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" (998,570 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.

Dan Kovenock
Game Theory
Industrial Organization
Political Economy
Public Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
40
69
8,966
Bart J Wilson
Economics
Experimental Economics
Property
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
73
4,010
Stephen Rassenti
experimental
behavioral and computational economics
health economics
network economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
34
58
5,463
Robert M Bowen
Financial reporting
disclosure
corporate goverance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
36
9,587
Jane Kennedy Jollineau
Behavioral experimental
Judgment and decision making
Auditing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
28
5,215
Erik O Kimbrough
Experimental Economics
Norms
Institutions
Property Rights
Conflict Resolution
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
38
1,972
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Bruce Dehning
Accounting
Information Technology
Accounting Information Systems
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
25
4,310

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Terry Burnham
Economics
Finance
Evolution
Natural Selection
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
30
4,051
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sougata Poddar
Applied Microeconomic Theory
Industrial Organization
Applied Game Theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
25
1,223
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jonathan Hersh
Economics of information systems
economics of digitization
development economics
artificial intelligence and machine learning
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
14
824
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Brett Danaher
entertainment analytics and data science
applied microeconomics
empirical industrial organization
intellectual property polic
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
12
1,179
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Timothy W Shields
Coordination & Communication
Information Economics
Conflict Resolution
Institutional Influences upon Behavior
Incentives & D
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
13
551
Thomas Campbell|Thomas J Campbell
Antitrust
Separation of Powers
Economic Regulation
Labor Law
Law & Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
12
710
Jian Song
experimental economics
behavioral economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
10
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Vojtěch Zíka
experimental economics
evolutionary psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
24
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Vernon L Smith
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
101
223
57,934
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Dan Kovenock
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
69
8,966
Game Theory
Industrial Organization
Political Economy
Public Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Bart J Wilson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
73
4,010
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Stephen Rassenti
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
58
5,463
experimental
behavioral and computational economics
health economics
network economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Dave Porter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
65
5,751
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jared Rubin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
34
2,749
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Robert M Bowen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
36
9,587
Financial reporting
disclosure
corporate goverance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jane Kennedy Jollineau
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
28
5,215
Behavioral experimental
Judgment and decision making
Auditing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Erik O Kimbrough
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
38
1,972
Experimental Economics
Norms
Institutions
Property Rights
Conflict Resolution
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Bruce Dehning
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
25
4,310
Accounting
Information Technology
Accounting Information Systems

360° Institutional Performance & Benchmarking Click Here for Live Demo 

Through advanced, institution-specific analytics and benchmarking, gain data-driven strategic insights into your academic performance, global standing, and competitive strengths. Compare your institution with 20 similarly ranked institutions at city, country, regional, and global levels, as well as with those in similar standings across 13 subjects, to uncover your institution’s strengths. More Info

Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Terry Burnham
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
30
4,051
Economics
Finance
Evolution
Natural Selection
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sougata Poddar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
25
1,223
Applied Microeconomic Theory
Industrial Organization
Applied Game Theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mitch Warachka
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
27
1,917
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jonathan Hersh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
824
Economics of information systems
economics of digitization
development economics
artificial intelligence and machine learning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Brett Danaher
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
1,179
entertainment analytics and data science
applied microeconomics
empirical industrial organization
intellectual property polic
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Timothy W Shields
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
551
Coordination & Communication
Information Economics
Conflict Resolution
Institutional Influences upon Behavior
Incentives & D
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Thomas Campbell|Thomas J Campbell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
710
Antitrust
Separation of Powers
Economic Regulation
Labor Law
Law & Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Zhi Li
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
6
1,348
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
John Broughton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
127
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
David Leather
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
11
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jian Song
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
10
experimental economics
behavioral economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Olivia Huseman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
6
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Vojtěch Zíka
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
24
experimental economics
evolutionary psychology
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