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
51
Paul Berg
Paul Berg
Chemist (Biochemist)
United States 2 559 561
52
Bert_Sakmann
Bert Sakmann
Biologist (Function of single ion channels in cells)
Germany 1 559 560
53
Richard_Axel
Richard Axel
Biologist (Neuroscience)
United States 0 551 551
54
Roger Kornberg
Roger D. Kornberg
Chemist (Biochemist)
5 541 546
55
Thomas R. Cech
Thomas R. Cech
Chemist (Chemist)
United States 1 520 521
56
Edmond_Fischer
Edmond H. Fischer
Chemist (phosphorylation works as a switch to activate proteins and regulate various cellular processes)
SwitzerlandUnited States 1 516 517
57
Dame Jane Goodall
Dame Jane Goodall
Biologist (Primatologist, Ethologist, Anthropologist)
United Kingdom 2 514 516
58
Hartmut Michel
Hartmut Michel
Chemist (Biochemist)
Germany 2 509 511
59
Pople
John Pople
Chemist (computational chemistry)
EnglandUnited States 0 511 511
60
Dr Elizabeth Blackburn
Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn
Biologist (Molecular Biologist)
Australia 7 502 509