Top 100 Scientists

Top 100 Scientists in Norway 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" (870,053 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
Steve G. Sutton
accounting
information systems
expert systems
decision sciences
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
50
105
7,768
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ivar Kolstad
Business ethics
development economics
political economy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
51
6,501
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Muhammad Azeem Qureshi
Corporate Finance
Islamic Finance
Public Finance
Social Economics
System Dynamics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
43
2,275
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Dengjun Zhang|张 登军
Environmental Sustainability
Agricultural Economics
Sustainable Finance
Profitability
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
50
1,708
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Bård Misund
Valuation
Financial Analysis
Risk Management
Commodity prices
Energy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
39
1,830

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Aasmund Eilifsen
Auditing: Audit quality
audit markets
judgment and decision making
audit education and audit practice
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
22
2,618
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Moana Silva Simas
Industrial Ecology
Sustainability Accounting
Input-Output Analysis
Circular Economy
Green Jobs
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
22
3,660
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Tonny Stenheim
Financial accounting and management accounting
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
29
1,049
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Paolo Giordani
Financial Econometrics
Bayesian Inference
Machine Learning
Options
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
25
2,059
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Giulia Di Nunno
Stochastic Analysis
Probability
Stochastic control
Mathematical Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
38
2,047
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Karsten Gerdrup
financial stability
monetary policy
forecasting
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
21
1,051
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Marius Sikveland
Financial performance
Valuation
Commodity prices
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
15
663
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nico Groenendijk
European integration
public finance
regional governance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
15
799
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Anna Alon
Accounting Regulation
Transnational Governance
Post-Soviet Russia
IFRS
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
12
806
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Saskia Ter Ellen
(Financial) Decision Making
Financial Markets
Policy Communication
Sustainable Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
586
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Stephen Zamore
Accounting
Auditing
Microfinance
Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
564
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Konstantin Timoshenko
Public sector reforms
accounting and budgeting
less-developed economies
comparative studies
education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
11
384
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Trond Døskeland
Household finance
asset management
behavioral finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
634
Salvador Ortiz-Latorre
Stochastic Analysis
Mathematical Finance
Stochastic Filtering
Malliavin Calculus
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
426
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Melanie Sommerville
Agrarian change
Land claims & land reform
Finance capitalism
Colonialism
Reparations
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
402
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Wenting Chen
Ecosystem services valuation and modeling
ecosystem accounting
natural capital
sustainable use of the ocean
ocean governance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
173
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Veronika Vakulenko
governance
public financial management
organizational theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
3
137
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Federico Gavazzoni
Asset Pricing
Macroeconomics
International Finance
Monetary Policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
417
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Dan Zhang
Corporate Finance
Executive Compensation
Corporate Governance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
320
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Hooman Abdollahi
Machine Learning in Finance
Empirical Asset Pricing
Predictive Analytics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
319
Daumantas Bloznelis
Financial econometrics
forecasting
volatility
hedging
commodity markets
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
142
Trond Kristoffersen
Financial Accounting
Value Added Tax (VAT)
Internal Control
Mountain Flowers
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
207
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Imtiaz Badshah
Financial accounting
managerial accounting
Finance
Governance and Reforms
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
63
Kizkitza Biguri
Corporate finance
debt and capital structure
collateral
hedging
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
36
Dan-Richard Knudsen
Digitalization
Management Accounting
Organizational Change
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
328
Arthur Stenzel
Tax Research
Private Firm Financial Reporting
Research Methods & Methodology in Accounting
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
81
Janicke Rasmussen
Corporate Governance
Board of Directors
CEO dismissal
accounting language
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
80
Maximilian Rohrer
Empirical Finance
the Role of Government
and Applications of Natural Language Processing in Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
203
Anantha Divakaruni
Economics
Fintech
Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies
Corporate Finance
Industrial Organization
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
89
Gursharan Bhue
Corporate Finance
Financial Intermediation
Development Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
59
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Naome Otiti
Social Enterprises
Microfinance institutions
Human Resources
Gender
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
34
Iván Alfaro
Finance
Uncertainty
Asset Pricing
International Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
2
427
Negar Ghanbari
Corporate Finance
Banking
Debt Contracts
Data Analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
68
Hamid Cheraghali
Finance
Financial economics
Empirical asset pricing
Machine learning
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
23
Simone Traini
Financial Accounting
Corporate Taxation
Corporate Governance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
18
Kristine Sævold
tax havens offshore illicit financial flows service providers
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
9
Christian Andvik
Management Accounting
Management Control
Beyond Budgeting
Performance Management
Organizational Reform
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
5
Renata Almeida
Behavioural Finance
Household Finance
Corporate Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
55
Aytac R Erdemir
Corporate Governance
Corporate Finance
Data Analysis
Applied Econometrics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
2
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Steve G. Sutton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
50
105
7,768
accounting
information systems
expert systems
decision sciences
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
William F Messier Jr
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
44
80
9,078
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Peter Molnar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
51
6,167
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ivar Kolstad
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
51
6,501
Business ethics
development economics
political economy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Muhammad Azeem Qureshi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
43
2,275
Corporate Finance
Islamic Finance
Public Finance
Social Economics
System Dynamics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Richard Priestley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
39
4,057
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Dengjun Zhang|张 登军
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
50
1,708
Environmental Sustainability
Agricultural Economics
Sustainable Finance
Profitability
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Bernt Arne Odegaard
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
43
2,672
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Bård Misund
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
39
1,830
Valuation
Financial Analysis
Risk Management
Commodity prices
Energy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Steen Koekebakker
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
28
2,861

