David E. Bloom

36.8k total citations · 16 hit papers
374 papers, 17.7k citations indexed

About

David E. Bloom is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, David E. Bloom has authored 374 papers receiving a total of 17.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in General Health Professions, 117 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 74 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in David E. Bloom's work include Global Health Care Issues (100 papers), Economic Growth and Productivity (48 papers) and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (48 papers). David E. Bloom is often cited by papers focused on Global Health Care Issues (100 papers), Economic Growth and Productivity (48 papers) and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (48 papers). David E. Bloom collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. David E. Bloom's co-authors include David Canning, Oded Stark, Jaypee Sevilla, Günther Fink, Daniel Cadarette, Till Bärnighausen, Klaus Prettner, Simiao Chen, John Beard and Jeffrey D. Sachs and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

David E. Bloom

353 papers receiving 15.9k citations

Hit Papers

The new economics of labo... 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 2003 1998 2000 2019 400 800 1.2k
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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. The new economics of labor migration
    1985 1.4k citations David E. Bloom et al. profile →
  2. The Effect of Health on Economic Growth: A Production Function Approach
    2003 906 citations David E. Bloom, Jaypee Sevilla et al. profile →
  3. Geography, Demography, and Economic Growth in Africa
    1998 761 citations David E. Bloom et al. profile →
  4. The Health and Wealth of Nations
    2000 543 citations David E. Bloom et al. profile →
  5. Infectious Disease Threats in the Twenty-First Century: Strengthening the Global Response
    2019 527 citations David E. Bloom, Daniel Cadarette profile →
  6. Macroeconomic implications of population ageing and selected policy responses
    2014 462 citations David E. Bloom et al. profile →
  7. Implications of population ageing for economic growth
    2010 450 citations David E. Bloom et al. profile →
  8. Towards a comprehensive public health response to population ageing
    2014 383 citations David E. Bloom et al. profile →
  9. Nutritional Considerations for Healthy Aging and Reduction in Age-Related Chronic Disease
    2017 301 citations David E. Bloom et al. profile →
  10. Global and regional projections of the economic burden of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias from 2019 to 2050: A value of statistical life approach
    2022 208 citations Daniel L. Tortorice, David E. Bloom et al. profile →
  11. The global economic burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for 204 countries and territories in 2020–50: a health-augmented macroeconomic modelling study
    2023 194 citations Michael Kühn, Klaus Prettner et al. profile →
  12. Global trends in antibiotic consumption during 2016–2023 and future projections through 2030
    2024 118 citations Philippe Denoël, Simone Pecetta et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  13. Global antibiotic use during the COVID-19 pandemic: analysis of pharmaceutical sales data from 71 countries, 2020–2022
    2023 118 citations Simone Pecetta, David E. Bloom et al. profile →
  14. The global macroeconomic burden of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias: estimates and projections for 152 countries or territories
    2024 70 citations Lirui Jiao, Klaus Prettner et al. profile →
  15. Cost of care for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in the United States: 2016 to 2060
    2024 59 citations Daniel L. Tortorice, David E. Bloom et al. profile →
  16. Accelerating growth of human coastal populations at the global and continent levels: 2000–2018
    2024 35 citations David E. Bloom et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
David E. Bloom 4.9k 4.6k 3.6k 2.4k 2.2k 374 17.7k
David Cutler 8.8k 1.8× 9.5k 2.1× 3.3k 0.9× 1.9k 0.8× 3.8k 1.7× 392 24.7k
Elizabeth A. Stuart 5.1k 1.0× 3.9k 0.9× 2.9k 0.8× 605 0.3× 1.7k 0.8× 419 30.3k
Naihua Duan 5.7k 1.2× 10.0k 2.2× 3.6k 1.0× 563 0.2× 2.3k 1.1× 264 28.0k
Lant Pritchett 6.3k 1.3× 3.8k 0.8× 5.1k 1.4× 1.1k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 175 20.0k
Paul D. Allison 4.3k 0.9× 3.7k 0.8× 8.3k 2.3× 3.0k 1.2× 2.2k 1.0× 108 27.2k
Harvey Goldstein 3.2k 0.7× 2.7k 0.6× 4.1k 1.1× 868 0.4× 1.7k 0.8× 368 26.9k
Greg Guest 1.2k 0.2× 5.7k 1.2× 5.6k 1.5× 700 0.3× 1.1k 0.5× 45 24.4k
David Stückler 2.5k 0.5× 9.5k 2.1× 2.3k 0.6× 813 0.3× 5.2k 2.3× 339 20.4k
