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" (937,844 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
Kjell Salvanes
labor economics
economics of education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
60
112
19,893
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Steve G. Sutton
accounting
information systems
expert systems
decision sciences
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
50
105
7,768
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Bertil Tungodden
Behavioral Economics
Experimental Economics
Development Economics
Distributive Justice
Social Choice Theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
48
93
9,567
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Stein W Wallace
Stochastic programming
logistics
energy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
46
111
14,668
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Roger Bivand
Spatial data analysis
Geographical information systems
Spatial econometrics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
44
86
27,444
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Alexander Wright Cappelen
behavioral economics
public economics
experimental economics
distributive justice
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
36
73
7,624
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ivar Kolstad
Business ethics
development economics
political economy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
51
6,501

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Guttorm Schjelderup
Public finance
Corporate Finance
Business Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
58
3,766
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Roar Adland
freight markets
FFA
shipping economics
AIS big data
energy efficiency
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
29
49
2,867
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kurt Richard Brekke
Economics
Industrial Organization
Health Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
29
36
2,975
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Erik Ø Sørensen
labor economics
inequality
behavioral economics
experimental economics
choice models
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
36
6,000
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Hans Jarle Kind
Industrial organisation
media economics
international trade
two-sided markets
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
45
3,029
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Haiying Jia
Economics
finance
transportation
energy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
28
1,870
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Knut Kristian Aase
Insurance Economics / Mathematics
The Economics of Uncertainty
Dynamic Asset Pricing Theory
Actuarial Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
39
2,693
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Øivind Anti Nilsen
Macroeconomics
Labour Economics
Applied Econometrics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
31
2,417
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Aasmund Eilifsen
Auditing: Audit quality
audit markets
judgment and decision making
audit education and audit practice
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
22
2,618
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Øystein Foros
Industrial Organisation
Regulatory Economics
Telecommunications
Management Science
Competition Policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
29
1,706
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Hallgeir Sjåstad
Social psychology
Judgment and decision-making
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
23
1,473
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mette Helene Bjørndal
Integer Programming
Stochastic Programming
Economic Analysis of Network Services in Telecommunications and the Energy Sector
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
33
1,449
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jarle Møen
Applied microeconometrics
Business taxation
Technology policy
R&D investments
Human capital
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
30
3,974
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Katrine V Løken
Labour Economics
Child Development
Econometrics
Economics of Crime
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
20
4,011
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Bram Timmermans
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Economic Geography
Human Capital
Ecosystems
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
18
2,513
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Torfinn Harding
Economics: international trade
economic development
natural resources
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
20
2,045
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Astrid Kunze
labour economics
applied micro-econometrics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
18
2,018
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Alexander Willen
Labor Economics
Public Economics
Education Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
19
957
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Gunnar Stensland
Financial Economics and Markets
Derivatives/Financial Instruments
Real Options
Risk Management
Investments
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
16
1,235
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Frode Sættem
Financial Economics
Business Economics
Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
14
1,442
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Petter Bjerksund
Derivatives/Financial Instruments
Financial Economics and Markets
Real Options
Risk Management
Investments
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
16
1,583
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Alan Mir Seyed Mostafa Mirhedayatian
Operations Research
Supply Chain Management
Transport and Logistics
Performance Measurement
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
12
1,530
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Vincent Somville
Development Economics
Health Economics
Behavioural Economics
Experimental Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
14
569
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Floris Zoutman
Economics
Public Economics
Public Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
12
780
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Jostein Lillestøl
Time Series Analysis
Risk Analysis
Statistical Modelling
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
12
473
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Trond Døskeland
Household finance
asset management
behavioral finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
634
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Samuel Dodini
Labor economics
public economics
education
housing economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
235
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Siri Isaksson
Experimental Economics
Behavioral Economics
Gender Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
6
3,639
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Daniel Duque
Labor Economics
Public Economics
Education Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
3
191
Dan-Richard Knudsen
Digitalization
Management Accounting
Organizational Change
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
328
Arthur Stenzel
Tax Research
Private Firm Financial Reporting
Research Methods & Methodology in Accounting
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
81
Maximilian Rohrer
Empirical Finance
the Role of Government
and Applications of Natural Language Processing in Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
203
Julia Li Zhu
Labor Economics
Economics of Migration
Economics of Education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
19
Negar Ghanbari
Corporate Finance
Banking
Debt Contracts
Data Analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
68
Simone Traini
Financial Accounting
Corporate Taxation
Corporate Governance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
18
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Kjell Salvanes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
60
112
19,893
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Steve G. Sutton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
50
105
7,768
accounting
information systems
expert systems
decision sciences
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Bertil Tungodden
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
48
93
9,567
Behavioral Economics
Experimental Economics
Development Economics
Distributive Justice
Social Choice Theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Stein W Wallace
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
46
111
14,668
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Roger Bivand
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
44
86
27,444
Spatial data analysis
Geographical information systems
Spatial econometrics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
William F Messier Jr
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
44
80
9,078
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Rögnvaldur Hannesson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
43
105
6,629
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Alexander Wright Cappelen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
73
7,624
behavioral economics
public economics
experimental economics
distributive justice
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gunnar S Eskeland
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
63
7,474
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ivar Kolstad
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
51
6,501
Business ethics
development economics
political economy

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Guttorm Schjelderup
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
58
3,766
Public finance
Corporate Finance
Business Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Roar Adland
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
49
2,867
freight markets
FFA
shipping economics
AIS big data
energy efficiency
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kurt Richard Brekke
