Top 100 most-cited scientists in Economics & Business

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#	Author	Country	Subfield rank	c-score	Cites 2025	h	hm	Self-cit.	Papers	Active
1 #22 overall	Teece, David J. University of California, Berkeley	USA	Business & Management #1 · top <0.01%	4.938	9,389	31	25.9	0.5%	300	1971–2026
2 #29 overall	Acemoglu, Daron Massachusetts Institute of Technology	USA	Economics #1 · top <0.01%	4.847	9,196	44	26.9	1.7%	303	1993–2026
3 #32 overall	Bakker, Arnold Bastiaan Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam	NLD	Business & Management #2 · top <0.01%	4.836	16,280	48	30.1	2.6%	516	1993–2026
4 #34 overall	Ostrom, Elinor Indiana University Bloomington	USA	Political Science & Public Administration #1 · top <0.01%	4.814	6,627	32	25.1	0.3%	251	1965–2024
5 #42 overall	Hair, Joseph Franklin University of South Alabama	USA	Marketing #1 · top <0.01%	4.763	27,820	45	17.0	0.6%	180	1975–2026
6 #48 overall	Pesaran, M. Hashem Trinity College Cambridge	GBR	Econometrics #1 · top 0.07%	4.744	10,620	25	17.3	0.1%	215	1973–2026
7 #54 overall	Barney, Jay Bryan The University of Utah	USA	Business & Management #3 · top <0.01%	4.714	7,068	26	16.8	0.4%	146	1985–2025
8 #81 overall	Schaufeli, Wilmar B. Universiteit Utrecht	NLD	Business & Management #4 · top <0.01%	4.621	10,474	39	23.6	2.1%	411	1988–2026
9 #91 overall	Lim, Weng Marc Sunway University	MYS	Marketing #2 · top 0.01%	4.607	10,682	39	21.4	6.7%	306	2011–2027
10 #96 overall	Henseler, Jörg Universiteit Twente	NLD	Marketing #3 · top 0.02%	4.582	14,419	25	14.9	0.8%	140	2008–2026
11 #111 overall	Han, Heesup Sejong University	KOR	Sport, Leisure & Tourism #1 · top <0.01%	4.561	7,594	39	24.8	8.9%	648	2007–2026
12 #119 overall	Sarstedt, Marko Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg	DEU	Marketing #4 · top 0.03%	4.541	36,503	55	20.9	0.8%	186	2001–2026
13 #120 overall	Paul, Justin Universidad de Puerto Rico	PRI	Marketing #5 · top 0.03%	4.540	7,934	42	25.0	3.1%	226	2005–2026
14 #168 overall	Shleifer, Andrei Harvard University	USA	Economics #2 · top <0.01%	4.465	7,789	48	25.4	0.5%	166	1986–2026
15 #169 overall	Porter, Michael E. Harvard Business School	USA	Business & Management #5 · top <0.01%	4.461	3,892	26	20.2	0.1%	113	1976–2025
16 #170 overall	Zahra, Shaker A. Carlson School of Management	USA	Business & Management #6 · top <0.01%	4.461	4,107	33	24.9	1.6%	211	1985–2026
17 #182 overall	Audretsch, David B. Indiana University Bloomington	USA	Business & Management #7 · top 0.01%	4.443	5,258	37	23.8	6.0%	539	1985–2026
18 #186 overall	Buhalis, Dimitrios Bournemouth University	GBR	Sport, Leisure & Tourism #2 · top 0.02%	4.438	7,530	38	19.9	4.2%	347	1993–2027
19 #189 overall	Sarkis, Joseph Worcester Polytechnic Institute	USA	Business & Management #8 · top 0.01%	4.431	8,082	43	25.6	2.4%	559	1992–2026
20 #192 overall	Demerouti, Evangelia Technische Universiteit Eindhoven	NLD	Business & Management #9 · top 0.01%	4.423	9,514	35	20.9	1.9%	247	2000–2026
21 #204 overall	Shahbaz, Muhammad VIZJA University	POL	Energy #6 · top <0.01%	4.411	8,733	46	26.0	3.8%	589	2007–2026
22 #228 overall	Gössling, Stefan Linnaeus University, Kalmar	SWE	Sport, Leisure & Tourism #3 · top 0.03%	4.383	3,780	30	21.1	2.9%	266	1996–2026
23 #230 overall	Bagozzi, Richard P. Stephen M. Ross School of Business	USA	Marketing #6 · top 0.04%	4.381	5,474	29	19.1	3.3%	288	1975–2026
24 #241 overall	Lee, Chien-Chiang City University of Macau	MAC	Economics #3 · top <0.01%	4.366	7,228	43	26.6	8.4%	547	2005–2026
