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" (931,668 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
Stefano Scarpetta
labour market
social polices
public policies
economic growth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
5
201
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Guillaume Gruere
agricultural economics
environmental and resource economics
food policy
international trade
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
76
4,280
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Herwig Immervoll
Economics
Social Policy
Public Finance
Redistribution
Inequality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
54
5,119
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Dirk Pilat
Productivity
innovation
entrepreneurship
green transition
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
69
5,756
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Olivier Thévenon
Child well-being
Female employment
family and employment policies
family and child well-being
economics and population dynam
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
62
4,767
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
David E. Winickoff
Emerging Technology Policy
Innovation Studies
Global Environmental Governance
STS and Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
46
2,900
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Luis Miguel Martinez
Civil Engineering
Transportation
Simulation
Optimization
Operations research
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
51
3,137
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :26
Carlo Menon
Innovation
Employment dynamics
Spatial economics
Policy evaluation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
34
3,555
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Sean Dougherty
international economics
growth and development
firm productivity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
43
1,834
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Beatriz Pont
school improvement
education policy
reform
school leadership
equity in education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
42
6,108
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Boris Cournède
Economics
Public Finance
Financial Markets
Monetary Policy
Housing Markets
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
38
2,369
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Javier Lopez Gonzalez
International Trade
Regional Integration
Global Value Chains
Digital Trade
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
31
3,601
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Alexandra Tsvetkova
Regional Economics
Regional Economic Development
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Spatial Productivity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
29
1,738
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Peter N. Gal
Macroeconomics
Structural Policies
Firm dynamics
Productivity
Labour Markets
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
24
3,519
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Andrea Garnero
Labour economics
industrial relations
personnel economics
applied econometrics.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
20
1,511
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Milos Kankaras|Miloš Kankaraš
policy analysis
education
psychology
psychometrics
consulting
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
18
1,637
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
James Innes
Fisheries economics
Bycatch
Incentive measures
Market based instruments
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
24
831
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
Antoine Goujard
Public Economics
Applied Econometrics
Applied Macroeconomics
Labour Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
18
766
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Enrique Garcilazo
regional development
geography
rural development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
18
1,749
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
Jean Fouré
Environment
Climate change
Economics
Computable General Equilibrium
Long-term growth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
16
981
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
Daniel Salinas
Sociology of Education
Social Stratification
Social Movements
Latin America
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
21
932
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
Stefan Thewissen
Wellbeing
labour markets
inequality
social protection
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
16
1,287
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
Ruben Bibas
Environmental and resources economics - Climate change economics - Energy economics - Climate policy - Circular economy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
17
1,256
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
Eduardo Olaberria
Macroeconomics
International Finance
Monetary Economics
Economic Growth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
17
1,396
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
Jared Greenville
Economics
agricultural economics
natural resource economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
18
551
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
Stijn Broecke
Labour Economics
Education Economics
Development Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
16
968
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
Francesca Froy
local economic development
skills
urban
employment
planning
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
18
707
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Flavio Calvino
Economics of innovation
Employment dynamics
Industrial dynamics
Entrepreneurship
Economics of AI
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
13
1,381
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
Grégoire Garsous
environmental economics
development economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
14
464
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :78
Gabriele Marconi
economics
unemployment
skills
educational policies
growth
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
478
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :81
Daniele Pacifico
Labour economics
Microsimulation
Inequality
Redistribution
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
559
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :83
Pierre Gouëdard
Microeconomist
Microeconometrics
Education Policy
Policy Implementation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
11
713
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :84
Mattia Cai
environmental economics
energy policy
input-output analysis
regional modeling
international economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
11
355
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :86
Trish J Lavery
behaviour change
sustainability science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
668
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :89
Alberto Marino
health financing
international health systems
health economics
health policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
401
Ioannis Tikoudis
Economic modelling
Computational Economics
Environmental Economics
Urban Economics
Economic theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
8
278
Judit Pál
education
child well-being
social network analysis
statistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
8
1,056
Dimitris Mavridis
Development Economics
Labor Economics
Education Economics
Public Economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
458
Alejandro Guerrero
development effectiveness
results-based management
political science
public management
public finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
404
Juergen Amann
Applied Econometrics
Environmental Economics
Industrial Development
Input-Output Analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
171
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Stefano Scarpetta
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
5
201
labour market
social polices
public policies
economic growth
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hugo Valin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
59
92
18,698
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Balazs Egert
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
47
102
8,220
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Joaquim Jm Guilhoto
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
42
135
6,977
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Andrea Bassanini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
57
10,462
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Rob Dellink
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
86
11,563
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Guillaume Gruere
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
76
4,280
agricultural economics
environmental and resource economics
food policy
international trade
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Herwig Immervoll
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
54
5,119
Economics
Social Policy
Public Finance
Redistribution
Inequality
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Benjamin Henderson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
52
13,293
climate change
agriculture
economics
food security
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Dirk Pilat
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
69
5,756
Productivity
innovation
entrepreneurship
green transition
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Olivier Thévenon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
62
4,767
Child well-being
Female employment
family and employment policies
family and child well-being
economics and population dynam
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Alexander Hijzen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
52
4,582
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
David E. Winickoff
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
46
2,900
Emerging Technology Policy
Innovation Studies
Global Environmental Governance
STS and Law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Peter Hoeller
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
44
2,514
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Fernando Galindo-Rueda
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
38
2,720
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Hans Blommestein
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
63
2,413
finance
spatial economics
public debt
econometrics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Pierpaolo Cazzola
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
30
5,555
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Luis Miguel Martinez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
51
3,137
Civil Engineering
Transportation
Simulation
Optimization
Operations research
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Health Systems
