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" (870,057 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.

Sanjai Bhagat
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Executive Compensation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
40
53
20,787
Wolfgang Keller
International Trade
Productivity
Economic Development
Economic History
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
39
58
18,472
Edward Morey
Behavior
Choice
Ethics
Valuation
Environmental
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
49
4,994
Scott J Savage
Industrial organization
Telecommuniations
Education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
52
3,413
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Murat Iyigun
cliometrics
family economics
economic development.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
46
3,734

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Philip Graves
applied microeconomics
urban economics
regional economics
environmental economics
monetary
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
54
5,311
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Alaa A Ahmed
biomechanics
neuroscience
motor control and learning
energetic cost
neuroeconomics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
32
2,031
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Matthew G Burgess
Environmental Economics
Climate Change
Political Polarization
Natural Resources
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
28
1,535
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
J Anthony Cookson|Tony Cookson, Anthony Cookson
Household Finance
Social Media
Corporate Finance
Industrial Organization
Textual Analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
21
2,110
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Carol H Shiue
Economic History
Economic Development
Economic Growth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
25
1,746
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jaime F Zender
Finance
Corporate Finance
Auction Theory
Ambiguity Aversion
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
22
6,552
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Michael Stutzer
Information-Theoretic Statistics
Large Deviations
Asset Pricing
Econophysics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
23
3,063
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Frank Hsiao
Economics
Economic Development and Growth
Asian Economy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
23
1,448
Jonathan Hughes
Energy Economics
Industrial Organization
Environmental Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
16
2,360
Yonca Ertimur
Corporate Finance
Shareholder Activism
Analysts
Disclosure
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
14
3,198
Edward Van Wesep
Personnel Economics
Corporate Finance
Contracting
Compensation
Meta
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
13
807
Jonathan L Rogers
disclosure
shareholder litigation
insider trading
market microstructure
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
15
3,993
Martin Boileau
Economics
Macroeconomics
Corporate Finance
International Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
15
565
Eric Alston
Law and economics
institutional analysis
property rights
constitutional design
blockchain
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
291
Andrea Pawliczek
Executive Compensation
Corporate Governance
Disclosure
Financial Accounting
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
5
171
Iulian Obreja
asset pricing
credit markets
dynamic valuation models
firm policies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
462
Austin Moss
Financial Accounting
Retail Investors
Household Finance
Fake News
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
163
Santiago Ventura
behavioral economics
consumer behavior
judgement and decision making
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
2
48
Anja F Gruber
Labor Economics
Health Economics
Applied Microeconomics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
9
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
James Markusen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
72
144
40,285
International Trade
Computational Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sanjai Bhagat
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
53
20,787
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Executive Compensation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Wolfgang Keller
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
58
18,472
International Trade
Productivity
Economic Development
Economic History
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yongmin Chen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
62
7,218
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Edward Morey
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
49
4,994
Behavior
Choice
Ethics
Valuation
Environmental
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Scott J Savage
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
52
3,413
Industrial organization
Telecommuniations
Education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Daniel Kaffine
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
36
2,579
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nicholas E Flores
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
39
6,475
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jeffrey Zax
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
39
3,115
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Murat Iyigun
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
46
3,734
cliometrics
family economics
economic development.

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Philip Graves
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
54
5,311
applied microeconomics
urban economics
regional economics
environmental economics
monetary
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Alaa A Ahmed
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
32
2,031
biomechanics
neuroscience
motor control and learning
energetic cost
neuroeconomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jeronimo Carballo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
23
2,345
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Matthew G Burgess
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
28
1,535
Environmental Economics
Climate Change
Political Polarization
Natural Resources
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Katie R Genadek
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
24
5,766
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Francisca M Antman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
21
2,753
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
J Anthony Cookson|Tony Cookson, Anthony Cookson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
21
2,110
Household Finance
Social Media
Corporate Finance
Industrial Organization
Textual Analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Diego García
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
19
5,228
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Xiaodong Liu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
22
2,133
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Carol H Shiue
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
25
1,746
Economic History
Economic Development
Economic Growth
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jaime F Zender
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
22
6,552
Finance
Corporate Finance
Auction Theory
Ambiguity Aversion
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Michael Stutzer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
23
3,063
Information-Theoretic Statistics
Large Deviations
Asset Pricing
Econophysics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Carlos Brunet Martins Filho
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
24
1,141
Econometric Theory
Nonparametric Statistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Frank Hsiao
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
23
1,448
Economics
Economic Development and Growth
Asian Economy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
JC Leach
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
24
1,699
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Jonathan Hughes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
16
2,360
Energy Economics
Industrial Organization
Environmental Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Yonca Ertimur
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
14
3,198
Corporate Finance
Shareholder Activism
Analysts
Disclosure
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Tim Mcquade
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
15
2,053
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Steve Rock
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
3,472
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Edward Van Wesep
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
807
Personnel Economics
Corporate Finance
Contracting
Compensation
Meta
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Jonathan L Rogers
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
15
3,993
disclosure
shareholder litigation
insider trading
market microstructure
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Martin Boileau
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
15
565
Economics
Macroeconomics
Corporate Finance
International Finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Sergey Nigai
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
798
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Asaf Bernstein
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
1,440
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Eric Alston
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
291
Law and economics
institutional analysis
property rights
constitutional design
blockchain
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Nikki Skinner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
228
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Shrihari Santosh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
1,398
Asset pricing
Behavioral economics
Machine learning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Richard K Mansfield
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
1,033
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Andrea Pawliczek
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
171
Executive Compensation
Corporate Governance
Disclosure
Financial Accounting
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Iulian Obreja
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
462
asset pricing
credit markets
dynamic valuation models
firm policies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Jennifer Klein
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
5
210
Labor Economics
Demography
Family Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Xingtan Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
174
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Andrew Stephan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
114
Financial Accounting
Disclosure
Market Microstructure
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Jia Chen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
61
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Alessandro Peri
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
1
72
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Austin Moss
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
163
Financial Accounting
Retail Investors
Household Finance
Fake News
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Frances Tice
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
308
Executive compensation
corporate governance
social networks
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Santiago Ventura
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
48
behavioral economics
consumer behavior
judgement and decision making
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Anja F Gruber
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
9
Labor Economics
Health Economics
Applied Microeconomics