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.
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation
20015.2k citationsDaron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson et al.American Economic Reviewprofile →
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply
20122.3k citationsDaron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson et al.American Economic Reviewprofile →
Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution
20021.7k citationsDaron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson et al.profile →
Tunneling
20001.7k citationsSimon Johnson et al.American Economic Reviewprofile →
Unbundling Institutions
20051.5k citationsDaron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnsonprofile →
Corporate governance in the Asian financial crisis
20001.3k citationsSimon Johnson, Peter Boone et al.profile →
Institutions as the Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth
20041.2k citationsDaron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson et al.National Bureau of Economic Researchprofile →
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation
20001.2k citationsDaron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson et al.SSRN Electronic Journalprofile →
Cronyism and capital controls: evidence from Malaysia
This map shows the geographic impact of Simon Johnson's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Simon Johnson with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Simon Johnson more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Simon Johnson. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Simon Johnson. The network helps show where Simon Johnson may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Johnson
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Simon Johnson.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Simon Johnson 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 Simon Johnson. Simon Johnson is excluded from
the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
Schumpeter, Joseph A., Karl Polanyi, Alexander Gerschenkron, et al.. (2015). Economía Política del Crecimiento. Cadenas causales y mecanismos institucionales.1 indexed citations
3.
Johnson, Simon & Jeffrey J. Schott. (2013). Financial Services in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics.2 indexed citations
4.
Acemoğlu, Daron, Simon Johnson, & James A. Robinson. (2011). Hither Thou Shalt Come, But No Further: Reply to "The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Comment". National Bureau of Economic Research.1 indexed citations
5.
Boone, Peter & Simon Johnson. (2010). The Doomsday Cycle.1 indexed citations
6.
Johnson, Simon. (2009). Pre-nuptial agreements after Radmacher v Granatino. The Family in Law. 39(8). 718–721.1 indexed citations
7.
Johnson, Simon. (2009). Shared residence orders: For and against. The Family in Law. 39(2). 131–134.1 indexed citations
8.
Johnson, Simon. (2009). Comment on "When Does Improving Health Raise GDP?". NBER Chapters. 221–225.1 indexed citations
9.
Kaufmann, Daniel, Aart Kraay, Shantayanan Devarajan, et al.. (2008). The World Bank research observer 23 (1). The World Bank Research Observer. 23. 1–111.10 indexed citations
Acemoğlu, Daron, Simon Johnson, & James A. Robinson. (2005). Los orígenes coloniales del desarrollo comparativo: una investigación empírica. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.6 indexed citations
12.
Acemoğlu, Daron, Simon Johnson, & James A. Robinson. (2001). SESSION 1A: RACIAL INEQUALITY AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS. The Journal of Economic History. 61(2). 517–517.1 indexed citations
13.
Johnson, Simon, Daniel Kaufmann, & Pablo Zoido. (1998). Regulatory Discretion and the Unofficial Economy. American Economic Review. 88(2). 387–392.97 indexed citations
14.
Johnson, Simon, et al.. (1998). Corporate Governance in the Asian Financial Crisis. SSRN Electronic Journal.49 indexed citations
Barberia, Lorena, Simon Johnson, & Daniel E. Kaufmann. (1997). Social Networks in Transition. Deep Blue (University of Michigan).1 indexed citations
17.
Johnson, Simon, et al.. (1996). Optimisations of the FOF Algorithm for VLSI Implementation. The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association. 1996. 493–495.
18.
Johnson, Simon, et al.. (1995). HOW ONE POLISH SHIPYARD BECAME A MARKET COMPETITOR. Harvard business review.5 indexed citations
19.
Johnson, Simon. (1995). How will Poland and its neighbors transform their economies after communism. Harvard business review. 73(2). 183–184.3 indexed citations
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Johnson, Simon, et al.. (1994). A Multirate Optimisation for Real-time Additive synthesis. The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association.1 indexed citations
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