Professor of Economics and President of the New Economic School Shlomo Weber took 1st place in Research.com ranking of the best scientists in the area of Economics and Finance in Russia.
The 2nd edition of Research.com ranking is based on data consolidated from various data sources including OpenAlex and CrossRef. The bibliometric data for estimating the citation-based metrics were gathered on December, 2022. The best scientists ranking is a reliable list of leading scientists from the area of Economics and Finance, based on a meticulous examination of 166,880 scientists discovered from various bibliometric data sources. For the discipline of Economics and Finance, over 8,163 were examined.
The D-index threshold for approving a scholar to be considered is set to 30 if most of their publications are in the field of Economics and Finance. The inclusion criteria for scholars to be considered into the ranking of top scientists are based on the D-index, proportion of the contributions made within the given discipline in addition to the awards and achievements of the scientists.
Because the main goal is to ensure that only genuine researchers are included in the ranking that numbers are never meant to be an absolute measure to quantify the contributions of scientists. This is why the rating compilers manually verify each profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a wide range of credible sources.
The ranking aim is to inspire scholars, entrepreneurs, and decision-makers worldwide to explore where leading experts are heading and to provide an opportunity for the entire scientific community to discover who the leading experts in specific fields of research, in different countries, or even within research institutions are.