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" (941,641 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
Axel Ockenfels
Economics
Market Design
Behavioral Economics
Game Theory
Cooperation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
53
125
22,127
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jörg Breitung
Time Series Econometrics
Panel Data Analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
39
79
14,254
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Dirk Sliwka
Organizational Economics
Behavioral Economics
Human Resource Management
Management Accounting
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
68
4,552
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Alexander Kempf
mutual funds
investments
institutional investors
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
34
52
5,509
Bettina Rockenbach
Behavioral economics
lab and field experimentals
design of institutions
social dilemmas
social responsibility
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
41
8,320
Peter Dannenberg
Economic Geography
Global Value Chains
Global Production Networks
Regional Development
Agricultural Geography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
47
1,991
Oliver Gürtler
Personnel Economics - Game Theory - Tournament Theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
30
1,290
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Felix Bierbrauer
Public Economics
Political Economy
Economic Theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
27
948

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Daniel Wiesen
Health Economics
Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
18
1,820
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pia Pinger
human capital
inequality
microeconometrics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
19
1,812
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Simeon Hagspiel
Economics
Energy
Regulation
Networks
Renewable Energies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
16
1,171
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Erik Hornung
Economic History
Economic Growth and Development
Economics of Education
Innovation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
13
1,693
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Robinson Kruse|Robinson Kruse-Becher
Time Series Econometrics
Empirical Finance and Applied Macroeconomics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
14
816
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Anastasia Danilov
Behavioral economics
Experimental economics
Business ethics
Personnel economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
362
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Alexander Westkamp
Economics
Microeconomics
Matching
Market Design
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
829
Anna Bindler
economics of crime
law and economics
labour economics
applied microeconomics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
471
Johannes Wagner
Electricity Markets
Renewable Energies
Power Systems
Optimization
Regulation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
8
434
Sabine Wende
financial market regulation
insurance
capital structure
risk management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
8
441
Gönül Doğan
Experimental Economics
Behavioral Economics
Group Behaviour
Behavioral Ethics
Conflict
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
252
Jakob Peter
energy economics
renewable energy
energy transition
decarbonization
power-to-x
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
7
313
Janina Weingarth
Enterprise Agility
Organizational Agility
Agile Leadership
Coaching
Agile Coaching
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
224
Daniel Meyer
Economic Sociology
Labor Markets
Higher Education
Science Studies
Social Stratification
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
3
234
David J Kusterer
digital economics and digital marketing
feedback
platform economics
experimental economic
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
5
554
Michael Schwan
Political Economy
Comparative Political Economy
Financialization
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
236
Arno Apffelstaedt
behavioral economics
experimental economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
94
Carina Neisser
Applied Economics
Public Economics
Political Economy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
141
Harshil Sharma
labour economics
employment issues
indian economy
skill development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
31
Christoph Oslislo
Public Economics
Charitable Giving
Experimental Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
25
Simon Lineu Umbach
econometrics
time series analysis
forecasting
neural networks
factor models
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
4
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Axel Ockenfels
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
53
125
22,127
Economics
Market Design
Behavioral Economics
Game Theory
Cooperation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jörg Breitung
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
79
14,254
Time Series Econometrics
Panel Data Analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Javier Revilla Diez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
89
4,345
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Dirk Sliwka
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
68
4,552
Organizational Economics
Behavioral Economics
Human Resource Management
Management Accounting
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Alexander Kempf
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
52
5,509
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Erik Hoelzl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
47
5,478
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Bettina Rockenbach
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
41
8,320
Behavioral economics
lab and field experimentals
design of institutions
social dilemmas
social responsibility
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Peter Dannenberg
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
47
1,991
Economic Geography
Global Value Chains
Global Production Networks
Regional Development
Agricultural Geography
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Oliver Gürtler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
30
1,290
Personnel Economics - Game Theory - Tournament Theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Felix Bierbrauer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
27
948
Public Economics
Political Economy
Economic Theory

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Johannes Münster
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
22
1,195
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Roman Liesenfeld
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
27
2,168
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Andreas Schabert
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
33
1,627
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Matthias Heinz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
19
1,045
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Daniel Wiesen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
18
1,820
Health Economics
Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Susanne Prantl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
17
3,041
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pia Pinger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
19
1,812
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Simeon Hagspiel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
16
1,171
Economics
Energy
Regulation
Networks
Renewable Energies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Tom Zimmermann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
15
1,178
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Erik Hornung
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
1,693
Economic History
Economic Growth and Development
Economics of Education
Innovation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Robinson Kruse|Robinson Kruse-Becher
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
816
Time Series Econometrics
Empirical Finance and Applied Macroeconomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Anastasia Danilov
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
362
Behavioral economics
Experimental economics
Business ethics
Personnel economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Alexander Westkamp
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
829
Economics
Microeconomics
Matching
Market Design
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Anna Bindler
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
471
economics of crime
law and economics
labour economics
applied microeconomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Johannes Wagner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
434
Electricity Markets
Renewable Energies
Power Systems
Optimization
Regulation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Michael Stich
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
802
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Sabine Wende
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
441
financial market regulation
insurance
capital structure
risk management
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Gönül Doğan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
252
Experimental Economics
Behavioral Economics
Group Behaviour
Behavioral Ethics
Conflict
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Christoph Schottmüller
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
6
357
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Jakob Peter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
313
energy economics
renewable energy
energy transition
decarbonization
power-to-x
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Martin Hintermayer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
214
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Anna Sobiech
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
355
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Janina Weingarth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
224
Enterprise Agility
Organizational Agility
Agile Leadership
Coaching
Agile Coaching
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Daniel Meyer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
234
Economic Sociology
Labor Markets
Higher Education
Science Studies
Social Stratification
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
David J Kusterer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
5
554
digital economics and digital marketing
feedback
platform economics
experimental economic
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Michael Schwan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
236
Political Economy
Comparative Political Economy
Financialization
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Arno Apffelstaedt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
94
behavioral economics
experimental economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Florian Neitzert
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
251
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Carina Neisser
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
141
Applied Economics
Public Economics
Political Economy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Laura Reh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
100
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Harshil Sharma
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
31
labour economics
employment issues
indian economy
skill development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Sören Harrs
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
25
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Matthias Petras
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
140
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Valentina Melentyeva
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
42
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Christoph Oslislo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
25
Public Economics
Charitable Giving
Experimental Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Simon Lineu Umbach
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
4
econometrics
time series analysis
forecasting
neural networks
factor models
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