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: 1
William Nordhaus
macroeconomics
environmental economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
130
346
111,698
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Peter CB Phillips
Econometrics
Applied Econometrics
Economics
Statistics
Stochastic Processes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
115
458
122,640
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mark Rosenzweig
economic development
development economics
labor economics
Chinese economy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
99
208
51,129
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Orazio Attanasio
Economics
Development Economics
Consumption
Saving
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
95
181
32,018
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Costas Meghir
Labor Economics
Development Economics
Public Finance
Economics of Education
Early Childhood Development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
83
157
35,889
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gary Gorton
Financial crises
financial intermediation
banking
macroeconomics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
75
147
37,268
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
John E Roemer
economics
distributive justice
equality of opportunity
socialism
cooperation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
72
202
29,949
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ian Ayres
Economics
discrimination
contracts
empirical
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
71
156
28,959

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Fabrizio Zilibotti
Economic Growth and Development
China's Economic Development
Family Economics
Political Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
51
70
22,522
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Kenneth Gillingham
environmental & energy economics
industrial organization
climate economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
49
83
13,253
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Rohini Pande
Development Economics
Political Economy
Environmental Economics
Gender
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
48
73
23,402
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak
Development economics
Environmental economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
48
73
14,435
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Xiaohong Chen
econometrics
statistics
asset pricing
machine learning
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
48
96
12,889
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dirk Bergemann
Economics
Game Theory
Mechanism Design
Market Design
Economics of Information
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
48
75
12,882
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
James J Choi
Behavioral finance
behavioral economics
household finance
finance
financial economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
46
64
16,064
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Bryan Kelly
Financial Economics
Financial Econometrics
Machine Learning
Asset Pricing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
43
50
18,706
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg
Applied Microeconomics
International Trade
Development Economics
Industrial Organization
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
43
66
22,813
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Narasimha D Rao
Energy and development
empirical economics
climate policy
income inequality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
41
64
8,602
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Eli P Fenichel
environmental economics
natural capital
sustainability
ecosystem services
economic epidemiology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
39
78
6,059
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Samuel Kortum
International Economics
Industrial Organization
Economic Growth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
39
54
32,902
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Steven Berry
Industrial Organization
Product Differentiation
Entry
Auto
Airlines
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
39
49
25,445
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Gal Zauberman
Judgment and Decision Research
Behavioral Economics
Time
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
36
43
7,340
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Jacob Thomas
Financial reporting
valuation
earnings management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
34
54
15,771
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Jonathan E Ingersoll Jr
asset pricing
continuous-time finance
portfolio theory
behavioral finance.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
40
30,175
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Giuseppe Moscarini
Macroeconomics
Labor Economics
Economics of Information
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
37
4,352
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Anthony Smith
economics
macroeconomics
econometrics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
37
9,078
Lucas Ronconi
Labor economics
development
political economy
enforcement
informality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
45
2,124
Judith Chevalier
Industrial organization
economics of IT
gig work
retail pricing
career choice.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
31
25,131
Costas Arkolakis
International Economics
Spatial Economics
Macroeconomics
Industrial Organization
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
29
8,836
Yasushi Hamao
Corporate Finance
Japanese Financial Markets
Chinese Financial Markets
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
35
9,779
Katja Seim
Industrial Organization
Empirical Microeconomics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
34
3,764
Kelly Shue
Behavioral Finance
Corporate Finance
Applied Microeconomics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
23
4,204
Philip Haile
industrial organization
applied econometrics
applied microeconomic theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
21
4,602
Jidong Zhou(周纪冬)
Applied Theory
Industrial Organization
Information Economics
Behavioral Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
20
2,390
Jeffrey Chow
Climate change
ecosystem services
public policy
environmental economics
natural resource economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
23
3,373
Marina Antillon
Economic Evaluations
Infectious Diseases
Global Health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
22
1,396
Marina Halac
Contract Theory
Game Theory
Organizational Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
21
1,724
Tao Wu
Macroeconomics
Finance
Monetary Policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
18
2,388
Farrukh Suvankulov
Energy Economics
Financial Economics
International Trade
Applied Econometrics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
13
643
Michael Peters
Macroeconomics
Development Economics
Growth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
13
1,574
Mitsuru Igami
Industrial Organization
Economics of Innovation
International Trade
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
12
991
Song Ma É©¬Æ¾
Innovation
Entrepreneurial Finance
Corporate Finance
AI and Big Data
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
12
2,549
Greg Feldberg
Financial Stability
Macroprudential Policy
Regulation
Stress Tests
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
2,305
Cameron Lapoint
Corporate Finance
Real Estate
Macroeconomics
Household Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
52
Crossan Cooper
Labor Economics
Public Economics
Economics of Education
Urban Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
7
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
William Nordhaus
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
130
346
111,698
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Peter CB Phillips
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
115
458
122,640
Econometrics
Applied Econometrics
Economics
Statistics
Stochastic Processes
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mark Rosenzweig
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
99
208
51,129
economic development
development economics
labor economics
Chinese economy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Orazio Attanasio
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
95
181
32,018
Economics
Development Economics
Consumption
Saving
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Costas Meghir
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
83
157
35,889
Labor Economics
Development Economics
Public Finance
Economics of Education
Early Childhood Development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gary Gorton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
75
147
37,268
Financial crises
financial intermediation
banking
macroeconomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
John E Roemer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
72
202
29,949
economics
distributive justice
equality of opportunity
socialism
cooperation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ian Ayres
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
71
156
28,959
Economics
discrimination
contracts
empirical
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Shyam Sunder
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
61
153
18,383
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
John Geanakoplos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
59
128
22,424

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Fabrizio Zilibotti
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
51
70
22,522
Economic Growth and Development
China's Economic Development
Family Economics
Political Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Kenneth Gillingham
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
49
83
13,253
environmental & energy economics
industrial organization
climate economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Rohini Pande
