Researchers at World Bank

1. 1Asli Demirgüç‐KuntUnited States · #2,978 worldwide85k citations · 555 works
2. 2George PsacharopoulosUnited States · #13,912 worldwide21k citations · 334 works
3. 3Harry Anthony PatrinosUnited States · #30,465 worldwide12k citations · 388 works
4. 4Norman LoayzaUnited States · #33,923 worldwide17k citations · 237 works
5. 5Çağlar ÖzdenUnited States · #40,123 worldwide5.5k citations · 177 works
6. 6Gershon FederUnited States · #40,429 worldwide15k citations · 100 works
7. 7Emmanuel SkoufiasUnited States · #48,823 worldwide8.9k citations · 231 works
8. 8Mohan MunasingheUnited States · #55,043 worldwide9.9k citations · 322 works
9. 9Derek ByerleeUnited States · #56,530 worldwide10k citations · 255 works
10. 10Luc ChristiaensenUnited States · #65,908 worldwide9.6k citations · 248 works
11. 11Ben ShepherdUnited States · #67,349 worldwide5.7k citations · 193 works
12. 12Michael M. LokshinUnited States · #73,172 worldwide6.3k citations · 288 works
13. 13Dean JolliffeUnited States · #74,859 worldwide4.6k citations · 192 works
14. 14Shantayanan DevarajanUnited States · #77,153 worldwide9.9k citations · 250 works
15. 15Kirk HamiltonUnited States · #91,043 worldwide5.9k citations · 167 works
16. 16Michael M. CerneaUnited States · #109,659 worldwide5.7k citations · 132 works
17. 17Markus GoldsteinUnited States · #129,543 worldwide7.7k citations · 223 works
18. 18Charles J. KennyUnited States · #129,627 worldwide4k citations · 240 works
19. 19Glenn‐Marie LangeUnited States · #131,268 worldwide4.6k citations · 154 works
20. 20Salman M.A. SalmanUnited States · #131,816 worldwide1.2k citations · 84 works
21. 21Daniel LedermanUnited States · #157,639 worldwide9.6k citations · 341 works
22. 22César CalderónUnited States · #162,423 worldwide7.6k citations · 155 works
23. 23David G. TarrUnited States · #172,432 worldwide3.9k citations · 230 works
24. 24Nancy Lozano‐GraciaUnited States · #179,977 worldwide1.9k citations · 107 works
25. 25Ana Margarida FernandesUnited States · #181,703 worldwide3.7k citations · 137 works
26. 26Mark RobertsUnited States · #193,646 worldwide1.9k citations · 103 works
27. 27Emmanuel JiménezUnited States · #199,302 worldwide5k citations · 151 works
28. 28Bob RijkersUnited States · #215,645 worldwide2.3k citations · 134 works
29. 29William F. MaloneyUnited States · #225,379 worldwide12k citations · 296 works
30. 30Paolo VermeUnited States · #235,411 worldwide2.5k citations · 201 works
31. 31Quentin T. WodonUnited States · #242,564 worldwide12k citations · 865 works
32. 32Lyn SquireUnited States · #258,498 worldwide11k citations · 127 works
33. 33John PageUnited States · #267,275 worldwide3.7k citations · 125 works
34. 34Stefano PagiolaUnited States · #268,014 worldwide8.9k citations · 118 works
35. 35Jason Daniel RussUnited States · #268,395 worldwide2.5k citations · 116 works
36. 36Albert G. ZeufackUnited States · #269,829 worldwide2.1k citations · 110 works
37. 37Dilip RathaUnited States · #286,105 worldwide6.5k citations · 134 works
38. 38Christiaan GrootaertUnited States · #286,861 worldwide7.7k citations · 90 works
39. 39J. Luis GuaschUnited States · #289,874 worldwide4.2k citations · 88 works
40. 40Dipak MazumdarUnited States · #317,833 worldwide1.8k citations · 68 works
41. 41Ugo GentiliniUnited States · #326,110 worldwide2.9k citations · 134 works
42. 42Leonardo IacovoneUnited States · #329,536 worldwide3.6k citations · 167 works
43. 43Daria TaglioniUnited States · #333,149 worldwide5.1k citations · 135 works
44. 44Mary Hallward‐DriemeierUnited States · #336,518 worldwide4.5k citations · 122 works
45. 45Magnus LindelöwUnited States · #342,618 worldwide7.6k citations · 124 works
46. 46Franziska L. OhnsorgeUnited States · #353,386 worldwide3.8k citations · 171 works
47. 47Christine Zhen‐Wei QiangUnited States · #358,986 worldwide1.7k citations · 55 works
48. 48Robert GoodlandUnited States · #381,097 worldwide4.1k citations · 57 works
49. 49Elena IanchovichinaUnited States · #384,142 worldwide3.1k citations · 216 works
50. 50Christopher H. HerbstUnited States · #385,080 worldwide3.1k citations · 169 works
