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" (943,645 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: 2
Eric Evans Osei Opoku
International Trade
FDI
Energy and Environmental Economics
Sustainable Development and Sustainable Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
38
2,627
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Xiuping Hua 华秀萍
financial technology
financial inclusion
financial innovation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
24
1,675
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
José M Grisolía
Applied Economics
Discrete Choice Modelling
Stated Preferences
Health Economics
China
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
16
809
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Minghai Zhou
Labor Economics
International Economics
Development Economics
Chinese Economy
Chinese Economic System
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
20
768
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
José R Sánchez Fung
Empirical Open-economy Macro and Monetary Economics
Development Economics and Policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
15
890
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Xiaoquan Liu
Asset pricing
Financial econometrics
Chinese futures market
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
13
585
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Qingfeng Wang
Coporate Governance
Coporate Finance
Population economics
Technological Forecasting
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
12
736

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Cherry Yi Zhang 张毅|Yi Zhang, 张毅
Capital Market
Market Anomalies
Asset Pricing
Behavior Finance
Stock Return Predictability
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
692
Wai Heng Loke
International Trade
Trade Policy
Economics of Regional Integration
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
6
201
Stuart Mcdonald
Economic theory
industrial organization
environmental economics
public economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
6
193
Xiaodan Yu
economics of innovation
entrepreneurship
firm growth
industrial dynamics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
326
Chee Kian Leong
Computational Economics and Econometrics
Dynamic Games and Applications of Data Mining
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
5
419
Fei Deng
Mental Health Service and Policy
Health economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
215
Marina Glushenkova
International macroeconomics
International finance
Applied Econometrics
Banking crises
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
46
Youzong Xu
Economic Theory
Political Economy
Behavioral Economics
Public Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
28
Kian Ong
Applied macroeconomics
Fiscal policy
Applied econometrics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
26
Sinchan Mitra
International Finance
Macroeconomics
International Development
Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
80
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Simon Appleton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
42
77
6,743
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Eric Evans Osei Opoku
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
38
2,627
International Trade
FDI
Energy and Environmental Economics
Sustainable Development and Sustainable Finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Chee-Ruey Hsieh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
30
2,322
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Xiuping Hua 华秀萍
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
24
1,675
financial technology
financial inclusion
financial innovation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
José M Grisolía
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
16
809
Applied Economics
Discrete Choice Modelling
Stated Preferences
Health Economics
China
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ada Ma
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
23
1,966
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Minghai Zhou
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
20
768
Labor Economics
International Economics
Development Economics
Chinese Economy
Chinese Economic System
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
José R Sánchez Fung
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
15
890
Empirical Open-economy Macro and Monetary Economics
Development Economics and Policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Xiaoquan Liu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
585
Asset pricing
Financial econometrics
Chinese futures market
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Qingfeng Wang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
736
Coporate Governance
Coporate Finance
Population economics
Technological Forecasting

360° Institutional Performance & Benchmarking Click Here for Live Demo 

Through advanced, institution-specific analytics and benchmarking, gain data-driven strategic insights into your academic performance, global standing, and competitive strengths. Compare your institution with 20 similarly ranked institutions at city, country, regional, and global levels, as well as with those in similar standings across 13 subjects, to uncover your institution’s strengths. More Info

Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Cherry Yi Zhang 张毅|Yi Zhang, 张毅
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
692
Capital Market
Market Anomalies
Asset Pricing
Behavior Finance
Stock Return Predictability
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Wai Heng Loke
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
6
201
International Trade
Trade Policy
Economics of Regional Integration
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Stuart Mcdonald
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
6
193
Economic theory
industrial organization
environmental economics
public economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Xiaodan Yu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
326
economics of innovation
entrepreneurship
firm growth
industrial dynamics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Bruno Deschamps
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
214
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Chee Kian Leong
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
419
Computational Economics and Econometrics
Dynamic Games and Applications of Data Mining
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Fei Deng
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
215
Mental Health Service and Policy
Health economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Marina Glushenkova
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
46
International macroeconomics
International finance
Applied Econometrics
Banking crises
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Tianlun Fei
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
45
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Youzong Xu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
28
Economic Theory
Political Economy
Behavioral Economics
Public Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kian Ong
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
26
Applied macroeconomics
Fiscal policy
Applied econometrics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sinchan Mitra
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
80
International Finance
Macroeconomics
International Development
Finance
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