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
48
73
23,402
Development Economics
Political Economy
Environmental Economics
Gender
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
48
73
14,435
Development economics
Environmental economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Xiaohong Chen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
48
96
12,889
econometrics
statistics
asset pricing
machine learning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dirk Bergemann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
48
75
12,882
Economics
Game Theory
Mechanism Design
Market Design
Economics of Information
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
James J Choi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
46
64
16,064
Behavioral finance
behavioral economics
household finance
finance
financial economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Roger Ibbotson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
46
76
19,053
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Tobias J Moskowitz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
44
61
27,800
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Bryan Kelly
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
43
50
18,706
Financial Economics
Financial Econometrics
Machine Learning
Asset Pricing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
43
66
22,813
Applied Microeconomics
International Trade
Development Economics
Industrial Organization
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Fiona Scott Morton
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
42
78
9,372
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Narasimha D Rao
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
41
64
8,602
Energy and development
empirical economics
climate policy
income inequality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Matthew Kotchen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
41
71
10,211
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Naomi Lamoreaux
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
80
7,405
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Eli P Fenichel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
78
6,059
environmental economics
natural capital
sustainability
ecosystem services
economic epidemiology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Samuel Kortum
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
54
32,902
International Economics
Industrial Organization
Economic Growth
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Steven Berry
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
49
25,445
Industrial Organization
Product Differentiation
Entry
Auto
Airlines
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Kerwin Kofi Charles
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
50
10,381
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Andrew Metrick
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
58
33,141
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Gal Zauberman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
43
7,340
Judgment and Decision Research
Behavioral Economics
Time
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Matthew Spiegel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
45
6,144
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Kenneth Scheve
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
53
14,256
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Jacob Thomas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
54
15,771
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Timothy Guinnane
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
67
7,719
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Stefano Giglio
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
35
9,751
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Jonathan E Ingersoll Jr
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
40
30,175
asset pricing
continuous-time finance
portfolio theory
behavioral finance.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Richard C Levin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
40
18,001
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Giuseppe Moscarini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
37
4,352
Macroeconomics
Labor Economics
Economics of Information
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Frank Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
44
7,478
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Anthony Smith
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
37
9,078
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Lucas Ronconi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
45
2,124
Labor economics
development
political economy
enforcement
informality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Judith Chevalier
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
31
25,131
Industrial organization
economics of IT
gig work
retail pricing
career choice.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Costas Arkolakis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
29
8,836
International Economics
Spatial Economics
Macroeconomics
Industrial Organization
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Yasushi Hamao
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
35
9,779
Corporate Finance
Japanese Financial Markets
Chinese Financial Markets
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Nicholas Barberis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
26
35,683
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Katja Seim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
34
3,764
Industrial Organization
Empirical Microeconomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Zhiwu Chen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
34
9,193
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
John Eric Humphries
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
29
3,794
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Kelly Shue
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
23
4,204
Behavioral Finance
Corporate Finance
Applied Microeconomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Cormac O Dea
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
37
1,803
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Ben Polak
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
30
1,834
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Philip Haile
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
21
4,602
industrial organization
applied econometrics
applied microeconomic theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Jidong Zhou(周纪冬)
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
20
2,390
Applied Theory
Industrial Organization
Information Economics
Behavioral Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Seth Zimmerman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
19
3,040
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Jeffrey Chow
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
23
3,373
Climate change
ecosystem services
public policy
environmental economics
natural resource economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Marina Antillon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
22
1,396
Economic Evaluations
Infectious Diseases
Global Health
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Marina Halac
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
21
1,724
Contract Theory
Game Theory
Organizational Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Eduardo Dávila|Eduardo Davila
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
16
1,483
Financial Economics
Macroeconomics
Welfare Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Lorenzo Caliendo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
17
5,288
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Tao Wu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
18
2,388
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Timothy B Armstrong
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
19
1,059
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Farrukh Suvankulov
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
13
643
Energy Economics
Financial Economics
International Trade
Applied Econometrics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Michael Peters
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
1,574
Macroeconomics
Development Economics
Growth
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Mitsuru Igami
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
991
Industrial Organization
Economics of Innovation
International Trade
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Song Ma É©¬Æ¾
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
2,549
Innovation
Entrepreneurial Finance
Corporate Finance
AI and Big Data
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Nicholas Ryan
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
1,775
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Solmaz Ehteshami Afshar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
600
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Greg Feldberg
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
2,305
Financial Stability
Macroprudential Policy
Regulation
Stress Tests
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Guillermo Noguera
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
4,225
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Cameron Lapoint
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
52
Corporate Finance
Real Estate
Macroeconomics
Household Finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Ferdinand Pieroth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
12
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Jiasheng Zhu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
12
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Jesse Thomas Rich
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
11
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Crossan Cooper
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
7
Labor Economics
Public Economics
Economics of Education
Urban Economics