51. 51Caroline L. FreundUnited States · #386,330 worldwide6.7k citations · 177 works
52. 52Pablo R. FajnzylberUnited States · #386,998 worldwide7.2k citations · 59 works
53. 53Diego Javier UbfalUnited States · #390,062 worldwide1.4k citations · 142 works
54. 54Tatiana DidierUnited States · #391,167 worldwide2.4k citations · 124 works
55. 55José CuestaUnited States · #391,305 worldwide1.2k citations · 148 works
56. 56Stephen K. MayoUnited States · #392,133 worldwide2k citations · 31 works
57. 57Takaaki MasakiUnited States · #410,740 worldwide1.5k citations · 56 works
58. 58Martín RamaUnited States · #412,662 worldwide2.9k citations · 163 works
59. 59Deepa NarayanUnited States · #414,871 worldwide13k citations · 82 works
60. 60Frances RogersUnited States · #417,152 worldwide3.2k citations · 114 works
61. 61Joseph Michael FingerUnited States · #419,420 worldwide3k citations · 115 works
62. 62Carlos Rodríguez‐CastelánUnited States · #420,042 worldwide1.2k citations · 92 works
63. 63John BaffesUnited States · #423,579 worldwide2.3k citations · 113 works
64. 64Ioannis N. KessidesUnited States · #442,474 worldwide3k citations · 74 works
65. 65Carl J. DahlmanUnited States · #443,784 worldwide5.8k citations · 123 works
66. 66Maurizio BussoloUnited States · #449,192 worldwide2.1k citations · 217 works
67. 67Renos VakisUnited States · #449,510 worldwide3.8k citations · 137 works
68. 68Thomas FaroleUnited States · #450,480 worldwide3.1k citations · 139 works
69. 69Luis Felipe López-CalvaUnited States · #450,853 worldwide3.2k citations · 133 works
70. 70Eduardo LeyUnited States · #452,996 worldwide4.4k citations · 130 works
71. 71Stephen DenningUnited States · #454,966 worldwide2.9k citations · 106 works
72. 72Rasmus HeltbergUnited States · #462,971 worldwide3.2k citations · 83 works
73. 73Nadia RochaUnited States · #463,086 worldwide2.5k citations · 91 works
74. 74Tara VishwanathUnited States · #464,799 worldwide2.3k citations · 111 works
75. 75Willem M. FloorUnited States · #470,550 worldwide1.8k citations · 183 works
76. 76Urvashi NarainUnited States · #472,298 worldwide1.7k citations · 61 works
77. 77Kalanidhi SubbaraoUnited States · #474,316 worldwide2.6k citations · 84 works
78. 78Sumila GulyaniUnited States · #476,103 worldwide1.3k citations · 35 works
79. 79Brian LevyUnited States · #478,080 worldwide4.3k citations · 145 works
80. 80Jamus Jerome LimUnited States · #478,090 worldwide1.3k citations · 96 works
81. 81Robert M. BuckleyUnited States · #484,625 worldwide1.7k citations · 106 works
82. 82Elena BardasiUnited States · #486,334 worldwide2.1k citations · 51 works
83. 83Montek S. AhluwaliaUnited States · #497,205 worldwide4.5k citations · 58 works
84. 84Claudia SadoffUnited States · #497,724 worldwide3.8k citations · 66 works
85. 85Jamele RigoliniUnited States · #500,039 worldwide3.7k citations · 104 works
86. 86Serdar YılmazUnited States · #507,727 worldwide1.4k citations · 77 works
87. 87Marianne FayUnited States · #507,730 worldwide6.8k citations · 131 works
88. 88Cheryl W. GrayUnited States · #508,894 worldwide3k citations · 107 works
89. 89Jonathan TimmisUnited States · #521,627 worldwide1.2k citations · 35 works
90. 90Milan VodopivecUnited States · #521,674 worldwide2.6k citations · 151 works
91. 91Esha Dilip ZaveriUnited States · #535,806 worldwide2.1k citations · 95 works
92. 92Daniel RoggerUnited States · #543,254 worldwide4.2k citations · 84 works
93. 93Asif Mohammed IslamUnited States · #551,106 worldwide2.1k citations · 194 works
94. 94Daniela KlingebielUnited States · #557,312 worldwide5.9k citations · 78 works
95. 95Paul A. BrentonUnited States · #558,915 worldwide3.3k citations · 236 works
96. 96Dominique van der MensbruggheUnited States · #574,906 worldwide4.5k citations · 249 works
97. 97Douglas F. BarnesUnited States · #575,358 worldwide5k citations · 98 works
98. 98Lodewijk SmetsUnited States · #575,547 worldwide468 citations · 65 works
99. 99Margaret GroshUnited States · #584,252 worldwide4.9k citations · 116 works
100. 100Vasco MoliniUnited States · #589,262 worldwide1.1k citations · 109 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.