25 #247 overall	Imbens, Guido W. Stanford Graduate School of Business	USA	Econometrics #2 · top 0.14%	4.363	5,057	32	20.4	1.5%	122	1994–2026
26 #266 overall	Levine, Ross L. Haas School of Business	USA	Economics #4 · top <0.01%	4.347	4,453	32	19.9	0.5%	109	1989–2025
27 #271 overall	Edmondson, Amy C. Harvard Business School	USA	Business & Management #10 · top 0.01%	4.342	3,610	22	15.8	1.6%	118	1996–2026
28 #274 overall	Hall, C. Michael Massey University Auckland	NZL	Sport, Leisure & Tourism #4 · top 0.03%	4.341	4,871	29	20.0	6.2%	838	1984–2026
29 #283 overall	Heckman, James J. The University of Chicago	USA	Economics #5 · top <0.01%	4.337	3,719	32	19.9	0.6%	262	1974–2026
30 #310 overall	Shepherd, Dean A. University of Notre Dame	USA	Business & Management #11 · top 0.02%	4.324	4,396	35	23.8	4.4%	316	1999–2026
31 #322 overall	Bloom, Nicholas Dagen Stanford University	USA	Economics #6 · top 0.01%	4.319	5,362	30	13.9	0.6%	101	1998–2026
32 #323 overall	Fama, Eugene F. The University of Chicago Booth School of Business	USA	Finance #1 · top <0.01%	4.318	4,244	26	16.8	0.1%	94	1968–2025
33 #329 overall	Autor, David H. Massachusetts Institute of Technology	USA	Economics #7 · top 0.01%	4.315	4,152	28	14.0	0.9%	77	1998–2026
34 #331 overall	Rodrik, Dani John F. Kennedy School of Government	USA	Economics #8 · top 0.01%	4.311	2,289	25	21.2	1.1%	156	1981–2026
35 #338 overall	Hambrick, Donald C. Penn State Smeal College of Business	USA	Business & Management #12 · top 0.02%	4.306	3,259	31	18.8	1.0%	107	1981–2025
36 #375 overall	Sadorsky, Perry A. Schulich School of Business	CAN	Energy #12 · top <0.01%	4.277	2,081	26	22.7	0.5%	102	1989–2025
37 #382 overall	Thaler, Richard H. The University of Chicago Booth School of Business	USA	Economics #9 · top 0.02%	4.273	3,103	26	17.8	0.6%	103	1974–2023
38 #391 overall	Ghobakhloo, Morteza Uppsala Universitet	SWE	Business & Management #13 · top 0.02%	4.268	3,578	34	13.9	4.5%	128	2010–2026
39 #417 overall	Glaeser, Edward NBER	USA	Economics #10 · top 0.02%	4.255	3,206	33	21.3	1.1%	202	1994–2025
40 #436 overall	Spector, Paul E. Muma College of Business	USA	Business & Management #14 · top 0.02%	4.245	3,040	26	17.9	1.1%	279	1973–2026
41 #443 overall	Zhang, Dongyang Capital University of EcoNomics and Business	CHN	Finance #2 · top 0.01%	4.240	2,075	25	18.7	0.6%	77	2017–2026
42 #446 overall	Luthans, F. University of Nebraska–Lincoln	USA	Business & Management #15 · top 0.02%	4.239	3,955	33	15.8	1.3%	185	1972–2025
43 #454 overall	Eisenhardt, Kathleen M. Stanford University	USA	Business & Management #16 · top 0.02%	4.235	4,166	28	16.8	1.7%	95	1985–2025
44 #466 overall	Barbier, Edward B. Colorado State University	USA	Agricultural Economics & Policy #1 · top 0.01%	4.228	2,853	26	17.6	2.8%	335	1987–2026
45 #476 overall	Miller, Danny HEC Montréal	CAN	Business & Management #17 · top 0.02%	4.223	2,609	26	20.3	2.8%	197	1975–2026
46 #511 overall	Luo, Yadong Sun Yat-sen Business School	CHN	Business & Management #18 · top 0.03%	4.204	2,495	26	18.1	0.9%	182	1995–2024
47 #551 overall	Freeman, R. Edward University of Virginia	USA	Business & Management #19 · top 0.03%	4.187	3,299	24	13.9	0.8%	143	1977–2025
48 #573 overall	Barro, Robert T. National Bureau of Economic Research	USA	Economics #12 · top 0.02%	4.177	1,957	21	17.5	0.1%	127	1970–2026
49 #637 overall	Chen, Yushan National Taipei University	TWN	Business & Management #20 · top 0.03%	4.156	2,454	23	15.0	0.2%	79	2006–2026
50 #641 overall	Chiappetta Jabbour, Charbel Jose NEOMA Business School	FRA	Business & Management #21 · top 0.03%	4.154	5,424	40	19.8	2.5%	334	2006–2026
