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Researcher · New York University · United States

William Russell Easterly

William Russell Easterly publishes mostly in Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, on topics such as International Development and Aid, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth and Economic Growth and Productivity.

ORCID 0000-0002-1207-2840 OpenAlex
World rank
#15,808
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#5,633
of 1,627,098
Works
302
Citations
44k
Citations per work
146.0
h-index
78
i10-index 185Top 0.2% in Economics and Econometrics
William Russell Easterly

What does William Russell Easterly research?

William Russell Easterly's work is mostly in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (41%), Social Sciences (31%), Computer Science (6%).

Social Sciences: 219 works · 72.6% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 125 works · 41.4% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 89 works · 29.5% of their workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 36 works · 11.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 94 works · 31.2% of their workSociology and Political Science: 40 works · 13.4% of their workDevelopment: 36 works · 11.9% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 18 works · 5.9% of their workEverything else: 66 works · 21.7% of their workPhysical Sciences: 17 works · 5.7% of their workComputer Science: 17 works · 5.7% of their workInformation Systems: 17 works · 5.7% of their workTHEIR WORKWilliam RussellEasterly302works
Physical Sciences6%Social Sciences73%

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 Finance12541.4%
    2. Social Sciences9431.2%
  2. Everything else6621.7%
    1. Computer Science175.7%
  1. 1Economics and Econometrics30% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science13% of their works
  3. 3General Economics, Econometrics and Finance12% of their works
  4. 4Development12% of their works
  5. 5Political Science and International Relations6% of their works
  6. 6Information Systems6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William Russell Easterly's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Economic Growth, Governance, Poverty Reduction, Development Policies, Foreign Aid, Inequality, Infrastructure and Taxation.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Economic Growth2284 topics
  2. Governance1252 topics
  3. Poverty Reduction1112 topics
  4. Development Policies841 topic
  5. Foreign Aid841 topic
  6. Inequality822 topics
  7. Infrastructure751 topic
  8. Taxation751 topic
  9. Economic Development621 topic
  10. Institutions621 topic
  11. Gender Inequality552 topics
  12. Financial Crisis411 topic
  13. ICT411 topic
  14. Income Distribution411 topic
  15. financial access411 topic
  16. Capital Flows291 topic
  17. Financial Integration291 topic
  18. Income Inequality281 topic
  19. Poverty Measurement281 topic
  20. Conditional Cash Transfers271 topic
  21. School Subsidies271 topic

Where does William Russell Easterly work?

William Russell Easterly's main affiliation in the publication record is New York University, United States.

How many publications and citations does William Russell Easterly have?

OpenAlex counts 302 works and 44,103 citations for William Russell Easterly, an h-index of 78, ranking #15,808 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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