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: 2
Christoph Brumann
Social/cultural anthropology
Japanese studies
heritage studies
urban studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
33
2,527
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Patrick Heady
Kinship and Community: Practical
Cognitive and Institutional Aspects.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
27
881
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jacqueline Knörr
Creolization
Decreolization
Nationalism
Migration
Identity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
16
709
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Annika Lems
existential anthropology
migration
place
displacement
im/mobility
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
12
808
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Marek Mikuš
economic anthropology
Eastern Europe
household debt
financialization
political anthropology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
15
537

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jing Jing Liu
Africa-China
Nigerian diaspora
money
markets
migration
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
671
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Julia Vorhölter
medical anthropology
psychology
African studies
Uganda
sleep studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
247
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Katia Bianchini
Statelessness
refugee law
immigration law
human rights
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
192
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Shauna Latosky
East Africa
Ethiopia
Mun (Mursi)
traditional knowledge
pastoralism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
5
213
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Wanjing (Kelly) Chen
Economic Geography
Low and High End Globalization
Global China
Southeast Asia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
118
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Felix-Anselm Van Lier
Public Law
constitution making
Public sector contracting
relational contracting
machine learning
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
3
150
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Aida Aaly Alymbaeva
Decoloniality of knowledge
ethnicity and nationalism
food and ethnicity
ex-Soviet space
Central Asia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
68
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Sascha Roth
Postsocialism
housing
architecture
materiality
politics of representation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
0
22
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Petra Burai
public participation
lobbying
transparency
whistleblowing
legal anthropology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
0
28
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Sajjad Safaei
Punishment
Middle East
Iran
Geopolitics
Non-proliferation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
14
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Floramante Sj Ponce
Laos
Hydropower Development and Resettlement
Belt and Road Initiative
Social Anthropology
Southeast Asia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
13
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Sreya Dutta Chowdhury
Medical Anthropology
Databases
Data work
Digitalization
Spatialization
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
12
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Romm Lewkowicz
anthropology
migration
biometrics
europe
bureaucracy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
14
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Zahir Musa Abdal-Kareem
Social Anthropology
Group Identification
Legal Anthropology
Social Theory
Cultural Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
4
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Guenther Schlee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
83
3,736
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Christoph Brumann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
33
2,527
Social/cultural anthropology
Japanese studies
heritage studies
urban studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Patrick Heady
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
27
881
Kinship and Community: Practical
Cognitive and Institutional Aspects.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Han F. Vermeulen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
21
1,184
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bertram Turner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
25
802
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jacqueline Knörr
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
16
709
Creolization
Decreolization
Nationalism
Migration
Identity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Annika Lems
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
808
existential anthropology
migration
place
displacement
im/mobility
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Marek Mikuš
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
15
537
economic anthropology
Eastern Europe
household debt
financialization
political anthropology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Hadas Weiss
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
14
751
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Tabea Scharrer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
375
Africa
Migration
Anthropology
Islam
Inequality

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Kristóf Szombati
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
479
Illiberalism
right-wing movements
political economy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jennifer R Cash
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
285
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jing Jing Liu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
671
Africa-China
Nigerian diaspora
money
markets
migration
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Julia Vorhölter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
247
medical anthropology
psychology
African studies
Uganda
sleep studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Katia Bianchini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
192
Statelessness
refugee law
immigration law
human rights
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mahmoud Jaraba
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
199
Clan Crimes
Islamic Law
Political Islam
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mario Schmidt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
4
152
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Shauna Latosky
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
213
East Africa
Ethiopia
Mun (Mursi)
traditional knowledge
pastoralism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Wanjing (Kelly) Chen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
118
Economic Geography
Low and High End Globalization
Global China
Southeast Asia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Felix-Anselm Van Lier
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
150
Public Law
constitution making
Public sector contracting
relational contracting
machine learning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Aida Aaly Alymbaeva
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
68
Decoloniality of knowledge
ethnicity and nationalism
food and ethnicity
ex-Soviet space
Central Asia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Jovan Maud
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
52
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Hanna Nieber
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
46
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Sascha Roth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
0
22
Postsocialism
housing
architecture
materiality
politics of representation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Petra Burai
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
28
public participation
lobbying
transparency
whistleblowing
legal anthropology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Sajjad Safaei
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
14
Punishment
Middle East
Iran
Geopolitics
Non-proliferation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Floramante Sj Ponce
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
13
Laos
Hydropower Development and Resettlement
Belt and Road Initiative
Social Anthropology
Southeast Asia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Sreya Dutta Chowdhury
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
12
Medical Anthropology
Databases
Data work
Digitalization
Spatialization
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Romm Lewkowicz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
14
anthropology
migration
biometrics
europe
bureaucracy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Zahir Musa Abdal-Kareem
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
4
Social Anthropology
Group Identification
Legal Anthropology
Social Theory
Cultural Studies