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World 74,702 Scientists H-Index Economics & Econometrics / Economics Rankings - 2025
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These rankings provide a comprehensive evaluation of scientific performance by combining total and recent 6-year h-index values, offering insight into both research productivity and long-term impact. The h-index balances quantity with quality, highlighting sustained academic excellence. Rankings are continuously updated in near real-time to reflect the latest scholarly activity across countries, institutions, and 211 academic fields. Premium Membership unlocks deeper analytics, dynamic ranking tools, and personalized trend visualizations.
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243
118
0.486
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205
114
0.556
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
labor economics
microeconomics
soft skills
early childhood development
personality psycholog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181
109
0.602
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
136
0.760
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171
119
0.696
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Economics
Psychology
Behavioral Economics
Medicine
La
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
109
0.645
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Applied Economics
Energy Economics
Environmental Economic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
142
0.899
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Economics
social scienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
87
0.572
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Industrial Organization
Finance
Psychology
Macroeconomic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
86
0.581
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
health economics
social care
mental health
health policy
social polic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
81
0.559
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Economics
engineering workforce
shared capitalis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
59
0.418
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Field experiments
environmental economics
experimental economics
public economics
early childhoo
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
91
0.664
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
67
0.489
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Health economics
cost-benefit analysis
program evaluation
injury
health planning & polic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
108
0.806
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Financial Development
Banking
Firm Access to Finance
Financial Inclusion ..
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
97
0.724
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Behavioral Economics
Neuroeconomics
Experimental Economics
Evolutionary Psychology
Evolutionary Biolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
90
0.672
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Myeloma and related conditions
ethics health economic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
70
0.526
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Growth
Innovation
Contrac
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
80
0.606
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
macroeconomics
environmental economic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
73
0.562
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Environmental Economics
Resource Economics
Ecological Economics
Ecosystem Services
Conservation Biolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129
92
0.713
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Corporate Finance
Financial Institutions
Risk Managemen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
85
0.680
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
economics
economics of education
education policy
labor economics
economic growt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
75
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Economic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
51
0.411
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics
International Economics
Energy and Sustainable Developmen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
112
0.911
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Fisheries economics
Natural resource economics
Ocean policy
environmental economics
Fisherie
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
87
0.707
Joseph E Stiglitz
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243
118
0.486
Amartya Kumar Sen
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205
114
0.556
James Heckman
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181
109
0.602
labor economics
microeconomics
soft skills
early childhood development
personality psycholog
Daron Acemoğlu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
136
0.760
Andrei Shleifer
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171
119
0.696
George Loewenstein|George Lowenstein, George Freud Loewenstein
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
109
0.645
Economics
Psychology
Behavioral Economics
Medicine
La
Muhammad Shahbaz
Beijing Institute of Technology
Beijing, China
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
142
0.899
Applied Economics
Energy Economics
Environmental Economic
Dani Rodrik
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
87
0.572
Jean Tirole
Toulouse School of Economics
Toulouse, France
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
86
0.581
Industrial Organization
Finance
Psychology
Macroeconomic
Martin Knapp
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
81
0.559
health economics
social care
mental health
health policy
social polic
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Richard B Freeman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
59
0.418
Economics
engineering workforce
shared capitalis
John List
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
91
0.664
Field experiments
environmental economics
experimental economics
public economics
early childhoo
Peter Nijkamp
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
67
0.489
Ted R Miller
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
108
0.806
Health economics
cost-benefit analysis
program evaluation
injury
health planning & polic
Asli Demirguc-Kunt
World Bank
Washington, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
97
0.724
Financial Development
Banking
Firm Access to Finance
Financial Inclusion ..
Ernst Fehr
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
90
0.672
Behavioral Economics
Neuroeconomics
Experimental Economics
Evolutionary Psychology
Evolutionary Biolog
Rafael Fonseca
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
70
0.526
Myeloma and related conditions
ethics health economic
Philippe Aghion
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
80
0.606
William Nordhaus
Yale University
New Haven, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
73
0.562
macroeconomics
environmental economic
Stephen Polasky
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129
92
0.713
Environmental Economics
Resource Economics
Ecological Economics
Ecosystem Services
Conservation Biolog
René Stulz
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
85
0.680
Corporate Finance
Financial Institutions
Risk Managemen
Eric Hanushek
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
75
0.600
economics
economics of education
education policy
labor economics
economic growt
Jeffrey Frankel
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
51
0.411
Ilhan Ozturk
Nişantaşı University
İstanbul, Türkiye
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
112
0.911
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics
International Economics
Energy and Sustainable Developmen
U Rashid Sumaila
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
87
0.707
Fisheries economics
Natural resource economics
Ocean policy
environmental economics
Fisherie