Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Economics & Econometrics / Accounting & Finance Highly Cited Researchers 4.326 Scientists Citation in United States Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Finance
financial regulation
economic growth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,877
51,598
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Financial Development
Banking
Firm Access to Finance
Financial Inclusion ...
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,835
46,905
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Financial Econometrics
Asset Pricing
Time Series Econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,532
27,431
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Corporate Finance
Financial Institutions
Risk Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,126
31,208
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Corporate Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,923
37,994
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
finance
economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,568
29,172
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,752
25,265
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Finance
Economics
Asset Pricing
Corporate Finance
Behavioral Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,657
27,950
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,896
12,703
0.161
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,445
19,648
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
accounting earnings
earnings management
financial analysts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,934
21,522
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Accounting
Finance
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,927
14,615
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,671
22,346
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
international finance
international trade
China
economic development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,198
17,065
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Accounting
Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,871
18,166
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
social economics and finance
behavioral economics and finance
investments
corporate finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,650
20,545
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
finance
central banking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,565
11,727
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Machine Learning
Data Science
Big Data
Cloud Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,927
14,845
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Finance
Initial Public Offerings
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,489
12,668
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Financial accounting
finance
economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,608
16,382
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
financial history
economic history
German history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,009
14,098
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Corporate Finance and Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,862
14,408
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Venture Capital
Private Equity
Corporate Governance
Entrepreneurial Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,981
13,370
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
accounting
finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,349
12,071
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Behavioral Finance
Asset Pricing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,405
16,285
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
835
335
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ross Levine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,877
51,598
0.257
Finance
financial regulation
economic growth
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,730
775
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Asli Demirguc-Kunt
World Bank
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,835
46,905
0.340
Financial Development
Banking
Firm Access to Finance
Financial Inclusion ...
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,918
867
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tim Bollerslev
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,532
27,431
0.210
Financial Econometrics
Asset Pricing
Time Series Econometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,137
986
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
René Stulz
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,126
31,208
0.253
Corporate Finance
Financial Institutions
Risk Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,176
1,004
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Luigi Zingales
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,923
37,994
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,194
1,016
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Raghuram Rajan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,568
29,172
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,060
1,455
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sheridan Titman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,752
25,265
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,243
1,542
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Campbell R Harvey
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,657
27,950
0.280
Finance
Economics
Asset Pricing
Corporate Finance
Behavioral Finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,922
2,332
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Myron Scholes
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,896
12,703
0.161
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,410
2,558
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rajiv Banker
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,445
19,648
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,417
3,031
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Patricia M Dechow
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,934
21,522
0.322
accounting earnings
earnings management
financial analysts
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,418
3,032
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ross Watts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,927
14,615
0.218
Accounting
Finance
Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,623
3,115
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
John R Graham
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,671
22,346
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,708
3,168
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Shang Jin Wei
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,198
17,065
0.262
international finance
international trade
China
economic development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,120
3,369
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Richard Sloan
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,871
18,166
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,168
3,384
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
David Hirshleifer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,650
20,545
0.328
social economics and finance
behavioral economics and finance
investments
corporate finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,184
3,392
166
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Darrell Duffie
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,565
11,727
0.187
finance
central banking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,276
3,445
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Robert J Brunner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,927
14,845
0.240
Machine Learning
Data Science
Big Data
Cloud Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,761
3,686
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jay Ritter
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,489
12,668
0.213
Finance
Initial Public Offerings
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,197
3,907
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
SP Kothari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,608
16,382
0.284
Financial accounting
finance
economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,342
3,974
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Harold James
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,009
14,098
0.247
financial history
economic history
German history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,869
4,228
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Michael Weisbach
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,862
14,408
0.263
Corporate Finance and Governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,100
4,335
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Paul Gompers
Harvard Business School
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,981
13,370
0.248
Venture Capital
Private Equity
Corporate Governance
Entrepreneurial Finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,171
4,827
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ray Ball
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,349
12,071
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,457
4,966
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Brad Barber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,405
16,285
0.330
Behavioral Finance
Asset Pricing