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" (870,057 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: 2
Jakob Kapeller
Macroeconomics
Political Economy
History of Economic Thought
Philosophy of Science
Economics & Philosophy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
29
57
3,324
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Friedrich Schneider
Public finance
enviromental economics
tax evasion shadow economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
27
4,711
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ernst Langthaler
economic history
social history
environmental history
history of agriculture and food
global
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
25
1,231

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Karin Mayr Dorn
international economics
public economics
labor economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
14
931
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Birgit Grüb
Public Value
Management Accounting
Public Management
Public Private Partnership
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
14
616
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Helmut Pernsteiner
financing decisions of family firms
finance of firms in emerging markets
behavioral corporate finance
mergers & acquisitions
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
15
763
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Dieter Pennerstorfer
Applied Industrial Organization
Product Differentiation
Spatial Competition
Regional Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
12
723
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Lackner Mario
behavioral economics
applied microeconomics
labor economics
sports economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
12
414
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Martina Zweimüller
Applied Microeconomics
Health Economics
Economics of Education
Labor Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
12
796
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Matthias Fahn
Organizational Economics
Relational Contracts
Behavioral Economics
Corporate Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
11
248
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jochen Hf Güntner
Monetary Economics
Applied Time Series Econometrics
International Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
462
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Bernhard Gärtner
Management Accounting
Informationsystems
Business Intelligence
ERP-Systems
Family Business
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
6
303
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mario Schnalzenberger
Economics of aging
health economics
microeconometrics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
6
230
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Daniela Schrack
Sustainability
Sustainability Accounting
Environmental Management
Circular Economy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
207
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Laurens Defau
Behavioral Economics
Marketing
Real Estate
Investments
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
2
70
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Tanja Wolf
Controlling/Management Accounting in SMEs
Identity and Role of Controllers/ Management Accountants
Family Firms
Management an
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
3
189
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Karin Niederwimmer
Management Accounting
SMEs
Budgeting
Religious Organizations
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
0
23
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Christian Lebelhuber
Energy Policy
Energy Regulation
Energy Economics
Public Sector Management
Strategy & Transformation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
2
28
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Daniel Pabinger
Controlling
Management Accounting
Business Intelligence
Business Analytics
Decision Support
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
19
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Rudolf Winter Ebmer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
52
114
11,747
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jakob Kapeller
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
57
3,324
Macroeconomics
Political Economy
History of Economic Thought
Philosophy of Science
Economics & Philosophy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
René Böheim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
49
3,225
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Martin Halla
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
36
3,164
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nicole Schneeweis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
19
2,338
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Friedrich Schneider
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
27
4,711
Public finance
enviromental economics
tax evasion shadow economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ernst Langthaler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
25
1,231
economic history
social history
environmental history
history of agriculture and food
global
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Johann Brunner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
20
894

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Johann Burgstaller
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
14
703
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Karin Mayr Dorn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
931
international economics
public economics
labor economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Birgit Grüb
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
616
Public Value
Management Accounting
Public Management
Public Private Partnership
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Helmut Pernsteiner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
15
763
financing decisions of family firms
finance of firms in emerging markets
behavioral corporate finance
mergers & acquisitions
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Dieter Pennerstorfer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
723
Applied Industrial Organization
Product Differentiation
Spatial Competition
Regional Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Lackner Mario
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
414
behavioral economics
applied microeconomics
labor economics
sports economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Wolfgang Frimmel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
393
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Alexander Ahammer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
380
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Martina Zweimüller
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
796
Applied Microeconomics
Health Economics
Economics of Education
Labor Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Matthias Fahn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
248
Organizational Economics
Relational Contracts
Behavioral Economics
Corporate Finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jochen Hf Güntner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
462
Monetary Economics
Applied Time Series Econometrics
International Finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Michael Irlacher
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
255
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Bernhard Gärtner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
6
303
Management Accounting
Informationsystems
Business Intelligence
ERP-Systems
Family Business
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Susanne Pech
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
136
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mario Schnalzenberger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
230
Economics of aging
health economics
microeconometrics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Daniela Schrack
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
207
Sustainability
Sustainability Accounting
Environmental Management
Circular Economy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Markus Dick
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
185
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
David Pichler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
5
496
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Laurens Defau
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
70
Behavioral Economics
Marketing
Real Estate
Investments
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Tanja Wolf
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
189
Controlling/Management Accounting in SMEs
Identity and Role of Controllers/ Management Accountants
Family Firms
Management an
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Nicole Halmdienst
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
85
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Karin Niederwimmer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
23
Management Accounting
SMEs
Budgeting
Religious Organizations
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Christian Lebelhuber
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
28
Energy Policy
Energy Regulation
Energy Economics
Public Sector Management
Strategy & Transformation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Daniel Pabinger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
19
Controlling
Management Accounting
Business Intelligence
Business Analytics
Decision Support
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Sarah Beatrice Kapplmüller
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
35