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
Ingrid Woolard
Poverty
inequality
unemployment
social assistance
impact evaluation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
43
98
9,044
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Josephine Kaviti Musango
System Dynamics
Energy Transition
Resource Economics
Technology Assessment
Africa Cities
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
34
70
3,958
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ronelle Burger
Development Economics
Health Economics
Policy Research
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
68
3,945
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Johan Fourie
Economic history
Africa
Development economics
South African history
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
68
3,718
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Martin De Wit
Environmental Governance
Environmental and Ecological Economics
Ecosystems
Energy Economics
Sustainability
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
46
2,955
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Eon Smit
Financial markets
Forecasting
Econometric
Entrepreneurship
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
42
2,456

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Stan Du Plessis
Macroeconomics
monetary economics
business cycles
economic growth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
43
1,905
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Dieter Von Fintel
Development Economics
Spatial inequality
Regional Economics
Economic History
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
30
1,303
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Debra Shepherd
Applied Microeconometrics
Identity Economics
Economics of Education
Labour Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
27
1,108
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nyankomo Marwa
Applied Economics
Econometrics
Development Finance
Economics of Blockchain Technology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
14
563
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Hylton Hollander
macro-finance
financial stability
macroeconomic policy
economic growth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
236
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Marisa Von Fintel
Development Economics
Poverty Measurement
Social Policy
Impact Evaluation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
595
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Heleen Hofmeyr
Economics of education
socio-emotional skills
resilience
literacy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
4
294
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Mamello Amelia Nchake
International trade
Economic development
Gender analysis
Policy Impact
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
227
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Eldridge Moses
Development Economics
Migration
Poverty
Inequality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
7
425
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Tita Anthanasius Fomum
financial development
financial inclusion
poverty and economic growth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
270
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Christiaan Lamprecht
Financial Accounting
Business rescue
Valuations
IFRS
Fresh start reporting
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
163
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Mesias Alfeus
Financial Risk Management
Quantitative Finance
Interest rates models
model implementation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
122
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Roscoe Van Wyk
development economics
development finance
macroeconomics
econometrics
food security
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
3
124
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Prok Ki Theletsane
Military Mnagement
Public Management
Leadership
Public Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
6
157
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Karin Kritzinger
Energy modeling
distributed energy integration
electricity tariffs
energy finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
108
Lloyd George Banda
Economics
Policy analysis
Political economy
Econometrics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
38
Jeannie De Villiers-Strijdom
Financial literacy
Financial Behaviour
Financial Satisfaction
Financial Planning
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
14
Thatohatsi Sefuthi
economic evaluations of health programs
health systems and services research
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
11
Tess Lubbe
Financial reporting
IFRS 15
Conceptual Framework
Virtual Currency
Accounting Education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
11
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ingrid Woolard
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
43
98
9,044
Poverty
inequality
unemployment
social assistance
impact evaluation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Josephine Kaviti Musango
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
70
3,958
System Dynamics
Energy Transition
Resource Economics
Technology Assessment
Africa Cities
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ronelle Burger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
68
3,945
Development Economics
Health Economics
Policy Research
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Johan Fourie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
68
3,718
Economic history
Africa
Development economics
South African history
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nic Spaull
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
43
5,914
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Corne Coetzee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
38
3,628
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Martin De Wit
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
46
2,955
Environmental Governance
Environmental and Ecological Economics
Ecosystems
Energy Economics
Sustainability
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Meshach Aziakpono
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
42
1,739
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Eon Smit
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
42
2,456
Financial markets
Forecasting
Econometric
Entrepreneurship
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Stephen Taylor
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
35
2,340

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Stan Du Plessis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
43
1,905
Macroeconomics
monetary economics
business cycles
economic growth
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nico De Koker
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
26
2,174
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Dieter Von Fintel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
30
1,303
Development Economics
Spatial inequality
Regional Economics
Economic History
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rulof Burger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
29
1,595
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lungiswa Nkonki
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
25
1,395
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Neil Rankin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
40
1,548
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Debra Shepherd
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
27
1,108
Applied Microeconometrics
Identity Economics
Economics of Education
Labour Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Pierre Erasmus
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
22
806
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ada Jansen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
19
579
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nyankomo Marwa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
563
Applied Economics
Econometrics
Development Finance
Economics of Blockchain Technology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Monique Reid
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
15
432
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
LP Steenkamp
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
706
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Grace Bridgman|(Grace Bridgman)
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
356
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Hylton Hollander
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
236
macro-finance
financial stability
macroeconomic policy
economic growth
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Marisa Von Fintel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
595
Development Economics
Poverty Measurement
Social Policy
Impact Evaluation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Heleen Hofmeyr
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
4
294
Economics of education
socio-emotional skills
resilience
literacy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Gretha Steenkamp
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
172
Accounting education
Accounting
Share-based remuneration
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Mamello Amelia Nchake
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
227
International trade
Economic development
Gender analysis
Policy Impact
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Martin Limbikani Mwale
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
350
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Eldridge Moses
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
425
Development Economics
Migration
Poverty
Inequality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Tita Anthanasius Fomum
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
270
financial development
financial inclusion
poverty and economic growth
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Christiaan Lamprecht
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
163
Financial Accounting
Business rescue
Valuations
IFRS
Fresh start reporting
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Mesias Alfeus
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
122
Financial Risk Management
Quantitative Finance
Interest rates models
model implementation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Roscoe Van Wyk
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
124
development economics
development finance
macroeconomics
econometrics
food security
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Prok Ki Theletsane
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
157
Military Mnagement
Public Management
Leadership
Public Finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Karin Kritzinger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
108
Energy modeling
distributed energy integration
electricity tariffs
energy finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Helanya Fourie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
179
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Willem Hoffmann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
110
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Mareli Rossouw
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
46
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Lisa Martin|Lisa-Cheree Martin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
40
Economic History
Economics
Development Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Johan Steyn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
38
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Stephan Kruger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
32
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Lloyd George Banda
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
38
Economics
Policy analysis
Political economy
Econometrics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Cecileen Greeff
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
32
Taxation
Bitcoins
Effective tax rates
Tax aggressiveness
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Armand Bruwer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
23
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Lomari Theart
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
19
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Jh Van Rooyen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
38
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Waldette Engelbrecht
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
53
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Anet Boshoff-Knoetze
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
18
Corporate Finance
Weighted Average Cost of Capital
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Danielle Van Wyk
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
13
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Jeannie De Villiers-Strijdom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
14
Financial literacy
Financial Behaviour
Financial Satisfaction
Financial Planning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Thatohatsi Sefuthi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
11
economic evaluations of health programs
health systems and services research
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Tess Lubbe
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
11
Financial reporting
IFRS 15
Conceptual Framework
Virtual Currency
Accounting Education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Onesmo Kaiya Mackenzie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
9
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Sher-Lee Arendse-Fourie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
7
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Lynn Van Rooyen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
5
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Mosili Lepheana
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
3