Shweta Panjwani
Crop Modelling
Machine Learning
Data Analyst
Web Development
GEE
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
103
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Ameer Mohamed Rajah
GIS
Remote Sensing
Water Resources
Agriculture
Environment
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
169
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Ngowenani Nohayi
Water Governance
Community Participation
Gender and Youth Development
Environmental Migration
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
2
79
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Stefan Uhlenbrook
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
72
183
18,402
hydrology and water resources
climate change
ecosystems
food systems
sustainability
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Pay Drechsel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
71
201
18,326
Resource recovery & reuse
Urban agriculture
Safe wastewater use
Soil fertility & plant nutrition
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mohammad Mohsin Hafeez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
59
284
13,832
Water Resources Management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Simon Langan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
53
135
8,187
water quality
soils
river basin management
irrigation
water futures and scenarios
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
50
159
9,272
Climate Change
Environment
Food Systems
Health
Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Barbara Van Koppen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
47
141
7,292
water development
gender
poverty eradication
water law
community-driven development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Matthew Mccartney
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
44
143
7,320
water resources management
wetlands
livelihoods
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Aditi Mukherji
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
41
83
11,128
climate change
adaptation
groundwater
energy
agri-food systems
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Munir A Hanjra
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
64
10,896
Climate change
water policy
food security
poverty
energ economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Paul Pavelic
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
100
5,469
groundwater management
conjunctive use

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Santosh Nepal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
51
6,312
Hydrology
Climate change impacts
Cryosphere
Water-Food Nexus
climate resilient Systems
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Simon Parkinson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
46
4,861
climate risk
sustainable development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Bharat Sharma
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
145
8,125
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Olufunke Cofie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
83
4,535
Natural Resource Management
Peri-urban agriculture
Agriculture Water Management
Sanitation
Soil fertility
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Luna Bharati
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
66
3,812
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Upali Amarasinghe
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
77
5,688
Water management
Irrigation Performance Assessment
Impact assessment
Vulnerability and Poverty assessment
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Amare Haileslassie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
74
3,547
Agricultural system
ecosystem services
agricultural water management
sustainability
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sander J Zwart
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
53
5,646
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Petra Schmitter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
50
2,362
Agricultural water management
irrigation
hydrology
biogeochemical cycles
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Rachael Mcdonnell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
52
21,171
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Cws Dickens
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
50
3,218
River health
agroecology
aquatic ecosystems
e-flows
sustainable development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Naga Manohar Velpuri
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
31
3,736
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Usman Khalid Awan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
34
1,484
International Water Resources Management Specialist
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Alok K Sikka
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
67
3,320
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Jonathan Lautze
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
44
2,130
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Alan Nicol
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
40
2,223
Water
environment
climate
growth
development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Munyaradzi Mutenje
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
33
1,899
impact assessment of agricultural technologies
cost benefit analysis
nutrition/gender sensitive value chain analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Meron Teferi Taye
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
32
1,789
Climate change/variability
hydrological modeling
hydrological extremes
water security
water management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Amgad Elmahdi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
35
2,333
Integrated Water and natural resources assessment and managment
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Javier Mateo-Sagasta
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
32
3,992
water quality
water pollution
water reuse
river basins
water resources management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Everisto Mapedza
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
30
1,300
Institutions
Governance
Gender and Natural Resources
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Shilp Verma
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
29
1,480
Water-Energy-Food Policies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Water Resources
Environmental Pollution
Climate Change
Planetary Health
Remote Sensing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Lal Muthuwatta
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
25
1,526
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Philip Amoah
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
27
2,500
Resource Recovery Reuse
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Surajit Ghosh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
31
1,048
Agriculture
Ecology
Disaster
Earth Observation
Data Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Komlavi Akpoti
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
21
1,182
Spatial Hydrology
Climate Change
Water Accounting
Land and Water Management
Earth Observation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Minh Thai
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
20
812
Innovation system
innovation scaling
research commercialisation
development studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Sanjiv De Silva
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
27
1,170
Natural Resources Governance
irrigation management
wetlands management
inclusive growth
weather index insurance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Nishadi Eriyagama
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
19
1,472
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Ram Bastakoti
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
21
885
Institutions
policy
governance
climate change adaptation
irrigation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Marie-Charlotte Buisson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
14
685
impact evaluation
agricultural microeconomics
environmental economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
M Aheeyar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
22
647
Research in water resources management
Agrarian development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Inga Jacobs-Mata
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
19
840
water governance
transdisciplinarity
climate change
community-based approaches to water
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Solomie Gebrezgabher
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
859
Resource recovery & reuse
Environmental sustainability assessment
Business model development
Waste reuse
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Muhammad Tousif Bhatti
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
739
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Mohammad Faiz Alam
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
12
282
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Bunyod Holmatov
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
374
Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Climate Change Adaptation/Mitigation
Water Resources Management
Water Security
Energy Transition
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Jayne Curnow
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
1,359
anthropology
social science
water
natural resource management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Karthikeyan Matheswaran
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
284
Water productivity
irrigation performance assessment
hydrological modelling
collaborative tool development approaches
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Muhammad Azeem Ali Shah
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
248
Water Governance
Transboundary water management
Flow Monitoring
Solar based irrigation systems
Natural Resource Management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Abdulkarim Seid
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
229
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Charity Osei-Amponsah
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
677
Institutions and Governance
Policy analysis
Innovation system
Development and Social Transformation
Climate change
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Ambika Khadka
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
257
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Avinandan Taron
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
153
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Salman Asif Siddiqui
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
203
Geo-spatial
land cover
natural resources
water
agriculture
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Nirman Shrestha
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
320
water resources engineering
agricultural water management
crop water modeling
GIS
hydrology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Dhyey Bhatpuria
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
178
Earth Observation
Remote Sensing
Water
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Zafar Gafurov
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
130
Water resources
Agriculture
Earth observation
Climate Change
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Shweta Panjwani
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
103
Crop Modelling
Machine Learning
Data Analyst
Web Development
GEE
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Oyture Anarbekov
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
162
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Ameer Mohamed Rajah
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
169
GIS
Remote Sensing
Water Resources
Agriculture
Environment
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Tarul Sharma
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
253
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Ngowenani Nohayi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
79
Water Governance
Community Participation
Gender and Youth Development
Environmental Migration