Researchers at Center for Global Development

1. 1Lant H. PritchettUnited States · #13,450 worldwide34k citations · 355 works
2. 2Diana MitlinUnited States · #29,135 worldwide7.6k citations · 227 works
3. 3Michael Andrew ClemensUnited States · #66,622 worldwide7k citations · 260 works
4. 4Nancy BirdsallUnited States · #67,138 worldwide9.3k citations · 280 works
5. 5Caroline O. N. MoserUnited States · #68,354 worldwide9.9k citations · 143 works
6. 6David K. EvansUnited States · #102,241 worldwide5.4k citations · 202 works
7. 7Oliver BakewellUnited States · #196,069 worldwide3.5k citations · 100 works
8. 8Sebastian BauhoffUnited States · #241,263 worldwide2.6k citations · 179 works
9. 9Melanie LombardUnited States · #253,087 worldwide1.7k citations · 88 works
10. 10Amanda L. GlassmanUnited States · #277,101 worldwide3.7k citations · 191 works
11. 11Beverly Dawn MetcalfeUnited States · #287,463 worldwide3k citations · 114 works
12. 12Sarah BrackingUnited States · #308,053 worldwide1.8k citations · 131 works
13. 13Victoria Y. FanUnited States · #323,503 worldwide5.3k citations · 114 works
14. 14Justin SandefurUnited States · #333,584 worldwide2.1k citations · 250 works
15. 15Philip WoodhouseUnited States · #338,768 worldwide2.4k citations · 118 works
16. 16William D. SavedoffUnited States · #350,072 worldwide2.3k citations · 126 works
17. 17Nicola BanksUnited States · #385,220 worldwide2.3k citations · 63 works
18. 18Stewart PatrickUnited States · #385,473 worldwide767 citations · 50 works
19. 19Steffen MurauUnited States · #389,821 worldwide582 citations · 54 works
20. 20Mead OverUnited States · #400,075 worldwide2.6k citations · 118 works
21. 21Anthony BebbingtonUnited States · #475,947 worldwide1.6k citations · 58 works
22. 22Steven RadeletUnited States · #502,880 worldwide5.8k citations · 63 works
23. 23Tom LaversUnited States · #530,693 worldwide1.8k citations · 84 works
24. 24John R. NellisUnited States · #560,135 worldwide2.9k citations · 96 works
25. 25Rishikesh Ram BhandaryUnited States · #613,096 worldwide656 citations · 32 works
26. 26Admos ChimhowuUnited States · #681,810 worldwide1.5k citations · 45 works
27. 27Lee CrawfurdUnited States · #691,493 worldwide243 citations · 56 works
28. 28Gerhard AndersUnited States · #720,093 worldwide669 citations · 67 works
29. 29Richard A. DuncombeUnited States · #793,785 worldwide1.5k citations · 59 works
30. 30Crispin N. BatesUnited States · #822,731 worldwide467 citations · 119 works
31. 31Barbara BrunsUnited States · #912,449 worldwide1.6k citations · 48 works
32. 32Anit MukherjeeUnited States · #956,168 worldwide558 citations · 77 works
33. 33Vijaya RamachandranUnited States · #976,282 worldwide2.9k citations · 151 works
34. 34Alan H. GelbUnited States · #977,293 worldwide5.1k citations · 229 works
35. 35Javier GuzmánUnited States · #984,703 worldwide1.3k citations · 45 works
36. 36Todd J. MossUnited States · #1,084,109 worldwide1.6k citations · 109 works
37. 37Andrew J. NichollsUnited States · #1,158,320 worldwide2.3k citations · 17 works
38. 38Mathilde Rose Louise MaitrotUnited States · #1,189,857 worldwide601 citations · 52 works
39. 39Rachel L. SilvermanUnited States · #1,336,502 worldwide489 citations · 29 works
40. 40Joel BolnickUnited States · #1,567,745 worldwide247 citations · 27 works
