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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, Corruption and Economic Development and Income, Poverty, and Inequality.

ORCID 0000-0002-8028-0393 OpenAlex
World rank
#7,603
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#2,599
of 1,627,098
Works
413
Citations
59k
Citations per work
143.9
h-index
81
i10-index 192Top 0.1% in Sociology and Political Science
James A. Robinson

What does James A. Robinson research?

James A. Robinson's work is mostly in Social Sciences (51%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (23%).

Social Sciences: 304 works · 73.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 209 works · 50.6% of their workSociology and Political Science: 95 works · 22.9% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 57 works · 13.9% of their workDemography: 48 works · 11.6% of their workDevelopment: 9 works · 2.2% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 95 works · 22.9% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 73 works · 17.7% of their workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 21 works · 5.2% of their workEverything else: 109 works · 26.5% of their workTHEIR WORKJames A. Robinson413works
Social Sciences74%

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. Social Sciences20950.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance9522.9%
  2. Everything else10926.5%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science23% of their works
  2. 2Economics and Econometrics18% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations14% of their works
  4. 4Demography12% of their works
  5. 5General Economics, Econometrics and Finance5% of their works
  6. 6Development2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe James A. Robinson's research?

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

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Economic Growth1755 topics
  2. Institutions1653 topics
  3. Economic Development1192 topics
  4. Human Capital1192 topics
  5. Culture981 topic
  6. Ethnic Diversity981 topic
  7. Democracy772 topics
  8. Globalization762 topics
  9. Inequality642 topics
  10. Corruption461 topic
  11. Governance461 topic
  12. Income Inequality401 topic
  13. Poverty Measurement401 topic
  14. Height361 topic
  15. Wages361 topic
  16. Civil War311 topic
  17. Ethnic Conflict311 topic
  18. Financial Crisis281 topic
  19. Income Distribution281 topic
  20. Infrastructure251 topic
  21. Taxation251 topic
  22. Productivity Growth211 topic
  23. Technology Diffusion211 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?

OpenAlex counts 413 works and 59,435 citations for James A. Robinson, an h-index of 81, ranking #7,603 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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