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
David Neumark
Labor economics
public policy
urban economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
97
247
42,624
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Jan K Brueckner
Urban and public economics
industrial organization
real estate finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
82
171
28,108
David Hirshleifer
social economics and finance
behavioral economics and finance
investments
corporate finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
71
106
61,819
John Duffy
Behavioral Economics
Experimental Economics
Game Theory
Macroeconomics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
45
87
8,006
Frank Zaldivar
Exercise Immunology
Biobanking
Clinical Trails
Community Science Projects
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
42
77
7,167
Di Xu
Economics of Education
Higher Education Policy
Program Evaluation
Community Colleges
Online
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
39
65
7,942
Guillaume Rocheteau
Economics
Macroeconomics
Monetary Economics
Monetary Theory
Search Theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
37
59
5,862
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Eric T Swanson
Monetary Economics
Macroeconomics
Macro-Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
34
44
12,057
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Arthur De Vany
health
aging
uncertainty
dynamics of decentralized economic systems
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
58
6,528
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Matthew Harding
Big Data
Econometrics
Deep Learning
Health
Energy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
50
3,155
Gary Richardson
Economic History
Monetary Policy
Financial Regulation
Religion
Guilds
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
53
2,564
William A Branch
Macroeconomics
Monetary Economics
Adaptive Learning
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
31
3,262
Fabio Milani
Macroeconomics
Monetary Economics
Behavioral Macroeconomics
International Macroeconomics
Time Series Econometrics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
31
2,714
Vidyanand Choudhary
Versioning
pricing
quality
and competitive strategy for technology products. His research interests are in the economics of i
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
31
3,124
Michael T Mcbride
Game Theory
Political Economy
Economics of Religion
Experiments
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
30
2,774
Lu Zheng
Investments
Behavioral Finance
Institutional Investors
Mutual Funds
Hedge Funds
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
21
8,205
Devin M Shanthikumar
Financial Accounting
Investor Behavior
Analysts
Social Media
ESG
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
23
1,998
Yuhai Xuan
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Behavioral Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
18
3,737
Yingying Dong
Applied Microeconometrics
Labor
Education
Health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
21
1,488
Zheng Sun
Empirical Asset Pricing
Investments
Market Microstructure
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
17
1,596
Damon Clark
Economics of Education
Labor Economics
Public Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
15
3,055
Ivan Jeliazkov
MCMC
computation
latent variable models
model comparison
nonparametric estimation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
16
2,656
Chong Huang
Financial Market
Financial Institutions
Asset Pricing
Financial Crisis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
584
Ming D Leung
Economic Sociology
Organizational Theory
Labor Markets
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
744
Andreas De Barros
economics of education
education policy
development economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
3
252
Daniel Ladd
Urban Economics
Labor Economics
Transportation Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
1
89
Woong Lee
Economic History
Industrial Organization
Macro and Labor Economics
Institutions
Regional Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
1
69
Andrew Gregory
Behavioral Economics
Cooperation
Environmental Decisions
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
87
Oliko Vardishvili
Macroeconomics
General Equilibrium
Fiscal and Education Policies
Heterogeneity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
71
Daniel Firoozi
Labor Economics
Economics of Education
Political Economy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
33
Brian C Jenkins
macroeconomics
monetary theory and policy
economics pedagogy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
23
Paul Stroik
Environmental Economics
International Trade
Technology Diffusion
International Environmental Agreements
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
17
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David Neumark
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
97
247
42,624
Labor economics
public policy
urban economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jan K Brueckner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
82
171
28,108
Urban and public economics
industrial organization
real estate finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
David Hirshleifer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
71
106
61,819
social economics and finance
behavioral economics and finance
investments
corporate finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Philippe Jorion
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
60
105
37,258
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Siew Hong Teoh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
68
33,535
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
John Duffy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
87
8,006
Behavioral Economics
Experimental Economics
Game Theory
Macroeconomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Frank Zaldivar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
42
77
7,167
Exercise Immunology
Biobanking
Clinical Trails
Community Science Projects
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Di Xu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
65
7,942
Economics of Education
Higher Education Policy
Program Evaluation
Community Colleges
Online
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Guillaume Rocheteau
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
59
5,862
Economics
Macroeconomics
Monetary Economics
Monetary Theory
Search Theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Eric T Swanson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
44
12,057
Monetary Economics
Macroeconomics
Macro-Finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Arthur De Vany
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
58
6,528
health
aging
uncertainty
dynamics of decentralized economic systems
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
David Brownstone
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
47
8,409
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Matthew Harding
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
50
3,155
Big Data
Econometrics
Deep Learning
Health
