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D-Index
54
Citations
25319
World Ranking
1097
National Ranking
32

Luc Soete 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 Luc Soete sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 231 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Luc Soete 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 Luc Soete 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: 54 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% 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

  • 2010 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Luc Soete is affiliated with Maastricht University in the Netherlands and has made contributions primarily in the field of Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

Their research spans several subfields, including Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations, Strategy and Management, Sociology and Political Science, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Main topics covered in their work include:

  • Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
  • Regional Development and Policy
  • Innovation Policy and R&D
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Research Data Management Practices

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Luc Soete include:

  • Economic impact of public R&D: an international perspective, 2021, Industrial and Corporate Change
  • How Covid-19 Could Trigger Organisational Innovation in Education, 2021, Annals of Social Sciences & Management studies

Other notable papers associated with their research area include:

  • Place-based innovation for sustainability, 2020, RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
  • On the syndemic nature of crises: A Freeman perspective, 2021, Research Policy
  • Innovation Indicators, 2022, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and Management

Frequent co-authors working alongside Luc Soete are:

  • Bart Verspagen
  • Thomas Ziesemer
  • Giovanni Dosi
  • Can Huang
  • Philip McCann

Their research has been published multiple times in key scientific venues including:

  • Industrial and Corporate Change
  • Research Policy
  • Economics of Innovation and New Technology
  • Annals of Social Sciences & Management studies
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

Luc Soete received recognition through membership in the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Technical Change and Economic Theory

    Giovanni Dosi;Christopher Freeman;Richard Nelson;Gerald Silverberg

  • The economics of technical change and international trade

    Giovanni Dosi;Keith Pavitt;Luc Soete

  • Unemployment and Technical Innovation: A Study of Long Waves and Economic Development

    Christopher Freeman;John Clark;Luc Soete

  • Systems of Innovation

    Luc Soete;Bart Verspagen;Bas ter Weel;Bas ter Weel

  • The Role of Foreign Technology and Indigenous Innovation in the Emerging Economies: Technological Change and Catching-up

    Xiaolan Fu;Carlo Pietrobelli;Carlo Pietrobelli;Luc Soete

  • A Economia da Inovação Industrial

    Chris Freeman;Luc Soete

  • Internationalization of services: A technological perspective

    Marcela Miozzo;Luc Soete

  • Catching up in technology: entry barriers and windows of opportunity

    Carlota Perez;Luc Soete

  • The Economics of Industrial Innovation - 3rd Edition

    Christopher Freeman;Luc Soete

  • Technical Change and Economic Theory

    Elias L. Khalil;Giovanni Dosi;Christopher Freeman;Richard Nelson

  • The impact of technological innovation on international trade patterns: The evidence reconsidered*

    Luc Soete

  • Developing science, technology and innovation indicators: What we can learn from the past

    Christopher Freeman;Luc Soete

  • A general test of technological gap trade theory

    Luc L. G. Soete

  • International diffusion of technology, industrial development and technological leapfrogging

    Luc Soete

  • Trade and Development in Services: a technological perspective [report for UNCTAD]

    Luc Soete;M. Miozzo

  • Firm size and inventive activity: The evidence reconsidered

    Luc L.G. Soete

  • The use of foreign patenting as an internationally comparable science and technology output indicator

    L. G. Soete;Sally M. E. Wyatt

  • The greening of technological progress: an evolutionary perspective

    René Kemp;Luc Soete

  • Technical change and international trade

    Giovanni Dosi;Luc Soete

  • Technical change and full employment

    Clive Hamilton;Christopher Freeman;Luc Soete

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher Freeman
Christopher Freeman University of Sussex
Giovanni Dosi
Giovanni Dosi Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Keith Pavitt
Keith Pavitt University of Sussex
Bas ter Weel
Bas ter Weel University of Amsterdam
Bart Verspagen
Bart Verspagen Maastricht University
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman Bangor University
René Kemp
René Kemp Maastricht University
Richard R. Nelson
Richard R. Nelson Columbia University
Dietmar Harhoff
Dietmar Harhoff Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
Marcela Miozzo
Marcela Miozzo King's College London

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