David Gale

9.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
114 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

David Gale is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, David Gale has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 18 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 13 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in David Gale's work include Economic theories and models (24 papers), Game Theory and Voting Systems (12 papers) and Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (10 papers). David Gale is often cited by papers focused on Economic theories and models (24 papers), Game Theory and Voting Systems (12 papers) and Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (10 papers). David Gale collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and France. David Gale's co-authors include Jorge Sotomayor, V. Mukerji, Gabrielle Demange, Hukukane Nikaidô, Ahmet Alkan, E. Eisenberg, Victor Klee, Dale W. Jorgenson, William A. Brock and D.F. Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Statistical Association and Econometrica.

In The Last Decade

David Gale

105 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

The Theory of Linear Economic Models 1962 2026 1983 2004 1962 200 400 600
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. The Theory of Linear Economic Models
    1962 605 citations David Gale et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Gale United States 29 2.6k 1.6k 919 533 333 114 4.8k
Leonid Hurwicz United States 23 1.7k 0.6× 877 0.5× 568 0.6× 352 0.7× 116 0.3× 53 3.5k
Kim C. Border United States 14 1.6k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 624 0.7× 174 0.3× 131 0.4× 25 3.2k
Charalambos D. Aliprantis United States 26 1.9k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 1.0k 1.1× 538 1.0× 56 0.2× 121 5.5k
Steven E. Shreve United States 34 4.3k 1.7× 2.4k 1.5× 595 0.6× 552 1.0× 52 0.2× 74 10.1k
Robert J. Aumann Israel 40 6.5k 2.5× 6.2k 3.8× 845 0.9× 638 1.2× 212 0.6× 101 11.4k
Hirofumi Uzawa United States 22 2.5k 1.0× 275 0.2× 547 0.6× 1.0k 1.9× 103 0.3× 55 4.2k
J. Michael Harrison United States 42 3.4k 1.3× 2.2k 1.4× 406 0.4× 692 1.3× 177 0.5× 113 10.7k
David Pollard United States 23 1.0k 0.4× 628 0.4× 248 0.3× 525 1.0× 230 0.7× 43 5.8k
D. Gale United States 11 3.0k 1.2× 2.2k 1.4× 863 0.9× 104 0.2× 234 0.7× 26 5.5k
Donald M. Topkis United States 14 1.1k 0.4× 1.0k 0.6× 318 0.3× 101 0.2× 331 1.0× 26 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Gale

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Gale

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gale, David, et al.. (2024). Severe Acute Kidney Injury Postheart Transplantation: Analysis of Risk Factors. Transplantation Direct. 10(3). e1585–e1585. 6 indexed citations
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Gale, David. (2009). Topological games at Princeton, a mathematical memoir. Games and Economic Behavior. 66(2). 647–656. 2 indexed citations
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Gale, David & W. Hugh Woodin. (1994). Large cardinal axioms and independence: The continuum problem revisited. The Mathematical Intelligencer. 16(3). 31–35. 8 indexed citations
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Gale, David. (1993). Games people play. The Mathematical Intelligencer. 15(3). 56–58.
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Gale, David. (1993). Games people do not play. The Mathematical Intelligencer. 15(3). 58–445. 2 indexed citations
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Gale, David. (1993). Games people could play. The Mathematical Intelligencer. 15(3). 59–60. 1 indexed citations
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Gale, David. (1993). A canonical basis algorithm (93-1). The Mathematical Intelligencer. 15(3). 60. 1 indexed citations
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Demange, Gabrielle, David Gale, & Jorge Sotomayor. (1987). A further note on the stable matching problem. Discrete Applied Mathematics. 16(3). 217–222. 50 indexed citations
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Gale, David & Jorge Sotomayor. (1985). Ms. Machiavelli and the Stable Matching Problem. American Mathematical Monthly. 92(4). 261–268. 104 indexed citations
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Gale, David & Jorge Sotomayor. (1985). Some remarks on the stable matching problem. Discrete Applied Mathematics. 11(3). 223–232. 241 indexed citations
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Gale, David, et al.. (1981). Substitutes and complements in network flow problems. Discrete Applied Mathematics. 3(3). 175–186. 23 indexed citations
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Gale, David, Victor Klee, & R. T. Rockafellar. (1968). Convex Functions on Convex Polytopes. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 19(4). 867–867. 9 indexed citations
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Gale, David. (1968). Optimal assignments in an ordered set: An application of matroid theory. Journal of Combinatorial Theory. 4(2). 176–180. 81 indexed citations
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Gale, David. (1964). On Equilibrium for a Multi-Sector Model of Income Propagation. International Economic Review. 5(2). 185–185. 2 indexed citations
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Peston, Maurice & David Gale. (1962). The Theory of Linear Economic Models.. Economica. 29(114). 209–209. 6 indexed citations
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Gale, David, et al.. (1958). A note on polynomial and separable games. Pacific Journal of Mathematics. 8(4). 735–741. 28 indexed citations
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Gale, David. (1957). Subalgebras of an algebra with a single generator are finitely generated. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 8(5). 929–930. 2 indexed citations
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Gale, David. (1957). Subalgebras of an Algebra with a Single Generator are Finitely Generated. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 8(5). 929–929.
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Gale, David. (1957). OVERGROWTH OF SERRATIA MARCESCENS IN RESPIRATORY TRACT, SIMULATING HEMOPTYSIS. Journal of the American Medical Association. 164(12). 1328–1328. 23 indexed citations
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Gale, David, et al.. (1957). RESPONSE OF MICE TO THE INOCULATIONS OF BOTHCANDIDA ALBICANSANDESCHERICHIA COLII. Journal of Bacteriology. 73(5). 616–624. 26 indexed citations

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