51 #666 overall	Kraus, Sascha Universität Siegen	DEU	Business & Management #22 · top 0.03%	4.145	9,394	44	21.6	4.0%	428	2006–2026
52 #676 overall	Hollebeek, Linda D. Sunway University	MYS	Marketing #7 · top 0.04%	4.141	3,316	28	16.5	10.6%	155	2007–2026
53 #693 overall	Camilleri, Mark A. L-Università ta' Malta	MLT	Business & Management #23 · top 0.03%	4.134	1,579	23	19.8	2.6%	152	2014–2026
54 #715 overall	Duflo, Esther Massachusetts Institute of Technology	USA	Economics #13 · top 0.02%	4.127	3,795	29	15.7	0.9%	108	1997–2026
55 #716 overall	Beck, Thorsten European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole	ITA	Finance #3 · top 0.02%	4.126	3,297	29	15.9	0.9%	120	2000–2026
56 #724 overall	Arellano, Manuel Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros	ESP	Econometrics #3 · top 0.21%	4.123	3,724	11	8.3	0.1%	42	1987–2025
57 #729 overall	Shane, Scott A. Case Western Reserve University	USA	Business & Management #24 · top 0.03%	4.121	2,121	20	16.8	0.2%	108	1988–2025
58 #741 overall	Stiglitz, Joseph E. Columbia University	USA	Economics #14 · top 0.03%	4.117	2,029	22	17.4	1.1%	403	1967–2026
59 #745 overall	Podsakoff, Philip M. Warrington College of Business	USA	Business & Management #25 · top 0.04%	4.115	16,568	26	11.0	0.0%	83	1979–2026
60 #746 overall	Engle, Robert F. Leonard N. Stern School of Business	USA	Econometrics #4 · top 0.28%	4.115	2,442	21	14.9	1.6%	150	1974–2026
61 #747 overall	Parker, S. K. Curtin University	AUS	Business & Management #26 · top 0.04%	4.115	3,651	28	17.0	5.3%	228	1993–2026
62 #754 overall	Wooldridge, Jeffrey M. Michigan State University	USA	Econometrics #5 · top 0.35%	4.111	2,166	20	15.8	0.9%	110	1988–2026
63 #757 overall	Hansen, Bruce E. University of Wisconsin-Madison	USA	Econometrics #6 · top 0.42%	4.109	2,004	16	15.5	0.0%	74	1988–2025
64 #773 overall	Velte, Patrick Leuphana Universität Lüneburg	DEU	Business & Management #27 · top 0.04%	4.105	1,501	21	19.3	3.4%	106	2006–2026
65 #785 overall	Grant, Adam M. Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania	USA	Business & Management #28 · top 0.04%	4.103	2,148	24	16.9	0.5%	80	2004–2026
66 #789 overall	Lusardi, Annamaria Stanford Graduate School of Business	USA	Economics #15 · top 0.03%	4.102	3,120	26	14.8	2.4%	88	1995–2025
67 #799 overall	Ringle, Christian M. Hamburg University of Technology	DEU	Marketing #8 · top 0.05%	4.099	35,593	57	19.0	0.7%	150	2008–2026
68 #806 overall	Amabile, Teresa M. Harvard Business School	USA	Business & Management #29 · top 0.04%	4.097	2,173	19	13.8	0.3%	79	1976–2025
69 #809 overall	Nambisan, Satish Weatherhead School of Management	USA	Business & Management #30 · top 0.04%	4.096	2,957	21	12.1	0.6%	68	1998–2026
70 #811 overall	Bollerslev, Tim Duke University	USA	Econometrics #7 · top 0.49%	4.095	2,537	22	12.3	1.6%	108	1985–2026
71 #821 overall	Alesina, Alberto F. National Bureau of Economic Research	USA	Economics #16 · top 0.03%	4.092	3,059	29	18.2	0.5%	137	1987–2024
72 #823 overall	Luu, Trong Tuan Swinburne Business School	AUS	Sport, Leisure & Tourism #5 · top 0.04%	4.092	1,607	22	18.4	1.9%	168	2010–2026
73 #824 overall	Angrist, Joshua D. National Bureau of Economic Research	USA	Economics #17 · top 0.03%	4.092	2,903	22	14.9	0.7%	92	1990–2025
74 #838 overall	Chesbrough, Henry W. LUISS University	ITA	Business & Management #31 · top 0.05%	4.089	2,024	24	16.2	0.9%	107	1999–2026
75 #850 overall	Flyvbjerg, Bent University of Oxford, Saïd Business School	GBR	Logistics & Transportation #1 · top <0.01%	4.084	1,943	19	12.6	1.1%	97	1981–2026
