Lin William Cong

6.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
145 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Lin William Cong is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Information Systems and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Lin William Cong has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 36 papers in Information Systems and 34 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Lin William Cong's work include Blockchain Technology Applications and Security (30 papers), Auction Theory and Applications (19 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (19 papers). Lin William Cong is often cited by papers focused on Blockchain Technology Applications and Security (30 papers), Auction Theory and Applications (19 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (19 papers). Lin William Cong collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Singapore. Lin William Cong's co-authors include Zhiguo He, Jacopo Ponticelli, Xiaoguang Yang, Haoyu Gao, Jiasun Li, Neng Wang, Danxia Xie, Sabrina T Howell, Ye Li and Ehud Lavi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Journal of Finance and Journal of Financial Economics.

In The Last Decade

Lin William Cong

125 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Blockchain Disruption and Smart Contracts 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2019 2020 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. Blockchain Disruption and Smart Contracts
    2019 638 citations Lin William Cong et al. profile →
  2. Credit Allocation Under Economic Stimulus: Evidence from China
    2019 285 citations Lin William Cong et al. profile →
  3. Decentralized Mining in Centralized Pools
    2020 172 citations Lin William Cong 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
Lin William Cong United States 20 1.1k 876 705 494 490 145 2.5k
Dirk Schiereck Germany 22 725 0.7× 956 1.1× 1.2k 1.7× 206 0.4× 769 1.6× 190 2.7k
Peter Gomber Germany 12 1.3k 1.3× 1.3k 1.5× 556 0.8× 1.5k 3.0× 549 1.1× 80 3.3k
Wilko Bolt Netherlands 19 645 0.6× 515 0.6× 390 0.6× 187 0.4× 221 0.5× 72 1.6k
Paolo Tasca United Kingdom 15 842 0.8× 565 0.6× 456 0.6× 308 0.6× 109 0.2× 35 1.6k
Lennart Ante Germany 22 941 0.9× 496 0.6× 305 0.4× 384 0.8× 123 0.3× 63 1.7k
Maytal Saar‐Tsechansky United States 17 252 0.2× 630 0.7× 1.2k 1.7× 155 0.3× 1.0k 2.1× 47 3.0k
Jeffrey K. MacKie–Mason United States 25 233 0.2× 929 1.1× 390 0.6× 271 0.5× 1.1k 2.3× 104 3.3k
Jonathan Crook United Kingdom 28 229 0.2× 843 1.0× 1.6k 2.2× 294 0.6× 2.5k 5.1× 95 3.6k
Cristiano Bellavitis United States 17 483 0.5× 224 0.3× 98 0.1× 465 0.9× 360 0.7× 46 1.2k
Michel Benaroch United States 16 253 0.2× 379 0.4× 670 1.0× 498 1.0× 172 0.4× 46 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lin William Cong

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lin William Cong

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cong, Lin William, et al.. (2025). Growing the efficient frontier on panel trees. Journal of Financial Economics. 167. 104024–104024. 4 indexed citations
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Bai, Haichen, Lin William Cong, Mei Luo, & Ping Xie. (2025). Adoption of central bank digital currencies: Initial evidence from China. Journal of Corporate Finance. 91. 102735–102735. 10 indexed citations
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Cong, Lin William, Campbell R. Harvey, Daniel Rabetti, & Zongyu Wu. (2025). An Anatomy of Crypto-Enabled Cybercrimes. Management Science. 71(4). 3622–3633. 4 indexed citations
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Cong, Lin William, et al.. (2025). Optimizing intracameral injection for targeted gene therapy and glaucoma model development. Experimental Eye Research. 256. 110408–110408.
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Zhang, Aobo, et al.. (2025). Effects of 3D-printed exosome-functionalized brain acellular matrix hydrogel on neuroinflammation in rats following cerebral hemorrhage. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 16(1). 196–196. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Aobo, et al.. (2024). EGCG activates Keap1/P62/Nrf2 pathway, inhibits iron deposition and apoptosis in rats with cerebral hemorrhage. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 31474–31474. 12 indexed citations
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Cong, Lin William, et al.. (2024). Small and Medium Enterprises Amidst the Pandemic and Reopening: Digital Edge and Transformation. Management Science. 70(7). 4564–4582. 19 indexed citations
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Cong, Lin William, David Easley, & Eswar Prasad. (2024). Demystifying Electronic Payment Systems and Digital Currencies. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Cong, Lin William, et al.. (2023). Crypto wash trading. CentAUR (University of Reading). 34 indexed citations
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Cong, Lin William, Eswar Prasad, & Daniel Rabetti. (2023). Financial and Informational Integration Through Oracle Networks. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Cong, Lin William, Guanhao Feng, Jingyu He, & Junye Li. (2023). Sparse Modeling Under Grouped Heterogeneity with an Application to Asset Pricing. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Cong, Lin William, et al.. (2021). Knowledge Accumulation, Privacy, and Growth in a Data Economy. Management Science. 67(10). 6480–6492. 117 indexed citations
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Li, Guanqiao, Xi Lu, Xiang Li, et al.. (2021). Role of efficient testing and contact tracing in mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic: a network modelling study. BMJ Open. 11(7). e045886–e045886. 9 indexed citations
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Cong, Lin William, et al.. (2020). Financing Entrepreneurship and Innovation in China. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 16(1). 1–64. 15 indexed citations
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Cong, Lin William & Sabrina T Howell. (2018). Listing Delays and Innovation: Evidence from Chinese IPOs. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Cong, Lin William. (2017). Real Options, Business Valuation, and Dynamic Decisions. Journal of Management Policy and Practice. 18(3). 9–12.
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Cong, Lin William, Sabrina T Howell, & Ran Zhang. (2017). The Impact of Delay in Going Public: Evidence from China. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Cong, Lin William, et al.. (2017). How Public Markets Foster Firm Standardization: Evidence from Chinese IPOs. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Cong, Lin William. (2008). Technology of Hacker's Attack Based on Trojan. Computer Knowledge and Technology.

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