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" (873,690 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
Michael Peneder
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Industrial economics
Structural Change
Growth and Competitiveness
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
63
5,285
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Werner Hölzl
Industrial economics
firm growth
structural change
business surveys
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
46
3,764
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Franz Sinabell
Agricultural Economics
Resource Economics
Environmental Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
42
1,753

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Andreas Reinstaller
Economics of technical change
innovation
industrial organisation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
33
1,309
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Juergen Janger
Economics of Innovation
economics of science
innovation and science policy
growth policies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
19
1,278
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Daniela Kletzan-Slamanig
climate policy
carbon taxes
subsidies
environmental innovation
water economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
24
831
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Stefan Ederer
Macroeconomics
Distribution
Ecological Economics
Modelling
Post-Keynesian Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
15
1,356
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Josef Baumgartner
Empirical macroeconomics
applied econometrics
inflation
business cycle analysis
monetary policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
14
695
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Stefan Angel
Social Policy
Economic Inequality
Labor Economics
Housing
Consumer Debt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
13
581
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Christine Mayrhuber
Social Security
Pensions
Incomedistribution
Redistribution
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
14
580
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Ina Meyer
climate change
energy-economic impact analysis
circular economy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
12
597
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Birgit Meyer
International Economics
International Trade
Foreign direct investment
Innovation
Development Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
7
760
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Elisabeth Christen
Internationaler Handel/Handelspolitik/Empirische Analysen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
364
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Michael Böheim
Ökonomie
Wettbewerb
Regulierung
Resilienz
Energie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
569
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Jürgen Bierbaumer
Business cycle and growth
National accounts
Private consumption
Retail
Short/Medium/Long-term forecasts
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
5
124
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Atanas Pekanov
Monetary Policy
Distributional Macroeconomics
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Public Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
3
68
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Susanne Bärenthaler-Sieber
Breitband
Digitale Plattformen
Digitalisierung
Industriepolitik
Wettbewerbsfähigkeit
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
2
361
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gabriel Felbermayr
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
54
149
11,243
International Trade
European Integration
Economic Policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael Peneder
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
63
5,285
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Industrial economics
Structural Change
Growth and Competitiveness
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Peter Huber
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
83
3,199
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Christoph Badelt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
50
3,246
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Margit Schratzenstaller
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
61
2,406
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Werner Hölzl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
46
3,764
Industrial economics
firm growth
structural change
business surveys
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Franz Sinabell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
42
1,753
Agricultural Economics
Resource Economics
Environmental Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Simon Loretz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
28
1,900
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Serguei Kaniovski
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
33
1,530

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Hans Pitlik
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
37
1,944
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Andreas Reinstaller
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
33
1,309
Economics of technical change
innovation
industrial organisation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ulrike Famira-Muehlberger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
39
1,507
Labour Economics
Social Policy
Long-term Care
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Julia Bock-Schappelwein
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
43
1,173
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Angela Köppl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
36
1,313
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Gerhard Streicher
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
35
2,122
regional economic modelling
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Helmut Mahringer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
35
1,250
Labour Economics
Applied Econometrics
Social Policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Martin Spielauer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
27
1,017
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
industrial economics
development
industrial policy
investment
value chains
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Juergen Janger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
19
1,278
Economics of Innovation
economics of science
innovation and science policy
growth policies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hedwig Lutz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
18
494
labour economics
socal policy
gender studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Daniela Kletzan-Slamanig
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
24
831
climate policy
carbon taxes
subsidies
environmental innovation
water economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Stefan Ederer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
15
1,356
Macroeconomics
Distribution
Ecological Economics
Modelling
Post-Keynesian Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Walter Hyll
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
19
810
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mark Sommer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
16
829
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Thomas Horvath
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
21
657
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Thomas Url
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
17
1,272
Risk and Insurance
EMU
Applied Econometrics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Oliver Fritz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
17
610
regional economics
tourism economics
CGE-modeling
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Ulrike Huemer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
20
598
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Michael Klien
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
495
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Peter Mayerhofer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
17
724
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Josef Baumgartner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
695
Empirical macroeconomics
applied econometrics
inflation
business cycle analysis
monetary policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Stefan Angel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
13
581
Social Policy
Economic Inequality
Labor Economics
Housing
Consumer Debt
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Christine Mayrhuber
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
14
580
Social Security
Pensions
Incomedistribution
Redistribution
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Rainer Eppel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
17
457
Labour market
labour market policy
policy evaluation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Julia Bachtrögler-Unger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
477
European Integration
Regional Economics
EU Cohesion Policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Ina Meyer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
12
597
climate change
energy-economic impact analysis
circular economy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Yvonne Wolfmayr
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
12
575
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Birgit Meyer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
7
760
International Economics
International Trade
Foreign direct investment
Innovation
Development Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Elisabeth Christen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
364
Internationaler Handel/Handelspolitik/Empirische Analysen
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Michael Böheim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
569
Ökonomie
Wettbewerb
Regulierung
Resilienz
Energie
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Silvia Rocha-Akis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
331
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Gerhard Schwarz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
232
Umfragen
Befragungen
Surveys
Economics
Ökonomie
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Peter Reschenhofer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
199
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Benjamin Bittschi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
6
278
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Marian Fink
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
3
195
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Stefan Schiman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
144
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Jürgen Bierbaumer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
5
124
Business cycle and growth
National accounts
Private consumption
Retail
Short/Medium/Long-term forecasts
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Atanas Pekanov
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
68
Monetary Policy
Distributional Macroeconomics
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Public Finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Susanne Bärenthaler-Sieber
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
361
Breitband
Digitale Plattformen
Digitalisierung
Industriepolitik
Wettbewerbsfähigkeit
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Sandra Bilek-Steindl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
117
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Alexander Daminger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
0
26
Spatial Economics
Urban and Regional Economics
Public Finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Gerald Feichtinger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
96
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Elisabeth Arnold
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
22
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Bettina Meinhart
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
20
International Economics
Environmental Policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Alexander Hudetz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
12
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Lukas Schmoigl
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
9