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" (1,010,204 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
Joachim Wagner
International Firm Activities
Microeconometrics
Firm level data
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
61
201
20,437
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
David J Abson
Sustainability Science
Ecosystem Services
Ecological Economics
Agriculture and Food Security
Landscape Ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
49
80
14,579
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Patrick Velte
Financial Accounting
External Audit
Corporate Governance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
43
112
8,320
Lars Holstenkamp
Finanzierung erneuerbarer Energien
Bürgerbeteiligung
Social Investment
Entwicklungsfinanzierung
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
40
3,261
Michael Lamla
macroeconomics
monetary economics
political economy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
37
2,549
Mario Mechtel
Behavioral Economics
Applied Microeconomics
Labor Economics
Social Identity
Sustainability
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
21
893
Christoph Wegener
Applied Econometrics
Finance
Energy Economics
Financial Bubbles
Risk Management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
419
Yassin Denis Bouzzine
Corporate Sustainability
Sustainable Finance
Business Ethics
ESG
Organizational Misconduct
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
6
199
Parvina Tanikulova
Corporate Social Responsibility
Management Accounting
Corporate Governance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
52
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Joachim Wagner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
61
201
20,437
International Firm Activities
Microeconometrics
Firm level data
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
David J Abson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
49
80
14,579
Sustainability Science
Ecosystem Services
Ecological Economics
Agriculture and Food Security
Landscape Ecology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Patrick Velte
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
43
112
8,320
Financial Accounting
External Audit
Corporate Governance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Lars Holstenkamp
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
40
3,261
Finanzierung erneuerbarer Energien
Bürgerbeteiligung
Social Investment
Entwicklungsfinanzierung
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Christian Pfeifer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
45
2,081
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michael Lamla
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
37
2,549
macroeconomics
monetary economics
political economy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Boris Hirsch
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
24
1,467
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mario Mechtel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
21
893
Behavioral Economics
Applied Microeconomics
Labor Economics
Social Identity
Sustainability
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Christoph Wegener
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
419
Applied Econometrics
Finance
Energy Economics
Financial Bubbles
Risk Management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Yassin Denis Bouzzine
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
6
199
Corporate Sustainability
Sustainable Finance
Business Ethics
ESG
Organizational Misconduct
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Parvina Tanikulova
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
52
Corporate Social Responsibility
Management Accounting
Corporate Governance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Hannes Köster
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
153
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jan Marvin Apel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
7