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" (873,690 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
Alan Krueger
labor economics
education
inequality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
121
280
133,180
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Angus Deaton
Economic development
health
well-being
econometrics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
120
247
121,097
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Stephen Redding
International Trade
Economic Growth
Spatial Economics
Urban Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
70
97
41,000
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Harold James
financial history
economic history
German history
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
69
239
57,009
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ashoka Mody
International finance
political economy
economic growth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
64
146
21,241
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Anne Case
health economics
development economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
63
94
40,613

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Robert Willig
Industrial Organization
competition policy
social welfare
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
49
96
26,728
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Giovanni L Violante
Macroeconomics
Labor Economics
Public Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
48
68
22,074
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
John Mulvey
financial optimization
portfolio theory
robust optimization
asset allocation
wealth management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
47
117
11,600
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Dean Jolliffe
Applied Microeconomics
Applied Econometrics
Health Economics
Development Economics
Transition
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
45
87
8,257
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Matias D Cattaneo
Econometrics
Statistics
Machine Learning
Data Science
Decision Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
42
63
18,554
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jeffrey S Hammer
Economic development
Economics of health policy in developing countries
Service delivery in developing countries
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
38
61
9,137
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Leah Boustan
US Economic History
Labor Economics
Urban Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
43
8,004
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Motohiro Yogo
Economics
Finance
Insurance
Econometrics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
41
25,972
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Varun Gauri
Behavioral Economics
Political Science
Law
Ethics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
42
4,898
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Christopher A Neilson
Industrial Organization
Education Economics
Labor Economics
Development Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
33
4,792
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Alessandro Lizzeri
Industrial Organization
Political Economy
Microeconomic theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
30
6,616
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Pietro Ortoleva
Decision Theory
Behavioral Economics
Experimental Economics
Political Economy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
33
3,265
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
David S Lee
Labor Economics
Econometrics
Public Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
27
20,777
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Frederick F Wherry
economic sociology
cultural sociology
household debt
dignity in finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
26
1,933
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Sylvain Chassang
microeconomic theory
experiment design
io
development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
25
2,480
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Kate Ho
Industrial Organization
Health Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
24
4,033
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Caio Almeida
Asset Pricing Theory
Risk Management
Dynamic Term Structure Models
Option Pricing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
22
955
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Neil Garrett
Decision Making
Behavioural Economics
Reinforcement Learning
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
14
2,086
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Adrien Matray
Empirical Corporate Finance
Misallocation
Innovation
Development
Taxation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
13
2,468
David Schoenherr
Bankruptcy
Financial Contracting
Law and Economics
Labor and Finance
Social Networks
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
782
Marek Hlavac
Labor Economics
Political Economy
Statistical Software
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
1,765
Wilson Ricks
Macro-Energy Systems
Carbon Accounting
Geothermal Power
Fusion Power
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
7
214
Michael Thaler
Behavioral Economics
Experimental Economics
Political Economy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
1,691
Andrea Wilson
microeconomic theory
game theory
bounded rationality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
551
Can Urgun
Game Theory
Microeconomic Theory
Organizational Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
95
Hassan Sayed
Economic Theory
Political Economy
Economic History
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
3
146
Chansik Yoon
Macroeconomics
International Economics
Development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
211
Gabe Mantegna
Macro-energy systems
Environmental justice
Science communication
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
67
Yinhong Zhao
financial economics
industrial organization
development economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
2
128
Dake Li
Time Series Econometrics
Empirical Macroeconomics
Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
158
Anna Jacobson
Macro-Energy Systems
Linear Programming
Optimization
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
41
Sojun Park
international trade
political economy
intellectual property rights
public health
regulation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
3
Andrew Olsen
Industrial Organization
Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
3
Derek Wenning
Insurance
Banking
Finance
Macroeconomics
Spatial Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
1
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Alan Krueger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
121
280
133,180
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Angus Deaton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
120
247
121,097
Economic development
health
well-being
econometrics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Avinash Dixit
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
91
226
95,293
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Gene Grossman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
84
135
110,435
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Christopher Sims
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
83
164
79,072
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Stephen Redding
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
70
97
41,000
International Trade
Economic Growth
Spatial Economics
Urban Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Harold James
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
69
239
57,009
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ashoka Mody
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
64
146
21,241
International finance
political economy
economic growth
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Anne Case
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
63
94
40,613
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Markus Brunnermeier
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
61
94
47,073

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Yacine Ait Sahalia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
57
89
23,796
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Wei Xiong
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
50
57
22,680
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Robert Willig
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
49
96
26,728
Industrial Organization
competition policy
social welfare
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Giovanni L Violante
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
48
68
22,074
Macroeconomics
Labor Economics
Public Finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Esteban Rossi Hansberg
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
47
69
17,524
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
John Mulvey
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
47
117
11,600
financial optimization
portfolio theory
robust optimization
asset allocation
wealth management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Atif Mian
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
66
27,331
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Dean Jolliffe
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
87
8,257
Applied Microeconomics
Applied Econometrics
Health Economics
Development Economics
Transition
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Matias D Cattaneo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
42
63
18,554
Econometrics
Statistics
Machine Learning
Data Science
Decision Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Henrik Kleven
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
53
15,018
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jeffrey S Hammer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
61
9,137
Economic development
Economics of health policy in developing countries
Service delivery in developing countries
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Wolfgang Pesendorfer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
51
11,377
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Michael Rothschild
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
