ScholarX
Ranking

The definitive ranking system for global scholars based on citation count, h-index, research output, and academic achievements. Discover the world's leading researchers and their groundbreaking contributions.

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Ranking Metrics

Our comprehensive ranking system evaluates scholars based on multiple rigorous academic metrics to provide the most accurate and fair assessment

Primary Academic Metrics

Citation Count

Total number of times a scholar's research has been cited by other researchers worldwide.

Google Scholar Scopus Web of Science

h-Index

Measures both productivity and impact. A scholar with h-index of 40 has 40 papers each cited at least 40 times.

Balanced measure of quality and quantity

i10-Index

Number of publications cited at least 10 times. Indicates consistent research impact.

Google Scholar Exclusive

Research Output

Total number of peer-reviewed papers published in reputable journals and conferences.

Measures scholarly productivity

Advanced Impact Metrics

Field-Weighted Impact (FWCI)

Adjusts citation count relative to the average in a scholar's field, providing fair comparison across disciplines.

Normalized for field differences

Awards & Recognition

Prestigious awards including Nobel Prizes, Fields Medals, IEEE Fellowships, ACM Fellowships.

Nobel Prize IEEE Fellow ACM Fellow

Institutional Prestige

Prestige of affiliated universities, research labs, and international collaboration networks.

Global collaboration factor

Altmetrics

Alternative metrics including media coverage, downloads, patents, policy impact, and social media presence.

Media Coverage Patents Policy Impact

Trusted Data Sources

Google Scholar
Citations & Profiles
Scopus
Research Database
Web of Science
Citation Index
Research.com
Ranking Lists
Clarivate HCR
Highly Cited

Global Rankings

Discover the world's top scholars ranked by comprehensive academic metrics across all research fields

1

Dr. Geoffrey Hinton

University of Toronto • Deep Learning Pioneer

Father of Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Backpropagation Algorithm

Computer Science AI Research
284,567
Citations
189
h-Index
456
i10-Index
523
Papers
Turing Award Winner
2

Dr. Yann LeCun

NYU & Meta AI • CNN Pioneer

Convolutional Neural Networks, Computer Vision, Self-Supervised Learning

Computer Science Machine Learning
198,432
Citations
156
h-Index
389
i10-Index
445
Papers
Turing Award Winner
3

Dr. Yoshua Bengio

University of Montreal • AI Researcher

Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Generative Models, AI Safety

Computer Science AI Ethics
186,923
Citations
142
h-Index
367
i10-Index
412
Papers
Turing Award Winner
4

Dr. Andrew Ng

Stanford • AI Education

158K cites h-134
5

Dr. Fei-Fei Li

Stanford • Computer Vision

145K cites h-128
6

Dr. Ian Goodfellow

Apple • GAN Inventor

132K cites h-89
7

Dr. Demis Hassabis

DeepMind • AlphaGo

128K cites h-95

Country-wise Rankings

Explore top scholars from leading research nations and their contributions to global scientific advancement

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United States

142,567
Top Scholars
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China

89,234
Top Scholars
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United Kingdom

34,567
Top Scholars
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Germany

28,945
Top Scholars

🇺🇸 United States - Top Scholars

1

Dr. Geoffrey Hinton

University of Toronto

Computer Science • Deep Learning

Turing Award AI Pioneer
284K
Citations
189
h-Index
456
i10
523
Papers
2

Dr. Andrew Ng

Stanford University

Computer Science • AI Education

Coursera Co-founder Machine Learning
158K
Citations
134
h-Index
298
i10
356
Papers
3

Dr. Fei-Fei Li

Stanford University

Computer Science • Computer Vision

ImageNet Creator AI4ALL
145K
Citations
128
h-Index
267
i10
298
Papers
4
Dr. Yann LeCun

NYU • Meta AI

198K cites
h-156
5
Dr. Ian Goodfellow

Apple • GAN Pioneer

132K cites
h-89
6
Dr. Sebastian Thrun

Stanford • Udacity

124K cites
h-112
7
Dr. Peter Norvig

Google • AI Researcher

118K cites
h-98

Top Countries by Research Impact

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USA
#1 in Citations
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China
#1 in Publications
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UK
#1 in h-Index Avg
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Germany
#1 in Engineering
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Bangladesh
Rising Star

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Advanced search and analytics tools to explore scholar profiles, research trends, and academic networks

Advanced Scholar Search

Trending Research Areas

Artificial Intelligence
85%
Climate Science
68%
Quantum Computing
58%
Biotechnology
52%

Top Research Institutions

1
Harvard University
12,456 scholars
2
Stanford University
11,892 scholars
3
MIT
9,567 scholars
4
Oxford University
8,234 scholars
5
Cambridge University
7,891 scholars

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