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.

Sergei Levendorskii
Pricing of contingent claims
Optimal stopping
Real options
Computational Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
36
86
5,041
John M Griffin
Investigative Finance
Forensic Finance
cryptocurrencies
structured finance
credit ratings
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
38
12,793
Steven J Kachelmeier
Experimental applications of auditing
management accounting
and financial accounting
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
46
4,406
Stephen Magee
tariffs government policy politics lobbying endogenous protection finance economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
41
9,064

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Jeffrey Hales
Accounting standard setting and regulation
sustainability reporting
investor and managerial decision making
behavioral financ
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
26
2,147
John Mcinnis
Accounting
earnings management
fraud
cost of capital
litigation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
22
3,474
Stathis Tompaidis
Regulation
Computational Finance
Real Options
Energy Finance
Real Estate Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
23
1,632
Urooj Khan
Capital Markets
Financial Accounting
Financial Institutions
Debt Contracting
Disclosure
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
14
1,210
Brian White
Financial Accounting
Behavioral Finance
Judgment and Decision Making
Management Accounting
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
12
1,128
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Sheridan Titman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
94
171
102,752
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Laura Starks
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
66
92
37,095
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Lillian F Mills
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
59
9,951
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sergei Levendorskii
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
86
5,041
Pricing of contingent claims
Optimal stopping
Real options
Computational Finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
John M Griffin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
38
12,793
Investigative Finance
Forensic Finance
cryptocurrencies
structured finance
credit ratings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Lisa Koonce
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
46
6,508
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Steven J Kachelmeier
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
46
4,406
Experimental applications of auditing
management accounting
and financial accounting
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Stephen Magee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
41
9,064
tariffs government policy politics lobbying endogenous protection finance economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Keith Brown
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
40
10,107
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Shuping Chen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
29
7,944

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jeffrey Hales
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
26
2,147
Accounting standard setting and regulation
sustainability reporting
investor and managerial decision making
behavioral financ
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Robert Parrino
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
23
10,021
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ehud I Ronn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
32
3,112
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
John Mcinnis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
22
3,474
Accounting
earnings management
fraud
cost of capital
litigation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Eric Hirst
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
24
5,302
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Stathis Tompaidis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
23
1,632
Regulation
Computational Finance
Real Options
Energy Finance
Real Estate Finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
William Fuchs
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
18
1,314
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Urooj Khan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
14
1,210
Capital Markets
Financial Accounting
Financial Institutions
Debt Contracting
Disclosure
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Brian White
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
1,128
Financial Accounting
Behavioral Finance
Judgment and Decision Making
Management Accounting
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Cesare Fracassi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
3,842
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Richard Lowery
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
741
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Cristian Ioan Tiu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
711
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ken Wiles
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
1,528
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Andrew Belnap
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
244
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Marius Alexander Kalleberg Ring
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
102
Household Finance
Corporate Finance
Public Finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Rohit N Arora
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
25
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
William Spiller
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
897