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" (873,864 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
Daniel Müller
Land-use change
agricultural economics
resource economics
climate change
ecosystem services
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
58
114
12,395
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Vladislav Valentinov
nonprofit organizations
third sector
cooperatives
institutional economics
systems theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
43
128
6,222
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Alfons Balmann
Agricultural Economics
Structural Change in Agriculture
Agent-based Modelling
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
71
5,332
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Zhanli Sun
Land system Science
Bayesian network
Agent-based modeling
complex systems
human environment interactions
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
49
6,163
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Nodir Djanibekov
Agriculture in transition
Rural cooperation
Contractual Arrangements
Quantitative policy analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
37
1,499
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Lena Kuhn
Rural development
Risk management
Innovation adoption
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
12
521
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Jamali Jaghdani, Tinoush
Water economics
WFE nexus
Ag-Food trade duration
Ag-Food price volatility
Ag-Food supply chains
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
12
507
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Oleksandr Perekhozhuk
Industrial Organization
International Trade
Market Power Analysis
Applied Econometrics
Microeconomics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
12
464
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Dilini Abeygunawardane
rural development
agrarian policy
land use and land cover change
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
391
Johanna Jauernig
Experimental Ethics
Folk Economics
Moral Psychology
Business Ethics
Agricultural Ethics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
6
184
Antje Jantsch
Quality of life
regional living conditions
subjective well-being
household finances
social comparisons
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
201
Anna Hajdu
institutions
corporate social responsibility
large-scale land acquisitions
social movements
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
124
Laura Moritz
climate adaptation
climate mitigation
experimental economics
agricultural economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
0
26
David Ayrapetyan
Innovation networks
Multiscalar cluster dynamics
Social network analysis
Renewable energies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
2
30
Brian Beadle
Applied microeconometrics
Sustainability
Well-being
Composite indicators
Latent variable models
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
9
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Daniel Müller
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
58
114
12,395
Land-use change
agricultural economics
resource economics
climate change
ecosystem services
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
nonprofit organizations
third sector
cooperatives
institutional economics
systems theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Thomas Glauben
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
81
4,841
Agricultural and Food Economics
Econometric Methods
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alfons Balmann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
71
5,332
Agricultural Economics
Structural Change in Agriculture
Agent-based Modelling
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Zhanli Sun
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
49
6,163
Land system Science
Bayesian network
Agent-based modeling
complex systems
human environment interactions
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Martin Petrick
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
57
2,944
Agricultural development
agricultural policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Nodir Djanibekov
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
37
1,499
Agriculture in transition
Rural cooperation
Contractual Arrangements
Quantitative policy analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Frans Hermans
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
29
2,453
innovation
sustainable agriculture
networks
bioeconomy
bioclusters
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Supply Chains
Climate Change
Agricultural Insurance
Risk Management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Thomas Herzfeld
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
30
2,279
agricultural policy
impact assessment
rural household behaviour
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Lena Kuhn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
521
Rural development
Risk management
Innovation adoption
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Water economics
WFE nexus
Ag-Food trade duration
Ag-Food price volatility
Ag-Food supply chains
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Industrial Organization
International Trade
Market Power Analysis
Applied Econometrics
Microeconomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
rural development
agrarian policy
land use and land cover change
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
South-East European History
Social History
International Relations
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Agricultural Economics
Spatial Economics
Computational Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Experimental Ethics
Folk Economics
Moral Psychology
Business Ethics
Agricultural Ethics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Agricultural economics
Finance
Corporate governance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Quality of life
regional living conditions
subjective well-being
household finances
social comparisons
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Anna Hajdu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
124
institutions
corporate social responsibility
large-scale land acquisitions
social movements
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Climate risk perception and adaptation
digital innovation in agriculture
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Risk management
Index Insurance
Earth Observation
GIS
Climate Change
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
climate adaptation
climate mitigation
experimental economics
agricultural economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Precision Agriculture
Remote Sensing
GIS
Land Reclamation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Innovation networks
Multiscalar cluster dynamics
Social network analysis
Renewable energies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Applied microeconometrics
Sustainability
Well-being
Composite indicators
Latent variable models