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.

Terrence Hendershott
Financial Markets
Market Microstructure
Information Technology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
34
47
11,129
James A Wilcox
Banking
interest rates
consumer spending
monetary policy
consumer confidence
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
58
4,225
Terrance Odean
behavioral finance
investor behavior
overconfidence
attention
disposition effect
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
37
48,535
Johan Walden
Finance
Asset pricing
Investments
Financial Modeling
Heavy-tailed risks
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
29
39
3,411
Adair Morse
Household Finance
Climate Finance
FinTech
Corporate Governance
Small Business
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
30
10,811
Sunil Dutta
Financial Disclosures
Equity Valuation
Performance Measurment
Incentive Contracts
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
27
2,344
Desiree Fields
economic geography
political economy
property
digital geographies
urban theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
29
3,580
Dmitry Livdan
Asset Pricing - Production
Corporate Finance - Contracts & Capital Structure
Market Microstructure
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
24
3,231
Yi Gao É«˜É€¸
Quantitative Finance
Computational Physics
Chemistry
High Performance Computing
Nonequilibrium Dynamics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
13
556
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ross Levine
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
120
263
198,552
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hayne E Leland
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
43
64
36,479
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Richard K Lyons
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
57
11,982
Exchange Rates
International Finance
Microstructure
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Martin Lettau
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
46
16,915
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Terrence Hendershott
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
47
11,129
Financial Markets
Market Microstructure
Information Technology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
James A Wilcox
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
58
4,225
Banking
interest rates
consumer spending
monetary policy
consumer confidence
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Terrance Odean
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
37
48,535
behavioral finance
investor behavior
overconfidence
attention
disposition effect
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Johan Walden
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
39
3,411
Finance
Asset pricing
Investments
Financial Modeling
Heavy-tailed risks
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Richard Stanton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
43
5,987
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Christine A Parlour
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
36
5,227
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Adair Morse
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
30
10,811
Household Finance
Climate Finance
FinTech
Corporate Governance
Small Business
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sunil Dutta
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
27
2,344
Financial Disclosures
Equity Valuation
Performance Measurment
Incentive Contracts
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Desiree Fields
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
29
3,580
economic geography
political economy
property
digital geographies
urban theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Xiao Jun Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
28
5,797
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Dmitry Livdan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
24
3,231
Asset Pricing - Production
Corporate Finance - Contracts & Capital Structure
Market Microstructure
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Yi Gao É«˜É€¸
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
556
Quantitative Finance
Computational Physics
Chemistry
High Performance Computing
Nonequilibrium Dynamics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Justin Hibbard
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
896
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ludvig Wier
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
1,618
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Aris Skliros
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
1
74
Financial Modeling
Robotics
Polymer Theory
Protein Kinematics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Andrew Perry
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
11
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ayush Gupta
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
24