Top 100 Scientists

World Economics & Econometrics 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 rankings in world, region, country, and university are in Beta version and are subject to real-time updates, since the subject field “Others” (1,120,277 scientists profile whose branch cannot be determined, not yet edited or determined) is excluded. These rankings will dynamically evolve in real time as the “Others” profiles are revised and classified. Please note that. Subjects indicated as “ * others ” will not be included in the ranking by regions and subjects.

* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
James Heckman
labor economics
microeconomics
soft skills
early childhood development
personality psychology
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
181
571
264,349
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Muhammad Shahbaz
Applied Economics
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
156
613
81,746
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jean Tirole
Industrial Organization
Finance
Psychology
Macroeconomic
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
148
359
200,936
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Martin Knapp
health economics
social care
mental health
health policy
social polic
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
145
735
89,712
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Richard B Freeman
Economics
engineering workforce
shared capitalism
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
140
505
89,540
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
John List
Field experiments
environmental economics
experimental economics
public economics
early childhood
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
135
469
87,594
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Asli Demirguc-Kunt
Financial Development
Banking
Firm Access to Finance
Financial Inclusion ...
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
134
301
137,290
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ernst Fehr
Behavioral Economics
Neuroeconomics
Experimental Economics
Evolutionary Psychology
Evolutionary Biolog
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
134
324
150,537
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ted R Miller
Health economics
cost-benefit analysis
program evaluation
injury
health planning & policy
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
133
386
252,289
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Rafael Fonseca
Myeloma and related conditions
ethics health economics
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
132
375
67,493
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
William Nordhaus
macroeconomics
environmental economic
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
130
350
112,243
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Stephen Polasky
Environmental Economics
Resource Economics
Ecological Economics
Ecosystem Services
Conservation Biolog
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
129
288
110,312
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
René Stulz
Corporate Finance
Financial Institutions
Risk Managemen
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
125
271
126,369
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Eric Hanushek
economics
economics of education
education policy
labor economics
economic growth
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
125
327
113,881
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Richard Sj Tol
Environmental Economics
Energy Economics
Economics
Climate Change
Scientometric
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
123
432
57,409
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Joseph E Stiglitz
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
243
1,298
393,018
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Amartya Kumar Sen
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
204
958
373,847
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
James Heckman
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
181
571
264,349
labor economics
microeconomics
soft skills
early childhood development
personality psychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Daron Acemoğlu
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
179
534
258,610
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Andrei Shleifer
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
171
455
431,680
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
George Loewenstein|George Lowenstein, George Freud Loewenstein
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
169
362
168,271
Economics
Psychology
Behavioral Economics
Medicine
La
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Muhammad Shahbaz
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
156
613
81,746
Applied Economics
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Dani Rodrik
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
151
532
173,833
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jean Tirole
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
148
359
200,936
Industrial Organization
Finance
Psychology
Macroeconomic
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Martin Knapp
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
145
735
89,712
health economics
social care
mental health
health policy
social polic
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Richard B Freeman
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
140
505
89,540
Economics
engineering workforce
shared capitalism
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
John List
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
135
469
87,594
Field experiments
environmental economics
experimental economics
public economics
early childhood
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Peter Nijkamp
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
135
1,013
81,279
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Asli Demirguc-Kunt
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
134
301
137,290
Financial Development
Banking
Firm Access to Finance
Financial Inclusion ...
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ernst Fehr
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
134
324
150,537
Behavioral Economics
Neuroeconomics
Experimental Economics
Evolutionary Psychology
Evolutionary Biolog
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ted R Miller
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
133
386
252,289
Health economics
cost-benefit analysis
program evaluation
injury
health planning & policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Rafael Fonseca
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
132
375
67,493
Myeloma and related conditions
ethics health economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Philippe Aghion
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
131
309
133,266
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
William Nordhaus
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
130
350
112,243
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Stephen Polasky
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
129
288
110,312
Environmental Economics
Resource Economics
Ecological Economics
Ecosystem Services
Conservation Biolog
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
René Stulz
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
125
271
126,369
Corporate Finance
Financial Institutions
Risk Managemen
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Eric Hanushek
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
125
327
113,881
economics
economics of education
education policy
labor economics
economic growth
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jeffrey Frankel
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
124
340
82,079
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Magnus Johannesson
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
123
307
68,487
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Richard Sj Tol
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
123
432
57,409
Environmental Economics
Energy Economics
Economics
Climate Change
Scientometric