Top 100 Scientists

Top 100 Scientists in Austria 2025

Top 100 scientists can be ranked globally or specific to the following regions including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Oceania, Arab League, ASEAN, EECA, and BRICS based on total H-index scores without any breakdown by subject areas. Top 100 rankings in the world, in a continent, or a region include standardized subjects areas of Agriculture & Forestry, Arts, Design and Architecture, Business & Management, Economics & Econometrics, Education, Engineering & Technology, History, Philosophy, Theology, Law/Law and Legal Studies, Medical and Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Art and Humanities Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Rankings BETA VERSION. Subject field ranking in world, region, country and university is beta version since subject field "others" (873,937 scientists profile whose branch cannot be determined, not yet edited or determined) is excluded, so the ranking will change as the others fields are edited. Please note that. Subjects indicated as “ * others ” will not be included in the ranking by regions and subjects.

* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Kurt Matzler
Innovation
Strategy
Strategic Management
Leadership
Family Business
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
83
204
34,072
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Andreas Fink
Creativity
Intelligence
Personality
Neuroscience
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
64
173
17,115
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Michaela Trippl
Innovation studies
economic geography
innovation policy
regional innovation systems
clusters
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
54
109
15,111
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Nikolaus Franke
Innovation
entrepreneurship
user innovation
toolkits
crowdsourcing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
54
17,278
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Christopher Lettl
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Organization Design
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
49
6,666
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Erik G Hansen
Sustainability innovation
Circular economy
Innovation management
Business models
PSS
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
34
59
12,301
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Michael Peneder
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Industrial economics
Structural Change
Growth and Competitiveness
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
63
5,224
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Erich J Schwarz
Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Social Innovation
Circular Economy
Entrepreneurship Education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
60
4,631
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Karl-Heinz Leitner
Innovation
Strategy
Intellectual Capital
Management Control
Foresight
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
53
3,787
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Norbert Kailer
entrepreneurship
SME
entrepreneurship education
consulting
HRM in SME
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
46
6,245
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Wolfgang Polt
Innovation research
Policy Evaluation
Industry-Science relations
Mission-Oriented Policies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
41
2,377
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Robert J Breitenecker
Technology Management
Innovation Management
Entrepreneurship
Global Business
Multivariate/Spatial Statistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
34
2,757
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Maximilian Benner
Regional innovation policy
Institutional economic geography
Evolutionary economic geography
Sustainability transitions
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
25
1,062
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Oliver Som
Innovation
Economics
Strategy
Open Innovation
Social Innovation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
32
1,270
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Sabine Bergner
Leadership
Entrepreneurship
Personality
Competencies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
19
1,686
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Dietfried Globocnik
Innovation management
sustainable innovation
bootlegging
business models
user innovation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
16
1,399
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Patrick Holzmann
Entrepreneurship
innovation
business models
digitalization
sustainability
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
18
1,147
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :26
Peter Vandor
migrant entrepreneurship
social entrepreneurship
civil society
experiments
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
16
733
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Matthias C. Kettemann
Internet Governance
law of the Internet
human rights on the Internet
international security
human security
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
21
744
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Reinhard Millner
Social Entrepreneurship
Social Innovation
Impact Investing
Social Impact Bonds
Social Impact Measurement
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
18
666
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Christoph H Wecht
Innovation Management
Technology Management
Business Model Innovation
Design Thinking
Frugal Innovation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
19
1,209
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Peter Keinz
Open and User Innovation
Organizational Design
Knowledge and Technology Transfer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
13
2,556
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Franz Huber
Innovation
economic geography
management
regional studies
sustainability
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
14
1,409
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Kurt Gaubinger
innovation management
market oriented management
front end of innovation
strategic planning
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
15
707
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Markus Murtinger
user experience
customer experience
human computer interaction
innovation management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
1,434
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Manfred Paier
innovation networks
complex systems
agent-based models
economics of knowledge
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
12
507
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Malgorzata Anna Wdowiak
entrepreneurship
entrepreneurship education
sustainable development
transition economies
economic sociology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
1,211
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Robert M Bauer
Innovation
Creativity
Complexity
Organizational Change
Regional Development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
862
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Christiane Rau
innovation
open innovation
strategic innovation management
technology foresight
digitalization
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
450
Krajger Ines
Entrepreneurship Education
Business Models
Gamification
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
233
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Michael Rabl
Innovationsmanagement
Produktentwicklung
Produktmanagement
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
6
396
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Roman H. Mesicek
Corporate Social Responsibility
Sustainable Development
Social Entrepreneurship
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
6
140
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Bojan Jovanovski
Green Innovation
Innovation management
Entrepreneurship
SME Development
Skills ecosystems
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
3
118
Niclas Kröger
Open Innovation
Co-Creation
Crowdsourcing
Open Government
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
91
Wolfgang Arthur Marko
innovation
ambidexterity
dynamic cababilities
business model innovation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
0
30
Georg Eichler
Social Innovation
Social Entrepreneurship
Nascent Entrepreneurship
Nascent Social Entrepreneurship
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
3
389
Zeeshan Hamid
Leadership
Organizational Behavior
Human Resource Practices
Business Ethics
Diversity and
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
3
227
Ana Kuntaric
International innovation
International Entrepreneurship
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
3
42
Thomas Ströhle
Innovation Research
Data Analysis
Data Science
Machine Learning
Language Models
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
2
157
Linn Kretzschmar
open innovation
crowdsourcing
ideation contests
innovation management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
16
Arnold Wibmer
eye-tracking
digital nudging
decision-making
information processing
innovation contests
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
18
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Kurt Matzler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
83
204
34,072
Innovation
Strategy
Strategic Management
Leadership
Family Business
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mathias Benedek
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
68
117
21,529
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Andreas Fink
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
64
173
17,115
Creativity
Intelligence
Personality
Neuroscience
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Michaela Trippl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
54
109
15,111
Innovation studies
economic geography
innovation policy
