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" (1,014,167 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
Nicole Boivin
Archaeology
Human evolution
Human impacts
Biodiversity change
Material culture
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
64
162
14,736
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Patrick Roberts
Palaeoecology
Archaeology
Land Use
Anthropocene
Historical Ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
39
95
4,948
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Denise Kühnert
Phylodynamics
Phylogenetics
Molecular epidemiology
Stochastic processes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
34
44
13,285
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Robert Spengler
Archaeology
Botany
Archaeobotany
Paleoethnobotany
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
53
4,300
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Thomas Larsen
Anthropogenic ecology
isotope ecology
amino acids
compound-specific isotope analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
50
2,959
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Mark James Hudson
Archaeology
Japanese studies
Environmental humanities
Archaeolinguistics
Alpine history
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
56
2,841
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Ricardo Fernandes
Complex systems
Big Historical Data
Causal and Bayesian modelling
Classical Archaeology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
43
3,250
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Noel Amano
Past human-animal interactions
paleoenvironment
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
31
1,354
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Elina Salmela
population genetics
archaeogenetics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
26
1,779
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Steven T. Goldstein
Archaeology
East African prehistory
lithics
food production
climate change
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
24
1,467
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Arthur Kocher
Disease ecology
Pathogen evolution
DNA metabarcoding
Ancient DNA
Bayesian inference
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
20
803
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Mathew Stewart
Zooarchaeology
ZooMS
Taphonomy
Arid Environments
Arabia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
18
878
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Yiming V. Wang
Compound specific isotopes
Paleoclimate & paleoecology
Biogeochemical cycling
Food web ecology
Climate-Environment-Human int
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
20
822
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Anne-Maria Fehn
historical linguistics
areal linguistics
Khoisan studies
multidisciplinary studies
human
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
17
604
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Susanna Sabin
genomics
population genomics
molecular biology
computational biology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
14
956
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Nicolas Bourgon
Archaeology
Paleoecology
Geochemistry
Stable isotope analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
14
544
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Shevan Wilkin
Proteomics
archaeology
bioarchaeology
ancient genetics/genomics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
12
1,003
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Andrea U. Kay
archaeology
human-environment interaction
Sub-Saharan Africa
land cover change
environmental
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
973
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Emma Finestone
Human Evolution
Paleoanthropology
Oldowan Behavior
Plio-Pleistocene Hominins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
295
Basira Mir-Makhamad
archaeobotany
archaeology
Silk Road
domestication
plant dispersal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
164
Lina Herbst
Mathematical Phylogenetics
Phylolinguistic
Mathematical Modeling
Stochastic Processes
Population Genetics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
101
Deepak Jha|Deepak Kumar Jha, D.K Jha
Lipid Biomarkers
Stable Isotopes
Quaternary Climate
Geoarchaeology
Human-Environment
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
162
Amy Hatton
computational archaeology
spatial statistics
landscape arcaheology
southern Africa
middle stone
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
106
Annika Tjuka
Language
Linguistics
Psycholinguistics
Semantic Typology
Cognition
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
58
Michael J Ziegler
Vertebrate Paleontology
Megafauna Extinctions
Sedimentology
Science Outreach & Education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
3
132
Bryan Cordova
Human Microbiome
Evolutionary Biology
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
3
76
Barbara Huber
archaeology of smell
oganic residue analysis
metabolomics
dispersal of natural resources
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
41
Manuel Jh Peters
Archaeology
remote sensing
conservation
materials science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
10
Joaquin Del Rio
geometric morphometrics
ear morphology
sound perception
hearing
mammalian evolution
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
11
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Johannes Krause
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
104
220
51,858
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Nicole Boivin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
64
162
14,736
Archaeology
Human evolution
Human impacts
Biodiversity change
Material culture
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Alexander Herbig
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
44
60
7,756
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Patrick Roberts
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
95
4,948
Palaeoecology
Archaeology
Land Use
Anthropocene
Historical Ecology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Stephan Schiffels
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
46
9,952
Population Genetics
Molecular Evolution
Bioinformatics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Denise Kühnert
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
44
13,285
Phylodynamics
Phylogenetics
Molecular epidemiology
Stochastic processes
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Eleanor Ml Scerri
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
48
3,548
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Robert Spengler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
53
4,300
Archaeology
Botany
Archaeobotany
Paleoethnobotany
