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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
823
Country Rank
330
Institution Rank : 13
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10888.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Ross Levine](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Finance
financial regulation
economic growth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,275
57,496
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,252
Country Rank
27
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8195.png)
![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Florencio Lopez de Silanes](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Finance
Economics
Regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156,779
38,871
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,739
Country Rank
785
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/29072.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Asli Demirguc-Kunt](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ea/4391610.jpg)
Financial Development
Banking
Firm Access to Finance
Financial Inclusion ...
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132,344
51,246
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,859
Country Rank
848
Institution Rank : 14
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2086.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Tim Bollerslev](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/90/1294984.jpg)
Financial Econometrics
Asset Pricing
Time Series Econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,840
30,850
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,050
Country Rank
952
Institution Rank : 5
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6547.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![René Stulz](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c9/882347.jpg)
Corporate Finance
Financial Institutions
Risk Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,866
35,380
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,129
Country Rank
989
Institution Rank : 3
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10918.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Raghuram Rajan](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
finance
economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,372
32,964
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,142
Country Rank
998
Institution Rank : 4
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10918.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Luigi Zingales](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Corporate Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,921
41,392
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,979
Country Rank
1,437
Institution Rank : 13
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11449.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Sheridan Titman](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,099
28,527
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,995
Country Rank
235
Institution Rank : 25
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/3649.png)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![Franklin Allen](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ad/1136519.jpg)
Banking
financial intermediation
corporate finance
asset pricing
financial crises
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,691
27,987
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,175
Country Rank
1,534
Institution Rank : 24
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2086.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Campbell R Harvey](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/8b/1298591.jpg)
Finance
Economics
Asset Pricing
Corporate Finance
Behavioral Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,913
30,834
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
4,762
Country Rank
2,278
Institution Rank : 121
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8488.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Myron Scholes](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,317
14,408
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,343
Country Rank
2,541
Institution Rank : 9
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8815.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Rajiv Banker](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,336
21,608
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,349
Country Rank
439
Institution Rank : 4
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5296.png)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![Peter Miller](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Accounting
economic sociology
governmentality
public management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,262
18,771
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,795
Country Rank
485
Institution Rank : 6
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5296.png)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![Simeon Djankov](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/52/1136463.jpg)
finance
transition economies
regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,670
18,222
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,295
Country Rank
2,991
Institution Rank : 82
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5568.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Ross Watts](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Accounting
Finance
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,302
16,754
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,395
Country Rank
3,031
Institution Rank : 30
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11399.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Patricia M Dechow](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/65/1623490.jpg)
accounting earnings
earnings management
financial analysts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,616
23,825
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,596
Country Rank
3,126
Institution Rank : 67
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1736.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Shang Jin Wei](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/15/4974068.jpg)
international finance
international trade
China
economic development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,402
18,792
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,644
Country Rank
3,154
Institution Rank : 49
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2086.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![John R Graham](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1c/1303338.jpg)
Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,123
24,235
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,965
Country Rank
3,321
Institution Rank : 162
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8488.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Darrell Duffie](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
finance
central banking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,447
13,382
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
7,044
Country Rank
3,359
Institution Rank : 36
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11399.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Richard Sloan](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e8/1623491.jpg)
Accounting
Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,952
20,188
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
7,125
Country Rank
3,392
Institution Rank : 33
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10891.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![David Hirshleifer](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/10/1748882.jpg)
social economics and finance
behavioral economics and finance
investments
corporate finance
social transmission bias
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,578
22,200
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
7,159
Country Rank
3,411
Institution Rank : 20
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11078.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Robert J Brunner](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/8e/1615536.jpg)
Machine Learning
Data Science
Big Data
Cloud Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,391
16,666
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
7,623
Country Rank
3,645
Institution Rank : 32
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11008.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Jay Ritter](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a8/1611041.jpg)
Finance
Initial Public Offerings
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,975
14,253
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
8,093
Country Rank
3,880
Institution Rank : 109
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5568.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![SP Kothari](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0a/1420498.jpg)
Financial accounting
finance
economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,884
18,094
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
8,200
Country Rank
3,935
Institution Rank : 56
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/7038.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Harold James](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5b/1597932.jpg)
financial history
economic history
German history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,405
15,433
0.279
Ross Levine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,275
57,496
0.294
Finance
financial regulation
economic growth
Florencio Lopez de Silanes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156,779
38,871
0.248
Finance
Economics
Regulation
Asli Demirguc-Kunt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132,344
51,246
0.387
Financial Development
Banking
Firm Access to Finance
Financial Inclusion ...
Tim Bollerslev
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,840
30,850
0.241
Financial Econometrics
Asset Pricing
Time Series Econometrics
René Stulz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,866
35,380
0.293
Corporate Finance
Financial Institutions
Risk Management
Raghuram Rajan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,372
32,964
0.278
Luigi Zingales
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,921
41,392
0.351
Sheridan Titman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,099
28,527
0.285
Franklin Allen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,691
27,987
0.281
Banking
financial intermediation
corporate finance
asset pricing
financial crises
Campbell R Harvey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,913
30,834
0.318
Finance
Economics
Asset Pricing
Corporate Finance
Behavioral Finance
Myron Scholes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,317
14,408
0.186
Rajiv Banker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,336
21,608
0.299
Peter Miller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,262
18,771
0.260
Accounting
economic sociology
governmentality
public management
Simeon Djankov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,670
18,222
0.265
finance
transition economies
regulation
Ross Watts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,302
16,754
0.257
Accounting
Finance
Economics
Patricia M Dechow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,616
23,825
0.369
accounting earnings
earnings management
financial analysts
Shang Jin Wei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,402
18,792
0.296
international finance
international trade
China
economic development
John R Graham
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,123
24,235
0.384
Darrell Duffie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,447
13,382
0.218
finance
central banking
Richard Sloan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,952
20,188
0.331
David Hirshleifer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,578
22,200
0.366
social economics and finance
behavioral economics and finance
investments
corporate finance
social transmission bias
Robert J Brunner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,391
16,666
0.276
Machine Learning
Data Science
Big Data
Cloud Computing
Jay Ritter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,975
14,253
0.246
Finance
Initial Public Offerings
SP Kothari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,884
18,094
0.324
Financial accounting
finance
economics
Harold James
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,405
15,433
0.279
financial history
economic history
German history