76 #851 overall	Ozili, Peterson K. Central Bank of Nigeria	NGA	Finance #4 · top 0.02%	4.083	1,619	17	15.7	5.9%	189	2015–2026
77 #855 overall	Gursoy, Dogan Washington State University Pullman	USA	Sport, Leisure & Tourism #6 · top 0.05%	4.082	4,116	31	19.9	2.1%	225	1999–2027
78 #867 overall	Bouri, Elie I. Lebanese American University	LBN	Finance #5 · top 0.03%	4.079	4,567	32	19.7	6.6%	361	2012–2026
79 #875 overall	Card, David E. University of California, Berkeley	USA	Economics #18 · top 0.03%	4.076	1,829	24	16.4	0.8%	132	1982–2025
80 #880 overall	Aguinis, Herman School of Engineering and Applied Science	USA	Business & Management #32 · top 0.05%	4.075	4,657	34	18.8	2.6%	243	1993–2026
81 #889 overall	Bansal, Pratima (Tima) Western University	CAN	Business & Management #33 · top 0.05%	4.073	2,547	25	16.3	1.6%	86	2000–2026
82 #910 overall	Sonnentag, Sabine Universität Mannheim	DEU	Business & Management #34 · top 0.05%	4.069	2,690	26	15.6	3.3%	205	1991–2026
83 #914 overall	Chatterjee, Sheshadri Indian Institute of Information Technology, Lucknow	IND	Business & Management #35 · top 0.05%	4.069	3,192	29	15.8	14.3%	227	2015–2026
84 #918 overall	Jensen, Michael C. Harvard Business School	USA	Finance #6 · top 0.04%	4.068	4,374	12	9.0	0.0%	116	1969–2020
85 #945 overall	Leonardi, Paul M. University of California, Santa Barbara	USA	Business & Management #36 · top 0.05%	4.061	1,857	20	16.9	1.8%	113	2003–2026
86 #967 overall	Judge, Timothy A. Fisher College of Business	USA	Business & Management #37 · top 0.05%	4.056	3,337	31	18.9	0.2%	180	1991–2025
87 #973 overall	Abadie, Alberto Massachusetts Institute of Technology	USA	Economics #19 · top 0.03%	4.055	2,445	19	11.7	0.4%	33	2002–2026
88 #974 overall	Krugman, Paul R. Princeton School of Public and International Affairs	USA	Economics #20 · top 0.04%	4.055	1,569	17	14.8	0.3%	123	1978–2025
89 #976 overall	Camerer, Colin F. California Institute of Technology	USA	Economics #21 · top 0.04%	4.053	3,314	26	14.1	3.2%	236	1981–2026
90 #979 overall	Gioia, Dennis A.Denny Penn State Smeal College of Business	USA	Business & Management #38 · top 0.06%	4.052	3,971	20	10.7	0.1%	123	1982–2026
91 #986 overall	Alvesson, Mats University of Bath	GBR	Business & Management #39 · top 0.06%	4.048	2,087	24	17.1	3.3%	168	1982–2026
92 #989 overall	Schaltegger, Stefan C. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg	DEU	Business & Management #40 · top 0.06%	4.047	2,990	28	18.9	0.8%	165	1994–2026
93 #991 overall	Van Knippenberg, Daan Jones Graduate School of Business	USA	Business & Management #41 · top 0.06%	4.047	3,111	29	17.6	3.8%	245	1990–2026
94 #992 overall	George, Gerard Georgetown University	USA	Business & Management #42 · top 0.06%	4.047	3,348	29	15.9	0.8%	118	1995–2026
95 #1,007 overall	Vargo, Stephen Louis Price College of Business	USA	Marketing #9 · top 0.06%	4.042	3,373	26	16.0	1.4%	132	1998–2026
96 #1,016 overall	Ashforth, Blake E. Arizona State University	USA	Business & Management #43 · top 0.06%	4.040	2,824	28	16.8	1.2%	121	1988–2025
97 #1,023 overall	Sen, Amartya K. Harvard University	USA	Economics #22 · top 0.04%	4.038	1,154	20	19.0	0.0%	216	1957–2022
98 #1,040 overall	Bai, Jushan Columbia University	USA	Econometrics #8 · top 0.56%	4.034	1,914	20	14.7	0.6%	80	1993–2026
99 #1,044 overall	Filieri, Raffaele Audencia	FRA	Marketing #10 · top 0.06%	4.034	3,246	30	14.8	3.3%	114	2008–2026
100 #1,045 overall	Deaton, Angus S. Princeton School of Public and International Affairs	USA	Economics #23 · top 0.04%	4.033	2,292	20	15.8	0.4%	144	1971–2026

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