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Abhijit Banerjee

Abhijit Banerjee

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Economics and Finance
USA
2026

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
108
Citations
79617
World Ranking
66
National Ranking
54

Abhijit Banerjee publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Abhijit Banerjee sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 293 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Abhijit Banerjee D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Abhijit Banerjee sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 126 scientists 31 D-Index: 147 scientists 32 D-Index: 157 scientists 33 D-Index: 178 scientists 34 D-Index: 171 scientists 35 D-Index: 141 scientists 36 D-Index: 132 scientists 37 D-Index: 129 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 120 scientists 40 D-Index: 117 scientists 41 D-Index: 113 scientists 42 D-Index: 114 scientists 43 D-Index: 97 scientists 44 D-Index: 115 scientists 45 D-Index: 86 scientists 46 D-Index: 78 scientists 47 D-Index: 83 scientists 48 D-Index: 62 scientists 49 D-Index: 74 scientists 50 D-Index: 50 scientists 51 D-Index: 66 scientists 52 D-Index: 69 scientists 53 D-Index: 55 scientists 54 D-Index: 67 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 62 scientists 57 D-Index: 45 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 47 scientists 60 D-Index: 46 scientists 61 D-Index: 36 scientists 62 D-Index: 37 scientists 63 D-Index: 56 scientists 64 D-Index: 50 scientists 65 D-Index: 32 scientists 66 D-Index: 28 scientists 67 D-Index: 30 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 25 scientists 70 D-Index: 22 scientists 71 D-Index: 21 scientists 72 D-Index: 26 scientists 73 D-Index: 24 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 12 scientists 76 D-Index: 14 scientists 77 D-Index: 15 scientists 78 D-Index: 15 scientists 79 D-Index: 17 scientists 80 D-Index: 17 scientists 81 D-Index: 11 scientists 82 D-Index: 10 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 11 scientists 85 D-Index: 5 scientists 86 D-Index: 9 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 9 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 6 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 8 scientists 93 D-Index: 10 scientists 94 D-Index: 11 scientists 95 D-Index: 6 scientists 96 D-Index: 4 scientists 97 D-Index: 4 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100 D-Index: 8 scientists 101+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 108 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2019 - Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty
  • 2019 - Nobel Prize for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2000 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1995 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
  • 1994 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Abhijit Banerjee is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in engineering, mathematics, and physics and astronomy. Their work focuses primarily on electrical and electronic engineering, applied mathematics, atomic and molecular physics and optics, geometry and topology, and statistical and nonlinear physics.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Meromorphic and Entire Functions
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Advanced Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
  • Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices

Frequent publication venues for Abhijit Banerjee's research include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Optical and Quantum Electronics
  • Optik
  • IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
  • Journal of Lightwave Technology

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Abhijit Banerjee include:

  • "Simulation of optoelectronic oscillator injection locking, pulling & spiking phenomena" (2024) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Injection Locking of Optoelectronic Oscillators With Large Delay" (2022) published in Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • "Study of mutual injection-pulling between two mutually-coupled single-loop optoelectronic oscillators" (2021) published in Optik
  • "Optoelectronic oscillator with dual-loop in the RF domain" (2021) published in Optical and Quantum Electronics
  • "On the Transient Behavior of Single-Loop Optoelectronic Oscillators Under RF Injection-Locking" (2020) published in IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Abhijit Banerjee include:

  • Gefeson Mendes Pacheco
  • Larissa Aguiar Dantas de Britto
  • Jayjeet Sarkar
  • Jhuma Sarkar
  • N. R. Das

Throughout their career, Abhijit Banerjee has received several recognitions and honors. Among these are the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics awarded in 2019 for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty, the Nobel Prize in the same year for the same contribution, and membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 2020. Additional fellowships include the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2004), the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2000), the Econometric Society (1995), and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1994).

Best Publications

  • A Simple Model of Herd Behavior

    Abhijit V. Banerjee

  • Occupational Choice and the Process of Development

    Abhijit V. Banerjee;Andrew F. Newman

  • Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

    Abhijit V. Banerjee;Esther Duflo

  • The miracle of microfinance? Evidence from a randomized evaluation

    Abhijit Banerjee;Esther Duflo;Rachel Glennerster;Cynthia Kinnan

  • The Economic Lives of the Poor.

    Abhijit V. Banerjee;Esther Duflo

  • The Diffusion of Microfinance

    Abhijit Banerjee;Arun G. Chandrasekhar;Arun G. Chandrasekhar;Esther Duflo;Matthew O. Jackson;Matthew O. Jackson;Matthew O. Jackson

  • Remedying education: Evidence from two randomized experiments in india

    Abhijit V. Banerjee;Shawn Cole;Esther Duflo;Leigh L Linden

  • History Institutions and Economic Performance: The Legacy of Colonial Land Tenure Systems in India

    Abhijit Banerjee;Lakshmi Iyer

  • Inequality and Growth: What Can the Data Say?

    Abhijit V. Banerjee;Esther Duflo

  • Growth Theory through the Lens of Development Economics

    Abhijit V. Banerjee;Esther Duflo

  • On the road: Access to transportation infrastructure and economic growth in China

    Abhijit Banerjee;Esther Duflo;Nancy Qian

  • Do Firms Want to Borrow More? Testing Credit Constraints Using a Directed Lending Program

    Abhijit V. Banerjee;Esther Duflo

  • Volatility and growth: Credit constraints and the composition of investment

    Philippe Aghion;George-Marios Angeletos;Abhijit Banerjee;Kalina Manova

  • Six Randomized Evaluations of Microcredit: Introduction and Further Steps †

    Abhijit Banerjee;Dean S. Karlan;Jonathan Zinman

  • Thy Neighbor's Keeper: The Design of a Credit Cooperative with Theory and a Test

    Abhijit V. Banerjee;Timothy Besley;Timothy W. Guinnane

  • A multifaceted program causes lasting progress for the very poor: Evidence from six countries

    Abhijit Banerjee;Esther Duflo;Nathanael Goldberg;Dean Karlan

  • A Theory of Misgovernance

    A.V. Banerjee

  • THE EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

    Abhijit V. Banerjee;Esther Duflo

  • World development report 2006 : equity and development

    Berk Ozler;Tamar Manuelyan Atinc;Abhijit Banerjee;Francisco H.G. Ferreira

  • The Miracle of Microfinance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation

    Abhijit V. Banerjee;Esther Duflo;Rachel Glennerster;Cynthia Kinnan

  • Does Function Follow Organizational Form

    Allen N. Berger;Nathan H. Miller;Abhijit Banerjee;Michael Kremer

  • Thinking Small: A Review of Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

    Abhijit Banerjee;Esther Duno

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippe Aghion
Philippe Aghion London School of Economics and Political Science
Philippe Bacchetta
Philippe Bacchetta University of Lausanne
Matthew O. Jackson
Matthew O. Jackson Stanford University
Maitreesh Ghatak
Maitreesh Ghatak London School of Economics and Political Science
Dean Karlan
Dean Karlan Northwestern University
Rohini Pande
Rohini Pande Yale University
Thomas Piketty
Thomas Piketty Paris School of Economics
Dilip Mookherjee
Dilip Mookherjee Boston University

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