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Researcher · University of Chicago · United States

Gary S. Becker

Gary S. Becker publishes mostly in Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and Gender Studies, on topics such as Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics, Economic Theory and Institutions and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth.

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World rank
#21,347
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#7,812
of 1,627,098
Works
341
Citations
148k
Citations per work
434.5
h-index
94
i10-index 168Top 0.1% in Economics and Econometrics
Gary S. Becker

What does Gary S. Becker research?

Gary S. Becker's work is mostly in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (33%), Social Sciences (30%), Health Professions (3%).

Social Sciences: 215 works · 63.0% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 114 works · 33.3% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 114 works · 33.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 101 works · 29.7% of their workSociology and Political Science: 42 works · 12.3% of their workGender Studies: 30 works · 8.8% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 18 works · 5.4% of their workDemography: 11 works · 3.2% of their workEverything else: 117 works · 34.2% of their workHealth Sciences: 10 works · 2.8% of their workHealth Professions: 10 works · 2.8% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 10 works · 2.8% of their workTHEIR WORKGary S. Becker341works
Health Sciences3%Social Sciences63%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11433.3%
    2. Social Sciences10129.7%
  2. Everything else11734.2%
    1. Health Professions102.8%
  1. 1Economics and Econometrics33% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science12% of their works
  3. 3Gender Studies9% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations5% of their works
  5. 5Demography3% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gary S. Becker's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Income Tax, Economic Growth, Economic Development, Gender Inequality, Labor Force Participation, Welfare Reform, Economic Institutions and Institutional Economics.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Income Tax892 topics
  2. Economic Growth864 topics
  3. Economic Development782 topics
  4. Gender Inequality702 topics
  5. Labor Force Participation541 topic
  6. Welfare Reform541 topic
  7. Economic Institutions371 topic
  8. Institutional Economics371 topic
  9. Infrastructure351 topic
  10. Taxation351 topic
  11. Institutions241 topic
  12. Technology Diffusion241 topic
  13. Labor Market221 topic
  14. Technological Change221 topic
  15. Asset Pricing211 topic
  16. Monetary Equilibrium211 topic
  17. Income Inequality161 topic
  18. Poverty Measurement161 topic
  19. Ageing Population141 topic
  20. Health Care Expenditure141 topic

Where does Gary S. Becker work?

Gary S. Becker's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Chicago, United States.

How many publications and citations does Gary S. Becker have?

OpenAlex counts 341 works and 148,160 citations for Gary S. Becker, an h-index of 94, ranking #21,347 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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