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Economics and Finance
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2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Economics and Finance 97 122 110 94 83 289 72033

Emmanuel Saez publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Emmanuel Saez between 1999 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Emmanuel Saez published across 27 years, from 1999 to 2025, averaging 12 papers a year. Output peaked at 23 publications in 2019. 14 of the 323 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1999 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 23. Peak 23 publications in 2019. 1999: 5 publications 2000: 11 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 10 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 11 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 12 publications 2007: 13 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 22 publications 2011: 15 publications 2012: 17 publications 2013: 21 publications 2014: 17 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 16 publications 2017: 12 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 23 publications 2020: 15 publications 2021: 13 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 6 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 7 publications
1999 2025

323 publications in total across all disciplines

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Emmanuel Saez: publications per year, 1999 to 2025
Year Publications
1999 5
2000 11
2001 2
2002 10
2003 5
2004 11
2005 8
2006 12
2007 13
2008 7
2009 12
2010 22
2011 15
2012 17
2013 21
2014 17
2015 8
2016 16
2017 12
2018 16
2019 23
2020 15
2021 13
2022 12
2023 6
2024 7
2025 7
Total 323
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Emmanuel Saez 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 Emmanuel Saez sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 42–46 to 521+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 111. Most scientists, 111, have 137–141 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 287–291 publications, is where this scientist sits. 42–46 publications: 1 scientist 47–51 publications: 12 scientists 52–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–61 publications: 23 scientists 62–66 publications: 32 scientists 67–71 publications: 36 scientists 72–76 publications: 56 scientists 77–81 publications: 57 scientists 82–86 publications: 70 scientists 87–91 publications: 86 scientists 92–96 publications: 72 scientists 97–101 publications: 106 scientists 102–106 publications: 97 scientists 107–111 publications: 96 scientists 112–116 publications: 101 scientists 117–121 publications: 103 scientists 122–126 publications: 102 scientists 127–131 publications: 108 scientists 132–136 publications: 107 scientists 137–141 publications: 111 scientists 142–146 publications: 94 scientists 147–151 publications: 96 scientists 152–156 publications: 100 scientists 157–161 publications: 74 scientists 162–166 publications: 68 scientists 167–171 publications: 91 scientists 172–176 publications: 76 scientists 177–181 publications: 75 scientists 182–186 publications: 61 scientists 187–191 publications: 66 scientists 192–196 publications: 68 scientists 197–201 publications: 71 scientists 202–206 publications: 60 scientists 207–211 publications: 56 scientists 212–216 publications: 44 scientists 217–221 publications: 51 scientists 222–226 publications: 65 scientists 227–231 publications: 48 scientists 232–236 publications: 59 scientists 237–241 publications: 37 scientists 242–246 publications: 37 scientists 247–251 publications: 41 scientists 252–256 publications: 43 scientists 257–261 publications: 33 scientists 262–266 publications: 34 scientists 267–271 publications: 39 scientists 272–276 publications: 25 scientists 277–281 publications: 29 scientists 282–286 publications: 29 scientists 287–291 publications: 26 scientists 292–296 publications: 31 scientists 297–301 publications: 31 scientists 302–306 publications: 24 scientists 307–311 publications: 28 scientists 312–316 publications: 24 scientists 317–321 publications: 13 scientists 322–326 publications: 14 scientists 327–331 publications: 25 scientists 332–336 publications: 18 scientists 337–341 publications: 16 scientists 342–346 publications: 18 scientists 347–351 publications: 15 scientists 352–356 publications: 17 scientists 357–361 publications: 19 scientists 362–366 publications: 16 scientists 367–371 publications: 17 scientists 372–376 publications: 7 scientists 377–381 publications: 18 scientists 382–386 publications: 13 scientists 387–391 publications: 19 scientists 392–396 publications: 9 scientists 397–401 publications: 10 scientists 402–406 publications: 13 scientists 407–411 publications: 13 scientists 412–416 publications: 5 scientists 417–421 publications: 10 scientists 422–426 publications: 6 scientists 427–431 publications: 12 scientists 432–436 publications: 9 scientists 437–441 publications: 9 scientists 442–446 publications: 10 scientists 447–451 publications: 12 scientists 452–456 publications: 8 scientists 457–461 publications: 4 scientists 462–466 publications: 7 scientists 467–471 publications: 4 scientists 472–476 publications: 5 scientists 477–481 publications: 6 scientists 482–486 publications: 7 scientists 487–491 publications: 8 scientists 492–496 publications: 5 scientists 497–501 publications: 4 scientists 502–506 publications: 4 scientists 507–511 publications: 5 scientists 512–516 publications: 7 scientists 517–520 publications: 7 scientists 521+ publications: 99 scientists
42–46 publications 521+