regional innovation systems
clusters
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Johann Fueller
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
53
109
17,675
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michael Schratz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
123
6,784
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Nikolaus Franke
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
54
17,278
Innovation
entrepreneurship
user innovation
toolkits
crowdsourcing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Christopher Lettl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
49
6,666
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Organization Design
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Erik G Hansen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
59
12,301
Sustainability innovation
Circular economy
Innovation management
Business models
PSS
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Michael Peneder
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
63
5,224
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Industrial economics
Structural Change
Growth and Competitiveness
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Alice Auersperg
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
42
2,292
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Erich J Schwarz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
60
4,631
Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Social Innovation
Circular Economy
Entrepreneurship Education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Christian Rominger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
60
2,180
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Karl-Heinz Leitner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
53
3,787
Innovation
Strategy
Intellectual Capital
Management Control
Foresight
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Norbert Kailer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
46
6,245
entrepreneurship
SME
entrepreneurship education
consulting
HRM in SME
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Wolfgang Polt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
41
2,377
Innovation research
Policy Evaluation
Industry-Science relations
Mission-Oriented Policies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Christoph Stöckmann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
33
3,440
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Management
Psychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Elisabeth Sc Berger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
25
3,531
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Robert J Breitenecker
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
34
2,757
Technology Management
Innovation Management
Entrepreneurship
Global Business
Multivariate/Spatial Statistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Maximilian Benner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
25
1,062
Regional innovation policy
Institutional economic geography
Evolutionary economic geography
Sustainability transitions
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Oliver Som
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
32
1,270
Innovation
Economics
Strategy
Open Innovation
Social Innovation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sabine Bergner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
19
1,686
Leadership
Entrepreneurship
Personality
Competencies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Lukas Zenk
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
26
1,013
Improvisation
Creativity
Innovation
Networks
Superspreading
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Dietfried Globocnik
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
16
1,399
Innovation management
sustainable innovation
bootlegging
business models
user innovation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Patrick Holzmann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
18
1,147
Entrepreneurship
innovation
business models
digitalization
sustainability
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Peter Vandor
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
16
733
migrant entrepreneurship
social entrepreneurship
civil society
experiments
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Matthias C. Kettemann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
21
744
Internet Governance
law of the Internet
human rights on the Internet
international security
human security
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Reinhard Millner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
18
666
Social Entrepreneurship
Social Innovation
Impact Investing
Social Impact Bonds
Social Impact Measurement
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Christoph H Wecht
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
19
1,209
Innovation Management
Technology Management
Business Model Innovation
Design Thinking
Frugal Innovation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Peter Keinz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
2,556
Open and User Innovation
Organizational Design
Knowledge and Technology Transfer
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Franz Huber
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
1,409
Innovation
economic geography
management
regional studies
sustainability
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Kurt Gaubinger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
15
707
innovation management
market oriented management
front end of innovation
strategic planning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Markus Murtinger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
1,434
user experience
customer experience
human computer interaction
innovation management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Manfred Paier
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
507
innovation networks
complex systems
agent-based models
economics of knowledge
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Malgorzata Anna Wdowiak
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
1,211
entrepreneurship
entrepreneurship education
sustainable development
transition economies
economic sociology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Robert M Bauer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
862
Innovation
Creativity
Complexity
Organizational Change
Regional Development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Klaus Marhold
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
317
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Christiane Rau
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
450
innovation
open innovation
strategic innovation management
technology foresight
digitalization
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Zulaicha Parastuty
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
6
268
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Krajger Ines
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
233
Entrepreneurship Education
Business Models
Gamification
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Michael Rabl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
6
396
Innovationsmanagement
Produktentwicklung
Produktmanagement
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Andreas Escher
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
4
133
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Nada Mumdziev
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
212
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Roman H. Mesicek
Fachhochschule Krems Krems an der Donau, Austria Austria
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
140
Corporate Social Responsibility
Sustainable Development
Social Entrepreneurship
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Bojan Jovanovski
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
118
Green Innovation
Innovation management
Entrepreneurship
SME Development
Skills ecosystems
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Public Law
Constitutional Law
Legal Theory
Innovation Law
Technology Law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Elisabeth M. Stiegler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
118
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Katie Hyslop
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
289
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Niclas Kröger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
91
Open Innovation
Co-Creation
Crowdsourcing
Open Government
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Wolfgang Arthur Marko
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
0
30
innovation
ambidexterity
dynamic cababilities
business model innovation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Georg Eichler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
389
Social Innovation
Social Entrepreneurship
Nascent Entrepreneurship
Nascent Social Entrepreneurship
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Zeeshan Hamid
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
227
Leadership
Organizational Behavior
Human Resource Practices
Business Ethics
Diversity and
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Ana Kuntaric
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
42
International innovation
International Entrepreneurship
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Thomas Ströhle
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
157
Innovation Research
Data Analysis
Data Science
Machine Learning
Language Models
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Linn Kretzschmar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
16
open innovation
crowdsourcing
ideation contests
innovation management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Arnold Wibmer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
18
eye-tracking
digital nudging
decision-making
information processing
innovation contests