Bart Verspagen

14.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
123 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Bart Verspagen is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Bart Verspagen has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 28 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation and 24 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Bart Verspagen's work include Economic Growth and Productivity (57 papers), Innovation Policy and R&D (32 papers) and Firm Innovation and Growth (23 papers). Bart Verspagen is often cited by papers focused on Economic Growth and Productivity (57 papers), Innovation Policy and R&D (32 papers) and Firm Innovation and Growth (23 papers). Bart Verspagen collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Norway and United Kingdom. Bart Verspagen's co-authors include Jan Fagerberg, Per Botolf Maurseth, Gerald Silverberg, Paola Criscuolo, Adam Szirmai, Geert Duysters, Rudi Bekkers, Önder Nomaler, Bart Los and Marjolein C.J. Caniëls and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Research Policy and The Economic Journal.

In The Last Decade

Bart Verspagen

119 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Manufacturing and economic growth in developing countries, 1950–2005

2015 273 citations Bart Verspagen et al. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bart Verspagen Netherlands	44	4.8k	2.3k	1.7k	1.1k	904	123	6.9k
Luc Soete Netherlands	30	3.0k 0.6×	1.9k 0.8×	846 0.5×	900 0.9×	689 0.8×	107	5.0k
Stephen Roper United Kingdom	51	4.0k 0.8×	4.2k 1.9×	2.1k 1.2×	736 0.7×	566 0.6×	174	7.9k
James H. Love United Kingdom	44	3.7k 0.8×	4.7k 2.1×	1.4k 0.8×	1.6k 1.6×	432 0.5×	139	7.5k
Timothy F. Bresnahan United States	33	5.8k 1.2×	2.7k 1.2×	767 0.4×	1.4k 1.4×	449 0.5×	78	8.6k
Nathan Rosenberg United States	36	5.6k 1.2×	3.9k 1.7×	2.5k 1.4×	764 0.7×	845 0.9×	76	10.0k
Luigi Orsenigo Italy	29	3.7k 0.8×	2.4k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	469 0.4×	431 0.5×	70	5.2k
Franco Malerba Italy	45	5.7k 1.2×	4.7k 2.1×	2.4k 1.4×	788 0.8×	933 1.0×	138	9.6k
Daniele Archibugi Italy	38	2.9k 0.6×	2.0k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	477 0.5×	1.6k 1.7×	142	5.8k
Bruno Cassiman Spain	26	4.1k 0.9×	5.1k 2.2×	1.7k 1.0×	683 0.7×	304 0.3×	78	7.4k
Nathan Rosenberg United States	28	3.3k 0.7×	2.5k 1.1×	1.3k 0.7×	622 0.6×	606 0.7×	72	6.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Bart Verspagen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bart Verspagen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Bart Verspagen. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Bart Verspagen. The network helps show where Bart Verspagen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bart Verspagen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bart Verspagen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bart Verspagen 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 Bart Verspagen. Bart Verspagen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Nomaler, Önder, et al.. (2024). Demand‐led industrialisation policy in a dual‐sector small open economy. Metroeconomica. 75(3). 339–376. 2 indexed citations

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Soete, Luc, Bart Verspagen, & Thomas Ziesemer. (2021). Economic impact of public R&D: an international perspective. Industrial and Corporate Change. 31(1). 1–18. 24 indexed citations

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Soete, Luc & Bart Verspagen. (2010). Remembering Christopher Freeman's work at MERIT. African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and Development. 2(2). 175–183. 2 indexed citations

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Fagerberg, Jan, Martin Srholec, & Bart Verspagen. (2010). The Role of Innovation in Development. Research Publications (Maastricht University). 1(2). 44 indexed citations

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Soete, Luc, Bart Verspagen, & Bas ter Weel. (2009). Systems of Innovation. Research Publications (Maastricht University). 15 indexed citations

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Fagerberg, Jan & Bart Verspagen. (2009). Innovation studies—The emerging structure of a new scientific field. Research Policy. 38(2). 218–233. 332 indexed citations

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Gambardella, Alfonso, Dietmar Harhoff, & Bart Verspagen. (2008). The value of European patents. European Management Review. 5(2). 69–84. 26 indexed citations

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Silverberg, Gerald & Bart Verspagen. (2007). . Research Publications (Maastricht University). 138 indexed citations

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Nuvolari, Alessandro & Bart Verspagen. (2007). Lean's Engine Reporterand the Development of the Cornish Engine: A Reappraisal. Transactions of the Newcomen Society. 77(2). 167–189. 6 indexed citations

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Bekkers, Rudi, et al.. (2006). The different channels of university-industry knowledge transfer : empirical evidence from biomedical engineering. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 200604. 1–18. 43 indexed citations

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Verspagen, Bart. (2005). Mapping Technological Trajectories as Patent Citation Networks. A Study on the History of Fuel Cell Research. UNU Collections (United Nations University). 4 indexed citations

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Giuri, Paola, Myriam Mariani, Stefano Brusoni, et al.. (2005). Everything you Always Wanted to Know about Inventors (but Never Asked): Evidence from the PatVal-EU Survey. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 33 indexed citations

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Maurseth, Per Botolf & Bart Verspagen. (2003). Knowledge Spillovers in Europe: A Patent Citations Analysis. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations

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Castellacci, Fulvio, et al.. (2003). The Impact of EU Regional Support on Growth and Convergence in the European Union. JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies. 41(4). 621–644. 50 indexed citations

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Verspagen, Bart. (1999). Intellectual Property Rights in the World Economy. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 489–518. 2 indexed citations

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Verspagen, Bart & Ivo De Loo. (1998). Technology spillovers between sectors and over time. TU/e Research Portal. 9 indexed citations

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Verspagen, Bart, et al.. (1998). De Nederlandse innovatie-achterstand. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 83(4147). 290–291. 2 indexed citations

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Verspagen, Bart. (1998). Large firms and knowledge flows in the Dutch R&D system : a case study of Philips Electronics. research memorandum. 2 indexed citations

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Verspagen, Bart. (1998). Special issue on the evolutionary analysis of innovation. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. 9(1). 1–3. 7 indexed citations

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Verspagen, Bart & Katharine Wakelin. (1997). Trade and Technology from a Schumpeterian Perspective. International Review of Applied Economics. 11(2). 181–194. 50 indexed citations

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