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” (1,120,277 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 interplay
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
179
746
168,227
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Michael S Diamond
Virology
Immunology
Infectious Diseases
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
174
592
107,129
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Robert Schreiber
Tumor Immunology
Cancer Immunotherapy
Interferon-gamma
Cytokine Receptor Signaling
Cytokine Biology
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
145
318
135,264
* 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
biomechanics
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
141
421
66,770
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Randall V Martin
atmospheric chemistry
aerosols
satellite remote sensing
atmospheric modeling
environment
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
135
399
105,659
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Steve Petersen
Cognitive Neuroscience
Attention
Memory
Reading
Large scale brain organization
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
135
253
132,513
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Douglas L Mann
heart failure
innate immunity
inflammation
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
122
390
74,706
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Richard L Wahl
Nuclear Medicine
Radiopharmaceutical Therapy
PET
Molecular Imaging
Cancer Imaging
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
119
462
58,081
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Richard D Vierstra
plants
ubiquitin
autophagy
photomorphogenesis
phytochrome
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
114
251
57,430
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
David Ornitz
mouse models of human disease
fibroblast growth factors
FGF
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
113
237
56,675
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Graham Colditz
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
316
1,354
398,847
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Marcus E Raichle
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
188
464
200,944
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Andrew C Heath
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
179
746
168,227
Alcoholism/addiction
obesity/eating disorders
psychiatric co morbidity
psychiatric epidemiology & genetics
G-E interplay
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Marco Colonna
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
176
504
121,709
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Michael S Diamond
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
174
592
107,129
Virology
Immunology
Infectious Diseases
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Abraham Z Snyder
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
150
310
140,868
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Claude Robert Cloninger
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
147
504
118,484
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Robert Schreiber
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
145
318
135,264
Tumor Immunology
Cancer Immunotherapy
Interferon-gamma
Cytokine Receptor Signaling
Cytokine Biology
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
141
421
66,770
regeneration
mechanobiology
cartilage
osteoarthritis
biomechanics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Herbert W Virgin|Herbert W. Virgin IV
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
139
284
83,907
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
David C Van Essen
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
139
271
123,873
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Randall V Martin
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
135
399
105,659
atmospheric chemistry
aerosols
satellite remote sensing
atmospheric modeling
environment
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Steve Petersen
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
135
253
132,513
Cognitive Neuroscience
Attention
Memory
Reading
Large scale brain organization
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Henry L Roediger
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
128
339
80,025
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jeffrey Milbrandt
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
128
288
52,087
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
David T Curiel
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
128
675
64,277
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
L David Sibley
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
124
282
45,760
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Douglas L Mann
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
122
390
74,706
heart failure
innate immunity
inflammation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
John Heuser
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
122
249
61,533
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Richard L Wahl
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
119
462
58,081
Nuclear Medicine
Radiopharmaceutical Therapy
PET
Molecular Imaging
Cancer Imaging
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Richard D Vierstra
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
114
251
57,430
plants
ubiquitin
autophagy
photomorphogenesis
phytochrome
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
David Ornitz
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
113
237
56,675
mouse models of human disease
fibroblast growth factors
FGF
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Laura Bierut
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
111
392
49,648
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
TJ Ley
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
111
246
71,603