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James E. Bessen

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
42
Citations
12051
World Ranking
2024
National Ranking
1176

James E. Bessen 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 James E. Bessen sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 130 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James E. Bessen 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 James E. Bessen 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: 42 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • An Empirical Look at Software Patents

    James Bessen;Robert M. Hunt

  • Sequential innovation, patents, and imitation

    James Bessen;Eric Maskin

  • The Direct Costs from NPE Disputes

    James Bessen;Michael J Meurer

  • An Empirical Look at Software Patents

    James Bessen;Robert M. Hunt

  • The value of U.S. patents by owner and patent characteristics

    James Bessen

  • Toward understanding the impact of artificial intelligence on labor

    Morgan R. Frank;David Autor;James E. Bessen;Erik Brynjolfsson;Erik Brynjolfsson

  • Automation and jobs: when technology boosts employment

    James Bessen

  • Open Source Software: Free Provision of Complex Public Goods

    James Bessen

  • The Direct Costs from NPE Disputes

    James E. Bessen;Michael J. Meurer

  • The Patent Litigation Explosion

    James Bessen;Michael J. Meurer

  • Sequential Innovation, Patents, And Imitation

    James E. Bessen;Eric Maskin;Eric Maskin;Eric Maskin

  • Patent Thickets: Strategic Patenting of Complex Technologies

    James Bessen

  • The Private and Social Costs of Patent Trolls

    James Bessen;Jennifer L. Ford;Michael J. Meurer

  • An Empirical Look at Software Patents

    James E. Bessen;Robert M. Hunt

  • The Private and Social Costs of Patent Trolls

    James E. Bessen;Michael J. Meurer;Jennifer Laurissa Ford

  • AI and Jobs: the role of demand

    James Bessen

  • Patent Litigation with Endogenous Disputes

    James E. Bessen;Michael J. Meurer

  • How Computer Automation Affects Occupations: Technology, Jobs, and Skills

    James Bessen

  • Technology Adoption Costs and Productivity Growth: The Transition to Information Technology

    James Bessen

  • Estimates of patent rents from firm market value

    James Bessen

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Maskin
Eric Maskin Harvard University
Iyad Rahwan
Iyad Rahwan Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Erik Brynjolfsson
Erik Brynjolfsson Stanford University
Dietmar Harhoff
Dietmar Harhoff Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
Bronwyn H. Hall
Bronwyn H. Hall University of California, Berkeley
David H. Autor
David H. Autor MIT
Mark A. Lemley
Mark A. Lemley Stanford University
Manuel Cebrian
Manuel Cebrian Carlos III University of Madrid
Dominique Guellec
Dominique Guellec Organisation For Economic Co-Operation and Development
Alfonso Gambardella
Alfonso Gambardella Bocconi University

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