Top 100 Scientists

World Top 100 Scientists 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
Jens Perch Nielsen
actuarial science
biostatistics
econometrics
finance
statistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
58
236
16,522
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Steven Haberman
actuarial Science
applied statistics
insurance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
52
153
11,301
Meziane Lasfer
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Capital Market
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
48
4,262
Vali Asimit
Optimal Portfolio/Reinsurance
Supervised Learning
Extreme Value Theory
Risk Management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
27
1,201

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Pawel Bilinski
disclosure quality
infographics
financial analysts
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
18
685
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Anh Luong Tran
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Mergers and acquisitions
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
12
918
Giacinta Cestone
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Industrial Organization
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
1,573
Valeriya Vitkova
Corporate Finance
Mergers and Acquisitions
Company Valuation
Corporate Restructuring
Dividend Policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
4
114
Odunayo Fadahunsi
data science
network science
visual analytics
risk management
management accounting
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
3
63
Mehrshad Motahari
Asset Pricing
Behavioral Finance
Machine Learning
ESG Investing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
158
Naaguesh Appadu
M&A
IPO
Corporate Strategy
Corporate Finance
Private Equity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
58
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jens Perch Nielsen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
58
236
16,522
actuarial science
biostatistics
econometrics
finance
statistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Steven Haberman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
52
153
11,301
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
İan Marsh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
54
5,131
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Keith Cuthbertson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
79
5,153
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Meziane Lasfer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
48
4,262
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Capital Market
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Paolo Volpin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
40
10,043
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Dirk Nitzsche
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
34
3,176
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Vali Asimit
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
27
1,201
Optimal Portfolio/Reinsurance
Supervised Learning
Extreme Value Theory
Risk Management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Francisco Urzúa I
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
15
1,414

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Pawel Bilinski
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
18
685
disclosure quality
infographics
financial analysts
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Anh Luong Tran
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
918
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Mergers and acquisitions
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Giacinta Cestone
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
1,573
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Industrial Organization
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Valeriya Vitkova
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
4
114
Corporate Finance
Mergers and Acquisitions
Company Valuation
Corporate Restructuring
Dividend Policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Simon Hayley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
5
116
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Odunayo Fadahunsi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
63
data science
network science
visual analytics
risk management
management accounting
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mehrshad Motahari
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
158
Asset Pricing
Behavioral Finance
Machine Learning
ESG Investing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ioannis C Moutzouris
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
44
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Naaguesh Appadu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
58
M&A
IPO
Corporate Strategy
Corporate Finance
Private Equity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Tatiana Franus
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
85
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Onur Sefiloglu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
3