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 rankings in world, region, country, and university are in Beta version and are subject to real-time updates, since the subject field “Others” (1,121,279 scientists profile whose branch cannot be determined, not yet edited or determined) is excluded. These rankings will dynamically evolve in real time as the “Others” profiles are revised and classified. Please note that. Subjects indicated as “ * others ” will not be included in the ranking by regions and subjects.

* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Michael T Montgomery
Dynamic Meteorology
Tropical Cyclone Dynamics
Typhoon
Hurricanes
Geophysical Fluid Dynamic
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
75
179
18,371
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Isaac Kaminer
cooperative control
mission planning
navigation
energy harvesting fligh
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
40
117
5,957
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
W Matthew Carlyle
network optimization
integer programming
large-scale optimization
infrastructure resilience
naval logistic
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
39
58
6,099
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Francis Xavier Giraldo
Galerkin methods
time integration
geophysical fluid dynamics
scientific computin
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
37
62
4,203
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Susan M Sanchez
Design and analysis of simulation experiments
data intensive statistics
military operations researc
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
37
63
4,726
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Moshe Kress
Military Operations Research
combat modeling
military logistic
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
66
5,326
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mohammed M Hafez
Islamism
Political Islam
Radicalization
Jihadism
Civil Conflic
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
41
5,312
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ying Zhao
data sciences
collobrative learning agents
machine learning
artificial intelligence
quantum Intelligenc
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
86
3,947
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Oleg Godin
Acoustics
Physical Oceanography
Wave Propagation Theor
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
96
4,906
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Pante Stanica
Discrete Mathematics
Number theory
Cryptography
Boolean function
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
94
4,237
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Michael T Montgomery
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
75
179
18,371
Dynamic Meteorology
Tropical Cyclone Dynamics
Typhoon
Hurricanes
Geophysical Fluid Dynamic
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Dorothy Denning
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
53
112
27,812
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
John Arquilla
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
44
116
20,216
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jamie Macmahan
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
43
87
5,600
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
B Neta|Beny Neta
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
43
111
6,148
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jonathan Phillips
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
42
133
6,995
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Isaac Kaminer
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
117
5,957
cooperative control
mission planning
navigation
energy harvesting fligh
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gerald G Brown
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
73
8,315
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
W Matthew Carlyle
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
58
6,099
network optimization
integer programming
large-scale optimization
infrastructure resilience
naval logistic
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Terry R Mcnelley
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
89
8,844
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gamani Karunasiri
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
89
4,792
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Francis Xavier Giraldo
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
62
4,203
Galerkin methods
time integration
geophysical fluid dynamics
scientific computin
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Thomas Charles Bruneau
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
80
5,344
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Susan M Sanchez
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
63
4,726
Design and analysis of simulation experiments
data intensive statistics
military operations researc
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Moshe Kress
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
66
5,326
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Frank Barrett
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
58
9,609
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
John Colosi
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
67
3,578
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Brij Agrawal
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
83
4,160
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mohammed M Hafez
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
41
5,312
Islamism
Political Islam
Radicalization
Jihadism
Civil Conflic
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ying Zhao
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
86
3,947
data sciences
collobrative learning agents
machine learning
artificial intelligence
quantum Intelligenc
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Oleg Godin
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
96
4,906
Acoustics
Physical Oceanography
Wave Propagation Theor
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ibrahim Emre Gunduz
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
66
2,901
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Pante Stanica
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
94
4,237
Discrete Mathematics
Number theory
Cryptography
Boolean function
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
David Alderson
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
42
5,000
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Lucas C Wilcox
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
37
4,779