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sjur Westgaard
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
40
2,019
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Leif Atle Beisland
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
37
1,947
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Aasmund Eilifsen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
22
2,618
Auditing: Audit quality
audit markets
judgment and decision making
audit education and audit practice
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Florentina Paraschiv
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
25
1,688
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Moana Silva Simas
SINTEF Trondheim, Norway
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
22
3,660
Industrial Ecology
Sustainability Accounting
Input-Output Analysis
Circular Economy
Green Jobs
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Tonny Stenheim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
29
1,049
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Trond Bjørnenak
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
28
2,868
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Paolo Giordani
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
25
2,059
Financial Econometrics
Bayesian Inference
Machine Learning
Options
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Samuli Knüpfer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
16
2,555
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Giulia Di Nunno
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
38
2,047
Stochastic Analysis
Probability
Stochastic control
Mathematical Finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Øyvind Norli
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
16
4,918
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Karsten Gerdrup
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
21
1,051
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Marius Sikveland
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
15
663
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nico Groenendijk
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
15
799
European integration
public finance
regional governance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Anna Alon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
806
Accounting Regulation
Transnational Governance
Post-Soviet Russia
IFRS
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Saskia Ter Ellen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
586
(Financial) Decision Making
Financial Markets
Policy Communication
Sustainable Finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Charlotte Ostergaard
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
14
906
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Stephen Zamore
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
564
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Konstantin Timoshenko
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
384
Public sector reforms
accounting and budgeting
less-developed economies
comparative studies
education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Michael Kisser
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
443
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Trond Døskeland
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
634
Household finance
asset management
behavioral finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Olav Syrstad
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
400
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Xunhua Su
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
360
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Salvador Ortiz-Latorre
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
426
Stochastic Analysis
Mathematical Finance
Stochastic Filtering
Malliavin Calculus
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Melanie Sommerville
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
402
Agrarian change
Land claims & land reform
Finance capitalism
Colonialism
Reparations
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Evgenii Aleksandrov
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
269
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Costas Xiouros
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
181
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Wenting Chen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
173
Ecosystem services valuation and modeling
ecosystem accounting
natural capital
sustainable use of the ocean
ocean governance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Mona Barake
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
109
Tax Avoidance
Public Economics
Financial Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Veronika Vakulenko
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
137
governance
public financial management
organizational theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Federico Gavazzoni
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
417
Asset Pricing
Macroeconomics
International Finance
Monetary Policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Dan Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
320
Corporate Finance
Executive Compensation
Corporate Governance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Hooman Abdollahi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
319
Machine Learning in Finance
Empirical Asset Pricing
Predictive Analytics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Daumantas Bloznelis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
142
Financial econometrics
forecasting
volatility
hedging
commodity markets
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Trond Kristoffersen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
207
Financial Accounting
Value Added Tax (VAT)
Internal Control
Mountain Flowers
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Jøril Mæland
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
83
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Imtiaz Badshah
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
63
Financial accounting
managerial accounting
Finance
Governance and Reforms
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Kizkitza Biguri
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
36
Corporate finance
debt and capital structure
collateral
hedging
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Adam Winegar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
0
27
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Dan-Richard Knudsen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
328
Digitalization
Management Accounting
Organizational Change
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Arthur Stenzel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
81
Tax Research
Private Firm Financial Reporting
Research Methods & Methodology in Accounting
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Janicke Rasmussen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
80
Corporate Governance
Board of Directors
CEO dismissal
accounting language
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Patrick Konermann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
42
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Vu Le Tran
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
289
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Maximilian Rohrer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
203
Empirical Finance
the Role of Government
and Applications of Natural Language Processing in Finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Anantha Divakaruni
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
89
Economics
Fintech
Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies
Corporate Finance
Industrial Organization
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Giovanni Pagliardi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
66
Asset Pricing
International Finance
Political Risk
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Gursharan Bhue
SINTEF Trondheim, Norway
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
59
Corporate Finance
Financial Intermediation
Development Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Andreas Ulfsten
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
32
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Naome Otiti
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
34
Social Enterprises
Microfinance institutions
Human Resources
Gender
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Roberto Tubaldi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
23
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Iván Alfaro
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
427
Finance
Uncertainty
Asset Pricing
International Finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Erlendur Jónsson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
49
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Negar Ghanbari
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
68
Corporate Finance
Banking
Debt Contracts
Data Analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Anders Berg Olsen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
37
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Xingyi Li
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
24
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Akarsh Kainth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
23
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Hamid Cheraghali
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
23
Finance
Financial economics
Empirical asset pricing
Machine learning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Simone Traini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
18
Financial Accounting
Corporate Taxation
Corporate Governance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
José Albuquerque De Sousa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
19
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 78
Kristine Sævold
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
9
tax havens offshore illicit financial flows service providers
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Christian Andvik
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
5
Management Accounting
Management Control
Beyond Budgeting
Performance Management
Organizational Reform
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Renata Almeida
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
55
Behavioural Finance
Household Finance
Corporate Finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
Akram Khalilov
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
51
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 82
Andre Lot
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
12
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 83
Muhammad Kashif
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
1
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 84
Aytac R Erdemir
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
2
Corporate Governance
Corporate Finance
Data Analysis
Applied Econometrics