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.

* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Dilip Mookherjee
economic development
inequality
decentralization
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
71
157
22,820
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Pierre Perron
Econometrics
Time Series Econometrics
Economics
Statistics
Time Series Analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
64
120
92,142
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Larry G Epstein
decision theory
asset pricing
microeconomics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
59
86
25,958
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sydney Rosen
Health economics
HIV
TB
NCDs
Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
57
147
12,425
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Chrysanthos Dellarocas
Social media
information economics
online reputation
big data
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
54
93
24,857
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kevin Lang
Labor Economics
Poverty
Discrimination
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
53
84
14,636
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Julie A Nelson
economics
ethics
feminist economics
ecological economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
47
105
12,173
Randall P Ellis
health economics
health policy
econometrics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
45
85
10,729

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jacob Bor
health economics
population health
causal inference
development economics
HIV/AIDS
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
40
90
8,716
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jerome Detemple
Asset Pricing
Portfolio Choice
Derivative Securities
Energy Markets
Numerical
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
37
60
7,169
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Peter B Doeringer
Labor economics
industrial relations
economics of industry
regional development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
34
59
16,595
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Melissa M Garrido
endogeneity
econometrics
evidence-based policy
health services research
geriatric mental health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
56
4,585
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Minggang Wang
complex network
time series analysis
energy economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
57
2,296
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dirk Hackbarth
Bankruptcy
Capital Structure
Corporate Finance
Credit Risk
Mergers and Acquisitions
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
33
5,524
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
David Lagakos
Macroeconomics
Development Economics
Economic Growth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
30
5,072
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Daniele Paserman
Labor Economics
Political Economy
Applied Microeconomics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
26
5,037
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Irena Vodenska
Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) investing
Disinformation in the era of climate crisis
News Sentiments and Systemic R
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
32
2,523
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Edward Riedl
accounting
financial reporting
fair value
international accounting
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
30
7,037
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Gillian Macnaughton
Economic and Social Rights
Right to Health
Equality Rights
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
28
1,133
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Donald J Smith
Fixed-income markets
interest rate derivatives
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
26
1,662
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Keren Horn
Neighborhood Change
Affordable Housing Policy
Education Policy
Gentrification
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
17
1,715
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Sripad Motiram
Development Economics
Political Economy
Welfare Economics
Microeconomics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
22
996
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Heidi Peltier
macroeconomics
environmental economics
public economics
public policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
21
1,697
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Marcus V Goncalves
International business
international entrepreneurship
global trade
internationalization of
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
29
1,035
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Michael Manove
Applied Economic Theory
Labor
Development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
18
2,464
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Lucia Silva Gao
corporate finance
corporate social responsibility
investments
environmental management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
17
1,163
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
YK Kim
Macroeconomics
Growth and Development
Political Economy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
16
770
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Adam Guren
Economics
Macroeconomics
Housing Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
12
2,880
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Mine Ertugrul
Empirical corporate finance
corporate social responsibility
corporate governance
mergers
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
12
1,690
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Adugna Lemi
International Trade
International Factor Movement
Development
Africa
social welfare
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
15
729
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Ray Franke
HighEd finance & financial aid - Student access & success - Education policy - International/Comparative HighEd
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
1,004
Jay Junghun Lee
Financial Accounting
Auditing
Corporate Governance
International Accounting
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
787
Jason J. Mcsparren
International Political Economy of Natural Resource Extractive Sectors
Global Environmental Policy
Global Governance Initiativ
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
6
229
Ke  Koeun  Park
financial accounting
financial reporting quality
executive compensation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
192
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Dilip Mookherjee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
71
157
22,820
economic development
inequality
decentralization
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Pierre Perron
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
64
120
92,142
Econometrics
Time Series Econometrics
Economics
Statistics
Time Series Analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Larry G Epstein
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
59
86
25,958
decision theory
asset pricing
microeconomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sydney Rosen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
57
147
12,425
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Chrysanthos Dellarocas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
54
93
24,857
Social media
information economics
online reputation
big data
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kevin Lang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
53
84
14,636
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Robert A Margo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
49
92
9,798
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Julie A Nelson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
47
105
12,173
economics
ethics
feminist economics
ecological economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Randall P Ellis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
85
10,729
health economics
health policy
econometrics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jianjun Miao
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
43
65
7,329

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jacob Bor
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
90
8,716
health economics
population health
causal inference
development economics
HIV/AIDS
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ingo Vogelsang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
95
7,588
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jerome Detemple
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
60
7,169
Asset Pricing
Portfolio Choice
Derivative Securities
Energy Markets
Numerical
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Peter B Doeringer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
59
16,595
Labor economics
industrial relations
economics of industry
regional development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
James Rebitzer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
39
6,153
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Barton L Lipman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
35
5,495
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ivan Fernandez Val
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
40
7,326
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Melissa M Garrido
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
56
4,585
endogeneity
econometrics
evidence-based policy
health services research
geriatric mental health
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Fernando Zapatero
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
36
3,850
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Minggang Wang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
57
2,296
complex network
time series analysis
energy economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dirk Hackbarth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
33
5,524
Bankruptcy
Capital Structure
Corporate Finance
Credit Risk
Mergers and Acquisitions
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
David Lagakos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
30
5,072
Macroeconomics
Development Economics
Economic Growth
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Daniele Paserman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
26
5,037
Labor Economics
Political Economy
Applied Microeconomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Randy Albelda
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
43
2,714
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Irena Vodenska
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
32
2,523
Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) investing
Disinformation in the era of climate crisis
News Sentiments and Systemic R
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Marc Rysman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
34
6,497
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Johannes F Schmieder
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
23
4,547
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Edward Riedl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
30
7,037
accounting
financial reporting
fair value
international accounting
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Mark J Mccabe
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
24
1,604
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Kenneth Reardon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
25
1,248
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Gillian Macnaughton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
28
1,133
Economic and Social Rights
Right to Health
Equality Rights
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Donald J Smith
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
26
1,662
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Chi Wan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
24
2,056
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Keren Horn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
17
1,715
Neighborhood Change
Affordable Housing Policy
Education Policy
Gentrification
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Sripad Motiram
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
22
996
Development Economics
Political Economy
Welfare Economics
Microeconomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Heidi Peltier
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
21
1,697
macroeconomics
environmental economics
public economics
public policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Marcus V Goncalves
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
29
1,035
International business
international entrepreneurship
global trade
internationalization of
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Michael Manove
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
18
2,464
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Stephen J Terry
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
16
6,141
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Lucia Silva Gao
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
17
1,163
corporate finance
corporate social responsibility
investments
environmental management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
YK Kim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
16
770
Macroeconomics
Growth and Development
Political Economy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Adam Guren
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
2,880
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Mine Ertugrul
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
1,690
Empirical corporate finance
corporate social responsibility
corporate governance
mergers
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Adugna Lemi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
15
729
International Trade
International Factor Movement
Development
Africa
social welfare
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Hiroaki Kaido
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
520
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Ray Franke
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
1,004
HighEd finance & financial aid - Student access & success - Education policy - International/Comparative HighEd
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Jay Junghun Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
787
Financial Accounting
Auditing
Corporate Governance
International Accounting
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Alison J Kirby Jones
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
572
Managerial accounting
information sharing
incentives
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Jason J. Mcsparren
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
229
International Political Economy of Natural Resource Extractive Sectors
Global Environmental Policy
Global Governance Initiativ
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Ke Koeun Park
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
192
financial accounting
financial reporting quality
executive compensation