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New Zealand
2026

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
60
Citations
15065
World Ranking
826
National Ranking
3

John Gibson 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 John Gibson sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 444 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John Gibson 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 John Gibson 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: 60 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% 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 New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Economics and Finance in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

John Gibson is affiliated with the University of Waikato in New Zealand. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Social Sciences and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with a total of 46 and 28 publications respectively. The subfields covered include Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions, Global and Planetary Change, and Transportation.

The main topics John Gibson has worked on span a diverse range including:

  • Impact of Light on Environment and Health
  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Night-time city culture

John Gibson has published extensively in several venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • New Zealand Economic Papers
  • Asian Development Review
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies
  • Journal of Development Economics

Recent papers authored or co-authored by John Gibson include:

  • "Which night lights data should we use in economics, and where?" (2020) - Journal of Development Economics
  • "NIGHT LIGHTS IN ECONOMICS: SOURCES AND USES" (2020) - Journal of Economic Surveys
  • "Direct and Indirect Effects of Covid-19 On Life Expectancy and Poverty in Indonesia" (2020) - Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies
  • "Government mandated lockdowns do not reduce Covid-19 deaths: implications for evaluating the stringent New Zealand response" (2020) - New Zealand Economic Papers

Frequent research collaborators include:

  • Geua Boe-Gibson
  • Susan Olivia
  • Joachim De Weerdt
  • Xiaoxuan Zhang
  • Omoniyi Alimi

John Gibson has contributed to book publications with organizations such as the World Bank. These works include:

  • "The Impact of Gas Flaring on Child Health in Nigeria" (2022) - World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks
  • "Effects of Data Collection Methods on Estimated Household Consumption and Survey Costs: Evidence from an Experiment in the Marshall Islands" (2022) - World Bank policy research working paper

Best Publications

  • How Important is Selection? Experimental VS. Non-Experimental Measures of the Income Gains from Migration

    David McKenzie;John Gibson;Steven Stillman

  • Methods of household consumption measurement through surveys: experimental results from Tanzania

    Kathleen Beegle;Joachim De Weerdt;Jed Friedman;John Gibson

  • Methods of household consumption measurement through surveys: Experimental results from Tanzania ☆

    Kathleen Beegle;Joachim De Weerdt;Jed Friedman;John Gibson

  • The Microeconomic Determinants of Emigration and Return Migration of the Best and Brightest : Evidence from the Pacific

    John Gibson;David McKenzie

  • Poverty and Access to Roads in Papua New Guinea

    John Gibson;Scott Rozelle

  • The impacts of international migration on remaining household members : omnibus results from a migration lottery program

    John Gibson;David McKenzie;Steven Stillman

  • Indonesia in the Time of Covid-19

    Susan Olivia;John Gibson;Rus’an Nasrudin

  • Which Night Lights Data Should we Use in Economics, and Where?

    John Gibson;Susan Olivia;Geua Boe-Gibson;Chao Li

  • Eight questions about brain drain

    John Gibson;David McKenzie

  • The Economic Consequences of “Brain Drain” of the Best and Brightest : Microeconomic Evidence from Five Countries

    John Gibson;David McKenzie

  • A land of milk and honey with streets paved with gold: Do emigrants have over-optimistic expectations about incomes abroad?

    David McKenzie;John Gibson;Steven Stillman

  • A review on trade-off analysis of ecosystem services for sustainable land-use management

    Xiangzheng Deng;Zhihui Li;John Gibson

  • China’s Energy Economy: Technical Change, Factor Demand and Interfactor/Interfuel Substitution

    Hengyun Ma;Les Oxley;John Gibson;Bongguen Kim

  • Cost- and income-based measures of human capital

    Trinh Le;John Gibson;Les Oxley

  • The effect of infrastructure access and quality on non-farm enterprises in rural Indonesia

    John Gibson;Susan Olivia

  • China's energy economy: Technical change, factor demand and interfactor/interfuel substitution

    Hengyun Ma;Hengyun Ma;Les Oxley;John Gibson;Bonggeun Kim

  • Migration and mental health: Evidence from a natural experiment

    Steven Stillman;David McKenzie;John Gibson

  • Miserable Migrants? Natural Experiment Evidence on International Migration and Objective and Subjective Well-Being

    Steven Stillman;John Gibson;David McKenzie;Halahingano Rohorua

  • How does urbanization affect residential CO2 emissions? An analysis on urban agglomerations of China

    Yuping Bai;Xiangzheng Deng;Xiangzheng Deng;John Gibson;Zhe Zhao

  • Improving eco-efficiency for the sustainable agricultural production: A case study in Shandong, China

    Xiangzheng Deng;John Gibson

  • The Development Impact of a Best Practice Seasonal Worker Policy

    John Gibson;David J. Mckenzie

  • Substitution possibilities and determinants of energy intensity for China

    Hengyun Ma;Les Oxley;John Gibson

  • The World Bank Economic Review 31 (2)

    Octavio Aburto-Oropeza;Heather M. Leslie;Austen Mack-Crane;Sriniketh Suryasesha Nagavarapu

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven Stillman
Steven Stillman Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Scott Rozelle
Scott Rozelle Stanford University
Les Oxley
Les Oxley University of Waikato
Xiangzheng Deng
Xiangzheng Deng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jikun Huang
Jikun Huang Peking University
David R. McKenzie
David R. McKenzie University of Sydney
Gaurav Datt
Gaurav Datt Monash University
Martin Ravallion
Martin Ravallion Georgetown University
Richard Harris
Richard Harris University of Bristol

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