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" (870,053 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
Mark P Taylor
International Finance
Empirical Asset Pricing
Foreign Exchange Markets
Monetary Economics
International Macroeconomics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
90
248
40,552
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Robert Pollak
Labor and Family Economics
Demography
Microeconomics/Industrial Organization
Environmental Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
68
110
30,709
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Siddhartha Chib
Bayesian inference
Metropolis-Hastings
Binary response
Marginal likelihood
Stochastic volatility
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
50
86
33,360
Margaret S Sherraden
Financial capability
asset building
community service
community development
Mexican immigration and birth outcomes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
41
99
6,715
Derek S Brown
Health economics
child maltreatment
Medicaid
quality of life
discrete choice experiments
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
39
90
6,575

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Stephen P Ryan
Industrial Organization
Applied Microeconometrics
Health Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
19
5,603
George Levi Gayle
Econometrics
Labor Economics
Personel Economics
Corporate Governance
Contract Theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
16
1,354
John M Barrios
Accounting
Corporate Finance
Entrepreneurship
Labor Economics
Industrial Organization and Regulatory Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
15
2,190
Andreas Neuhierl
asset pricing
machine learning in finance
financial econometrics
macroeconomics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
15
1,480
Brent Hickman
Industrial Organization
structural methods
applied microeconomics
human capital
inequality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
13
868
Taylor A Begley
financial intermediation
housing markets
financial regulation
corporate finance
financial
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
580
Janis Skrastins
Financial Intermediation
Labor and Finance
Organizational Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
365
Mi Jeong Shin
International and comparative political economy
Institutions
East Asia
Public Policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
3
113
Nishant Vats
Corporate Finance
Financial Intermediation
Development Economics
Macrofinance
Household Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
3
68
Johan Maharjan
Corporate Finance: Corporate Governance
Executive Compensation
Mergers and Acquisitions
and Investor-Management Disagreement
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
5
118
Portia B Nartey
Economic empowerment
Gender norms
Women & girls' wellbeing
Sexual risk behaviors
HIV prevention
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
4
72
Yuanyuan Yang
Asset Building
Child Mental Health
Poverty Policy
Data Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
57
Yakshup Chopra
Banking and Financial Intermediation
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Emerging Markets
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
3
136
Lingfei Kong
Empirical Asset Pricing
return predictability
corporate finance
corporate governance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
22
Joe Kachovec
Monetary Policy
Macroeconomics
Financial Markets
Financial Institutions
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
84
Vasudha Nukala
Financial Intermediation
Consumer Finance
Credit Markets
FinTech
Corporate Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
18
Stella Papadokonstantaki
Behavioral Economics
Experimental Economics
Applied Microeconomics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
8
Erdem Yenerdag
Microeconomic Theory
Market Design
Mechanism Design
Experimental Economics
Financial Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
8
Renping Li
Corporate Governance
Financial Intermediation
FinTech
Competition and Antitrust
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
9
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Douglass C North
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
106
313
199,219
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mark P Taylor
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
90
248
40,552
International Finance
Empirical Asset Pricing
Foreign Exchange Markets
Monetary Economics
International Macroeconomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Robert Pollak
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
68
110
30,709
Labor and Family Economics
Demography
Microeconomics/Industrial Organization
Environmental Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Siddhartha Chib
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
50
86
33,360
Bayesian inference
Metropolis-Hastings
Binary response
Marginal likelihood
Stochastic volatility
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ping Wang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
42
114
6,935
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michele Boldrin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
42
73
13,130
Economics
History
Social Sciences
Philosophy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Margaret S Sherraden
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
41
99
6,715
Financial capability
asset building
community service
community development
Mexican immigration and birth outcomes
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Derek S Brown
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
90
6,575
Health economics
child maltreatment
Medicaid
quality of life
discrete choice experiments
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Steven Fazzari
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
75
24,030
Keynesian macroeconomics
business investment
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Michal Grinstein Weiss
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
104
4,681
Asset-Building
Social Policy
Behavioral Economics

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Philip H Dybvig
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
62
23,361
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Costas Azariadis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
61
13,790
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Camillo Padoa Schioppa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
41
8,153
Decision Neuroscience
Decision Making
Neuroeconomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Marcus Berliant
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
48
2,694
Economic Theory
Urban Economics
Public Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Xiumin Martin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
38
5,315
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Yongseok Shin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
34
5,223
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Nicolae Garleanu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
25
9,586
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Tat Chan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
37
2,405
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ohad Kadan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
22
3,807
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Todd Gormley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
20
6,106
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sukkoo Kim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
25
3,697
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Werner Ploberger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
28
7,346
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Hong Liu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
19
2,981
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Brian W Rogers
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
26
3,588
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Stephen P Ryan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
19
5,603
Industrial Organization
Applied Microeconometrics
Health Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Mark T Leary
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
17
8,277
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Brett Green
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
16
1,357
Financial Economics
Corporate Finance
Economic Theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
George Levi Gayle
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
16
1,354
Econometrics
Labor Economics
Personel Economics
Corporate Governance
Contract Theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
John M Barrios
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
15
2,190
Accounting
Corporate Finance
Entrepreneurship
Labor Economics
Industrial Organization and Regulatory Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Andreas Neuhierl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
15
1,480
asset pricing
machine learning in finance
financial econometrics
macroeconomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Brent Hickman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
868
Industrial Organization
structural methods
applied microeconomics
human capital
inequality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Xing Huang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
1,881
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Mariagiovanna Baccara
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
921
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Limor Golan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
1,008
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
John Nachbar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
1,097
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Tarek Ghani
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
717
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Taylor A Begley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
580
financial intermediation
housing markets
financial regulation
corporate finance
financial
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Janis Skrastins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
365
Financial Intermediation
Labor and Finance
Organizational Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Mi Jeong Shin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
113
International and comparative political economy
Institutions
East Asia
Public Policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Nishant Vats
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
68
Corporate Finance
Financial Intermediation
Development Economics
Macrofinance
Household Finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Carl Sanders
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
307
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Deniz Aydin|Deniz Aydin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
5
239
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Johan Maharjan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
5
118
Corporate Finance: Corporate Governance
Executive Compensation
Mergers and Acquisitions
and Investor-Management Disagreement
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Alejandro González
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
74
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Portia B Nartey
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
72
Economic empowerment
Gender norms
Women & girls' wellbeing
Sexual risk behaviors
HIV prevention
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
David Schwartzman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
130
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Yuanyuan Yang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
57
Asset Building
Child Mental Health
Poverty Policy
Data Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Isaac Kleshchelski
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
1,194
Asset Pricing
Macroeconomics
International Finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Yakshup Chopra
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
136
Banking and Financial Intermediation
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Emerging Markets
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Lingfei Kong
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
22
Empirical Asset Pricing
return predictability
corporate finance
corporate governance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Joe Kachovec
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
84
Monetary Policy
Macroeconomics
Financial Markets
Financial Institutions
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Songrun He
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
26
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Vasudha Nukala
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
18
Financial Intermediation
Consumer Finance
Credit Markets
FinTech
Corporate Finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Stella Papadokonstantaki
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
8
Behavioral Economics
Experimental Economics
Applied Microeconomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Erdem Yenerdag
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
8
Microeconomic Theory
Market Design
Mechanism Design
Experimental Economics
Financial Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Farzane Karimi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
74
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Yudong Rao
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
69
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Hanmeng Ivy Wang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
35
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Brittany Almquist Lewis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
21
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Tzai-Shuen Chen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
20
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Renping Li
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
9
Corporate Governance
Financial Intermediation
FinTech
Competition and Antitrust
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Xiannong Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
4