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
Juan Camilo Cardenas
Behavioral and experimental economics
field experiments
cooperation
collective action
trust
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
49
99
13,654
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Fabio Sánchez Torres
Desarrollo económico. educación
historia económica
econometría
economía pública
economía política
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
49
137
7,832
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Alejandro Gaviria
health economics
inequality
poverty
social mobility
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
42
101
8,442
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Ana Maria Ibáñez
Development economics
Microeconomic analysis of armed conflict
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
40
75
6,709
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Gordon Wilmsmeier
maritime economics
transport geography
port economics
inland shipping
sustainable logistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
78
4,928
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Miguel Urrutia Montoya
Desarrollo Económico
Economía Laboral
Historia Económica
Economía Política
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
84
4,097
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Marcela Eslava
Macroeconomics
Productivity Growth
Misallocation
Political Economy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
29
53
5,544
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Daniel Mejia
Economics of Crime
Drug Policy
Conflict
Economic Growth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
47
4,028
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Leopoldo Fergusson
Political Economy
Development Economics
Economic History
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
35
2,151
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Jorge Higinio Maldonado
economía ambiental
economía de recursos naturales
environmental economics
resource economics
development economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
41
2,054
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Luis Mauricio Cuervo
Economic Development
Foresight
Urban and Regional Planning and Development
Economic Geography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
55
2,545
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Maria Alejandra Vélez
Experimental Economics
Collective Action
Behavioral Economics
Resource Economics
Drug Policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
35
1,966
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Ximena Pena
labor economics
impact evaluation
applied microeconomics
development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
29
2,645
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Andres Moya
Development Economics
Forced Displacement
Mental Health
Early Childhood Development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
23
2,030
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Hernando Zuleta
Economic Growth
Biased Innovations
Economics of Crime
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
32
1,231
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Carlos Pombo
Corporate Governance
Corporate Finance
Industrial Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
25
1,934
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
David Bardey
Health Economics
Industrial Organization
Competition Policy
Contract Theory
Labor Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
30
996
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Andres Ham
Development economics
Labor economics
Economics of Education
Violence and Crime
Poverty and Inequality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
20
704
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Carlos Caballero Argáez
Economía política
gobierno
finanzas públicas
comercio exterior
política monetaria
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
18
655
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Enrique Ter Horst
Bayesian Financial Econometrics
Quantitative Finance
Risk Management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
21
856
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Carlos Andres Trujillo
Behavioral Economics
Emotions in decision making
Sustainable consumption
Addictions
Consumption in poverty and vulnerability
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
17
950
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :26
Oscar Becerra
Labor Economics
Public Finance
Natural Disasters
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
19
1,281
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Oskar Nupia
Political economics
public economics
applied game theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
16
625
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Rafael J. Santos
Development economics
Nutrition
Health
Human Capital
Education.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
1,075
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Xavier Duran
Business and economic history
economics of technical change
transport industry
economic geography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
993
Manuel Fernández Sierra
Labor Economics
Development Economics
Health Economics
Applied Econometrics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
956
Nelson Remolina Angarita
protección de datos
neuroderechos
comercio electrónico
títulos valores
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
8
386
Samuel Jaramillo González
desarrollo urbano regional
marxismo
renta del suelo urbano
urbanización latinoamericana
vivienda
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
1,129
Tomás Rodríguez Barraquer
Microeconomic theory
Social networks
Game theory
Applied microeconomics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
3
655
Laura Gomez
Econometrics
malnutrition
education
food security
conflict
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
0
40
Raul Castro Rodriguez
microeconomía aplicada
finanzas públicas
análisis costo-beneficio
evaluación socio-económica de proyectos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
4
500
Andres Mauricio Garcia Sierra
Salud Publica
Políticas Publicas
Economía de la Salud
Administración de Servicios de Salud
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
59
Carolina Urrego-Sandoval
International Political Economy
International Relations
Global Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
48
Diego Zamora
Macroeconomics
Fiscal Policy
Taxes
Informality
Inequality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
20
Ángel D Ramírez Romero
Desarrollo económico
Econometria aplicada
Historia económica.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
5
Dayron Monroy
sustainable development
extractive economies
peacebuilding
environmental economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
1
Brigitte Castaneda
Energy transition
Resource economy
Climate Change
Econometrics and Macroeconomics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
1
Gabriel Jiménez Peña
Economía Política Internacional
Desarrollo
Globalización
Filosofía Política
Relaciones Internacionales
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
1
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Juan Camilo Cardenas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
49
99
13,654
Behavioral and experimental economics
field experiments
cooperation
collective action
trust
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Fabio Sánchez Torres
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
49
137
7,832
Desarrollo económico. educación
historia económica
econometría
economía pública
economía política
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Alejandro Gaviria
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
42
101
8,442
health economics
inequality
poverty
social mobility
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ana Maria Ibáñez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
75
6,709
Development economics
Microeconomic analysis of armed conflict
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gordon Wilmsmeier
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
78
4,928
maritime economics
transport geography
port economics
inland shipping
sustainable logistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Miguel Urrutia Montoya
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
84
4,097
Desarrollo Económico
Economía Laboral
Historia Económica
Economía Política
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Marcela Eslava
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
53
5,544
Macroeconomics
Productivity Growth
Misallocation
Political Economy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Daniel Mejia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
47
4,028
Economics of Crime
Drug Policy
Conflict
Economic Growth
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Hermes Tovar Pinzón
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
53
2,700
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Leopoldo Fergusson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
35
2,151
Political Economy
Development Economics
Economic History
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jorge Higinio Maldonado
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
41
2,054
