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.

Scott C Linn
Energy Economics and Finance
Finance
Corporate Governance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
42
3,763
Richard Price
Financial Accounting
Market Efficiency
Corporate Governance
Financial Reporting
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
14
1,353
Yue Ma Mark
Accounting Information Systems
Financial Reporting
Emerging Technologies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
25
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Wayne B Thomas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
47
68
10,466
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Scott C Linn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
42
3,763
Energy Economics and Finance
Finance
Corporate Governance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Richard Price
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
1,353
Financial Accounting
Market Efficiency
Corporate Governance
Financial Reporting
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Zane Swanson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
17
641
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Frances Ayres
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
882
regulation
taxation
financial accounting standards
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Heber Farnsworth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
650
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Allen Arnold
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
70
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Yinghong Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
327
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Julie Cumbie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
200
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Spencer Neal Young
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
56
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Katherene Terrell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
82
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Tong Wang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
36
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Anisur Rahman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
40
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Yue Ma Mark
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
25
Accounting Information Systems
Financial Reporting
Emerging Technologies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Heejin Ohn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
16
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Xin Yue Zhou|Doris Zhou
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
25
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Bing Violet Xu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
1
corporate governance
corporate finance
climate finance