42
28,247
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Leah Boustan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
43
8,004
US Economic History
Labor Economics
Urban Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Motohiro Yogo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
41
25,972
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Varun Gauri
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
42
4,898
Behavioral Economics
Political Science
Law
Ethics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Mark Aguiar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
34
12,836
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Christopher A Neilson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
33
4,792
Industrial Organization
Education Economics
Labor Economics
Development Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Alessandro Lizzeri
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
30
6,616
Industrial Organization
Political Economy
Microeconomic theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Pietro Ortoleva
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
33
3,265
Decision Theory
Behavioral Economics
Experimental Economics
Political Economy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
David S Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
27
20,777
Labor Economics
Econometrics
Public Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Frederick F Wherry
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
26
1,933
economic sociology
cultural sociology
household debt
dignity in finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Sylvain Chassang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
25
2,480
microeconomic theory
experiment design
io
development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Kate Ho
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
24
4,033
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Caio Almeida
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
22
955
Asset Pricing Theory
Risk Management
Dynamic Term Structure Models
Option Pricing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Mikkel Plagborg Moller
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
18
3,440
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Ezequiel Molina
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
24
1,324
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Michal Kolesár
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
18
2,859
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Jakub Kastl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
15
1,241
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Jeffrey M Harris
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
17
2,068
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Pablo Fajgelbaum
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
15
5,228
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Neil Garrett
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
14
2,086
Decision Making
Behavioural Economics
Reinforcement Learning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Thomas Fujiwara
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
18
2,477
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Owen Zidar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
3,303
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Adrien Matray
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
2,468
Empirical Corporate Finance
Misallocation
Innovation
Development
Taxation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Ezra Oberfield
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
2,554
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Eduardo Morales
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
2,776
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Gregor Jarosch
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
1,603
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
David Schoenherr
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
782
Bankruptcy
Financial Contracting
Law and Economics
Labor and Finance
Social Networks
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Marek Hlavac
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
1,765
Labor Economics
Political Economy
Statistical Software
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Yann Koby
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
889
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Wilson Ricks
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
214
Macro-Energy Systems
Carbon Accounting
Geothermal Power
Fusion Power
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Jonathan Edgar Payne
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
167
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Michael Thaler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
1,691
Behavioral Economics
Experimental Economics
Political Economy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Andrea Wilson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
551
microeconomic theory
game theory
bounded rationality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Can Urgun
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
95
Game Theory
Microeconomic Theory
Organizational Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Smita Brunnermeier
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
2,973
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
International Trade
Economic Geography
Macroeconomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Luther Yap
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
676
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Hassan Sayed
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
146
Economic Theory
Political Economy
Economic History
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Sofia Moroni
Metrics
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5
2
114
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Michael Cassidy
Metrics
H-Index
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5
1
61
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Simon Schmickler
Metrics
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4
4
71
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Chansik Yoon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
211
Macroeconomics
International Economics
Development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Gabe Mantegna
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
67
Macro-energy systems
Environmental justice
Science communication
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Nilima Pisharody
Metrics
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4
2
66
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Filippo Palomba
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3
3
55
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Christine Blandhol
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3
2
194
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Jihong Song
Metrics
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3
2
56
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Aneesha Manocha
Metrics
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3
2
47
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Bruno Jiménez|Bruno Jimenez
Metrics
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3
1
31
Labor Economics
Political Economy
Development Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Seula Kim
Metrics
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3
1
21
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Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Ole Agersnap
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2
2
152
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Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Yinhong Zhao
Metrics
H-Index
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2
2
128
financial economics
industrial organization
development economics
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Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Haiyue Yu
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2
1
34
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Ranking Based On Selection: 76
Santiago Deambrosi
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2
1
32
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Ranking Based On Selection: 77
Michael Lau
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2
1
22
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Ranking Based On Selection: 78
Sebastian T Roelsgaard
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2
0
12
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Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Francesco Fabbri
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2
0
10
Economic Theory
Game Theory
Decision Theory
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Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Cameron Ricciardi
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2
1
15
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Ranking Based On Selection: 81
Dake Li
Metrics
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1
1
158
Time Series Econometrics
Empirical Macroeconomics
Finance
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Ranking Based On Selection: 82
Anna Jacobson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
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1
1
41
Macro-Energy Systems
Linear Programming
Optimization
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Ranking Based On Selection: 83
Sojun Park
Metrics
H-Index
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1
0
3
international trade
political economy
intellectual property rights
public health
regulation
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Ranking Based On Selection: 84
Charis Katsiardis
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1
0
3
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Ranking Based On Selection: 85
Andrew Olsen
Metrics
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1
0
3
Industrial Organization
Behavioral and Experimental Economics
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Ranking Based On Selection: 86
Derek Wenning
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
1
Insurance
Banking
Finance
Macroeconomics
Spatial Economics