Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

World Highly Cited Researchers CitationEconomics & Econometrics / Financial Economics Rankings 2025

The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
United States
John Y Campbell
Financial Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,495
31,226
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
United States
Jeremy C Stein
Financial Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,631
30,844
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
United States
William Sharpe
Financial Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,781
21,255
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
United States
Clifford W Smith
Financial economics
corporate financial policy
derivative securities and financial intermediation.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,019
24,668
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
United States
Lucian Bebchuk
Law and Economics
Corporate Governance
Corporate Finance
Financial Economics
Corporate Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,451
17,900
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
United States
Geert Bekaert
Financial Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,914
15,556
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Switzerland
Hyun Song Shin
Economics
Financial Economics
International Finance
Corporate Finance
Macroeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,669
19,190
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
United States
Harrison Hong
Financial Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,823
17,678
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
United States
Jerold B Warner
Financial economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,366
8,260
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
United States
John J Mcconnell
finance
financial economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,094
8,255
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Australia
IKM Mokhtarul Wadud
Productivity and Efficiency
Financial Economics
Macroeconomic Policies
Energy Economics
Time
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,495
14,530
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Netherlands
Michael Mcaleer
Economics
Econometrics
Financial Economics
Financial Econometrics
Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,160
11,125
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
United States
Megginson William
Corporate finance
Finance
Financial economics
Privatization
Sovereign wealth funds
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,524
7,660
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
United States
Tobias Adrian
Macro-Finance
Monetary Policy
Financial Stability
Financial Economics
International Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,003
13,124
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
United States
Tobias J Moskowitz
Financial Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,438
12,306
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
United States
James E Payne
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,194
13,113
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Lebanon
Elie Bouri
Financial Economics
Energy Finance
Empirical Finance
Bitcoin
Cryptoassets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,778
23,814
0.961
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
United States
Matthew Richardson
Financial Economics
Financial Regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,827
7,380
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
United States
Gerard Caprio
Financial economics
financial regulation and crises
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,676
4,803
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
United States
Wei Xiong
financial economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,351
10,636
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
United States
Kenneth Lehn
financial economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,767
3,858
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Portugal
António Afonso
Macroeconomics
Fiscal policy
Financial economics
Sovereign debt
Government efficiency
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,652
8,626
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
United Kingdom
Alex Edmans
Financial economics
corporate finance
corporate governance
responsible business
behavioral finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,113
11,677
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Taiwan
Wing Keung Wong
Financial Economics
Econometrics
Investment Theory
Risk Management
Operational Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,100
10,930
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
United States
Bryan Kelly
Financial Economics
Financial Econometrics
Machine Learning
Asset Pricing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,839
15,065
0.844
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,081
United States
961
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
John Y Campbell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,495
31,226
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,071
United States
1,475
125
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jeremy C Stein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,631
30,844
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,454
United States
2,127
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
William Sharpe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,781
21,255
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,437
United States
2,579
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Clifford W Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,019
24,668
0.338
Financial economics
corporate financial policy
derivative securities and financial intermediation.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,002
United States
3,322
262
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Lucian Bebchuk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,451
17,900
0.287
Law and Economics
Corporate Governance
Corporate Finance
Financial Economics
Corporate Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,890
United States
4,247
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Geert Bekaert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,914
15,556
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,954
Switzerland
152
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Hyun Song Shin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,669
19,190
0.358
Economics
Financial Economics
International Finance
Corporate Finance
Macroeconomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,816
United States
6,534
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Harrison Hong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,823
17,678
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,653
United States
6,928
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jerold B Warner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,366
8,260
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,114
United States
7,584
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
John J Mcconnell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,094
8,255
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,837
Australia
787
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
IKM Mokhtarul Wadud
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,495
14,530
0.434
Productivity and Efficiency
Financial Economics
Macroeconomic Policies
Energy Economics
Time
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,444
Netherlands
605
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Michael Mcaleer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,160
11,125
0.382
Economics
Econometrics
Financial Economics
Financial Econometrics
Finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,243
United States
11,160
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Megginson William
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,524
7,660
0.269
Corporate finance
Finance
Financial economics
Privatization
Sovereign wealth funds
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,915
United States
11,461
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Tobias Adrian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,003
13,124
0.469
Macro-Finance
Monetary Policy
Financial Stability
Financial Economics
International Finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,645
United States
11,788
185
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Tobias J Moskowitz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,438
12,306
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,168
United States
13,284
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
James E Payne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,194
13,113
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,919
Lebanon
10
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Elie Bouri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,778
23,814
0.961
Financial Economics
Energy Finance
Empirical Finance
Bitcoin
Cryptoassets
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,691
United States
14,352
168
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Matthew Richardson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,827
7,380
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,949
United States
15,301
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Gerard Caprio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,676
4,803
0.212
Financial economics
financial regulation and crises
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,646
United States
15,577
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Wei Xiong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,351
10,636
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,224
United States
18,211
193
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Kenneth Lehn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,767
3,858
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,552
Portugal
93
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
António Afonso
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,652
8,626
0.439
Macroeconomics
Fiscal policy
Financial economics
Sovereign debt
Government efficiency
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,078
United Kingdom
3,759
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Alex Edmans
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,113
11,677
0.611
Financial economics
corporate finance
corporate governance
responsible business
behavioral finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,465
Taiwan
192
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Wing Keung Wong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,100
10,930
0.604
Financial Economics
Econometrics
Investment Theory
Risk Management
Operational Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,431
United States
20,650
310
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Bryan Kelly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,839
15,065
0.844
Financial Economics
Financial Econometrics
Machine Learning
Asset Pricing