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
Richard Portes
International macroeconomics and finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
59
137
16,524
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Lucrezia Reichlin
time series econometrics
monetary economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
56
102
21,783
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Daniel G Goldstein
Economics
Computer Science
Psychology
Marketing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
50
79
32,501
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Helene Rey
International Macroeconomics
International Finance
Macroeconomics
International Economics
Monetary Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
46
58
22,418
Henri Servaes
Corporate finance
mutual funds
corporate governance
corporate social responsibility
ESG
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
39
60
32,677
Alex Edmans
Financial economics
corporate finance
corporate governance
responsible business
behavioral finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
38
48
19,113
Elias Papaioannou
Political Economy
Growth and Development
International Finance
Applied Econometrics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
40
12,237
Suleyman Basak
financial economics
asset pricing
portfolio choice
risk management
international finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
35
7,246
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Vikrant Vig
Law
Financial Contracting
Organizational Economics and Politics and Regulation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
35
8,228
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Francesca Cornelli
Corporate governance
private equity
privatisation
bankruptcy
IPOs
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
27
4,740
S Lakshmi Naaraayanan
Empirical Corporate Finance
Entrepreneurship
Financial Intermediation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
7
276
Juan Antolin Diaz
Macroeconomics
Econometrics
Business Cycles
Monetary Policy
Asset Pricing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
880
Rachel W Flam
Financial reporting
Disclosure
Financial analysts
Earnings conference calls
Financial journalism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
109
Taisiya Sikorskaya
Asset Pricing
Asset Management
Financial Intermediaries
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
213
Maxime Bonelli
Financial Economics
Asset Management
Corporate Finance
Entrepreneurship
Fintech
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
60
Valeria Fedyk
Asset Pricing
Behavioral Economics
Household Finance
Investment Management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
25
Rebecca De Simone
corporate finance
corporate governance
financial intermediation
public finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
24
Sicong Li
Empirical Asset Pricing
Financial Econometrics
Machine Learning
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
21
Xinyuan Li
econometrics
monetary policy
international economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
20
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Richard Portes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
59
137
16,524
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Lucrezia Reichlin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
56
102
21,783
time series econometrics
monetary economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Daniel G Goldstein
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
50
79
32,501
Economics
Computer Science
Psychology
Marketing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Helene Rey
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
46
58
22,418
International Macroeconomics
International Finance
Macroeconomics
International Economics
Monetary Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Henri Servaes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
60
32,677
Corporate finance
mutual funds
corporate governance
corporate social responsibility
ESG
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Alex Edmans
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
48
19,113
Financial economics
corporate finance
corporate governance
responsible business
behavioral finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Elias Papaioannou
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
40
12,237
Political Economy
Growth and Development
International Finance
Applied Econometrics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Andrea Galeotti
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
41
5,245
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Suleyman Basak
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
35
7,246
financial economics
asset pricing
portfolio choice
risk management
international finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
James Dow
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
38
5,656
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Avinash Persaud
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
49
4,684
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Vikrant Vig
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
35
8,228
Law
Financial Contracting
Organizational Economics and Politics and Regulation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Joao Cocco
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
27
8,864
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Emre Ozdenoren
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
24
2,251
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Francesca Cornelli
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
27
4,740
Corporate governance
private equity
privatisation
bankruptcy
IPOs
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Aytekin Ertan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
512
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Vania Stavrakeva
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
513
macroeconomics
international finance
banking
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
S Lakshmi Naaraayanan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
276
Empirical Corporate Finance
Entrepreneurship
Financial Intermediation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Tanner Regan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
456
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Marco Grotteria
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
283
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Juan Antolin Diaz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
880
Macroeconomics
Econometrics
Business Cycles
Monetary Policy
Asset Pricing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Rachel W Flam
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
109
Financial reporting
Disclosure
Financial analysts
Earnings conference calls
Financial journalism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Purnendu Nath
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
415
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Taisiya Sikorskaya
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
213
Asset Pricing
Asset Management
Financial Intermediaries
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Maxime Bonelli
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
60
Financial Economics
Asset Management
Corporate Finance
Entrepreneurship
Fintech
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Valeria Fedyk
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
25
Asset Pricing
Behavioral Economics
Household Finance
Investment Management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Gunjan Seth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
31
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Rebecca De Simone
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
24
corporate finance
corporate governance
financial intermediation
public finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Sicong Li
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
21
Empirical Asset Pricing
Financial Econometrics
Machine Learning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Xinyuan Li
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
20
econometrics
monetary policy
international economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Christian Villouta
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
7