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Thomas Larsen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
50
2,959
Anthropogenic ecology
isotope ecology
amino acids
compound-specific isotope analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
James Blinkhorn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
51
2,401
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Harald Hammarström
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
64
4,183
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mark James Hudson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
56
2,841
Archaeology
Japanese studies
Environmental humanities
Archaeolinguistics
Alpine history
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ricardo Fernandes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
43
3,250
Complex systems
Big Historical Data
Causal and Bayesian modelling
Classical Archaeology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Olivier Morin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
34
1,836
quantitative cultural history
cultural evolution
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Noel Amano
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
31
1,354
Past human-animal interactions
paleoenvironment
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Elina Salmela
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
26
1,779
population genetics
archaeogenetics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Steven T. Goldstein
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
24
1,467
Archaeology
East African prehistory
lithics
food production
climate change
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Arthur Kocher
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
20
803
Disease ecology
Pathogen evolution
DNA metabarcoding
Ancient DNA
Bayesian inference
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mathew Stewart
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
18
878
Zooarchaeology
ZooMS
Taphonomy
Arid Environments
Arabia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Yiming V. Wang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
20
822
Compound specific isotopes
Paleoclimate & paleoecology
Biogeochemical cycling
Food web ecology
Climate-Environment-Human int
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
bioinformatics
historical linguistics
computational linguistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Anne-Maria Fehn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
17
604
historical linguistics
areal linguistics
Khoisan studies
multidisciplinary studies
human
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Susanna Sabin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
956
genomics
population genomics
molecular biology
computational biology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Nicolas Bourgon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
544
Archaeology
Paleoecology
Geochemistry
Stable isotope analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Shevan Wilkin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
1,003
Proteomics
archaeology
bioarchaeology
ancient genetics/genomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Jennifer Miller
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
418
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Sean Hixon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
359
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Christoph Rzymski
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
637
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Andrea U. Kay
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
973
archaeology
human-environment interaction
Sub-Saharan Africa
land cover change
environmental
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Emma Finestone
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
295
Human Evolution
Paleoanthropology
Oldowan Behavior
Plio-Pleistocene Hominins
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Hiba Babiker
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
533
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
archaeology
digital cultural heritage preservation
Mesopotamia
Afghanistan
Mongolia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Basira Mir-Makhamad
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
164
archaeobotany
archaeology
Silk Road
domestication
plant dispersal
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Nils Vanwezer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
218
Palaeolithic
Human Evolution
Spatial Analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Lina Herbst
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
101
Mathematical Phylogenetics
Phylolinguistic
Mathematical Modeling
Stochastic Processes
Population Genetics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Phylogenetics
Phylodynamics
Evolutionary Biology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Lipid Biomarkers
Stable Isotopes
Quaternary Climate
Geoarchaeology
Human-Environment
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Carlo Cocozza
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
110
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Amy Hatton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
106
computational archaeology
spatial statistics
landscape arcaheology
southern Africa
middle stone
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Annika Tjuka
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
58
Language
Linguistics
Psycholinguistics
Semantic Typology
Cognition
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Michael J Ziegler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
132
Vertebrate Paleontology
Megafauna Extinctions
Sedimentology
Science Outreach & Education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Bryan Cordova
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
76
Human Microbiome
Evolutionary Biology
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Mary Lucas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
41
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Carli Peters
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
40
Archaeology
Zooarchaeology
ZooMS
Palaeoproteomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Barbara Huber
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
41
archaeology of smell
oganic residue analysis
metabolomics
dispersal of natural resources
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Manuel Jh Peters
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
10
Archaeology
remote sensing
conservation
materials science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Joaquin Del Rio
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
11
geometric morphometrics
ear morphology
sound perception
hearing
mammalian evolution
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55