Top 100 Scientists

BRICS Top 100 Scientists 2026

The Top 100 scientists are ranked based on total H-index scores at the global, regional, national, and institutional levels. Rankings cover 10 regions, 13 main fields, and 221 subfields. Subject-field rankings (world, region, country, and university levels) are currently in Beta and updated in near real-time.

Note: Researchers classified as “others” (1,123,399 profiles whose fields are undetermined or not yet edited) are excluded from subject and regional rankings. These rankings will dynamically evolve as the “others” profiles are reviewed and properly categorized.

Recognizing excellence across 10 regions, 13 fields, and 221 subfields — Explore the Top 100 today.

Country

* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

1,524

World Rank

Country Rank

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Muhammad Shahbaz

Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing, China

Economics & Econometrics / Environmental Economics
Applied Economics | Energy Economics | Environmental Economic

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

162
i10 Index

638
Citation Counts

89,400

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

5,822

World Rank

228

Country Rank

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Chien-Chiang Lee (李建強)

Nanchang University Nanchang, China

Economics & Econometrics / Environmental Economics
Banking and Finance | Energy and Environmental Economics | Applied Economietric

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

115
i10 Index

424
Citation Counts

43,887

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

7,062

World Rank

Country Rank

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira

Fundação Getulio Vargas FGV Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Economics & Econometrics / Economics
Macroeconomics | development macroeconomics | social theory | political theor

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

110
i10 Index

544
Citation Counts

52,798

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

8,196

World Rank

351

Country Rank

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Richard P Ebstein

Southwestern University of Finance & Economics Chengdu, China

Economics & Econometrics / Accounting & Finance
behavior | genetics | psychology | neuroeconomics | biological psychiatr

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

106
i10 Index

352
Citation Counts

39,862

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

9,400

World Rank

418

Country Rank

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Justin Yifu Lin

Peking University Beijing, China

Economics & Econometrics / Economics
Development | Transition | Agriculture | Institution | Histor

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

102
i10 Index

567
Citation Counts

56,396

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

11,995

World Rank

529

Country Rank

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Wang Qiang 王强

China University of Petroleum Beijing, China

Economics & Econometrics / Economics
Sustainability of Resource-Economy-Environment System | Management of Energy Transition And Carbo

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

96
i10 Index

281
Citation Counts

28,698

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

12,463

World Rank

Country Rank

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Rangan Gupta

University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa

Economics & Econometrics / Economics
Macroecomomics | forecastin

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

94
i10 Index

698
Citation Counts

43,973

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

14,703

World Rank

680

Country Rank

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Zhang Kai

Shenzhen University Shenzhen, China

Economics & Econometrics / Accounting & Finance
computational finance | financial engineering | mathematical financ

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

90
i10 Index

823
Citation Counts

61,234

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

15,113

World Rank

103

Country Rank

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Satish Kumar

Indian Institute of Management Nagpur Nagpur, India

Economics & Econometrics / Accounting & Finance
Corporate Finance | Financial Markets | Financial Planning | Bibliometric analysis | Structure

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

89
i10 Index

257
Citation Counts

43,928

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

19,399

World Rank

923

Country Rank

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Peng Zhou P Zhou

Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics Baixia, China

Economics & Econometrics / Environmental Economics
Energy economics and policy | Environmental economics and management | Low carbon and sustainable development | Performance measur

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

83
i10 Index

183
Citation Counts

26,009

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

19,689

World Rank

Country Rank

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Andrey Korotayev

National Research University Higher School of Economics Moscow, Russia

Economics & Econometrics / Economics
World History | Big History | World System | Middle East | Revolutions Yemen Political Demography Kondratieff Wave