Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Economics & Econometrics / Accounting & Finance Highly Cited Researchers 73 Scientists Citation 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
Corporate Finance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,923
37,994
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
finance
economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,568
29,172
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
accounting
finance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,349
12,071
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Finance
Accounting
Economics
International Accounting
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,693
16,256
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Accounting
Finance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,794
9,380
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
statistics
finance
economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,437
9,737
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Finance
Macroeconomics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,413
12,304
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Finance
Asset Pricing
Behavioral Finance
Macroeconomics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,804
9,602
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,822
3,052
0.162
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Finance
economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,296
7,100
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Accounting
Finance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,075
3,057
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Asset Pricing
Insurance
Econometrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,255
6,676
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Financial Econometrics
Statistics
Machine Learning
Financial Economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,967
6,533
0.820
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Financial Econometrics
Quantitative Finance
High Frequency Data
Interface between Finance and Statistics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,892
1,725
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Disclosure Regulation
Development
Corporate Social Responsibility
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,568
4,243
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
accounting information systems
electronic markets valuation of intangibles and technology
law and
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,182
3,481
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Corporate Governance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,722
1,387
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Financial Contracting
Quality of Accounting Information
Role of Accruals
Financial Accounting
Corporate Finance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,251
2,699
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Debt contracting
accounting standards
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,151
3,356
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,084
998
0.196
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
state and local public finance
local fiscal policy
science policy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,888
2,605
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Analysts
Capital Markets
Financial Accounting
valuation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,658
1,249
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Accounting Measurement
Marking to Market
Financial Institutions
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,038
1,511
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Finance
economics
history
organized crime
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,737
838
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Financial Accounting
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,540
2,143
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,176
1,004
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Luigi Zingales
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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: 2
Raghuram Rajan
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,568
29,172
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,171
4,827
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ray Ball
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,349
12,071
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,681
5,068
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Christian Leuz
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,693
16,256
0.334
Finance
Accounting
Economics
International Accounting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,082
8,875
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Douglas J Skinner
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,794
9,380
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,284
12,035
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gilbert Bassett
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,437
9,737
0.355
statistics
finance
economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,315
12,047
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Amir Sufi
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,413
12,304
0.449
Finance
Macroeconomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,046
18,490
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Stefan Nagel
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,804
9,602
0.485
Finance
Asset Pricing
Behavioral Finance
Macroeconomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,060
19,639
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mark Mitchell
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,822
3,052
0.162
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,567
21,863
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Pietro Veronesi
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,296
7,100
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,487
27,884
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Philip G Berger
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,075
3,057
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,687
38,963
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ralph Sj Koijen
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,255
6,676
0.651
Asset Pricing
Insurance
Econometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,841
49,873
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Dacheng Xiu (修大成)|Dacheng Xiu, Xiu, Dacheng
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,967
6,533
0.820
Financial Econometrics
Statistics
Machine Learning
Financial Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,218
50,317
207
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Lan Zhang
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,892
1,725
0.219
Financial Econometrics
Quantitative Finance
High Frequency Data
Interface between Finance and Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
137,371
52,303
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Hans B Christensen
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,568
4,243
0.561
Disclosure Regulation
Development
Corporate Social Responsibility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,218
54,837
234
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
J Christopher Westland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,182
3,481
0.485
accounting information systems
electronic markets valuation of intangibles and technology
law and
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183,165
66,735
304
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ellen Engel
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,722
1,387
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
199,164
71,574
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Valeri V Nikolaev
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,251
2,699
0.514
Financial Contracting
Quality of Accounting Information
Role of Accruals
Financial Accounting
Corporate Finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
202,931
72,738
343
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Peter Demerjian
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,151
3,356
0.652
Debt contracting
accounting standards
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
205,608
73,512
348
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Somnath Das
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,084
998
0.196
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213,462
75,849
366
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Yonghong Wu
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,888
2,605
0.533
state and local public finance
local fiscal policy
science policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
223,406
78,789
386
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Michael Mikhail
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,658
1,249
0.268
Analysts
Capital Markets
Financial Accounting
valuation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
255,002
88,057
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Haresh Sapra
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,038
1,511
0.374
Accounting Measurement
Marking to Market
Financial Institutions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
272,860
93,153
459
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
John Binder
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,737
838
0.224
Finance
economics
history
organized crime
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
285,884
96,915
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mark Maffett
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,540
2,143
0.605