Thomas W. Valente 1.6k 0.3× 6.1k 1.3× 6.4k 1.8× 475 0.2× 1.7k 0.8× 232 25.0k
Deon Filmer 2.3k 0.5× 3.1k 0.7× 2.9k 0.8× 635 0.3× 1.0k 0.5× 124 13.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bloom, David E., et al.. (2026). Taxonomy of the Full Health and Societal Value of Maternal Vaccination to Prevent Infant Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease. Infectious Diseases and Therapy. 15(3). 651–682.
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Jiao, Lirui, et al.. (2025). The global macroeconomic burden of diabetes mellitus. Nature Medicine. 32(1). 126–138.
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Gasperini, Gianmarco, Norman W. Baylor, Steve Black, et al.. (2025). Vaccinology in the artificial intelligence era. Science Translational Medicine. 17(794). eadu3791–eadu3791. 1 indexed citations
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Bloom, David E. & Jonathan R. Carapetis. (2024). Strep A: challenges, opportunities, vaccine-based solutions, and economics. npj Vaccines. 9(1). 80–80. 2 indexed citations
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Sousa‐Poza, Alfonso, et al.. (2024). The long-term cognitive and schooling effects of childhood vaccinations in China. Nova Science Publishers (Nova Science Publishers, Inc.). 1 indexed citations
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Sevilla, J.P., Daniel L. Tortorice, David Kantor, et al.. (2024). Lifecycle model-based evaluation of infant 4CMenB vaccination in the UK. The European Journal of Health Economics. 25(7). 1133–1146.
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Tortorice, Daniel L., Rino Rappuoli, & David E. Bloom. (2024). The economic case for scaling up health research and development: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(26). e2321978121–e2321978121. 4 indexed citations
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Kotschy, Rainer & David E. Bloom. (2023). Population Aging and Economic Growth: From Demographic Dividend to Demographic Drag?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Bloom, David E., Michael Kühn, & Klaus Prettner. (2023). Fertility in High-Income Countries: Trends, Patterns, Determinants, and Consequences. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Tortorice, Daniel L., Maddalena Ferranna, & David E. Bloom. (2023). Optimal global spending for group A Streptococcus vaccine research and development. npj Vaccines. 8(1). 62–62. 7 indexed citations
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Cadarette, Daniel, et al.. (2023). The full health, economic, and social benefits of prospective Strep A vaccination. npj Vaccines. 8(1). 166–166. 8 indexed citations
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Fusco, Manuela Di, Diana Mendes, Lotte Steuten, et al.. (2023). The Societal Value of Vaccines: Expert-Based Conceptual Framework and Methods Using COVID-19 Vaccines as a Case Study. Vaccines. 11(2). 234–234. 7 indexed citations
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Pecetta, Simone, Daniel L. Tortorice, Francesco Berlanda Scorza, et al.. (2022). The trillion dollar vaccine gap. Science Translational Medicine. 14(638). eabn4342–eabn4342. 11 indexed citations
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Perianayagam, Arokiasamy, David E. Bloom, Jinkook Lee, et al.. (2021). Cohort Profile: The Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI). International Journal of Epidemiology. 51(4). e167–e176. 82 indexed citations
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Subbaraman, Ramnath, et al.. (2021). Humane shelter at home: a call to reimagine a core pandemic intervention. BMJ Global Health. 6(8). e006614–e006614. 2 indexed citations
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Bloom, David E., Steven Black, David Salisbury, & Rino Rappuoli. (2018). Antimicrobial resistance and the role of vaccines. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(51). 12868–12871. 119 indexed citations
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Bloom, David E., Victoria Y. Fan, & J.P. Sevilla. (2018). The broad socioeconomic benefits of vaccination. Science Translational Medicine. 10(441). 69 indexed citations
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Johnson, Sydney T., et al.. (2017). The full benefits of adult pneumococcal vaccination: A systematic review. PLoS ONE. 12(10). e0186903–e0186903. 40 indexed citations
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Bloom, David E. & Jaypee Sevilla. (2003). 5 - Should There Be a General Subsidy for Higher Education in Developing Countries?. Journal of Higher Education in Africa. 2(1). 135–148. 4 indexed citations

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