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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 |
Robert G. Edwards
 (Physiologist) |
United Kingdom | 1 | 505 | 506 |
| 62 |
Stephen Hawking
 (Theoretical Physicist, Cosmologist) |
United Kingdom | 5 | 494 | 499 |
| 63 |
Frederick Sanger
 (structure of proteins, especially that of insulin) |
United Kingdom | 2 | 477 | 479 |
| 64 |
Ryoji Noyori
(Chemist) |
Japan | 1 | 469 | 470 |
| 65 |
Kurt Wuthrich
(Chemist) |
Switzerland | 0 | 456 | 456 |
| 66 |
Peter Agre
(Chemist) |
United States | 0 | 452 | 452 |
| 67 |
Robert F Curl Jr
(Physical Chemist) |
United States | 0 | 443 | 443 |
| 68 |
Sidney Altman
(Molecular Biologist) |
CanadaUnited Arab Emirates | 0 | 426 | 426 |
| 69 |
Kenneth R. Seddon
(Ionic liquids) |
60 | 364 | 424 | |
| 70 |
John Bennett Fenn
(Mass Spectrometry) |
United States | 0 | 420 | 420 |