5 top-cited authors in economics

One of the best ways of finding appropriate sources to perusal in varied subjects including Economics is to search for top-cited authors in that field.

The number of times that an author’s articles have been cited to, can show the validation of their articles.

The more citation to an author the more influential he/she is.

Here is Google scholar sorting of the five most-cited authors in economics at all times, which can help you with finding the best references.

Andrei Shleifer

The first top-cited is Andrei Shleifer, a professor of economics at Harvard University. His most cited paper is “Law and finance” which is cited 43652 times since 1998.

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Oliver E. Williamson

The second is Oliver E. Williamson, professor emeritus of economics and law at UC Berkeley. “The economic institutions of capitalism. Firms, markets, relational contracting” is his most cited article cited 48739 times since 2007.

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Paul R. Krugman

The third one is Paul R. Krugman, professor of economics and international affairs in Princeton. His paper “Increasing returns and economic geography” has been cited 15480 times since 1991.

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Kenneth J. Arrow

Kenneth J. Arrow is the 4^th most cited author. He is a professor of economics emeritus at Stanford University with his most cited article “Social choice and individual values” which has been cited by 19977 since 2012.

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James Heckman

The 5^th  and last one is James Heckman, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, American Bar Foundation Research Fellow. His article “Sample selection bias as a specification error” has been cited 29406 times since 1979 and is his most cited article.

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