Top 100 Scientists

World Art & Humanities 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: 1
Steve Weiner
Biomineralization
microarchaeology
archaeological scienc
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
133
380
80,759
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Luciano Floridi
AI Ethics
Digital Ethics
Information Ethics
Philosophy of Information
Philosophy of Technolog
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
122
354
69,000
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Dan Jurafsky
Natural Language Processing
Speech Recognition
Computational Linguistics
Linguistics
Computational Social Science
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
121
322
88,765
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Susan Goldin Meadow
language creation and development
using gesture to communicate
think
and learn
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
120
314
52,899
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Rod Ellis
second language acquisition
task-based language teachin
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
117
267
143,509
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
George Lakoff
Linguistics
Cognitive Science
Politics
Law
Psychology
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
115
354
280,519
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ken Hyland
Applied linguistics
Academic discourse
EAP
discourse analysis
English for Specific
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
113
250
96,232
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Stringer C
palaeontology anthropology archaeology quaternary pleistocene
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
109
307
39,635
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Barry Smith
applied ontology
biomedical informatics
metaphysics
ontology
philosophy
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
106
425
52,474
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
James Paul Gee
linguistics
literacy
learning
and video game
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
104
280
147,244
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
José Antonio López Sáez
Palynology
Holocene
Climate change
Cultural change
Neolithic
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
103
404
30,205
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Harald Baayen
linguistics
statistics
morphology
cognitive models of language processing
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
102
283
58,660
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Philip Pettit
Moral Philosophy
Social Philosophy
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Metaphysics
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
102
320
49,733
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Michael Arbib
Computational Neuroscience
Neurolinguistics
Neuroinformatics
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
101
423
56,255
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
Language acquisition
play
spatial learning
media
early education
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
100
289
39,811
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Christopher Bronk Ramsey
Radiocarbon
Geochronology
Bayesian statistics
Archaeology
Quaternary Science
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
100
382
90,044
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jean-Marc Dewaele
Applied linguistics
second language acquisition
multilingualism
emotion
personality
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
99
276
37,396
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Dorian Q Fuller
archaeology
archaeobotany
botany
domestication
anthropocene
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
98
313
34,671
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Steve Weiner
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
133
380
80,759
Biomineralization
microarchaeology
archaeological scienc
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Luciano Floridi
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
122
354
69,000
AI Ethics
Digital Ethics
Information Ethics
Philosophy of Information
Philosophy of Technolog
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Dan Jurafsky
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
121
322
88,765
Natural Language Processing
Speech Recognition
Computational Linguistics
Linguistics
Computational Social Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Susan Goldin Meadow
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
120
314
52,899
language creation and development
using gesture to communicate
think
and learn
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Rod Ellis
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
117
267
143,509
second language acquisition
task-based language teachin
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
George Lakoff
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
115
354
280,519
Linguistics
Cognitive Science
Politics
Law
Psychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ken Hyland
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
113
250
96,232
Applied linguistics
Academic discourse
EAP
discourse analysis
English for Specific
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Neal Krause
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
113
357
39,726
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Johannes Krause
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
111
231
55,103
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
David K Lewis
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
111
354
122,959
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Stringer C
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
109
307
39,635
palaeontology anthropology archaeology quaternary pleistocene
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Barry Smith
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
106
425
52,474
applied ontology
biomedical informatics
metaphysics
ontology
philosophy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
James Paul Gee
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
104
280
147,244
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
José Antonio López Sáez
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
103
404
30,205
Palynology
Holocene
Climate change
Cultural change
Neolithic
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Harald Baayen
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
102
283
58,660
linguistics
statistics
morphology
cognitive models of language processing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Philip Pettit
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
102
320
49,733
Moral Philosophy
Social Philosophy
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Metaphysics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Nestor Garcia Canclini
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
101
460
94,031
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Michael Arbib
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
101
423
56,255
Computational Neuroscience
Neurolinguistics
Neuroinformatics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
100
289
39,811
Language acquisition
play
spatial learning
media
early education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Christopher Bronk Ramsey
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
100
382
90,044
Radiocarbon
Geochronology
Bayesian statistics
Archaeology
Quaternary Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jean-Marc Dewaele
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
99
276
37,396
Applied linguistics
second language acquisition
multilingualism
emotion
personality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kenneth Anderson
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
99
347
48,085
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Martin John Whitehouse
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
99
473
42,929
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Dorian Q Fuller
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
98
313
34,671
archaeology
archaeobotany
botany
domestication
anthropocene
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Rebecca Treiman
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
98
221
32,672