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" (870,053 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.

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jiapeng Wu
Nitrogen cycling in estuary and subterranean estuary
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
32
1,120
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sheng-Qi Zhou
Flow dynamics of thermohaline circulation
deep convection
double diffusive convection and hydrothermal plumes
Ocean mixing
F
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
32
4,346
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Qian Li
Ocean Biogeochemistry
Ecosystem Dynamics and Modeling
Regional Oceanography Under Global Change
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
37
2,216
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Kang Xu
Ocean-atmosphere interaction
ENSO dynamics
Large-scale ocean dynamics
Climate extremes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
23
864
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Ananna Rahman
Marine Geology
Palynological analysis
Sedimentology
Climate change
Petroleum Geology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
363
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Caicai Zha
mantle convection
melt migration
ridge segmentation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
11
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Guifen Wang (王桂芬)
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
110
1,031
60,073
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Chunzai Wang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
67
181
18,871
Ocean-atmosphere interaction
Climate variability
extreme events
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Changsheng Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
48
107
7,891
Marine natural product discovery
natural product biosynthesis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Xin Wang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
60
3,068
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Tianran Chen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
55
2,765
subtropical corals
coral ecology
geochemistry
climate change
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
He Fei
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
52
2,123

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Peng Xiu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
56
2,819
oceanography
ocean modeling
ocean biogeochemistry
carbon cycle
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Zhixin Ke
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
51
1,874
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jie Xu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
46
2,418
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Qiang Qiu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
28
1,789
Tectonic geodesy
Earthquake dynamics
Geodetic inversion
Tsunami modeling
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jiapeng Wu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
32
1,120
Nitrogen cycling in estuary and subterranean estuary
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Xufeng Zheng
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
26
1,127
Ocean circulation reconstruction
Antarctic climate
North Pacific climate
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sheng-Qi Zhou
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
32
4,346
Flow dynamics of thermohaline circulation
deep convection
double diffusive convection and hydrothermal plumes
Ocean mixing
F
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Qian Li
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
37
2,216
Ocean Biogeochemistry
Ecosystem Dynamics and Modeling
Regional Oceanography Under Global Change
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Wei Li
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
25
1,018
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Guowei Zhou
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
29
830
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Microbial food web
plankton size spectra
aluminum effects on ocean carbon cycle
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Kang Xu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
23
864
Ocean-atmosphere interaction
ENSO dynamics
Large-scale ocean dynamics
Climate extremes
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Joey Sun
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
23
675
海洋光学观测技术,深海技术
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Xiaoqing Chu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
23
1,462
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Jian Yang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
18
677
protein engineering
structural biology
enzymology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Lei Jiang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
18
452
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Liang Ma
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
16
784
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Xinming Lei
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
15
356
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Fan Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
1,459
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Chengyue Liu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
13
297
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Jiangyang Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
251
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Iman Arbi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
234
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Ananna Rahman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
363
Marine Geology
Palynological analysis
Sedimentology
Climate change
Petroleum Geology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Minyang Wang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
183
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Chenxi Yu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
185
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Bidhan Chandra De
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
525
Chemical Biology
Microbiology
Natural Product
Synthetic Biology
Biochemistry
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Bo Yang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
127
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Yu Hong
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
101
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Shuang Li
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
91
Sediment dynamics
Gravity flows
Cyclic steps
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Zhou Yong
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
73
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Song Jing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
32
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Tingting Zheng
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
19
Marine geology and geophysics
Marine Geohazards
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Pavani Vithana
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
15
Marine Acoustic
Marine Geophysics
Paleoceanography
Physical Oceanography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Caicai Zha
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
11
mantle convection
melt migration
ridge segmentation