Jonathan Isham

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Jonathan Isham is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan Isham has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Recurrent topics in Jonathan Isham's work include Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (7 papers), Natural Resources and Economic Development (5 papers) and Social Capital and Networks (4 papers). Jonathan Isham is often cited by papers focused on Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (7 papers), Natural Resources and Economic Development (5 papers) and Social Capital and Networks (4 papers). Jonathan Isham collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Jonathan Isham's co-authors include Lant Pritchett, Daniel Kaufmann, Deepa Narayan, Satu Kähkönen, Thomas J. Kelly, Sunder Ramaswamy, Michael Woolcock, Gwen Busby, Barry Reilly and Jane Kolodinsky and has published in prestigious journals such as The Quarterly Journal of Economics, World Development and The World Bank Economic Review.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan Isham

26 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

The Varieties of Resource Experience: Natural Resource Ex... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400 500
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 Varieties of Resource Experience: Natural Resource Export Structures and the Political Economy of Economic Growth
    2005 568 citations Jonathan Isham The World Bank Economic Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jonathan Isham United States 15 637 613 497 298 257 26 1.7k
Sambit Bhattacharyya United Kingdom 18 720 1.1× 845 1.4× 439 0.9× 209 0.7× 393 1.5× 42 1.5k
George Mavrotas United States 22 762 1.2× 436 0.7× 236 0.5× 447 1.5× 65 0.3× 66 1.7k
Syed Mansoob Murshed United Kingdom 23 738 1.2× 723 1.2× 933 1.9× 299 1.0× 187 0.7× 123 2.0k
Rabah Arezki United States 25 1.2k 1.9× 1.2k 1.9× 363 0.7× 228 0.8× 317 1.2× 149 2.3k
Lorenzo Pellegrini Netherlands 20 644 1.0× 229 0.4× 728 1.5× 70 0.2× 281 1.1× 51 1.8k
Francisco Rodríguez United States 12 1.4k 2.2× 1.3k 2.1× 513 1.0× 241 0.8× 100 0.4× 41 2.3k
Jeffrey B. Nugent United States 27 1.3k 2.0× 885 1.4× 543 1.1× 231 0.8× 37 0.1× 139 2.6k
Rémi Jedwab United States 19 972 1.5× 170 0.3× 578 1.2× 112 0.4× 103 0.4× 54 2.1k
Andrew Rosser Australia 18 222 0.3× 523 0.9× 439 0.9× 228 0.8× 342 1.3× 61 1.4k
Arne Bigsten Sweden 28 1.8k 2.8× 723 1.2× 700 1.4× 272 0.9× 37 0.1× 125 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jonathan Isham

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jonathan Isham

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

All Works

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Isham, Jonathan, Michael Woolcock, Lant Pritchett, & Gwen Busby. (2013). The Varieties of Resource Experience. The World Bank Economic Review. 8 indexed citations
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Isham, Jonathan, Sissel Waage, & Bill McKibben. (2007). Ignition: What You Can Do to Fight Global Warming and Spark a Movement. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 13 indexed citations
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Holmes, Jessica, et al.. (2007). Does Relationship Lending Still Matter in the Consumer Banking Sector? Evidence from the Automobile Loan Market*. Social Science Quarterly. 88(2). 585–597. 13 indexed citations
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Isham, Jonathan, et al.. (2006). Local Environmental Groups and the Creation of Social Capital: Evidence from Vermont. Society & Natural Resources. 19(10). 905–919. 17 indexed citations
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Isham, Jonathan, et al.. (2006). The Effects of Volunteering for Nonprofit Organizations on Social Capital Formation: Evidence from a Statewide Survey. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 35(3). 367–383. 39 indexed citations
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Holmes, Jessica, Jonathan Isham, & Paul M. Sommers. (2006). Is George Bailey Dead?. Applied Financial Economics Letters. 3(1). 19–24. 1 indexed citations
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Isham, Jonathan. (2005). The Varieties of Resource Experience: Natural Resource Export Structures and the Political Economy of Economic Growth. The World Bank Economic Review. 19(2). 141–174. 568 indexed citations breakdown →
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Isham, Jonathan, et al.. (2005). The Greening of Social Capital: An Examination of Land‐Based Groups in Two Vermont Counties*. Rural Sociology. 70(1). 113–131. 13 indexed citations
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Holmes, Jessica, et al.. (2005). Overcoming Information Asymmetries in Low-Income Lending: Lessons from the "Working Wheels" Program. Southern Economic Journal. 72(2). 329–329. 5 indexed citations
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Holmes, Jessica, et al.. (2005). Overcoming Information Asymmetries in Low‐Income Lending: Lessons from the “Working Wheels” Program. Southern Economic Journal. 72(2). 329–351. 1 indexed citations
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Isham, Jonathan. (2002). The Effect of Social Capital on Fertiliser Adoption: Evidence from Rural Tanzania. Journal of African Economies. 11(1). 39–60. 142 indexed citations
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Isham, Jonathan & Satu Kähkönen. (2002). Institutional Determinants of the Impact ofCommunity‐Based Water Services:Evidence from Sri Lanka and India. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 50(3). 667–691. 73 indexed citations
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Isham, Jonathan, Michael Woolcock, Lant Pritchett, & Gwen Busby. (2002). The Varieties of Rentier Experience: How Natural Resource Endowments Affect the Political Economy of Economic Growth *. 12 indexed citations
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Isham, Jonathan & Satu Kähkönen. (2001). Institutional Determinants of the Impact of Community-Based Water Services: Evidence from Sri Lanka and India. SSRN Electronic Journal. 27 indexed citations
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Isham, Jonathan. (2001). Can Investments in Social Capital Improve Well-Being in Fishing Communities? A Theoretical Perspective for Assessing the Policy Options. 2 indexed citations
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Isham, Jonathan. (2001). The Effect of Social Capital on Technology Adoption: Evidence from Rural Tanzania. SSRN Electronic Journal. 55 indexed citations
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Isham, Jonathan & Daniel Kaufmann. (1999). The Forgotten Rationale for Policy Reform: The Productivity of Investment Projects. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 114(1). 149–184. 118 indexed citations
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Isham, Jonathan & Daniel Kaufmann. (1999). Governance and Returns on Investment: An Empirical Investigation. World Bank policy research working paper. 12 indexed citations
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Isham, Jonathan. (1999). The Forgotten Rationale for Policy Reform: The Productivity of Investment Projects. World Bank policy research working paper. 25 indexed citations
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Isham, Jonathan, Daniel Kaufmann, & Lant Pritchett. (1997). Civil Liberties, Democracy, and the Performance of Government Projects. The World Bank Economic Review. 11(2). 219–242. 43 indexed citations

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