Top 100 Scientists

World Social Sciences Top 100 Scientists 2024

The ranking of “Top 100” scientists is based on total h-index scores. Top 100 scientists can be ranked globally or specific to the following regions including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Oceania, Arab League, EECA, BRICS, and COMESA 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, and Social Sciences. According to Total H. BETA VERSION. Subject field ranking in world, region, country and university is beta version since subject field "others" (991,861 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. 

Richard M Ryan
Self-Determination Theory
psychology
intrinsic motivation
education
organizational behavior
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
228
449
612,030
Terrie E Moffitt
developmental psychopathology
intelligence
crime
aging
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
222
550
232,194
Michael Tomasello
developmental psychology
evolutionary anthropology
cognitive science
evolutionary psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
216
775
214,955
Ian Deary
Intelligence
Cognitive Aging
Personality
Psychometrics
Psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
215
1,453
182,924
Ed Diener
Psychology
Social psychology
Personality psychology
Positive Psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
201
478
360,207
Eduardo Salas
organizational psychology
team training
safety culture
human factors
teamwork
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
186
676
137,636
Martin Seligman
Positive Psychology
Learned Helplessness
Prospection
Depression
Optimism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
185
564
311,040
Alan Baddeley
Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Memory
Working memory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
177
545
233,448
Jay Belsky
Child Development
Differential Susceptibility
Evolutionary Theory
Child Abuse
Day Care
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
165
466
117,202
Steven C Hayes
psychology
evolutionary psychology
cognitive science
behavior analysis
clinical psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
162
484
140,095
Richard E Petty
social psychology
attitudes
persuasion
social cognition
emotion
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
162
438
183,942
Colin Michael Hall
tourism
geography
sustainability
regional development
global environmental change
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
161
721
116,013
Gerhard Andersson
Clinical psychology
internet
tinnitus
mood and anxiety disorders
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
161
747
94,054
Henry A Giroux
higher education
youth studies
social theory
critical pedagogy
cultural studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
160
726
145,428
Alex `Sandy' Pentland|Alex Pentland, Sandy Pentland
Social Physics
Honest Signals
Computational Social Science
Network and Complexity Science
Wearable Computing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
156
706
153,707
Jonathan D Cohen
Cognitive Neuroscience
Cognitive Psychology
Computational Neuroscience
Cognitive Control
Prefrontal Cortex
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
155
541
187,556
Philip C Kendall
child and adolescent clinical psychology
treatment of anxiety disorders
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
155
587
89,481
Norbert Schwarz
social psychology
cognitive psychology
consumer research
decision making
survey methodology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
152
405
135,281
Jean Decety
Affective neuroscience
Developmental neuroscience
Social neuroscience
Cognitive neuroscience
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
148
347
91,967
Risto Näätänen
Mismatch negativity and its clinical applications
clinical electrophysiology
cognitive decline
auditory processing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
148
431
86,922
Jack M Fletcher
child neuropsychology
neurodevelopmental disorders
learning disabilities
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
147
491
87,026
Arthur Graesser
psychology
discourse
language
artificial intelligence
education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
142
593
89,722
Michael Hogg
psychology
social psychology
leadership
social identity
group processes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
141
342
124,355
Stefan G Hofmann
Clinical Psychology
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Anxiety Disorders
Social Anxiety
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
140
473
85,115
Boaventura De Sousa Santos
Sociologia
Epistemologia
Direitos Humanos
Estudos Pós-Coloniais
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
139
577
153,072
Robert Thomas Knight
Prefrontal Cortex
Electrocorticography
Electroencephalogram
Neural Decoding
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
139
488
81,059
Richard G Heimberg
anxiety
anxiety disorders
cognitive behavior therapy
social anxiety
dental anxiety
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
139
425
76,249
Eric Stice
eating disorders
obesity
depression
clinical psychology
psychiatry
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
138
329
78,453
Sheldon Cohen
psychology
social psychology
psychoneuroimmunology
health psychology
social support
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
138
318
195,536
Daniel Tranel
Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Neuropsychology
Cognitive Neurology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
138
410
95,944
Gerald R Ferris
Social Influence
Power and Politics
Reputation
and Political Skill
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
136
345
67,794
Dm Buss
evolutionary psychology
personality
social psychology
sexuality
sex differences
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
135
322
101,121
William Iacono
Developmental psychopathology
psychophysiology
behavior genetics
neuroscience
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
135
573
76,195
Steve Weiner
Biomineralization
microarchaeology
archaeological science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
132
376
77,788
Paul Gilbert
compassion
clinical psychology
evolution
self-compassion
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
131
358
73,331
Chris Frith
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
240
636
242,253
Robert Sternberg
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
237
1,268
246,792
Richard M Ryan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
228
449
612,030
Self-Determination Theory
psychology
intrinsic motivation
education
organizational behavior
Terrie E Moffitt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
222
550
232,194
developmental psychopathology
intelligence
crime
aging
Michael Tomasello
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
216
775
214,955
developmental psychology
evolutionary anthropology
cognitive science
evolutionary psychology
Robin M Murray
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
216
1,099
172,832
Ian Deary
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
215
1,453
182,924
Intelligence
Cognitive Aging
Personality
Psychometrics
Psychology
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