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" (887,258 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
Wolff Schlotz
Ambulatory Assessment
Empirical Aesthetics
Stress
Psychometrics
Psychoendocrinology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
53
80
12,564
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Lucia Melloni
perception
awareness
learning
language
electrocorticography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
42
65
9,591
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Molly J. Henry
Auditory perception
Neural oscillations
Rhythm and time perception
Signal detection theory
Electroencephalography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
46
3,205
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Nori Jacoby
Cognitive Science
Computational Neuroscience
Machine Learning
Cross-Cultural Perception
Music
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
46
3,167
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Alessandro Tavano
Neural oscillations in speech and language comprehension
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
39
2,032
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Julia F. Christensen
Cognitive Science
Emotion Psychology
Affective Neuroscience
Moral Psychology
Neuroethics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
25
2,122
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Ines Schindler
Aesthetic Emotions
Aesthetic Development
Being Moved
Digital Higher Education
Media Education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
23
2,597
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Franziska Degé
Musical Development
Transfer Effects of Music Training
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
26
1,746
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Melanie Wald-Fuhrmann
Music aesthetics
Music taste and preference
Concert and audience research
Music in religious contexts
History of musicology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
21
818
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Yuranny Cabral Calderin
Consciousness
Perception
Brain Oscillations
Brain Imaging
Non-invasive Brain Stimulation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
16
536
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Elke B. Lange
Cognitive Psychology
Music Psychology
Eye Tracking
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
19
890
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Kirill Fayn
Affective dynamics during learing
Openness to Experience
Interest
Awe
Aesthetics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
13
1,202
Pol Van Rijn
Human-in-the-Loop
Emotional prosody
Perception
Machine Learning
Cognitive Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
242
Lara Pearson
gesture
music performance
crossmodal perception
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
305
Darinka Trübutschek
Working Memory
Consciousness
MEG/EEG
MVPA
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
7
374
Carmel Raz
history of music theory
music and history of science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
1
110
David E Cohen
History of music theory
History of philosophy
Classics
Medieval music
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
235
Franklenin Sierra
Behavioral Science
Neuroscience
Electroencephalography
Brain-Computer Interface
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
12
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Wolff Schlotz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
53
80
12,564
Ambulatory Assessment
Empirical Aesthetics
Stress
Psychometrics
Psychoendocrinology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Lucia Melloni
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
42
65
9,591
perception
awareness
learning
language
electrocorticography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Daniela Sammler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
44
6,550
Neurocognition of Music and Language
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Molly J. Henry
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
46
3,205
Auditory perception
Neural oscillations
Rhythm and time perception
Signal detection theory
Electroencephalography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nori Jacoby
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
46
3,167
Cognitive Science
Computational Neuroscience
Machine Learning
Cross-Cultural Perception
Music
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Alessandro Tavano
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
39
2,032
Neural oscillations in speech and language comprehension
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Julia F. Christensen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
25
2,122
Cognitive Science
Emotion Psychology
Affective Neuroscience
Moral Psychology
Neuroethics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ines Schindler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
23
2,597
Aesthetic Emotions
Aesthetic Development
Being Moved
Digital Higher Education
Media Education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Franziska Degé
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
26
1,746
Musical Development
Transfer Effects of Music Training
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Melanie Wald-Fuhrmann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
21
818
Music aesthetics
Music taste and preference
Concert and audience research
Music in religious contexts
History of musicology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Johanna Maria Rimmele
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
17
960
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Yuranny Cabral Calderin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
16
536
Consciousness
Perception
Brain Oscillations
Brain Imaging
Non-invasive Brain Stimulation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Elke B. Lange
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
19
890
Cognitive Psychology
Music Psychology
Eye Tracking
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Seung-Goo Kim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
17
553
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Kirill Fayn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
1,202
Affective dynamics during learing
Openness to Experience
Interest
Awe
Aesthetics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Yi Valerie Pu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
410
MEG
spatial navigation
memory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pol Van Rijn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
242
Human-in-the-Loop
Emotional prosody
Perception
Machine Learning
Cognitive Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Lara Pearson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
305
gesture
music performance
crossmodal perception
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Darinka Trübutschek
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
374
Working Memory
Consciousness
MEG/EEG
MVPA
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Carmel Raz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
1
110
history of music theory
music and history of science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Iris Mencke
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
115
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Christina Lubinus
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
63
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
David E Cohen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
235
History of music theory
History of philosophy
Classics
Medieval music
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Franklenin Sierra
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
12
Behavioral Science
Neuroscience
Electroencephalography
Brain-Computer Interface