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" (870,053 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
Vladimir M. Shkollnikov
Demography
epidemiology
public health
health statistics
socioeconomic inequalities in health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
68
152
16,909
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Emilio Zagheni
Computational Demography
Digital Demography
Migration
Population Aging
Population and Environment
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
41
78
5,133
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Peng Li
Population Health
Epidemiology
Genetics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
36
78
4,633
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Anna Oksuzyan
health demography
social epidemiology
gender and health
health and aging
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
28
3,149
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Alyson Van Raalte
demography
mortality
population health
life expectancy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
31
2,122

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
André Grow
Family Sociology
Social Stratification
Agent-Based Computational Modelling
Digital Demography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
24
1,245
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Christian Dudel
Demography
Statistics
Population Health
Sociology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
25
1,049
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Daniela Perrotta
digital & computational epidemiology
digital & computational demography
digital disease detection
infectious disease modellin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
17
975
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Aliakbar Akbaritabar|علی اکبر اکبری تبار
Computational Social Science
Migration
Social Networks
Scientometrics
Sociology of Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
17
679
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Maciej J. Danko
Migration
Demography
Scientific Software
Aging
Evolutionary biology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
17
853
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Joshua Wilde
Demography
Economic Demography
Fertility
Growth
Development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
16
1,716
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jonas Schöley
Mortality
Statistical Demography
Data Visualization
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
14
1,480
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Christina Bohk-Ewald
Population Health
NGS
Performance evaluation
Validation
Modeling and Simulation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
11
446
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Marília R. Nepomuceno
Demography
Mortality and Health
Old-age mortality
Data quality
Lifespan Inequality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
592
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mine Kühn
Family Sociology
Population Health
Public Health
Social Demography
Empirical Health Research
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
424
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Daniela Veronica Negraia
Time-use
Gender
Population Health
Stratification and Inequality
Family Sociology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
466
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Ewa Batyra
Demography
Health
International Development
Social Statistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
8
246
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Inna Danilova
демография
смертность населения
причины смерти
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
363
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Su Yeon Jang
Health Disparities
Healthy Aging
Burden of Diseases
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
238
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Donata Stonkute
Public Health
Health protection
Health inequalities
Pharmacokinetics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
7
384
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Md Anwer Hossain
Fertility
Menopause
Women Empowerment
Population Ageing
Ethnic Minority
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
382
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Jisu Kim
International Migration
Data science
Big Data
Computational Social Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
4
233
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
D. Susie Lee
demography
fertility and reproductive health
biological anthropology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
6
177
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Nathan Robbins
Family policy
fatherhood
gendered division of labor
fertility
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
150
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Carolina Coimbra Vieira|Carolina Vieira
Computational Social Science
Data Science
Social Networks
Complex Networks
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
2
134
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Ole Hexel
sociology of wealth
income and wealth stratification
comparative historical sociology
racial discrimination
field experiment
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
1,485
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Megan Evans
Urban Sociology
Demography
Racial Inequality
Population Health
Social Network Analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
105
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jw Vaupel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
117
360
58,879
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Vladimir M. Shkollnikov
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
68
152
16,909
Demography
epidemiology
public health
health statistics
socioeconomic inequalities in health
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mikko Myrskylä
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
49
105
8,442
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Emilio Zagheni
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
41
78
5,133
Computational Demography
Digital Demography
Migration
Population Aging
Population and Environment
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Maria Shkolnikova
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
127
5,909
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Peng Li
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
78
4,633
Population Health
Epidemiology
Genetics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Annette Baudisch
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
35
4,015
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Anna Oksuzyan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
28
3,149
health demography
social epidemiology
gender and health
health and aging
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Alyson Van Raalte
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
31
2,122
demography
mortality
population health
life expectancy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Daniela Vono De Vilhena
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
26
1,116

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
André Grow
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
24
1,245
Family Sociology
Social Stratification
Agent-Based Computational Modelling
Digital Demography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Christian Dudel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
25
1,049
Demography
Statistics
Population Health
Sociology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ralf Schaible
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
22
1,913
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Daniela Perrotta
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
17
975
digital & computational epidemiology
digital & computational demography
digital disease detection
infectious disease modellin
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Computational Social Science
Migration
Social Networks
Scientometrics
Sociology of Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Diego Alburez-Gutierrez|Diego Alburez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
17
819
Demography
Kinship
Families
Generational Processes
Death
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Maciej J. Danko
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
17
853
Migration
Demography
Scientific Software
Aging
Evolutionary biology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Joshua Wilde
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
16
1,716
Demography
Economic Demography
Fertility
Growth
Development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Natalie Nitsche
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
894
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ugofilippo Basellini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
842
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jonas Schöley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
1,480
Mortality
Statistical Demography
Data Visualization
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Marcus Ebeling
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
16
532
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Christina Bohk-Ewald
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
446
Population Health
NGS
Performance evaluation
Validation
Modeling and Simulation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Marília R. Nepomuceno
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
592
Demography
Mortality and Health
Old-age mortality
Data quality
Lifespan Inequality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mine Kühn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
424
Family Sociology
Population Health
Public Health
Social Demography
Empirical Health Research
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Daniela Veronica Negraia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
466
Time-use
Gender
Population Health
Stratification and Inequality
Family Sociology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Ewa Batyra
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
246
Demography
Health
International Development
Social Statistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Inna Danilova
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
363
демография
смертность населения
причины смерти
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Su Yeon Jang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
238
Health Disparities
Healthy Aging
Burden of Diseases
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Donata Stonkute
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
384
Public Health
Health protection
Health inequalities
Pharmacokinetics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Md Anwer Hossain
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
382
Fertility
Menopause
Women Empowerment
Population Ageing
Ethnic Minority
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Jisu Kim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
4
233
International Migration
Data science
Big Data
Computational Social Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Tom Theile
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
215
computational demography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
D. Susie Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
177
demography
fertility and reproductive health
biological anthropology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Nathan Robbins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
150
Family policy
fatherhood
gendered division of labor
fertility
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Daniel Ciganda
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
279
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Julian Schmied
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
205
public health
labor
public finance
aging
economics of the household
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Computational Social Science
Data Science
Social Networks
Complex Networks
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Ole Hexel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
1,485
sociology of wealth
income and wealth stratification
comparative historical sociology
racial discrimination
field experiment
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Megan Evans
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
105
Urban Sociology
Demography
Racial Inequality
Population Health
Social Network Analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Maxi S. Kniffka
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
276
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Saskia Hin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
216
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Ben Malinga John
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
38
Family Demography
Fertility and Formal Demography