41. 41Y-Ling ChiUnited States · #1,750,093 worldwide563 citations · 30 works
42. 42Sunita KikeriUnited States · #1,756,424 worldwide1.2k citations · 37 works
43. 43Andrea ZinzaniUnited States · #1,826,404 worldwide175 citations · 35 works
44. 44Denizhan DuranUnited States · #1,939,920 worldwide519 citations · 29 works
45. 45Joanne Catherine JordanUnited States · #2,006,255 worldwide384 citations · 15 works
46. 46Radhika GovindaUnited States · #2,127,971 worldwide150 citations · 34 works
47. 47Nahee KangUnited States · #2,216,127 worldwide853 citations · 28 works
48. 48Darrell L. WhitemanUnited States · #2,319,217 worldwide183 citations · 82 works
49. 49Samuel J. HickeyUnited States · #2,499,817 worldwide1.7k citations · 17 works
50. 50P. K. RaoUnited States · #2,702,717 worldwide297 citations · 57 works
51. 51Dirk GöpffarthUnited States · #3,069,891 worldwide276 citations · 34 works
52. 52Jeronim CapaldoUnited States · #3,086,572 worldwide284 citations · 22 works
53. 53A. M. MoserUnited States · #3,129,507 worldwide539 citations · 16 works
54. 54Beatrix PotterUnited States · #3,196,677 worldwide202 citations · 137 works
55. 55Abha MehndirattaUnited States · #3,354,176 worldwide91 citations · 16 works
56. 56Anthony J. BebbingtonUnited States · #3,529,934 worldwide547 citations · 29 works
57. 57Thomas M. KoutskyUnited States · #3,573,106 worldwide355 citations · 45 works
58. 58Michael ClemensUnited States · #3,849,057 worldwide386 citations · 55 works
59. 59John WeissUnited States · #3,929,425 worldwide255 citations · 28 works
60. 60Owen Matthew BarderUnited States · #3,930,391 worldwide284 citations · 29 works
61. 61Anis Ahmad DaniUnited States · #3,977,418 worldwide446 citations · 28 works
62. 62Kevin UmmelUnited States · #4,049,256 worldwide449 citations · 24 works
63. 63ANNE GORDON DRABEKUnited States · #4,194,021 worldwide157 citations · 19 works
64. 64William MccourtUnited States · #4,220,502 worldwide70 citations · 31 works
65. 65June A. SekeraUnited States · #4,266,757 worldwide104 citations · 17 works
66. 66Peter TimmerUnited States · #4,380,375 worldwide377 citations · 43 works
67. 67Liliana Rojas-SuárezUnited States · #4,648,692 worldwide2.3k citations · 202 works
68. 68Dan HammerUnited States · #4,675,452 worldwide259 citations · 27 works
69. 69E. Marcel van GelderenUnited States · #4,754,886 worldwide495 citations · 23 works
70. 70Benjamin LeoUnited States · #4,876,664 worldwide177 citations · 30 works
71. 71Jule WilkinsonUnited States · #5,139,101 worldwide18 citations · 17 works
72. 72Fred M. ClarkUnited States · #5,568,608 worldwide27 citations · 22 works
73. 73Daniel DiazUnited States · #5,883,978 worldwide20 citations · 18 works
74. 74Feruza ValiyevaUnited States · #6,111,400 worldwide0 citations · 16 works
75. 75Thibaut DuvillierUnited States · #6,223,763 worldwide12 citations · 17 works
76. 76Yih-Ren 林益仁United States · #6,258,653 worldwide0 citations · 16 works
77. 77Yih-Ren LinUnited States · #6,730,136 worldwide4 citations · 18 works
78. 78WomenUnited States · #7,646,670 worldwide145 citations · 165 works

Ranked on quality: the share of their papers in the world top 10% for their field and year, with output counting too. Affiliation is the institution a researcher publishes from most; identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation.