Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Bank Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
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
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,595
21,309
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,681
26,964
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Economic dynamics
natural disasters
green growth
climate change
urban economis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,651
31,919
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Economic development
institutions
evaluation
social change
justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,292
14,395
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Economics
Development
Governance
Aid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,747
12,220
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Health
economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,674
13,325
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Environmental economics
Natural resource economics
Payments for Environmental Services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,832
14,139
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Economic and Social Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,199
13,602
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,679
12,468
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,599
20,783
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Development Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,735
17,630
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Macroeconomics
International Finance
International Macroeconomics
Business Cycles
Monetary and Fiscal Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,915
10,206
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,181
7,781
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Development economics
Education
Poverty
Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,902
10,092
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Education
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,800
8,788
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Development and Resource Economics
Agricultural Economics
Impact Evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,025
12,387
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Productivity
Innovation
Trade
Labor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,207
6,957
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
International Economics
Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,673
7,390
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
finance
economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,534
7,270
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
poverty and inequality measures
policies evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,689
4,182
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
development economics
financial development
financial integration
international finance
international macroeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,466
5,466
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,596
5,485
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Finance
Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,158
6,478
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Environmental Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,868
5,944
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,733
785
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
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 ...
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,941
2,831
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Aart Kraay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,595
21,309
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,683
3,178
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kathryn Andrews
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,681
26,964
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,904
4,269
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Stephane Hallegatte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,651
31,919
0.606
Economic dynamics
natural disasters
green growth
climate change
urban economis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,194
4,884
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Michael Woolcock
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,292
14,395
0.298
Economic development
institutions
evaluation
social change
justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,374
4,964
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Stephen Knack
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,747
12,220
0.256
Economics
Development
Governance
Aid
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,492
5,483
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Adam Wagstaff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,674
13,325
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,323
5,880
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Stefano Pagiola
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,832
14,139
0.330
Environmental economics
Natural resource economics
Payments for Environmental Services
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,626
6,026
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Norman Loayza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,199
13,602
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,396
6,381
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Klaus Deininger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,679
12,468
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,008
6,663
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Leora Klapper
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,599
20,783
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,774
7,468
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
David Mckenzie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,735
17,630
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,247
11,199
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
M Ayhan Kose
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,915
10,206
0.366
Macroeconomics
International Finance
International Macroeconomics
Business Cycles
Monetary and Fiscal Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,939
14,499
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Deon Filmer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,181
7,781
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,504
14,716
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Quentin Wodon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,902
10,092
0.441
Development economics
Education
Poverty
Sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,698
14,800
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Harry Anthony Patrinos|Harry Patrinos, H. A. Patrinos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,800
8,788
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,282
15,488
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Bekele Shiferaw
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,025
12,387
0.562
Development and Resource Economics
Agricultural Economics
Impact Evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,752
17,310
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
William F Maloney
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,207
6,957
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,252
17,910
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Aaditya Mattoo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,673
7,390
0.376
International Economics
Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,633
18,043
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Maria Soledad Martinez Peria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,534
7,270
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,082
19,003
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Shaohua Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,689
4,182
0.224
poverty and inequality measures
policies evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,799
19,284
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sergio Schmukler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,466
5,466
0.296
development economics
financial development
financial integration
international finance
international macroeconomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,782
20,454
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Daniel Lederman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,596
5,485
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,467
21,122
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Robert Cull
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,158
6,478
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,810
23,207
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Susmita Dasgupta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,868
5,944
0.375
Environmental Economics