David J. Cooper

11.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
97 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

David J. Cooper is a scholar working on Safety Research, Management Science and Operations Research and Management Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, David J. Cooper has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Safety Research, 33 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 22 papers in Management Information Systems. Recurrent topics in David J. Cooper's work include Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (49 papers), Game Theory and Applications (27 papers) and Accounting and Organizational Management (22 papers). David J. Cooper is often cited by papers focused on Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (49 papers), Game Theory and Applications (27 papers) and Accounting and Organizational Management (22 papers). David J. Cooper collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. David J. Cooper's co-authors include John H. Kagel, Keith Robson, Michael J. Sherer, Jordi Brandts, Barbara Townley, Royston Greenwood, Leslie S. Oakes, Roy Suddaby, Philip D. Nightingale and Hugh Willmott and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, American Economic Review and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

David J. Cooper

93 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

A massive phytoplankton bloom induced by an ecosystem-sca... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 2006 250 500 750 1000
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. A massive phytoplankton bloom induced by an ecosystem-scale iron fertilization experiment in the equatorial Pacific Ocean
    1996 1.2k citations Philip D. Nightingale, David J. Cooper et al. profile →
  2. Accounting, professions and regulation: Locating the sites of professionalization
    2006 559 citations David J. Cooper, Keith Robson Accounting Organizations and Society 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 J. Cooper United States 39 1.9k 1.8k 1.6k 1.2k 994 97 7.1k
T. K. Das United States 42 2.8k 1.4× 1.9k 1.0× 420 0.3× 2.8k 2.5× 1.5k 1.5× 72 13.3k
John Roberts Australia 50 1.5k 0.8× 2.8k 1.5× 2.5k 1.6× 1.6k 1.4× 3.2k 3.2× 194 20.4k
Richard J. Murnane United States 52 172 0.1× 416 0.2× 765 0.5× 212 0.2× 2.7k 2.7× 187 13.2k
Michael Spence United Kingdom 29 1.1k 0.6× 3.2k 1.7× 793 0.5× 1.6k 1.4× 3.1k 3.1× 76 16.2k
Robert Libby United States 40 1.2k 0.6× 4.6k 2.5× 845 0.5× 301 0.3× 352 0.4× 82 7.1k
John W. Roberts United States 15 342 0.2× 905 0.5× 389 0.2× 282 0.2× 335 0.3× 26 3.9k
Michael T. Ewing Australia 49 284 0.1× 210 0.1× 105 0.1× 2.3k 2.0× 2.0k 2.0× 209 8.0k
Bertrand Moine France 23 233 0.1× 5.9k 3.2× 792 0.5× 630 0.5× 2.0k 2.0× 66 14.7k
Kenneth G. Brown United States 37 256 0.1× 173 0.1× 118 0.1× 1.6k 1.4× 681 0.7× 144 6.9k
John Kenneth Galbraith United States 34 125 0.1× 452 0.2× 145 0.1× 331 0.3× 1.8k 1.8× 203 6.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brandts, Jordi & David J. Cooper. (2025). Managerial Leadership, Truth-Telling, and Efficient Coordination. The Economic Journal. 135(670). 1942–1979.
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Cooper, David J., Enrique Fatás, Antonio J. Morales, & Shi Qi. (2024). Consistent Depth of Reasoning in Level-k Models. American Economic Journal Microeconomics. 16(4). 40–76.
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Cooper, David J. & John H. Kagel. (2015). A failure to communicate: an experimental investigation of the effects of advice on strategic play. European Economic Review. 82. 24–45. 20 indexed citations
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Cooper, David J. & John H. Kagel. (2009). Equilibrium selection in signaling games with teams: Forward induction or faster adaptive learning?. Research in Economics. 63(4). 216–224. 2 indexed citations
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Cooper, David J.. (2007). An introduction to the symposium on behavioral game theory. Economic Theory. 33(1). 1–10. 2 indexed citations
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Cooper, David J. & Hanming Fang. (2006). Understanding Overbidding in Second Price Auctions: An Experimental Study. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Cooper, David J. & James B. Rebitzer. (2006). Managed Care and Physician Incentives: The Effects of Competition on the Cost and Quality of Care. The B E Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy. 5(1). 3 indexed citations
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Cooper, David J. & Keith Robson. (2006). Accounting, professions and regulation: Locating the sites of professionalization. Accounting Organizations and Society. 31(4-5). 415–444. 559 indexed citations breakdown →
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Townley, Barbara, David J. Cooper, & Leslie S. Oakes. (2003). Performance Measures and the Rationalization of Organizations. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Cooper, David J. & John B. Van Huyck. (2001). Evidence on the Equivalence of the Strategic and Extensive Form Representation of Games. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 46 indexed citations
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Neu, Dean, David J. Cooper, & Jeff Everett. (2001). Critical Accounting Interventions. Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 12(6). 735–762. 3 indexed citations
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Cooper, David J., et al.. (1999). Gaming Against Managers in Incentive Systems: Experimental Results with Chinese Students and Chinese Managers. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 13 indexed citations
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Greenwood, Royston, C. R. Hinings, David J. Cooper, & John L. Brown. (1997). Globalization and Nationalism in a Multinational Accounting Firm: The Case of Opening New Markets in Eastern Europe. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Cooper, David J.. (1997). Barometric price leadership. International Journal of Industrial Organization. 15(3). 301–325. 22 indexed citations
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Cooper, David J., et al.. (1997). ADAPTIVE LEARNING vs. EQUILIBRIUM REFINEMENTS IN AN ENTRY LIMIT PRICING GAME*. The Economic Journal. 107(442). 553–575. 41 indexed citations
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Watson, Andrew, Philip D. Nightingale, & David J. Cooper. (1995). Modelling atmosphere—ocean CO2 transfer. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 348(1324). 125–132. 27 indexed citations
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Ashton, David, C.R. Beddell, David J. Cooper, et al.. (1995). Mass Spectrometry of the Humanized Monoclonal Antibody Campath 1H. Analytical Chemistry. 67(5). 835–842. 41 indexed citations
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Cooper, David J., et al.. (1980). Accounting in Organized Anarchies: Understanding and Designing Accounting Systems in Ambiguous Situations. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations
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Cooper, David J.. (1979). Discussion of Towards a Political Economy of Accounting. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Cooper, David J., et al.. (1976). Accounting Information and Employee Decision Making. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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