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" (873,864 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
Franklin Allen
Banking
financial intermediation
corporate finance
asset pricing
financial crises
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
103
266
101,461
Alexander Michaelides
macroeconomics-finance: heterogeneous agent models
portfolio choice
asset pricing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
40
4,048
Paolo Zaffaroni
econometric theory
financial econometrics
asset pricing
portfolio choice
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
41
2,290
Harry Zheng
stochastic control
operations research
mathematical finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
37
1,142
Mikko S Pakkanen
Quantitative Finance
Statistical Finance
Probability Theory
Data Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
18
969
Pasquale Della Corte
International Finance
Foreign Exchange Markets
Empirical Asset Pricing
Bayesian Econometrics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
15
1,699
Gilles Chemla
corporate finance
corporate governance
financial institutions
fintech
causal inference
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
14
1,214
Emiliano S Pagnotta
bitcoin
blockchain
fintech
market structure
insider trading
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
1,177
Alissa M Kleinnijenhuis
Finance
Climate Finance
Financial Stability
Financial Stress Testing
Financial Regulation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
382
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Franklin Allen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
103
266
101,461
Banking
financial intermediation
corporate finance
asset pricing
financial crises
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Alexander Michaelides
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
40
4,048
macroeconomics-finance: heterogeneous agent models
portfolio choice
asset pricing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Paolo Zaffaroni
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
41
2,290
econometric theory
financial econometrics
asset pricing
portfolio choice
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Harry Zheng
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
37
1,142
stochastic control
operations research
mathematical finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mikko S Pakkanen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
18
969
Quantitative Finance
Statistical Finance
Probability Theory
Data Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Pasquale Della Corte
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
15
1,699
International Finance
Foreign Exchange Markets
Empirical Asset Pricing
Bayesian Econometrics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Claudia Custodio
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
17
3,781
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Harjoat Bhamra
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
1,676
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gilles Chemla
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
1,214
corporate finance
corporate governance
financial institutions
fintech
causal inference
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Emiliano S Pagnotta
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
1,177
bitcoin
blockchain
fintech
market structure
insider trading
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Alissa M Kleinnijenhuis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
382
Finance
Climate Finance
Financial Stability
Financial Stress Testing
Financial Regulation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Juhana Siljander
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
448
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Žan Žurič
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
95