This scientist: 289 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.

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Number of Economics and Finance scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,760 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
42–46 1
47–51 12
52–56 7
57–61 23
62–66 32
67–71 36
72–76 56
77–81 57
82–86 70
87–91 86
92–96 72
97–101 106
102–106 97
107–111 96
112–116 101
117–121 103
122–126 102
127–131 108
132–136 107
137–141 111
142–146 94
147–151 96
152–156 100
157–161 74
162–166 68
167–171 91
172–176 76
177–181 75
182–186 61
187–191 66
192–196 68
197–201 71
202–206 60
207–211 56
212–216 44
217–221 51
222–226 65
227–231 48
232–236 59
237–241 37
242–246 37
247–251 41
252–256 43
257–261 33
262–266 34
267–271 39
272–276 25
277–281 29
282–286 29
287–291 26 289
292–296 31
297–301 31
302–306 24
307–311 28
312–316 24
317–321 13
322–326 14
327–331 25
332–336 18
337–341 16
342–346 18
347–351 15
352–356 17
357–361 19
362–366 16
367–371 17
372–376 7
377–381 18
382–386 13
387–391 19
392–396 9
397–401 10
402–406 13
407–411 13
412–416 5
417–421 10
422–426 6
427–431 12
432–436 9
437–441 9
442–446 10
447–451 12
452–456 8
457–461 4
462–466 7
467–471 4
472–476 5
477–481 6
482–486 7
487–491 8
492–496 5
497–501 4
502–506 4
507–511 5
512–516 7
517–520 7
521+ 99
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Emmanuel Saez 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 Emmanuel Saez sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 72 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 101+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 178. Most scientists, 178, have 33 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 97 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 97 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Economics and Finance scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,760 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 126
31 147
32 157
33 178
34 171
35 141
36 132
37 129
38 130
39 120
40 117
41 113
42 114
43 97
44 115
45 86
46 78
47 83
48 62
49 74
50 50
51 66
52 69
53 55
54 67
55 61
56 62
57 45
58 34
59 47
60 46
61 36
62 37
63 56
64 50
65 32
66 28
67 30
68 24
69 25
70 22
71 21
72 26
73 24
74 23
75 12
76 14
77 15
78 15
79 17
80 17
81 11
82 10
83 16
84 11
85 5
86 9
87 13
88 9
89 7
90 6
91 4
92 8
93 10
94 11
95 6
96 4
97 4 97
98 6
99 6
100 8
101+ 100
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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

Overview

Emmanuel Saez is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with a significant focus on sociology and political science, economics and econometrics, education, accounting, and general economics, econometrics, and finance.

Their work covers diverse topics including intergenerational and educational inequality studies, labor market dynamics and wage inequality, higher education research studies, fiscal policy and economic growth, income, poverty, and inequality, as well as corporate taxation and avoidance.

Among their recent publications are several papers published in notable venues:

  • Income Segregation and Intergenerational Mobility Across Colleges in the United States, 2020, The Quarterly Journal of Economics
  • The Rise of Income and Wealth Inequality in America: Evidence from Distributional Macroeconomic Accounts, 2020, The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  • Distributional National Accounts Guidelines: Methods and Concepts Used in the World Inequality Database, 2020, HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • Rethinking capital and wealth taxation, 2023, Oxford Review of Economic Policy
  • Ending Corporate Tax Avoidance and Tax Competition: A Plan to Collect the Tax Deficit of Multinationals, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal

Emmanuel Saez has frequently collaborated with a number of co-authors, including Raj Chetty, Nicholas Turner, Danny Yagan, John N. Friedman, and Gabriel Zucman. These collaborations have contributed to an extensive publication record.

