Talent 100

2026 Edition

Business and Economics

Unveiling the Vanguard of Global Research

Explore measuresHE’s inaugural Talent 100, powered by a sophisticated suite of proprietary metrics designed to provide a more holistic view of individual research gravitas. We look beyond traditional h-indices and volume-based counts to reveal the true influence and trajectory of scholars in the modern academic landscape.

A Snapshot of Excellence

The rankings below showcase an exclusive view of the Top 100 talents across six subject domain. However, our comprehensive analysis evaluates the impact of hundreds of thousands of active researchers across all major disciplines. Contact us today to access the complete dataset and discover the rising stars within your field.

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While the inaugural Talent 100 features top researchers across six key domains, the Arts and Humanities category has been excluded to ensure the ranking's integrity. Current eligibility criteria, which prioritize high-frequency article outputs, do not yet fully capture the scholarly impact of monographs and long-form chapters central to this field. To maintain our commitment to fairness and accuracy, we are currently refining a more nuanced framework for this domain and look forward to debuting a representative Arts and Humanities ranking in a future edition.

Methodology

Rank Name Institution Publication volume Typical research quality Best works Research gravitas Collaboration intensity Overall Score
71 Nawazish Mirza Excelia Business School 68.2 97.8 88.2 92.5 66.4 86.2
72 Afees A. Salisu University of Pretoria 95.7 74.1 84.4 93.2 97.1 86.1
72 Samuel Fosso Wamba École Supérieure de Commerce de Toulouse 59.8 98.2 87.3 98.7 69.4 86.1
74 Canh Phuc Nguyen University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City 74.4 87.3 86.5 95.2 85.2 86.0
75 T.C.E. Cheng Hong Kong Polytechnic University 98.9 71.8 90.3 89.2 94.5 85.7
76 Yu Hao Beijing Institute of Technology; Ministry of Industry and Information Technology; Tarim University 64.8 97.1 88.9 97.9 54.8 85.3
77 Vikas Kumar University of Portsmouth 90.5 81.4 85.6 87.3 83.4 85.2
78 Mahdi Salehi Ferdowsi University of Mashhad 91.0 77.7 87.3 88.8 87.7 85.0
78 Wil M. P. van der Aalst RWTH Aachen University 89.8 74.0 92.3 93.5 85.7 85.0
80 Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik Heriot-Watt University 81.7 84.5 84.9 91.6 79.8 84.9