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
Ulman Lindenberger
Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Cognitive Science
Behavioural Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
131
445
75,433
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Iyad Rahwan
Computational Social Science
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Behavior
Cooperation
Psychology of Technology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
57
149
18,866
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Ute Frevert
Modern Social Political and Cultural History
History of Emotions
Gender History
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
52
131
12,196
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Markus Werkle-Bergner
Episodic Memory
Working Memory
Lifespan Development
Neuroscience
Neural Oscillations
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
40
59
5,276
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Ralf Kurvers
Collective Behaviour
Social Psychology
Personality
Behavioural Ecology
Social Networks
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
34
62
3,571
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Andreas M. Brandmaier
Brain-behavior relations across the lifespan
Statistical Modeling
Algorithmic Modeling
Formal models of behavioral change
Mu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
56
3,734
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Bernhard Spitzer
cognitive neuroscience
memory
decision making
learning
neural oscillations
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
39
3,951
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Odette Wegwarth
Risk Literacy
Evidence-Based Decision Making in Medicine
Risk Communication
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
38
3,025
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Stefan M. Herzog
boosting judgment and decision making
bounded rationality
collective intelligence
algorithms
digital behavior
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
42
3,332
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Björn Meder
Search and exploration
Causal induction
Cognitive development
Judgment and decision making
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
46
2,240
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Nils Köbis|Nils Kobis, Nils Koebis
Machine Behavior
Corruption
Behavioral Ethics
Social Norms
Psychology of Technology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
33
2,738
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Ruben C. Arslan
ovulation
hormonal contraception
personality
evolutionary genetics
measurement
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
35
3,148
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :26
Mehdi Moussaí¯d
Collective behaviors
Crowds
Computational Social Science
Complex systems
Collective intelligence
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
33
6,184
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Jonathan D Nelson
Cognitive science
information search
optimal experimental design
human eye movement
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
29
3,342
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Marie K. Deserno
Cognition and Development
Models of Change
Philosophy of Science
Rstats
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
23
12,581
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Philipp Lorenz-Spreen
Online Behaviour
Complex systems
Social Networks
Decision making
Opinion dynamics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
23
2,249
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Helen Fischer
climate-change cognition
metacognition
misinformation
motivated reasoning
science communication
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
21
2,126
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
David Pietraszewski
Evolutionary Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Social Psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
16
1,273
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Bettina Hitzer
Medizingeschichte
Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Emotionsgeschichte
Religionsgeschichte
Migrationsgeschichte
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
14
859
Anika Josef
lifespan development of decision making
aging
cognitive modeling
adaptive behavior
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
5
1,328
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Cognitive Science
Behavioural Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Decision Making
Heuristics
Bounded Rationality
Risk Communication
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Decision Making
Heuristics
Bounded Rationality
Decisions from Experience
Risk Preference
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Neural Plasticity
Environmental neuroscience
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Computational Social Science
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Behavior
Cooperation
Psychology of Technology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Modern Social Political and Cultural History
History of Emotions
Gender History
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Computational Social Science
Artificial Intelligence
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Decision making
Cognitive Science
Computational modeling
Memory
Heuristics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Episodic Memory
Working Memory
Lifespan Development
Neuroscience
Neural Oscillations
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Collective Behaviour
Social Psychology
Personality
Behavioural Ecology
Social Networks
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Brain-behavior relations across the lifespan
Statistical Modeling
Algorithmic Modeling
Formal models of behavioral change
Mu
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
cognitive neuroscience
memory
decision making
learning
neural oscillations
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Risk Literacy
Evidence-Based Decision Making in Medicine
Risk Communication
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
boosting judgment and decision making
bounded rationality
collective intelligence
algorithms
digital behavior
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Search and exploration
Causal induction
Cognitive development
Judgment and decision making
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Machine Behavior
Corruption
Behavioral Ethics
Social Norms
Psychology of Technology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
ovulation
hormonal contraception
personality
evolutionary genetics
measurement
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Cognitive Neuroscience
fMRI
Reinforcement Learning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Collective behaviors
Crowds
Computational Social Science
Complex systems
Collective intelligence
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
memory
cognitive control
child development
aging
brain plasticity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Cognitive science
information search
optimal experimental design
human eye movement
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Cognition and Development
Models of Change
Philosophy of Science
Rstats
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Online Behaviour
Complex systems
Social Networks
Decision making
Opinion dynamics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Lifespan Psychology
Memory
EEG
Neural Oscillations
Cognitive Aging
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
climate-change cognition
metacognition
misinformation
motivated reasoning
science communication
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Lifespan cognitive neuroscience
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Plasticity across the lifespan
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Evolutionary Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Social Psychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
social learning
infancy
evolutionary approaches to cognition
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Medizingeschichte
Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Emotionsgeschichte
Religionsgeschichte
Migrationsgeschichte
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Neuroscience
Eye Movement
Sensorimotor Learning
Motor Control
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
lifespan development of decision making
aging
cognitive modeling
adaptive behavior