Their publications are mainly found in venues such as Harvard Dataverse, SSRN Electronic Journal, arXiv (Cornell University), The Journal of Economic Perspectives, and Journal of Public Economics.

Best Publications

  • Income Inequality in the United States, 1913–1998

    Thomas Piketty;Emmanuel Saez

  • Where is the Land of Opportunity? The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in the United States*

    Raj Chetty;Nathaniel Hendren;Patrick Kline;Emmanuel Saez

  • Top Incomes in the Long Run of History

    Anthony Barnes Atkinson;Thomas Piketty;Emmanuel Saez

  • Wealth Inequality in the United States since 1913: Evidence from Capitalized Income Tax Data

    Emmanuel Saez;Gabriel Zucman

  • World Inequality Report 2018

    Facundo Alvaredo;Lucas Chancel;Thomas Piketty;Emmanuel Saez

  • The role of information and social interactions in retirement plan decisions: Evidence from a randomized experiment

    Esther Duflo;Emmanuel Saez

  • How Does Your Kindergarten Classroom Affect Your Earnings? Evidence from Project Star

    Raj Chetty;John Norton Friedman;John Norton Friedman;Nathanial Hilger;Nathanial Hilger;Emmanuel Saez;Emmanuel Saez

  • The Elasticity of Taxable Income with Respect to Marginal Tax Rates: A Critical Review

    Emmanuel Saez;Joel B Slemrod;Seth H Giertz

  • Unwilling or Unable to Cheat? Evidence From a Tax Audit Experiment in Denmark

    Henrik Jacobsen Kleven;Martin B. Knudsen;Claus Thustrup Kreiner;Søren Pedersen

  • Using Elasticities to Derive Optimal Income Tax Rates

    Emmanuel Saez

  • Distributional National Accounts: Methods and Estimates for the United States

    Thomas Piketty;Emmanuel Saez;Gabriel Zucman

  • The Evolution of Top Incomes: A Historical and International Perspective

    Thomas Piketty;Emmanuel Saez

  • Inequality at Work: The Effect of Peer Salaries on Job Satisfaction

    David Card;Alexandre Mas;Enrico Moretti;Emmanuel Saez

  • The Elasticity of Taxable Income: Evidence and Implications

    Jon Gruber;Jon Gruber;Emmanuel Saez;Emmanuel Saez

  • The Top 1 Percent in International and Historical Perspective

    Facundo Alvaredo;Anthony Atkinson;Thomas Piketty;Emmanuel Saez

  • Is the United States Still a Land of Opportunity? Recent Trends in Intergenerational Mobility

    Raj Chetty;Nathaniel Hendren;Patrick Kline;Emmanuel Saez

  • How Elastic Are Preferences for Redistribution? Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments

    Ilyana Kuziemko;Michael Irwin Norton;Emmanuel Saez;Stefana Pentcheva Stantcheva

  • Inequality in the long run.

    Thomas Piketty;Emmanuel Saez

  • Optimal Taxation of Top Labor Incomes: A Tale of Three Elasticities †

    Thomas Piketty;Emmanuel Saez;Stefanie Stantcheva

  • The Top 1% in International and Historical Perspective

    Facundo Alvaredo;Anthony Atkinson;Anthony Atkinson;Thomas Piketty;Emmanuel Saez

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Piketty
Thomas Piketty Paris School of Economics
Raj Chetty
Raj Chetty Harvard University
Gabriel Zucman
Gabriel Zucman University of California, Berkeley
Henrik Jacobsen Kleven
Henrik Jacobsen Kleven Princeton University
Anthony B. Atkinson
Anthony B. Atkinson London School of Economics and Political Science
Wojciech Kopczuk
Wojciech Kopczuk Columbia University
Mike Brewer
Mike Brewer University of Essex
David Card
David Card University of California, Berkeley
Enrico Moretti
Enrico Moretti University of California, Berkeley

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