W. Brian Arthur

25.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
56 papers, 12.5k citations indexed

About

W. Brian Arthur is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Management Science and Operations Research and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Brian Arthur has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 12.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 8 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 7 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in W. Brian Arthur's work include Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis (15 papers), Economic theories and models (12 papers) and Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (6 papers). W. Brian Arthur is often cited by papers focused on Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis (15 papers), Economic theories and models (12 papers) and Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (6 papers). W. Brian Arthur collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Italy. W. Brian Arthur's co-authors include Blake LeBaron, R. G. Palmer, Richard Palmer, John H. Holland, Y. Ermoliev, Y.M. Kaniovski, Thomas J. Espenshade, Geoffrey McNicoll, Stephen Broadberry and León F. Bouvier and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, American Economic Review and Journal of Marketing.

In The Last Decade

W. Brian Arthur

51 papers receiving 10.8k citations

Hit Papers

Competing Technologies, Increasing Returns, and Lock-In b... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 1994 2009 1994 1999 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W. Brian Arthur United States 28 5.8k 3.3k 2.7k 2.0k 1.1k 56 12.5k
Hal R. Varian United States 51 8.1k 1.4× 5.1k 1.5× 4.5k 1.6× 3.4k 1.7× 1.3k 1.1× 177 22.1k
Richard H. Day United States 40 3.3k 0.6× 2.7k 0.8× 1.1k 0.4× 826 0.4× 771 0.7× 164 11.5k
Michael Spence United Kingdom 29 7.1k 1.2× 3.7k 1.1× 1.4k 0.5× 3.1k 1.6× 1.1k 1.0× 76 16.2k
John Roberts Australia 50 7.3k 1.3× 5.2k 1.6× 4.9k 1.8× 3.2k 1.6× 1.1k 0.9× 194 20.4k
Paul A. David United States 39 6.5k 1.1× 4.1k 1.2× 1.4k 0.5× 1.7k 0.8× 403 0.4× 126 13.0k
Michael T. Hannan United States 55 5.1k 0.9× 8.0k 2.4× 1.8k 0.7× 4.7k 2.3× 599 0.5× 112 19.7k
Eric Maskin United States 53 9.8k 1.7× 2.1k 0.6× 7.1k 2.6× 1.5k 0.8× 1.4k 1.2× 123 15.6k
Ariel Rubinstein Israel 50 11.3k 1.9× 2.4k 0.7× 7.8k 2.9× 1.9k 0.9× 980 0.9× 122 20.2k
Brian J. Loasby United Kingdom 27 7.4k 1.3× 9.4k 2.8× 2.2k 0.8× 2.1k 1.0× 563 0.5× 83 18.4k
Richard M. Cyert United States 30 3.5k 0.6× 7.8k 2.3× 2.5k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 88 17.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Brian Arthur

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Arthur, W. Brian. (2022). Economics in nouns and verbs. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 205. 638–647. 11 indexed citations
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Arthur, W. Brian. (2021). Foundations of complexity economics. Nature Reviews Physics. 3(2). 136–145. 177 indexed citations breakdown →
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Arthur, W. Brian. (2010). Complexity, the Santa Fe Approach, and Non-Equilibrium Economics. History of economic ideas. 18(2). 1000–1018. 16 indexed citations
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Arthur, W. Brian. (2009). The Nature of Technology: What it Is and How it Evolves. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1084 indexed citations breakdown →
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Arthur, W. Brian, et al.. (2006). The evolution of technology within a simple computer model. Complexity. 11(5). 23–31. 81 indexed citations
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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
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LeBaron, Blake, W. Brian Arthur, & R. G. Palmer. (1999). Time Series Properties of an Artificial Stock Market. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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LeBaron, Blake, W. Brian Arthur, & Richard Palmer. (1999). Time series properties of an artificial stock market. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 23(9-10). 1487–1516. 423 indexed citations
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Arthur, W. Brian. (1995). Complexity in Economic and Financial Markets. 62 indexed citations
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Arthur, W. Brian. (1994). Inductive Reasoning and Bounded Rationality. American Economic Review. 84(2). 406–411. 726 indexed citations breakdown →
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Arthur, W. Brian. (1993). On the Evolution of Complexity. Complexity. 65–81. 18 indexed citations
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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
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Arthur, W. Brian. (1990). Positive Feedbacks in the Economy. Scientific American. 262(2). 92–99. 24 indexed citations
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Arthur, W. Brian & Thomas J. Espenshade. (1988). Immigration Policy and Immigrants' Ages. Population and Development Review. 14(2). 315–315. 27 indexed citations
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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
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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
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Arthur, W. Brian. (1984). The analysis of linkages in demographic theory. Demography. 21(1). 109–128. 15 indexed citations
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Arthur, W. Brian. (1978). Stochastic control for linear discrete-time distributed-lag models. International Journal of Control. 28(4). 611–619.
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Arthur, W. Brian. (1973). Optimal Control Theory with Time Delay.. 2 indexed citations
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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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