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
36
2,975
Economics
Industrial Organization
Health Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Erik Ø Sørensen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
36
6,000
labor economics
inequality
behavioral economics
experimental economics
choice models
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Hans Jarle Kind
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
45
3,029
Industrial organisation
media economics
international trade
two-sided markets
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Lars Sørgard
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
58
3,041
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Haiying Jia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
28
1,870
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Knut Kristian Aase
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
39
2,693
Insurance Economics / Mathematics
The Economics of Uncertainty
Dynamic Asset Pricing Theory
Actuarial Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Øivind Anti Nilsen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
31
2,417
Macroeconomics
Labour Economics
Applied Econometrics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Aasmund Eilifsen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
22
2,618
Auditing: Audit quality
audit markets
judgment and decision making
audit education and audit practice
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Øystein Foros
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
29
1,706
Industrial Organisation
Regulatory Economics
Telecommunications
Management Science
Competition Policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Hallgeir Sjåstad
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
23
1,473
Social psychology
Judgment and decision-making
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mette Helene Bjørndal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
33
1,449
Integer Programming
Stochastic Programming
Economic Analysis of Network Services in Telecommunications and the Energy Sector
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Rune Lines
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
22
3,124
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jarle Møen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
30
3,974
Applied microeconometrics
Business taxation
Technology policy
R&D investments
Human capital
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Frode Steen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
29
1,499
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Katrine V Løken
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
20
4,011
Labour Economics
Child Development
Econometrics
Economics of Crime
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Aline Bütikofer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
28
1,371
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Trond Bjørnenak
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
28
2,868
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Therese Egeland Sverdrup|Therese Egeland Sverdrup
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
25
986
Team
psychological contract
leadership
organizational behavior
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Bram Timmermans
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
18
2,513
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Economic Geography
Human Capital
Ecosystems
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Torfinn Harding
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
20
2,045
Economics: international trade
economic development
natural resources
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Astrid Kunze
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
18
2,018
labour economics
applied micro-econometrics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Alexander Willen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
19
957
Labor Economics
Public Economics
Education Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Gunnar Stensland
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
16
1,235
Financial Economics and Markets
Derivatives/Financial Instruments
Real Options
Risk Management
Investments
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Frode Sættem
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
14
1,442
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Steinar Ekern
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
15
1,580
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Kåre Petter Hagen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
21
795
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Petter Bjerksund
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
16
1,583
Derivatives/Financial Instruments
Financial Economics and Markets
Real Options
Risk Management
Investments
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Terje Rein Hansen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
16
2,106
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Alan Mir Seyed Mostafa Mirhedayatian
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
1,530
Operations Research
Supply Chain Management
Transport and Logistics
Performance Measurement
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Jonas Andersson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
872
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Vincent Somville
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
14
569
Development Economics
Health Economics
Behavioural Economics
Experimental Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Floris Zoutman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
780
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Jostein Lillestøl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
473
Time Series Analysis
Risk Analysis
Statistical Modelling
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Trond Døskeland
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
634
Household finance
asset management
behavioral finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Mohammed Mardan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
471
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Samuel Dodini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
235
Labor economics
public economics
education
housing economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Xunhua Su
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
360
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Sissel Jensen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
1,593
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Mathias Ekström
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
709
Behavioral Economics
Experimental Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Evelina Gavrilova
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
583
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Nils Friewald
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
1,154
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Krisztina Molnar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
477
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Ragnhild Balsvik
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
1,022
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Siri Isaksson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
3,639
Experimental Economics
Behavioral Economics
Gender Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Roweno Jrk Heijmans
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
261
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Daniel Duque
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
191
Labor Economics
Public Economics
Education Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Malin Arve
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
120
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Jøril Mæland
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
83
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Bjoern Schmeisser
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
369
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Dan-Richard Knudsen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
328
Digitalization
Management Accounting
Organizational Change
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Arthur Stenzel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
81
Tax Research
Private Firm Financial Reporting
Research Methods & Methodology in Accounting
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Maximilian Rohrer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
203
Empirical Finance
the Role of Government
and Applications of Natural Language Processing in Finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Andreas Ulfsten
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
32
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Julia Li Zhu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
19
Labor Economics
Economics of Migration
Economics of Education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Xiaomei Cheng
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
2,494
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Negar Ghanbari
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
68
Corporate Finance
Banking
Debt Contracts
Data Analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Simone Traini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
18
Financial Accounting
Corporate Taxation
Corporate Governance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Isabel Hovdahl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
21
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
José Albuquerque De Sousa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
19
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Andre Lot
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
12
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Felix M Lavoie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
3
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Charlotte Bjørnhaug Evensen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
3
Economics
Industrial organization
Public economics
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