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2026

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
100
Citations
78993
World Ranking
102
National Ranking
8

John Van Reenen 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 Van Reenen sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 416 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John Van Reenen 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 Van Reenen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 100 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.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2009 - Yrjö Jahnsson Award
  • 2007 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

John Van Reenen is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on economics, econometrics, and finance, with 66 publications in this broad field. Within this domain, their work is concentrated in subfields such as economics and econometrics, general economics, econometrics and finance, finance, accounting, and strategy and management.

The research topics addressed by John Van Reenen cover several areas, including firm innovation and growth, economic growth and productivity, global trade and economics, innovation policy and research and development, defense, military, and policy studies, corporate finance and governance, and technology assessment and management.

Frequent co-authors of John Van Reenen include:

  • Nicholas Bloom
  • Kalina Manova
  • Stephen Teng Sun
  • Zhihong Yu
  • Raffaella Sadun

The scientist has published extensively in several venues. Some of the more frequent publication venues are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Review of Economics and Statistics
  • The Quarterly Journal of Economics

Selected recent papers from their work include:

  • The Fall of the Labor Share and the Rise of Superstar Firms* (2020), published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics
  • Are Ideas Getting Harder to Find? (2020), published in American Economic Review
  • Turbulence, Firm Decentralization, and Growth in Bad Times (2020), published in American Economic Journal Applied Economics
  • The World Management Survey at 18: lessons and the way forward (2021), published in Oxford Review of Economic Policy
  • The Intellectual Spoils of War? Defense R&D, Productivity, and International Spillovers (2023), published in The Review of Economics and Statistics

John Van Reenen has received recognition in the form of notable awards, including the Yrjö Jahnsson Award in 2009 and being named a Fellow of the Econometric Society in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Measuring and Explaining Management Practices Across Firms and Countries

    Nicholas Bloom;John Van Reenen

  • The fall of the labor share and the rise of superstar firms

    David Autor;David Dorn;Lawrence F Katz;Christina Patterson

  • Mapping the Two Faces of R&D: Productivity Growth in a Panel of OECD Industries

    Rachel Griffith;Stephen Redding;John Van Reenen

  • Trade Induced Technical Change? The Impact of Chinese Imports on innovation, IT and Productivity

    Nicholas Bloom;Mirko Draca;John Van Reenen

  • Uncertainty and Investment Dynamics

    Nick Bloom;Stephen Bond;John Van Reenen

  • Innovation and Institutional Ownership

    Philippe Aghion;John Van Reenen;Luigi Zingales

  • Market share, market value and innovation in a panel of British manufacturing firms

    Richard Blundell;Rachel Griffith;John Van Reenen

  • Identifying Technology Spillovers and Product Market Rivalry

    Nicholas Bloom;Mark Schankerman;John Van Reenen

  • THE ORGANIZATION OF FIRMS ACROSS COUNTRIES

    Nicholas Bloom;Raffaella Sadun;John Van Reenen

  • Technology and Changes in Skill Structure: Evidence from Seven OECD Countries

    Stephen Machin;John Van Reenen

  • How effective are fiscal incentives for R&D? A review of the evidence

    Bronwyn H Hall;Bronwyn H Hall;Bronwyn H Hall;John van Reenen

  • Skill-Biased Organizational Change? Evidence from A Panel of British and French Establishments

    Eve Caroli;John Van Reenen

  • Carbon taxes, path dependency and directed technical change: evidence from the auto industry

    Philippe Aghion;Antoine Dechezleprêtre;David Hemous;Ralf Martin;Ralf Martin

  • Why do Management Practices Differ Across Firms and Countries

    Nicholas Bloom;John van Reenen

  • Americans Do IT Better: US Multinationals and the Productivity Miracle

    Nicholas Bloom;Raffaella Sadun;John Van Reenen

  • Investment, R&D and financial constraints in Britain and Germany

    Stephen Bond;Dietmar Harhoff;John van Reenen

  • The Profitability of Innovating Firms

    Geroski Geroski;Stephen Machin;John Van Reenen

  • Has ICT Polarized Skill Demand? Evidence from Eleven Countries over Twenty-Five Years

    Guy Michaels;Ashwini Natraj;John Van Reenen

  • Do R&D tax credits work? evidence from a panel of countries 1979 - 1997

    Nicolas Bloom;Rachel Griffith;John Van Reenen

  • Dynamic count data models of technological innovation

    Richard Blundell;Rachel Griffith;John van Reenen

  • The Race Between Education and Technology

    John Van Reenen

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas Bloom
Nicholas Bloom Stanford University
Raffaella Sadun
Raffaella Sadun Harvard University
Rachel Griffith
Rachel Griffith University of Manchester
Philippe Aghion
Philippe Aghion London School of Economics and Political Science
Stephen Machin
Stephen Machin London School of Economics and Political Science
Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano
Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano Bocconi University
Ralf Martin
Ralf Martin Imperial College London
Richard Blundell
Richard Blundell University College London
Erik Brynjolfsson
Erik Brynjolfsson Stanford University
Carol Propper
Carol Propper Imperial College London

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