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 :12
Yonghong Wu
state and local public finance
local fiscal policy
science policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
128
4,666
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
J Christopher Westland
accounting information systems
electronic markets valuation of intangibles and technology
law and
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
29
56
6,986
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Valeri V Nikolaev
Financial Contracting
Quality of Accounting Information
Role of Accruals
Financial Accounting
Corporate Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
26
5,047
Lan Zhang
Financial Econometrics
Quantitative Finance
High Frequency Data
Interface between Finance and Statistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
29
7,850
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Eric Zwick
Corporate Finance
Behavioral Finance
Urban Economics
Public Economics
Macroeconomics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
20
3,148
Michael Kirschenheiter
Financial Accounting and Reporting
Auditing
Managerial Accounting
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
16
2,059
Ronald D Picur
Pensions
fiscal illusion
public finance
taxation
income smoothing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
18
942
Shi Yu
Finance
Machine Learning
Text Mining
Computational Biology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
15
1,249
Pingyang Gao
Accounting Measurement
Standard Setting
Earnings Management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
14
1,400
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Pascal Noel
Household Finance
Public Finance
Macroeconomics
Real Estate
Labor
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
13
2,258
Hsiu Lang Chen
Mutual Funds
Asset Pricing
Machine Learning
ESG
Information Diffusion
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
14
2,725
Scott Nelson
Household Finance
Finance
Public Economics
Industrial Organization
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
1,584
Jessica Jeffers
Corporate Finance
Human Capital
Entrepreneurship
Social Enterprise
Impact Investing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
576
Emmanuel Owusu Amoako
financial capability
intervention research
life after prison
substance misuse
systematic review
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
2
83
Samuel Chang
developing economies
banking
non-financial disclosure
capital markets
auditing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
55
Ehsan Azarmsa
Financial Markets
Investments
Information Economics
Inequality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
58
Jessica S Li
financial intermediation
OTC markets
corporate debt
corporate finance
asset pricing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
0
16
Oleg Kiriukhin
Accounting quality
Revenue quality
Capital market effects of accounting information
Structural estimation
Revealed preferenc
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
11
Chenli You
Applied Microeconometrics
Public Economics
Corporate Finance
Fiscal Policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
29
Nav Vaidhyanathan
Financial Risk Management
Pattern Recognition
Segmentation
Geoinformatics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
33
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Luigi Zingales
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
89
166
120,123
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Raghuram Rajan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
85
231
120,177
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ray Ball
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
56
87
49,684
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Christian Leuz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
51
62
47,878
Finance
Accounting
Economics
International Accounting
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Douglas J Skinner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
48
67
33,310
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Amir Sufi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
46
58
26,919
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ralph Sj Koijen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
51
9,286
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Pietro Veronesi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
45
16,981
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Stefan Nagel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
40
19,365
Finance
Asset Pricing
Behavioral Finance
Macroeconomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Gilbert Bassett
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
53
27,041
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Financial Econometrics
Machine Learning in Finance
Statistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Yonghong Wu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
128
4,666
state and local public finance
local fiscal policy
science policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
J Christopher Westland
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
56
6,986
accounting information systems
electronic markets valuation of intangibles and technology
law and
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Valeri V Nikolaev
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
26
5,047
Financial Contracting
Quality of Accounting Information
Role of Accruals
Financial Accounting
Corporate Finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Philip G Berger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
23
13,909
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Hans B Christensen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
23
7,270
Disclosure Regulation
Development
Corporate Social Responsibility
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Lan Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
29
7,850
Financial Econometrics
Quantitative Finance
High Frequency Data
Interface between Finance and Statistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Eric Zwick
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
20
3,148
Corporate Finance
Behavioral Finance
Urban Economics
Public Economics
Macroeconomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Haresh Sapra
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
25
3,963
Accounting Measurement
Marking to Market
Financial Institutions
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mark Maffett
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
18
3,425
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Yuliya Demyanyk
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
21
3,428
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Alexander Nekrasov|Alexander Nekrasov
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
19
969
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Michael Kirschenheiter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
16
2,059
Financial Accounting and Reporting
Auditing
Managerial Accounting
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Ronald D Picur
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
18
942
Pensions
fiscal illusion
public finance
taxation
income smoothing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Peter Demerjian
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
4,973
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Shi Yu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
15
1,249
Finance
Machine Learning
Text Mining
Computational Biology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Ellen Engel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
5,662
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Pingyang Gao
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
1,400
Accounting Measurement
Standard Setting
Earnings Management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Pascal Noel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
2,258
Household Finance
Public Finance
Macroeconomics
Real Estate
Labor
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Ram Ramakrishnan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
2,734
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Emanuele Colonnelli
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
1,289
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Shailendra Shail Pandit
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
1,349
Financial reporting
financial accounting
security analysts
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Michael Mikhail
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
4,598
Analysts
Capital Markets
Financial Accounting
valuation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Hsiu Lang Chen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
2,725
Mutual Funds
Asset Pricing
Machine Learning
ESG
Information Diffusion
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
John Binder
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
3,695
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
João Granja
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
1,436
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Jason V Chen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
1,080
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Sudhakar Balachandran
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
728
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Melissa Martin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
415
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Scott Nelson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
1,584
Household Finance
Finance
Public Economics
Industrial Organization
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Jessica Jeffers
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
576
Corporate Finance
Human Capital
Entrepreneurship
Social Enterprise
Impact Investing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Siyi Li
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
483
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Anastasia Zakolyukina
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
1,280
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Thomas Rauter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
437
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Christelle Khalaf
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
237
Applied Microeconomics
Economic Development
Regional Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Rimmy E Tomy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
267
Financial Reporting
Banking
Enforcement
Informal markets
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Bradford Levy|Bradford Lynch
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
137
Accounting
Asset Pricing
Natural Language Processing
Deep Learning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Nahid Rahman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
303
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Jonathan Bonham
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
84
accounting
agency theory
contracting
information economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Emmanuel Owusu Amoako
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
83
financial capability
intervention research
life after prison
substance misuse
systematic review
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Shihao Gu 顾诗颢
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
2,629
Financial Econometrics
Asset Pricing
Statistical Learning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Young Soo Jang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
77
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Samuel Chang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
55
developing economies
banking
non-financial disclosure
capital markets
auditing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Rui Da | 笪睿
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
78
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Amoray Riggs-Cragun
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
49
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Ehsan Azarmsa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
58
Financial Markets
Investments
Information Economics
Inequality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Jessica S Li
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
16
financial intermediation
OTC markets
corporate debt
corporate finance
asset pricing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Oleg Kiriukhin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
11
Accounting quality
Revenue quality
Capital market effects of accounting information
Structural estimation
Revealed preferenc
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Chenli You
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
29
Applied Microeconometrics
Public Economics
Corporate Finance
Fiscal Policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Laszlo Korsos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
8
Financial Econometrics
Bayesian Statistics
Machine Learning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Nav Vaidhyanathan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
33
Financial Risk Management
Pattern Recognition
Segmentation
Geoinformatics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Rayhan Momin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
7
international finance
asset pricing
macroeconomics
monetary policy