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D-Index
39
Citations
8441
World Ranking
2393
National Ranking
279

Karel Williams 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 Karel Williams sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 185 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Karel Williams 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 Karel Williams 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: 39 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Karel Williams is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several fields, notably Arts and Humanities, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Social Sciences. Their subfields of study include History, Classics, Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations, and Transportation.

Their scholarly work addresses multiple topics, among which are:

  • Historical Studies of British Isles
  • Scottish History and National Identity
  • Medieval Literature and History
  • Taxation and Compliance Studies
  • Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
  • Economic and Technological Innovation
  • Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism

Williams has contributed to various publication venues with frequent works in:

  • Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit
  • Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society
  • Financial Accountability and Management
  • The Political Quarterly
  • IPPR Progressive Review

Notable recent papers include:

  • (How) does productivity matter in the foundational economy?, 2020, Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit
  • Diversity in leading and laggard regions: living standards, residual income and regional policy, 2020, Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society
  • The imaginary of the city versus messy realities, 2020, Financial Accountability and Management
  • The Crisis of Everyday Liveability, Policy and Politics, 2022, The Political Quarterly
  • Place and mobility in Wales: Challenges and opportunities for reducing car use in a car-dependent, low-density country, 2023, Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit

Williams frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Julie Froud
  • Sukhdev Johal
  • Colin Haslam
  • Mike Hodson
  • Hua Wei

Best Publications

  • Financialization and Strategy: Narrative and Numbers

    Julie Froud;Sukhdev Johal;Adam Leaver;Karel Williams

  • Shareholder value and Financialization: consultancy promises, management moves

    Julie Froud;Colin Haslam;Sukhdev Johal;Karel Williams

  • After the Great Complacence: Financial Crisis and the Politics of Reform

    Ewald Engelen;Ismail Erturk;Julie Froud;Sukhdev Johal

  • The democratization of finance? Promises, outcomes and conditions

    Ismail Erturk;Julie Froud;Sukhdev Johal;Adam Leaver

  • Financialization at Work: Key Texts and Commentary

    J. Froud;I. Erturk;S. Johal;A. Leaver

  • Against lean production

    Karel Williams;Colin Haslam;John Williams;Tony Cultler

  • From shareholder value to present-day capitalism

    Karel Williams

  • Reconceptualizing financial innovation: frame, conjuncture and bricolage

    Ewald Engelen;Ismail Erturk;Julie Froud;Adam Leaver

  • Elites: Remembered in Capitalism and Forgotten by Social Sciences

    Mike Savage;Karel Williams

  • Financialisation and the Coupon Pool

    Julie Froud;Sukhdev Johal;Karel Williams

  • Restructuring for shareholder value and its implications for labour

    J. Froud;Colin Haslam;S. Johal;K. Williams

  • Private Equity and the Culture of Value Extraction

    Julie Froud;Karel Williams

  • Working for themselves? Capital market intermediaries and present day capitalism

    Peter Folkman;Julie Froud;Sukhdev Johal;Karel Williams

  • Misrule of experts? The financial crisis as elite debacle

    Ewald Engelen;Ismail Ertürk;Julie Froud;Sukhdev Johal

  • New actors in a financialised economy and the remaking of capitalism

    Julie Froud;Adam Leaver;Karel Williams

  • A new business model? The capital market and the new economy

    Hengyi Feng;Julie Froud;Sukhdev Johal;Colin Haslam

  • Escaping the Tyranny of Earned Income? The Failure of Finance as Social Innovation

    Julie Froud;Sukhdev Johal;Johnna Montgomerie;Karel Williams

  • Stories and Interests in Finance: Agendas of Governance before and after the Financial Crisis

    Julie Froud;Adriana Nilsson;Michael Moran;Karel Williams

  • Cars: Analysis, History, Cases

    A Adcroft;K Williams;C Haslam;S Johal

  • Financialization across the Pacific: manufacturing cost ratios, supply chains and power

    Julie Froud;Sukhdev Johal;Adam Leaver;Karel Williams

  • Reconceptualizing financial innovation: frame, conjuncture, bricolage

    Ewald Engelen;Ismail Erturk;Julie Froud;Adam Leaver

Frequent Co-Authors

Julie Froud
Julie Froud University of Manchester
Sukhdev Johal
Sukhdev Johal Queen Mary University of London
Michael Moran
Michael Moran University of Manchester
Glenn Morgan
Glenn Morgan University of Bristol
Mike Savage
Mike Savage London School of Economics and Political Science
Wolfgang Streeck
Wolfgang Streeck Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
Geoffrey Wood
Geoffrey Wood University of Western Ontario
Mike Wright
Mike Wright Imperial College London
Robert Boyer
Robert Boyer School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences
Paul M. Thompson
Paul M. Thompson University of Southern California

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