Alex Bell

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 708 citations indexed

About

Alex Bell is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Molecular Biology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Bell has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 708 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Alex Bell's work include Employment and Welfare Studies (4 papers), Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (3 papers) and Innovation Policy and R&D (3 papers). Alex Bell is often cited by papers focused on Employment and Welfare Studies (4 papers), Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (3 papers) and Innovation Policy and R&D (3 papers). Alex Bell collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Alex Bell's co-authors include Neviana Petkova, Xavier Jaravel, John Van Reenen, Raj Chetty, D. G. Baker, David R. Kaplan, Mark L. Grimes, Joseph R. Testa, Celia Quevedo and Dan Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Quarterly Journal of Economics and Molecular and Cellular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Alex Bell

21 papers receiving 646 citations

Hit Papers

Who Becomes an Inventor in America? The Importance of Exp... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Who Becomes an Inventor in America? The Importance of Exposure to Innovation*
    2018 234 citations Alex Bell, Raj Chetty et al. The Quarterly Journal of Economics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alex Bell United States 12 173 155 110 107 66 24 708
William P. Kennedy United States 22 255 1.5× 328 2.1× 53 0.5× 60 0.6× 25 0.4× 61 2.0k
Christian Cordes Germany 19 121 0.7× 174 1.1× 18 0.2× 141 1.3× 17 0.3× 44 933
Santiago Guerrero Ecuador 19 480 2.8× 69 0.4× 57 0.5× 62 0.6× 19 0.3× 62 1.4k
Michael C. White United States 20 129 0.7× 47 0.3× 50 0.5× 44 0.4× 14 0.2× 56 1.1k
Amelia Compagni Italy 16 904 5.2× 114 0.7× 84 0.8× 58 0.5× 223 3.4× 40 1.7k
Anne E. Nelson Australia 21 267 1.5× 34 0.2× 121 1.1× 90 0.8× 181 2.7× 51 1.6k
Véronique Bouchard Canada 15 449 2.6× 49 0.3× 38 0.3× 37 0.3× 112 1.7× 29 1.2k
Matthew D. Cain United States 16 165 1.0× 225 1.5× 23 0.2× 31 0.3× 15 0.2× 57 1.5k
Tuomo Takala Finland 18 161 0.9× 17 0.1× 23 0.2× 74 0.7× 117 1.8× 62 1.1k
Cathelijn J. F. Waaijer Netherlands 15 98 0.6× 45 0.3× 92 0.8× 11 0.1× 28 0.4× 24 720

Countries citing papers authored by Alex Bell

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alex Bell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex Bell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alex Bell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alex Bell based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alex Bell. Alex Bell is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bell, Alex, et al.. (2024). Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefit Generosity and Labor Supply from 2002 to 2020: Evidence from California UI Records. Journal of Labor Economics. 42(S1). S379–S416.
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Bell, Alex, et al.. (2023). Pricing Neighborhood Amenities: A Proxy-Based Approach. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Bell, Alex. (2022). Job Amenities and Earnings Inequality. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
4.
Bell, Alex, et al.. (2022). Estimating the Disparate Cumulative Impact of the Pandemic in Administrative Unemployment Insurance Data. AEA Papers and Proceedings. 112. 78–84. 3 indexed citations
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Bell, Alex, et al.. (2021). June 30th Analysis of Unemployment Insurance Claims in California During the COVID-19 Pandemic. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations
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Foy, Brody H., Rafel Bordas, Matthew Richardson, et al.. (2019). Lung Computational Models and the Role of the Small Airways in Asthma. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 200(8). 982–991. 83 indexed citations
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Bell, Alex, Raj Chetty, Xavier Jaravel, Neviana Petkova, & John Van Reenen. (2019). Joseph Schumpeter Lecture, EEA Annual Congress 2017: Do Tax Cuts Produce more Einsteins? The Impacts of Financial Incentives VerSus Exposure to Innovation on the Supply of Inventors. Journal of the European Economic Association. 17(3). 651–677. 14 indexed citations
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Siddiqui, Salman, Aarti Shikotra, Matthew Richardson, et al.. (2018). Airway pathological heterogeneity in asthma: Visualization of disease microclusters using topological data analysis. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 142(5). 1457–1468. 25 indexed citations
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Bell, Alex, Raj Chetty, Xavier Jaravel, Neviana Petkova, & John Van Reenen. (2018). Who Becomes an Inventor in America? The Importance of Exposure to Innovation*. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 134(2). 647–713. 234 indexed citations breakdown →
10.
Bell, Alex, Rachel Tattersall, & Tim Wenham. (2016). Rheumatological conditions in critical care. BJA Education. 16(12). 427–433. 4 indexed citations
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Bell, Alex, Raj Chetty, Xavier Jaravel, Neviana Petkova, & John Van Reenen. (2016). The Lifecycle of Inventors. SSRN Electronic Journal. 13 indexed citations
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Jaravel, Xavier, Neviana Petkova, & Alex Bell. (2015). Team-Specific Capital and Innovation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations
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Mandeville, Henry, Quan Sing Ng, Frances Daley, et al.. (2012). Operable Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: Correlation of Volumetric Helical Dynamic Contrast-enhanced CT Parameters with Immunohistochemical Markers of Tumor Hypoxia. Radiology. 264(2). 581–589. 37 indexed citations
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Lin, Dan, Celia Quevedo, Alex Bell, et al.. (2006). APPL1 Associates with TrkA and GIPC1 and Is Required for Nerve Growth Factor-Mediated Signal Transduction. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 26(23). 8928–8941. 121 indexed citations
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Bell, Alex, et al.. (1974). FAMILIAL ANEUPLOIDY: WHAT RISK TO SIBS?. Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology. 16(1). 113–119. 6 indexed citations
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Bell, Alex, et al.. (1971). Choroideremia and the Xg locus: Another look for linkage. Clinical Genetics. 2(4). 239–241. 6 indexed citations
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Bell, Alex & D. G. Baker. (1965). X-irradiation-induced polyploidy in human leucocyte cultures. Experimental Cell Research. 38(1). 144–152. 33 indexed citations
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Conen, P.E., Alex Bell, & Ν. Aspin. (1963). CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATION IN AN INFANT FOLLOWING THE USE OF DIAGNOSTIC X-RAYS. PEDIATRICS. 31(1). 72–79. 31 indexed citations
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Conen, P.E., Alex Bell, & C.P. Rance. (1962). A review of chromosome studies in the diagnosis of Mongolism. The Journal of Pediatrics. 60(4). 533–539. 5 indexed citations
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Bell, Alex & D. G. Baker. (1962). IRRADIATION-INDUCED CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS IN NORMAL HUMAN LEUKOCYTES IN CULTURE. Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology. 4(3). 340–351. 36 indexed citations

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