Primary Health Care
Global Health
Health and Social Policy
Chronic Diseases
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Olaf Merk
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
39
2,701
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Carlo Menon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
34
3,555
Innovation
Employment dynamics
Spatial economics
Policy evaluation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Ronald Steenblık
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
40
2,381
Subsidies
Fossil Fuels
Fisheries
Renewable Energy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Ivan Haščič
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
34
5,086
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Sean Dougherty
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
43
1,834
international economics
growth and development
firm productivity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Beatriz Pont
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
42
6,108
school improvement
education policy
reform
school leadership
equity in education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Annabelle Mourougane
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
33
2,778
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Boris Cournède
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
38
2,369
Economics
Public Finance
Financial Markets
Monetary Policy
Housing Markets
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Norihiko Yamano
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
30
2,515
Input-Output
International and regional economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Javier Lopez Gonzalez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
31
3,601
International Trade
Regional Integration
Global Value Chains
Digital Trade
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
William Hynes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
31
1,697
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Alexandra Tsvetkova
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
29
1,738
Regional Economics
Regional Economic Development
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Spatial Productivity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Ana Isabel Moreno-Monroy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
29
1,221
Regional/urban/rural economics
Development economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Federıco Cıngano
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
25
3,524
Growth and productivity
Labor economics
Applied economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Peter N. Gal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
24
3,519
Macroeconomics
Structural Policies
Firm dynamics
Productivity
Labour Markets
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Andrea Garnero
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
20
1,511
Labour economics
industrial relations
personnel economics
applied econometrics.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Antti Moisio
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
29
999
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Koen Deconinck
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
26
971
food systems
agricultural economics
competition
political economy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Marco Paccagnella
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
19
1,611
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
policy analysis
education
psychology
psychometrics
consulting
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Yvan Guillemette
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
28
1,259
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Jonathan Brooks
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
27
1,322
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Francesco Avvisati
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
22
2,574
economics of education
large-scale assessments
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
James Innes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
24
831
Fisheries economics
Bycatch
Incentive measures
Market based instruments
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Antoine Goujard
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
18
766
Public Economics
Applied Econometrics
Applied Macroeconomics
Labour Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Enrique Garcilazo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
18
1,749
regional development
geography
rural development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
health care quality
value for money
health policy
health economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Jean Fouré
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
16
981
Environment
Climate change
Economics
Computable General Equilibrium
Long-term growth
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Daniel Salinas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
21
932
Sociology of Education
Social Stratification
Social Movements
Latin America
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Dirk Neumann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
17
802
Public Economics
Welfare Economics
Labor Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Alan Paic
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
16
4,175
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Stefan Thewissen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
16
1,287
Wellbeing
labour markets
inequality
social protection
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Ruben Bibas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
17
1,256
Environmental and resources economics - Climate change economics - Energy economics - Climate policy - Circular economy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Ragnar Olafsson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
20
2,772
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Thomas Weko
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
19
2,008
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Eduardo Olaberria
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
17
1,396
Macroeconomics
International Finance
Monetary Economics
Economic Growth
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Patrick Lenain
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
21
907
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Jared Greenville
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
18
551
Economics
agricultural economics
natural resource economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Stephane Sorbe
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
969
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Stijn Broecke
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
16
968
Labour Economics
Education Economics
Development Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Francesca Froy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
18
707
local economic development
skills
urban
employment
planning
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Flavio Calvino
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
1,381
Economics of innovation
Employment dynamics
Industrial dynamics
Entrepreneurship
Economics of AI
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Grégoire Garsous
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
464
environmental economics
development economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Andrea Salvatori
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
655
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 76
William S Symes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
799
Development
Environmental Economics
Biological Conservation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
Dorothée Rouzet
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
14
1,145
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 78
Gabriele Marconi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
478
economics
unemployment
skills
educational policies
growth
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Sebastian Benz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
14
462
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Elena Tosetto
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
751
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
Daniele Pacifico
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
559
Labour economics
Microsimulation
Inequality
Redistribution
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 83
Pierre Gouëdard
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
713
Microeconomist
Microeconometrics
Education Policy
Policy Implementation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 84
Mattia Cai
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
355
environmental economics
energy policy
input-output analysis
regional modeling
international economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
Sebastian Königs
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
80
labour markets inequalities
social protection
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 86
Trish J Lavery
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
668
behaviour change
sustainability science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 89
Alberto Marino
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
401
health financing
international health systems
health economics
health policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 90
Ioannis Tikoudis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
278
Economic modelling
Computational Economics
Environmental Economics
Urban Economics
Economic theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 91
Judit Pál
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
1,056
education
child well-being
social network analysis
statistics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 93
Fabio Manca
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
486
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 94
Dimitris Mavridis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
458
Development Economics
Labor Economics
Education Economics
Public Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 95
Ricardo Espinoza
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
7
239
Applied Microeconomics
Economics of Education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 96
Alejandro Guerrero
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
404
development effectiveness
results-based management
political science
public management
public finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 97
Juergen Amann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
171
Applied Econometrics
Environmental Economics
Industrial Development
Input-Output Analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 98
Michelle Harding
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
398
Economics
tax
public policy
fiscal policy
gender