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” (1,121,241 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: 3
Andrew C Heath
Alcoholism/addiction
obesity/eating disorders
psychiatric co morbidity
psychiatric epidemiology & genetics
G-E interpla
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
180
747
170,250
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Michael S Diamond
Virology
Immunology
Infectious Disease
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
176
603
109,147
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Robert Schreiber
Tumor Immunology
Cancer Immunotherapy
Interferon-gamma
Cytokine Receptor Signaling
Cytokine Biolog
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
145
319
136,475
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Deanna M Barch
Schizophrenia
Depression
Cognitve and Affective Neuroscienc
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
143
568
110,320
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Farshid Guilak
regeneration
mechanobiology
cartilage
osteoarthritis
biomechanic
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
142
423
67,440
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Randall V Martin
atmospheric chemistry
aerosols
satellite remote sensing
atmospheric modeling
environmen
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
135
402
108,062
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Steve Petersen
Cognitive Neuroscience
Attention
Memory
Reading
Large scale brain organizatio
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
135
254
134,163
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Douglas L Mann
heart failure
innate immunity
inflammatio
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
123
392
75,569
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Richard L Wahl
Nuclear Medicine
Radiopharmaceutical Therapy
PET
Molecular Imaging
Cancer Imagin
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
119
462
58,386
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Richard D Vierstra
plants
ubiquitin
autophagy
photomorphogenesis
phytochrom
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
115
255
59,790
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
David Ornitz
mouse models of human disease
fibroblast growth factors
FG
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
113
237
57,124
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Graham Colditz
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
317
1,359
401,442
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Marcus E Raichle
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
188
465
202,794
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Andrew C Heath
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
180
747
170,250
Alcoholism/addiction
obesity/eating disorders
psychiatric co morbidity
psychiatric epidemiology & genetics
G-E interpla
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Marco Colonna
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
179
506
124,136
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Michael S Diamond
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
176
603
109,147
Virology
Immunology
Infectious Disease
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Abraham Z Snyder
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
150
311
142,576
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Claude Robert Cloninger
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
147
507
119,632
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Robert Schreiber
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
145
319
136,475
Tumor Immunology
Cancer Immunotherapy
Interferon-gamma
Cytokine Receptor Signaling
Cytokine Biolog
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Deanna M Barch
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
143
568
110,320
Schizophrenia
Depression
Cognitve and Affective Neuroscienc
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Farshid Guilak
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
142
423
67,440
regeneration
mechanobiology
cartilage
osteoarthritis
biomechanic
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Herbert W Virgin|Herbert W. Virgin IV
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
139
286
84,869
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
David C Van Essen
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
139
271
125,545
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Randall V Martin
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
135
402
108,062
atmospheric chemistry
aerosols
satellite remote sensing
atmospheric modeling
environmen
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Steve Petersen
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
135
254
134,163
Cognitive Neuroscience
Attention
Memory
Reading
Large scale brain organizatio
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Henry L Roediger
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
129
339
80,795
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jeffrey Milbrandt
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
128
288
52,545
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
David T Curiel
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
128
679
64,717
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
L David Sibley
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
124
283
46,149
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Douglas L Mann
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
123
392
75,569
heart failure
innate immunity
inflammatio
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
John Heuser
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
123
249
61,880
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Richard L Wahl
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
119
462
58,386
Nuclear Medicine
Radiopharmaceutical Therapy
PET
Molecular Imaging
Cancer Imagin
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Richard D Vierstra
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
115
255
59,790
plants
ubiquitin
autophagy
photomorphogenesis
phytochrom
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Laura Bierut
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
113
394
50,371
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
David Ornitz
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
113
237
57,124
mouse models of human disease
fibroblast growth factors
FG
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
TJ Ley
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
112
246
77,449