Journal of Economic Literature

Papers
(The H4-Index of Journal of Economic Literature is 36. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Schooled and Sorted: How Educational Categories Create Inequality453
Debunking Immigration Myths: A Review Essay of Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success395
Book Reviews332
Book Reviews259
Book Reviews258
Bessy, Christian. Expropriation by Law: Intellectual Property, Value and Labor156
JEL Classification System133
When Democracy Falters: A Multidisciplinary, Multi-book Review Essay on Polarization, Populism, and Authoritarianism123
Data Engineering for Cognitive Economics118
Cash Is Alive: How Economists Explain Holding and Use of Cash117
How Unique is VC’s American History?115
A Review Essay of The Economics of Structural Racism by Patrick Mason111
Firm-Level Upgrading in Developing Countries108
Agri-food Value Chain Revolutions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries95
Doctoral Dissertations in Economics One-Hundred-Twelfth Annual List94
Doctoral Dissertations in Economics One-Hundred-Nineteenth Annual List91
Geisst, Charles R. Just Price in the Markets: A History91
King, Michael R. Fintech Explained: How Technology Is Transforming Financial Services86
From Micro to Macro Development85
Should They Compete or Should They Cooperate? The View of Agency Theory82
Journal of Economic Literature, September 2022, Volume LX, Number 381
Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History80
JEL Classification System74
Journal of Economic Literature, June 2025, Volume LXIII, Number 267
Belief-Dependent Motivations and Psychological Game Theory65
Why Is Productivity Slowing Down?62
The Market Power of Technology: Understanding the Second Gilded Age56
JEL Classification System50
Jia, Ruixue and Hongbin Li. The Highest Exam: How the Gaokao Shapes China49
The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism49
What Can Economics Say about Alzheimer’s Disease?44
Bauer, Jean-Martin. The New Breadline: Hunger and Hope in the Twenty-First Century44
The Best of Both Worlds: Combining Randomized Controlled Trials with Structural Modeling43
When Nations Can't Default: A History of War Reparations and Sovereign Debt39
Information Cascades and Social Learning39
The Global Infrastructure Gap: Potential, Perils, and a Framework for Distinction39
Journal of Economic Literature, December 2024, Volume LXII, Number 436
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