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D-Index
119
Citations
201167
World Ranking
37
National Ranking
29

Kenneth J. Arrow 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 Kenneth J. Arrow sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 460 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kenneth J. Arrow 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 Kenneth J. Arrow sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 119 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2004 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his contribution to the field of economics exemplified by his work on general equilibrium theory, social welfare theory, endogenous growth theory, health economics, and information economics. ", Presented by President George W. Bush in a White House East Room ceremony on February 13, 2006.
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Finance Association (AFA)
  • 2002 - Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • 1986 - INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize
  • 1980 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1977 - John von Neumann Lecturer
  • 1974 - Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
  • 1974 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1972 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1972 - Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics for their pioneering contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory.
  • 1972 - Nobel Prize for their pioneering contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory
  • 1968 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1959 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)
  • 1957 - John Bates Clark Medal, the American Economic Association

Overview

Kenneth J. Arrow was affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research mainly focused on the fields of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with specific emphasis on Economics and Econometrics, Pharmacology, and Management Science and Operations Research.

The body of work addressed a range of topics including:

  • Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare
  • Economic theories and models
  • Economic Theory and Institutions
  • Game Theory and Applications

Frequent co-authors included Michael D. Intriligator, Thomas C. Schelling, Robert M. Solow, L. Kamran Bilir, and Alan Sorensen.

Their publications appeared primarily in venues such as American Economic Journal Applied Economics and Manchester University Press eBooks.

Notable recent papers included:

  • "The Impact of Information Technology on the Diffusion of New Pharmaceuticals," 2020, American Economic Journal Applied Economics
  • "Index," 2021, Manchester University Press eBooks

Arrow also authored books published by Princeton University Press and The MIT Press. Among these were "Economics and Sociology" (2020) and "Lives of the Laureates" (2020).

The scientist received multiple awards during their career, including the Nobel Prize and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1972 for pioneering contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory.

Other recognitions included:

  • US President's National Medal of Science (2004), presented by President George W. Bush for contributions in various economic fields
  • Fellowships in the American Finance Association (2003), INFORMS (2002), AAAS (1980), John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1972), and American Statistical Association (1959)
  • INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize (1986)
  • John von Neumann Lecturer (1977)
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (1974) and National Academy of Sciences (1968)
  • Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association (1974)
  • John Bates Clark Medal from the American Economic Association (1957)

Best Publications

  • The Economic Implications of Learning by Doing

    Kenneth Arrow

  • Economic Welfare and the Allocation of Resources for Invention

    Kenneth Arrow

  • Social Choice and Individual Values

    Kenneth Joseph Arrow

  • Essays in the theory of risk-bearing

    Kenneth Joseph Arrow

  • EXISTENCE OF AN EQUILIBRIUM FOR A COMPETITIVE ECONOMY

    Kenneth J. Arrow;Gerard Debreu

  • Uncertainty and the welfare economics of medical care

    Kenneth J. Arrow

  • General competitive analysis

    Kenneth Joseph Arrow;Frank. Hahn

  • Higher education as a filter

    Kenneth J. Arrow

  • Capital-labor substitution and economic efficiency

    Kenneth Joseph Arrow;Hollis B. Chenery;Bagicha S. Minhas;Robert M. Solow

  • The Theory of Discrimination

    Kenneth J. Arrow

  • Economic growth, carrying capacity, and the environment

    Kenneth Arrow;Bert Bolin;Robert Costanza;Partha Dasgupta

  • Economic growth, carrying capacity, and the environment.

    Kenneth Arrow;Bert Bolin;Robert Costanza;Partha Dasgupta

  • A Difficulty in the Concept of Social Welfare

    Kenneth J. Arrow

  • The Role of Securities in the Optimal Allocation of Risk-bearing

    K. J. Arrow

  • Public Investment, the Rate of Return, and Optimal Fiscal Policy

    Kenneth Joseph Arrow;Mordecai Kurz

  • Environmental Preservation, Uncertainty, and Irreversibility

    Kenneth Arrow;Anthony C. Fisher

  • Aspects of the theory of risk-bearing

    Kenneth Joseph Arrow;Yrjö Jahnssonin säätiö

  • Preference, production, and capital: Optimum technical change in an aggregative model of economic growth

    Hirofumi Uzawa;Kenneth J. Arrow

  • SUSTAINABILITY AND THE MEASUREMENT OF WEALTH

    Kenneth J. Arrow;Partha Dasgupta;Lawrence H. Goulder;Kevin J. Mumford

  • The Value of Nature and the Nature of Value

    Gretchen C. Daily;Tore Söderqvist;Sara Aniyar;Kenneth Arrow

  • Economic Growth, Carrying Capacity, andtheEnvironment

    Kenneth Arrow;Robert Costanza;Partha Dasgupta;C. S. Holling

Frequent Co-Authors

Partha Dasgupta
Partha Dasgupta University of Cambridge
Simon A. Levin
Simon A. Levin Princeton University
Leonid Hurwicz
Leonid Hurwicz University of Minnesota
Karl-Göran Mäler
Karl-Göran Mäler Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Paul R. Ehrlich
Paul R. Ehrlich Stanford University
Gretchen C. Daily
Gretchen C. Daily Stanford University
Lawrence H. Goulder
Lawrence H. Goulder Stanford University
Brian Walker
Brian Walker Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Maureen L. Cropper
Maureen L. Cropper University of Maryland, College Park
Carl Folke
Carl Folke Stockholm University

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