Energy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Morton Pincus
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
34
7,536
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Gary Richardson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
53
2,564
Economic History
Monetary Policy
Financial Regulation
Religion
Guilds
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Priyaranjan Jha
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
33
3,820
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
William A Branch
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
31
3,262
Macroeconomics
Monetary Economics
Adaptive Learning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Fabio Milani
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
31
2,714
Macroeconomics
Monetary Economics
Behavioral Macroeconomics
International Macroeconomics
Time Series Econometrics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Vidyanand Choudhary
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
31
3,124
Versioning
pricing
quality
and competitive strategy for technology products. His research interests are in the economics of i
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Matthew Freedman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
29
2,412
Urban Economics
Public Finance
Labor Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Michael T Mcbride
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
30
2,774
Game Theory
Political Economy
Economics of Religion
Experiments
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Lu Zheng
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
21
8,205
Investments
Behavioral Finance
Institutional Investors
Mutual Funds
Hedge Funds
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Dan Bogart
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
29
1,518
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Devin M Shanthikumar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
23
1,998
Financial Accounting
Investor Behavior
Analysts
Social Media
ESG
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Yuhai Xuan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
18
3,737
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Behavioral Finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Yingying Dong
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
21
1,488
Applied Microeconometrics
Labor
Education
Health
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Zheng Sun
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
17
1,596
Empirical Asset Pricing
Investments
Market Microstructure
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Victor Fleischer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
19
1,836
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Damon Clark
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
15
3,055
Economics of Education
Labor Economics
Public Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Ivan Jeliazkov
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
16
2,656
MCMC
computation
latent variable models
model comparison
nonparametric estimation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Lian Jian
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
1,389
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Andrew Policano
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
611
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Antonio Rodriguez Lopez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
962
Economics
International Economics
Macroeconomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Jack Liebersohn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
602
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Chong Huang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
584
Financial Market
Financial Institutions
Asset Pricing
Financial Crisis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Elizabeth Chuk
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
749
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Ming D Leung
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
744
Economic Sociology
Organizational Theory
Labor Markets
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Tingting Nian
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
237
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Andreas De Barros
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
252
economics of education
education policy
development economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Daniel Ladd
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
1
89
Urban Economics
Labor Economics
Transportation Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Woong Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
1
69
Economic History
Industrial Organization
Macro and Labor Economics
Institutions
Regional Studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Andrew Gregory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
87
Behavioral Economics
Cooperation
Environmental Decisions
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Oliko Vardishvili
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
71
Macroeconomics
General Equilibrium
Fiscal and Education Policies
Heterogeneity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Daniel Firoozi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
33
Labor Economics
Economics of Education
Political Economy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Amjad Toukan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
44
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Brian J Gladish
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
843
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Marco Del Angel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
32
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Aria Golestani
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
30
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
David C Yang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
93
Finance
Asset Pricing
Behavioral Finance
Investments
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Patricia Wellmeyer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
109
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Brian C Jenkins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
23
macroeconomics
monetary theory and policy
economics pedagogy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Shubham Karnawat
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
20
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Derek Christopher
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
9
Public Economics
Immigration
Urban Economics
Crime
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Jeremie Banet
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
21
Digital Currencies
Monetary Policy
Inflation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Paul Stroik
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
17
Environmental Economics
International Trade
Technology Diffusion
International Environmental Agreements
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Benjamin Raynor
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
11
International Political Economy
economic sanctions