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Researcher · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · United States

James A. Robinson

James A. Robinson publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as Culture, Economy, and Development Studies, Income, Poverty, and Inequality and Historical Economic and Social Studies.

ORCID 0000-0002-8028-0393 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,773
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#786
of 358,040
Works
83
Citations
2.2k
Citations per work
26.1

What does James A. Robinson research?

Sociology and Political Science: 21.7%Economics and Econometrics: 19.6%Political Science and International Relations: 16.3%Demography: 13.0%other fields: 29.4%22%top field
Sociology and Political Science21.7%Economics and Econometrics19.6%Political Science and International Relations16.3%Demography13.0%other fields29.4%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science22% of their works
  2. 2Economics and Econometrics20% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations16% of their works
  4. 4Demography13% of their works
  5. 5General Economics, Econometrics and Finance8% of their works
  6. 6Anthropology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe James A. Robinson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Institutions, Economic Growth, Economic Development, Human Capital, Culture, Ethnic Diversity, Globalization and Democracy.

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 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Institutions213 topics
  2. Economic Growth194 topics
  3. Economic Development162 topics
  4. Human Capital162 topics
  5. Culture121 topic
  6. Ethnic Diversity121 topic
  7. Globalization112 topics
  8. Democracy92 topics
  9. Inequality82 topics
  10. Income Inequality61 topic
  11. Poverty Measurement61 topic
  12. Corruption51 topic
  13. Governance51 topic
  14. Height51 topic
  15. Wages51 topic
  16. Empirical Analysis41 topic
  17. Political Science41 topic
  18. Productivity Growth41 topic
  19. Technology Diffusion41 topic
  20. Financial Crisis31 topic
  21. Income Distribution31 topic
  22. Economic Institutions21 topic
  23. Institutional Economics21 topic

Where does James A. Robinson work?

James A. Robinson's main affiliation in the publication record is Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States.

How many publications and citations does James A. Robinson have?

Science Explorer counts 83 works and 2,166 citations for James A. Robinson, ranking #1,773 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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