The World’s greatest scientists

Find the world’s greatest living scientists in our Superstars of Science league table below.  All scientists are awarded a score based on their academic achievements as well as their popularity.

You can browse the scientists listed below in order of their overall scores, or you can search for scientists that you’re specifically interested in using the box below to search by name, institution, discipline, country and keyword.

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# Scientist Country Public Score Academic Score Overall Score
21
Christiane_Volhard
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Biologist (Genetic control of embryonic development)
Germany 1 868 869
22
Richard_Roberts
Richard J. Roberts
Biologist (Introns in eukaryotic DNA and the mechanism of gene-splicing)
United Kingdom 2 865 867
23
Rolf_Zinkernagel
Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Biologist (Immunology)
Switzerland 2 864 866
24
Stanley_Prusiner
Stanley B. Prusiner
Chemist (Neurologist and Biochemist)
United States 2 862 864
25
Zhong Lin Wang
Dr. Zhong Lin Wang
Physicist (Materials Scientist)
United States 4 830 834
26
Dudley R. Herschbach
United States 0 802 802
27
Sydney_Brenner
Sydney Brenner
Biologist (Genetic code and areas of molecular biology)
South Africa 0 774 774
28
George Smoot
George F. Smoot
Physicist (Astrophysicist, Cosmologist)
United States 1 742 743
29
Günter_Blobel
Günter Blobel
Biologist (Signal Peptides, Protein Targeting)
GermanyUnited States 1 731 732
30
John Hall
John L Hall
Physicist (Optical Physicist)
United States 0 714 714