Top 100 Scientists

World Business & Management / Business Administration 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” (1,121,250 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: 1
Wil van der Aalst
Business Process Management
Data Science
Process Mining
Petri nets
Information System
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
186
1,038
159,783
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael E Porter
Competitive Strategy
Digital Transformation
Economic Development
Health Care
U.S. Political Syste
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
182
1,023
602,775
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Joseph Sarkis
Management
Operations Management
Sustainability
Supply Chain Management
Environmen
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
149
429
107,588
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Paul A Pavlou
Information Systems
Data Science
Online Reviews
Decision Neuroscience
Economics of Informatio
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
130
378
103,551
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Kevin Lane Keller
Marketing
Branding
Brands
Brand Managemen
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
123
436
339,093
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nicolai Foss
Strategic management
strategy
organization theory
entrepreneurship
Austrian economic
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
119
319
61,811
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Yadong Luo
Global Strategy
International Business
Emerging Market
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
117
248
61,157
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jbarling Business Queensu Ca
Leadership
work stress
occupational safety
occupational health psycholog
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
113
273
56,156
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Robert Kaplan
Balanced Scorecard
Activity-Based Costing
Strategy Execution
E-liability Carbon Accountin
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
111
472
237,804
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Max Bazerman
negotiation
ethics
decision making
behavioral ethics
leadershi
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
109
239
52,904
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Herman Aguinis
Talent management
Corporate social responsibility
Business sustainability
Workforce diversit
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
108
226
66,526
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Heather Spence Laschinger
Leadership
workplace empowerment
healthy work environments
workplace incivility and bullying
burnou
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
104
182
44,000
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jonathan Haidt
moral psychology
political psychology
positive psychology
business ethic
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
103
193
124,864
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mike W Peng
International Business
Global Strategy
Strategic Managemen
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
103
182
68,059
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Dogan Gursoy
Hospitality
Tourism
Hospitality Marketing
Tourism Marketing
Consumer Behavio
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
102
206
45,724
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Wil van der Aalst
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
186
1,038
159,783
Business Process Management
Data Science
Process Mining
Petri nets
Information System
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael E Porter
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
182
1,023
602,775
Competitive Strategy
Digital Transformation
Economic Development
Health Care
U.S. Political Syste
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Joseph Sarkis
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
149
429
107,588
Management
Operations Management
Sustainability
Supply Chain Management
Environmen
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Paul A Pavlou
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
130
378
103,551
Information Systems
Data Science
Online Reviews
Decision Neuroscience
Economics of Informatio
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Adam Galinsky
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
127
258
67,391
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Robert Stevens
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
125
528
73,731
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Kevin Lane Keller
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
123
436
339,093
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Thomas Saaty
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
120
355
201,653
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Daan Van Knippenberg
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
119
235
63,448
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nicolai Foss
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
119
319
61,811
Strategic management
strategy
organization theory
entrepreneurship
Austrian economic
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Yadong Luo
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
117
248
61,157
Global Strategy
International Business
Emerging Market
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jbarling Business Queensu Ca
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
113
273
56,156
Leadership
work stress
occupational safety
occupational health psycholog
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Robert Kaplan
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
111
472
237,804
Balanced Scorecard
Activity-Based Costing
Strategy Execution
E-liability Carbon Accountin
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Julian Barling
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
109
258
53,165
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Max Bazerman
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
109
239
52,904
negotiation
ethics
decision making
behavioral ethics
leadershi
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Hugh Willmott
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
109
286
61,151
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Herman Aguinis
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
108
226
66,526
Talent management
Corporate social responsibility
Business sustainability
Workforce diversit
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Heather Spence Laschinger
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
104
182
44,000
Leadership
workplace empowerment
healthy work environments
workplace incivility and bullying
burnou
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jonathan Haidt
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
103
193
124,864
moral psychology
political psychology
positive psychology
business ethic
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mike W Peng
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
103
182
68,059
International Business
Global Strategy
Strategic Managemen
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Dogan Gursoy
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
102
206
45,724
Hospitality
Tourism
Hospitality Marketing
Tourism Marketing
Consumer Behavio
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Peter Ubel
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
102
343
36,878
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
R Duane Ireland
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
100
207
94,119
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
R Edward Freeman
Metrics
 
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
98
278
161,755