economía ambiental
economía de recursos naturales
environmental economics
resource economics
development economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Luis Mauricio Cuervo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
55
2,545
Economic Development
Foresight
Urban and Regional Planning and Development
Economic Geography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Adriana Camacho
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
28
4,092
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Maria Alejandra Vélez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
35
1,966
Experimental Economics
Collective Action
Behavioral Economics
Resource Economics
Drug Policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Maximiliano González
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
26
2,356
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ximena Pena
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
29
2,645
labor economics
impact evaluation
applied microeconomics
development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Andres Moya
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
23
2,030
Development Economics
Forced Displacement
Mental Health
Early Childhood Development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Hernando Zuleta
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
32
1,231
Economic Growth
Biased Innovations
Economics of Crime
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Carlos Pombo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
25
1,934
Corporate Governance
Corporate Finance
Industrial Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
David Bardey
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
30
996
Health Economics
Industrial Organization
Competition Policy
Contract Theory
Labor Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Rachid Laajaj
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
20
1,648
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Andres Ham
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
20
704
Development economics
Labor economics
Economics of Education
Violence and Crime
Poverty and Inequality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Carlos Caballero Argáez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
18
655
Economía política
gobierno
finanzas públicas
comercio exterior
política monetaria
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Enrique Ter Horst
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
21
856
Bayesian Financial Econometrics
Quantitative Finance
Risk Management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Carlos Andres Trujillo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
17
950
Behavioral Economics
Emotions in decision making
Sustainable consumption
Addictions
Consumption in poverty and vulnerability
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Oscar Becerra
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
19
1,281
Labor Economics
Public Finance
Natural Disasters
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Andres Zambrano
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
16
786
Taxation
Fiscal Policy
Information economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Marc Hofstetter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
19
583
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Jorge H. García
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
16
925
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Rodrigo Taborda
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
520
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Oskar Nupia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
16
625
Political economics
public economics
applied game theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Rafael J. Santos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
1,075
Development economics
Nutrition
Health
Human Capital
Education.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Xavier Duran
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
993
Business and economic history
economics of technical change
transport industry
economic geography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Manuel Fernández Sierra
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
956
Labor Economics
Development Economics
Health Economics
Applied Econometrics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Nelson Remolina Angarita
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
386
protección de datos
neuroderechos
comercio electrónico
títulos valores
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Samuel Jaramillo González
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
1,129
desarrollo urbano regional
marxismo
renta del suelo urbano
urbanización latinoamericana
vivienda
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Maria Carrasquilla Sotomayor
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
148
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Jildo Jair Vargas Ventura
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
5
85
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Tomás Rodríguez Barraquer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
655
Microeconomic theory
Social networks
Game theory
Applied microeconomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Laura Gomez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
0
40
Econometrics
malnutrition
education
food security
conflict
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Raul Castro Rodriguez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
500
microeconomía aplicada
finanzas públicas
análisis costo-beneficio
evaluación socio-económica de proyectos
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Danilo Aristizabal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
85
Labor economics
development and applied econometrics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Guillermo Alejandro Arevalo Lizarazo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
72
Corporate finance
sustainable finance
organization theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Andres Mauricio Garcia Sierra
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
59
Salud Publica
Políticas Publicas
Economía de la Salud
Administración de Servicios de Salud
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Adriana L Abrego-Pérez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
71
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Carolina Urrego-Sandoval
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
48
International Political Economy
International Relations
Global Studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Economic Regulation
Business History
Sustainable Transportation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Daniel Augusto León Moreno
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
23
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Diego Zamora
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
20
Macroeconomics
Fiscal Policy
Taxes
Informality
Inequality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Norma Ortiz Silva
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
17
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Juan Diego Ocampo Rodríguez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
77
Finanzas
Economía
Administración
Aplicaciones y Tecnología.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Alonso Ramirez Hernandez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
14
Political Economy
Public Finance
Macroeconomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Kevin Steven Mojica Muñoz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
9
Econometría
Aprendizaje de Máquinas
Políticas Públicas
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Jaime Andrés Vera-Jaramillo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
8
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Juan Diego Ortiz Ortiz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
7
Finanzas
Economía
Valoración de empresas
Derivados
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Ana Yudy Moran Matiz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
32
Ciencia política
economía política
participación
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Ángel D Ramírez Romero
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
5
Desarrollo económico
Econometria aplicada
Historia económica.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Andrés O Dávila-Ospina
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
5
Factor Shares
Innovation
Growth
Inequality
Macroeconomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Dayron Monroy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
1
sustainable development
extractive economies
peacebuilding
environmental economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Brigitte Castaneda
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
1
Energy transition
Resource economy
Climate Change
Econometrics and Macroeconomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Jairo Villamil
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
9
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Gabriel Jiménez Peña
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
1
Economía Política Internacional
Desarrollo
Globalización
Filosofía Política
Relaciones Internacionales