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: 3
Chris Burba
Physical Chemistry
Ionic Liquids
Confined Systems
Vibrational Spectroscopy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
29
1,555
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mark Paulissen
Behavior and eclogy of lizards
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
30
976
Jerrid P. Freeman
leadership
strategic planning
higher education
underserved students
retention
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
434

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Mitch Ricketts
narrative communication
stories
anecdotes
health communication
occupational safety
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
6
221
David K. Scott
Media Studies
Rhetorical Theory
Journalism
Political Communication
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
341
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Naixue Xiong Neal N Xiong Nai Xue Xiong
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
87
319
20,112
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sung Kun Sean Kim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
73
494
22,662
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Chris Burba
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
29
1,555
Physical Chemistry
Ionic Liquids
Confined Systems
Vibrational Spectroscopy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mark Paulissen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
30
976
Behavior and eclogy of lizards
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Halil Dincer Kaya
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
16
567
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Lori T Peterson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
741
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nicole V. Lasky
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
317
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Fritz Laux
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
1,223
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jerrid P. Freeman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
434
leadership
strategic planning
higher education
underserved students
retention

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Moosong Kim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
392
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Renée L. Cambiano
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
368
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mitch Ricketts
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
221
narrative communication
stories
anecdotes
health communication
occupational safety
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
David K. Scott
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
341
Media Studies
Rhetorical Theory
Journalism
Political Communication
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Deborah Petrik
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
236
Plant cell wall biosynthesis and modification
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nathaniel Scott Green
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
214
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
образование
высшая школа
инклюзия
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
образование
педагогика