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" (873,937 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
Xiaoming Wang
vertebrate paleontology
evolution
systematics
phylogeny
stratigraphy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
45
106
7,611
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Brian V. Brown
Systematics of phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae)
tropical Diptera
inventory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
40
116
7,283
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Nathan D. Smith
Paleontology
Phylogenetic Systematics
Evolutionary Morphology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
37
3,925
Vijay Barve
Biodiversity Informatics
Citizen Science
Community Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
30
4,310
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Gregory Pauly
reptiles
amphibians
introduced species
systematics
conservation biology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
32
2,196
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
N. Dean Pentcheff
biomechanics
digital taxonomy
biodiversity
genetic barcoding
environmental DNA
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
20
2,430
Keegan Melstrom
Vertebrate Paleontology
Paleobiology
Mass Extinctions
Dental Morphology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
308
Todd R Clardy
Fish anatomy and systematics
ichthyoplankton
zooplankton
taxonomy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
161
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Luis M. Chiappe
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
74
204
16,622
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Xiaoming Wang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
106
7,611
vertebrate paleontology
evolution
systematics
phylogeny
stratigraphy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Brian V. Brown
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
116
7,283
Systematics of phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae)
tropical Diptera
inventory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Gordon Hendler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
54
4,300
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Anthony R. Kampf
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
192
6,018
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
James Hamilton Mclean
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
54
5,035
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Christine Thacker
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
44
2,651
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nathan D. Smith
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
37
3,925
Paleontology
Phylogenetic Systematics
Evolutionary Morphology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Vijay Barve
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
30
4,310
Biodiversity Informatics
Citizen Science
Community Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Austin Hendy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
37
2,301
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gregory Pauly
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
32
2,196
reptiles
amphibians
introduced species
systematics
conservation biology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jorge Velez-Juarbe
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
40
1,588
Vertebrate Paleontology
Systematics
Paleobiology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Allison J. Shultz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
26
1,389
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Aaron Celestian
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
27
1,278
EnviroMineralogy
AstroGeoBioMineralogy
PharmaMineralogy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
N. Dean Pentcheff
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
20
2,430
biomechanics
digital taxonomy
biodiversity
genetic barcoding
environmental DNA
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kimball Garrett
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
21
1,525
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Matt Davis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
20
1,752
Evolution
Ecology
Macroecology
Paleontology
Conservation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
William B Ludt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
17
899
reef fish
speciation
evolution
phylogeography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Alyssa Bell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
15
639
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Anthony Kampf
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
1,474
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Keegan Melstrom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
308
Vertebrate Paleontology
Paleobiology
Mass Extinctions
Dental Morphology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Todd R Clardy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
161
Fish anatomy and systematics
ichthyoplankton
zooplankton
taxonomy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Jessie Salter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
134
ornithology
evolution
phylogenetics
genomics
museums
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Richard Feeney
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
4
271
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Austin J Baker
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
132
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Marlyn Musicant
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
7
Material Culture
Decorative Arts
Architecture
Museum Studies