top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists in Economic Theory

2025 single-year list · 38 listed authors · Economics & Business

38 researchers whose main subfield is Economic Theory, part of Economics & Business, are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, out of 1,802 Scopus authors in the subfield. Authors qualify by ranking in the top 2% of their main subfield or in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c); 16 of these are in the top 100,000.

Listed authors
38
2.11% of the subfield’s Scopus authors
Scopus authors in the subfield
1,802
Median citations
11
top 1% from 254 · all authors in the subfield
Highest-ranked
#14,927
Young, H. Peyton

Top countries

  1. United States1642%
  2. Israel513%
  3. United Kingdom38%
  4. France38%
  5. Germany25%
  6. Italy25%
  7. Austria25%
  8. Canada13%
  9. Netherlands13%
  10. Denmark13%

Top institutions

  1. Hebrew University of Jerusalem411%
  2. University of California, Los Angeles25%
  3. Università Bocconi25%
  4. University of Oxford13%
  5. The University of Chicago13%
  6. Adam Smith Business School13%
  7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology13%
  8. Reichman University13%
  9. New York University13%
  10. Universität Bonn13%

38 listed scientists in Economic Theory

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