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 :1
Jens Perch Nielsen
actuarial science
biostatistics
econometrics
finance
statistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
57
234
16,222
Giovanni Urga
Econometric Methodology and Applications
Panel Data Econometrics
Financial Econometrics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
63
3,783
Meziane Lasfer
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Capital Market
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
48
4,224
Jon Stern
regulation of infrastructure industries
competition policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
54
3,935
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Rym Ayadi
Banking and Finance
Financial Regulation
International Finance
International Business
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
29
61
3,653
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Giulia Iori
financial economics
networks
complexity
financial mathematics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
29
52
4,538
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Simon Price
forecasting
macroeconomics
econometrics
predictability of returns
political voting behaviour
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
45
2,702
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Vali Asimit
Optimal Portfolio/Reinsurance
Supervised Learning
Extreme Value Theory
Risk Management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
27
1,172
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Ioannis Kyriakou
Asset Pricing
Derivatives
Quantitative Finance
Simulation Methods
Stochastic Processes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
26
920
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Cecilia Rikap
Global Political Economy of Science
technology and Innovation. Economics of Innovation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
23
1,290
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Giulia Faggio
Applied Microeconomics
Urban Economics
Labour Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
19
2,042
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Aleš Černý
Asset Pricing and Hedging in Incomplete Markets
Performance Measurement
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
23
1,254
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Agne Suziedelyte
Applied microeconometrics
health economics
media economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
16
1,156
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :26
Panos K Pouliasis
energy economics
risk management
commodities
volatility and correlation forecasting
shipping
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
16
964
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Anh Luong Tran
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Mergers and acquisitions
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
12
890
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Hans Tw Frankort
Social networks
Organizational economics
Incentives
Effort
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
12
891
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Giovanni Cespa
Financial Economics
Market Microstructure Theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
12
1,704
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Alejandro Riaño
International Economics
Development Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
12
456
Jack Fosten
Economics
Econometrics
Time Series Econometrics
Forecasting
Nowcasting
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
8
469
Xeni Dassiou
industrial organisation
game theory
behavioural economics
public service markets
competition economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
175
Giacinta Cestone
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Industrial Organization
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
1,558
Michael Ben-Gad
Dynamic Macroeconomics
Fiscal Policy
Economics of Immigration
Public Debt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
320
Valeriya Vitkova
Corporate Finance
Mergers and Acquisitions
Company Valuation
Corporate Restructuring
Dividend Policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
4
110
Claudia Cerrone
Experimental Economics
Game Theory
Behavioural Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
2
63
Odunayo Fadahunsi
data science
network science
visual analytics
risk management
management accounting
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
3
62
Simone Santoni
Economic sociology
Networks
Causality
Natural experiments
Machine Learning
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
649
Mehrshad Motahari
Asset Pricing
Behavioral Finance
Machine Learning
ESG Investing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
3
143
Naaguesh Appadu
M&A
IPO
Corporate Strategy
Corporate Finance
Private Equity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
55
Arnaud Cudennec
economic sociology
sociology of markets
organization theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
2
30
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jens Perch Nielsen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
57
234
16,222
actuarial science
biostatistics
econometrics
finance
statistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Steven Haberman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
52
152
11,194
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
David Parkin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
80
17,384
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Barbara Casu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
54
8,058
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Giovanni Urga
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
63
3,783
Econometric Methodology and Applications
Panel Data Econometrics
Financial Econometrics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
İan Marsh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
54
5,101
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Keith Cuthbertson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
79
5,116
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Meziane Lasfer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
48
4,224
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Capital Market
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jon Stern
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
54
3,935
regulation of infrastructure industries
competition policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rym Ayadi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
61
3,653
Banking and Finance
Financial Regulation
International Finance
International Business
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Paolo Volpin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
39
9,935
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Giulia Iori
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
52
4,538
financial economics
networks
complexity
financial mathematics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Simon Price
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
45
2,702
forecasting
macroeconomics
econometrics
predictability of returns
political voting behaviour
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Alec Chrystal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
44
4,648
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dirk Nitzsche
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
34
3,131
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Keith Pilbeam
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
29
2,504
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Vali Asimit
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
27
1,172
Optimal Portfolio/Reinsurance
Supervised Learning
Extreme Value Theory
Risk Management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ioannis Kyriakou
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
26
920
Asset Pricing
Derivatives
Quantitative Finance
Simulation Methods
Stochastic Processes
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Cecilia Rikap
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
23
1,290
Global Political Economy of Science
technology and Innovation. Economics of Innovation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Vasso Ioannidou
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
18
2,817
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Giulia Faggio
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
19
2,042
Applied Microeconomics
Urban Economics
Labour Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Michael Tamvakis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
19
1,277
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Aleš Černý
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
23
1,254
Asset Pricing and Hedging in Incomplete Markets
Performance Measurement
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Agne Suziedelyte
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
16
1,156
Applied microeconometrics
health economics
media economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Panos K Pouliasis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
16
964
energy economics
risk management
commodities
volatility and correlation forecasting
shipping
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Francisco Urzúa I
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
1,364
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Pawel Bilinski
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
18
670
disclosure quality
infographics
financial analysts
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Anh Luong Tran
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
890
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Mergers and acquisitions
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Hans Tw Frankort
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
891
Social networks
Organizational economics
Incentives
Effort
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Giovanni Cespa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
1,704
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Angela Gallo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
13
754
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Alejandro Riaño
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
456
International Economics
Development Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Jack Fosten
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
469
Economics
Econometrics
Time Series Econometrics
Forecasting
Nowcasting
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Sotiris Georganas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
610
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Xeni Dassiou
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
175
industrial organisation
game theory
behavioural economics
public service markets
competition economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Giacinta Cestone
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
1,558
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Industrial Organization
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Jan Christoph Schlegel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
240
Market Design
Blockchains
Matching
Mechanism Design
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Michael Ben-Gad
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
320
Dynamic Macroeconomics
Fiscal Policy
Economics of Immigration
Public Debt
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Daniel Silva Junior
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
162
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Valeriya Vitkova
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
4
110
Corporate Finance
Mergers and Acquisitions
Company Valuation
Corporate Restructuring
Dividend Policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Claudia Cerrone
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
2
63
Experimental Economics
Game Theory
Behavioural Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Elisabetta Pellini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
200
Econometrics
Energy Economics
Energy Policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Simon Hayley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
5
113
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Francesc Rodriguez Tous
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
356
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Odunayo Fadahunsi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
62
data science
network science
visual analytics
risk management
management accounting
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Simone Santoni
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
649
Economic sociology
Networks
Causality
Natural experiments
Machine Learning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Mehrshad Motahari
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
143
Asset Pricing
Behavioral Finance
Machine Learning
ESG Investing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Ioannis C Moutzouris
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
42
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Naaguesh Appadu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
55
M&A
IPO
Corporate Strategy
Corporate Finance
Private Equity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Arnaud Cudennec
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
30
economic sociology
sociology of markets
organization theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Tatiana Franus
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
74
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Mohamed Samir Zahran
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
20
Macroeconomics
Economic Policy
Public Finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Onur Sefiloglu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
3