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.
Competing Technologies, Increasing Returns, and Lock-In by Historical Events
Countries citing papers authored by W. Brian Arthur
Since
Specialization
Citations
This map shows the geographic impact of W. Brian Arthur'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 W. Brian Arthur with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites W. Brian Arthur more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by W. Brian Arthur. 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 W. Brian Arthur. The network helps show where W. Brian Arthur may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Brian Arthur
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. Brian Arthur.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. Brian Arthur 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 W. Brian Arthur. W. Brian Arthur is excluded from
the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
All Works
20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Arthur, W. Brian. (2022). Economics in nouns and verbs. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 205. 638–647.11 indexed citations
2.
Arthur, W. Brian. (2021). Foundations of complexity economics. Nature Reviews Physics. 3(2). 136–145.177 indexed citations breakdown →
Arthur, W. Brian & Frances Morphy. (2005). Macquarie atlas of Indigenous Australia : culture and society through space and time. Medical Entomology and Zoology.5 indexed citations
7.
LeBaron, Blake, W. Brian Arthur, & R. G. Palmer. (1999). Time Series Properties of an Artificial Stock Market. SSRN Electronic Journal.5 indexed citations
Arthur, W. Brian. (1993). On the Evolution of Complexity. Complexity. 65–81.18 indexed citations
12.
Arthur, W. Brian. (1991). Designing Economic Agents that Act Like Human Agents: A Behavioral Approach to Bounded Rationality. American Economic Review. 81(2). 353–359.144 indexed citations
Arthur, W. Brian & Thomas J. Espenshade. (1988). Immigration Policy and Immigrants' Ages. Population and Development Review. 14(2). 315–315.27 indexed citations
15.
Arthur, W. Brian, Y. Ermoliev, & Y.M. Kaniovski. (1988). Nonlinear Adaptive Processes of Growth with General Increments: Attainable and Unattainable Components of Terminal Set. IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis).8 indexed citations
16.
Arthur, W. Brian, Y. Ermoliev, & Y.M. Kaniovski. (1987). Non-Linear Urn Processes: Asymptotic Behavior and Applications. IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis).11 indexed citations
Arthur, W. Brian. (1973). Optimal Control Theory with Time Delay..2 indexed citations
20.
Arthur, W. Brian. (1972). Population policy under an arbitrary welfare criterion : theory and issues. ScholarSpace (University of Hawaii at Manoa).1 indexed citations
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