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” (1,121,250 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: 4
Ralph Hruban
Pancreatic cancer
pancreas cancer
patholog
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
236
1,041
256,024
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Josef Coresh
Aging
vascular disease
dementia
kidney disease
epidemiolog
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
208
996
366,384
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Steven Salzberg
Computational Biology
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Metagenomics
Biomedical Data Scienc
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
167
347
381,729
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Robert E. Slavin
psychology
educational and academic issue
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
154
473
126,601
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rama Chellappa
Image Analysis
artificial intelligence
biometrics
Computer Vision
Biomedical Data Scienc
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
149
762
105,531
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Alan Yuille
Computer Vision
Computational Models of Mind and Brain
Machine Learnin
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
146
542
131,451
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Peter Burger
Neuropathology
Neuro Oncology
Pathology
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
145
510
94,072
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Albert W Wu
patient safety
quality of life
comparative effectiveness
HIV
second victi
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
135
480
79,657
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Eliseo Guallar
Cardiovascular epidemiology
Environmental epidemiology
Nutritional epidemiology
Epidemiolog
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
129
463
62,039
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
AS Szalay
Astrophysics
astronomy
cosmology
computer science
statistic
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
124
326
118,996
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Thomas Hartung
Toxicology
Pharmacology
Immunology
Infectious Diseas
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
121
522
52,404
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Bert Vogelstein
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
296
794
521,948
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Andrei Gritsan
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
265
1,736
413,366
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kenneth Kinzler
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
255
604
369,024
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ralph Hruban
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
236
1,041
256,024
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Stephen B. Baylin
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
212
574
269,593
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Josef Coresh
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
208
996
366,384
Aging
vascular disease
dementia
kidney disease
epidemiolog
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gregg L Semenza
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
203
433
210,545
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Robert Black
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
202
846
195,289
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Andrew Pardoll
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
180
481
197,838
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Timothy Heckman
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
172
571
147,721
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Steven Salzberg
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
167
347
381,729
Computational Biology
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Metagenomics
Biomedical Data Scienc
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Robert E. Slavin
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
154
473
126,601
psychology
educational and academic issue
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rama Chellappa
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
149
762
105,531
Image Analysis
artificial intelligence
biometrics
Computer Vision
Biomedical Data Scienc
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Alan Yuille
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
146
542
131,451
Computer Vision
Computational Models of Mind and Brain
Machine Learnin
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Peter Burger
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
145
510
94,072
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
David Thomas
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
139
765
101,238
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Albert W Wu
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
135
480
79,657
patient safety
quality of life
comparative effectiveness
HIV
second victi
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
William Eaton
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
131
350
66,183
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Eliseo Guallar
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
129
463
62,039
Cardiovascular epidemiology
Environmental epidemiology
Nutritional epidemiology
Epidemiolog
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Andrew P Feinberg
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
129
266
118,673
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Adam Riess
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
126
306
127,944
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
AS Szalay
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
124
326
118,996
Astrophysics
astronomy
cosmology
computer science
statistic
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Thomas Hartung
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
121
522
52,404
Toxicology
Pharmacology
Immunology
Infectious Diseas
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Elizabeth Selvin
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
120
500
151,951