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Economics and Finance
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2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Economics and Finance 99 111 99 88 77 397 82517

Nicholas Bloom publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Nicholas Bloom between 1998 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Nicholas Bloom published across 28 years, from 1998 to 2025, averaging 19.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 61 publications in 2020. 66 of the 557 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1998 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 61. Peak 61 publications in 2020. 1998: 1 publication 1999: 1 publication 2000: 2 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 8 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 23 publications 2011: 16 publications 2012: 21 publications 2013: 25 publications 2014: 21 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 26 publications 2017: 23 publications 2018: 49 publications 2019: 39 publications 2020: 61 publications 2021: 51 publications 2022: 28 publications 2023: 29 publications 2024: 33 publications 2025: 33 publications
1998 2025

557 publications in total across all disciplines

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Nicholas Bloom: publications per year, 1998 to 2025
Year Publications
1998 1
1999 1
2000 2
2001 5
2002 8
2003 3
2004 2
2005 10
2006 7
2007 9
2008 7
2009 10
2010 23
2011 16
2012 21
2013 25
2014 21
2015 14
2016 26
2017 23
2018 49
2019 39
2020 61
2021 51
2022 28
2023 29
2024 33
2025 33
Total 557
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Nicholas Bloom publications per year - data summary

  • Nicholas Bloom, a Economics and Finance scholar from Stanford University, has 557 publications recorded across 28 years, from 1998 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1998 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2020, with 61 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1998 and 1999, with 1 publication each.
  • The rate of publication averages 19.9 papers per year over the whole span, or 19.9 per year counting only the 28 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 174 publications, 31% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1998-2007: 48 publications (4.8 per year); 2008-2017: 186 publications (18.6 per year); 2018-2025: 323 publications (40.4 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Nicholas Bloom 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 Nicholas Bloom sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 42–46 to 521+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 111. Most scientists, 111, have 137–141 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 397–401 publications, is where this scientist sits. 42–46 publications: 1 scientist 47–51 publications: 12 scientists 52–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–61 publications: 23 scientists 62–66 publications: 32 scientists 67–71 publications: 36 scientists 72–76 publications: 56 scientists 77–81 publications: 57 scientists 82–86 publications: 70 scientists 87–91 publications: 86 scientists 92–96 publications: 72 scientists 97–101 publications: 106 scientists 102–106 publications: 97 scientists 107–111 publications: 96 scientists 112–116 publications: 101 scientists 117–121 publications: 103 scientists 122–126 publications: 102 scientists 127–131 publications: 108 scientists 132–136 publications: 107 scientists 137–141 publications: 111 scientists 142–146 publications: 94 scientists 147–151 publications: 96 scientists 152–156 publications: 100 scientists 157–161 publications: 74 scientists 162–166 publications: 68 scientists 167–171 publications: 91 scientists 172–176 publications: 76 scientists 177–181 publications: 75 scientists 182–186 publications: 61 scientists 187–191 publications: 66 scientists 192–196 publications: 68 scientists 197–201 publications: 71 scientists 202–206 publications: 60 scientists 207–211 publications: 56 scientists 212–216 publications: 44 scientists 217–221 publications: 51 scientists 222–226 publications: 65 scientists 227–231 publications: 48 scientists 232–236 publications: 59 scientists 237–241 publications: 37 scientists 242–246 publications: 37 scientists 247–251 publications: 41 scientists 252–256 publications: 43 scientists 257–261 publications: 33 scientists 262–266 publications: 34 scientists 267–271 publications: 39 scientists 272–276 publications: 25 scientists 277–281 publications: 29 scientists 282–286 publications: 29 scientists 287–291 publications: 26 scientists 292–296 publications: 31 scientists 297–301 publications: 31 scientists 302–306 publications: 24 scientists 307–311 publications: 28 scientists 312–316 publications: 24 scientists 317–321 publications: 13 scientists 322–326 publications: 14 scientists 327–331 publications: 25 scientists 332–336 publications: 18 scientists 337–341 publications: 16 scientists 342–346 publications: 18 scientists 347–351 publications: 15 scientists 352–356 publications: 17 scientists 357–361 publications: 19 scientists 362–366 publications: 16 scientists 367–371 publications: 17 scientists 372–376 publications: 7 scientists 377–381 publications: 18 scientists 382–386 publications: 13 scientists 387–391 publications: 19 scientists 392–396 publications: 9 scientists 397–401 publications: 10 scientists 402–406 publications: 13 scientists 407–411 publications: 13 scientists 412–416 publications: 5 scientists 417–421 publications: 10 scientists 422–426 publications: 6 scientists 427–431 publications: 12 scientists 432–436 publications: 9 scientists 437–441 publications: 9 scientists 442–446 publications: 10 scientists 447–451 publications: 12 scientists 452–456 publications: 8 scientists 457–461 publications: 4 scientists 462–466 publications: 7 scientists 467–471 publications: 4 scientists 472–476 publications: 5 scientists 477–481 publications: 6 scientists 482–486 publications: 7 scientists 487–491 publications: 8 scientists 492–496 publications: 5 scientists 497–501 publications: 4 scientists 502–506 publications: 4 scientists 507–511 publications: 5 scientists 512–516 publications: 7 scientists 517–520 publications: 7 scientists 521+ publications: 99 scientists
42–46 publications 521+

This scientist: 397 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Economics and Finance scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,760 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
42–46 1
47–51 12
52–56 7
57–61 23
62–66 32
67–71 36
72–76 56
77–81 57
82–86 70
87–91 86
92–96 72
97–101 106
102–106 97
107–111 96
112–116 101
117–121 103
122–126 102
127–131 108
132–136 107
137–141 111
142–146 94
147–151 96
152–156 100
157–161 74
162–166 68
167–171 91
172–176 76
177–181 75
182–186 61
187–191 66
192–196 68
197–201 71
202–206 60
207–211 56
212–216 44
217–221 51
222–226 65
227–231 48
232–236 59
237–241 37
242–246 37
247–251 41
252–256 43
257–261 33
262–266 34
267–271 39
272–276 25
277–281 29
282–286 29
287–291 26
292–296 31
297–301 31
302–306 24
307–311 28
312–316 24
317–321 13
322–326 14
327–331 25
332–336 18
337–341 16
342–346 18
347–351 15
352–356 17
357–361 19
362–366 16
367–371 17
372–376 7
377–381 18
382–386 13
387–391 19
392–396 9
397–401 10 397
402–406 13
407–411 13
412–416 5
417–421 10
422–426 6
427–431 12
432–436 9
437–441 9
442–446 10
447–451 12
452–456 8
457–461 4
462–466 7
467–471 4
472–476 5
477–481 6
482–486 7
487–491 8
492–496 5
497–501 4
502–506 4
507–511 5
512–516 7
517–520 7
521+ 99
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Nicholas Bloom publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 3,760 Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 97 ranges running from 42–46 to 521+ publications.
  • Nicholas Bloom, a Economics and Finance scholar from Stanford University, records 397 publications - the 92nd percentile of the discipline.
  • 92% of ranked Economics and Finance scientists score the same or lower than Nicholas Bloom, and about 8% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 167–171 publications range, and Nicholas Bloom ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 137–141 publications, holding 111 scientists (3% of the field).
  • 48% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 162–166 publications), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 521 publications or more, 99 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Nicholas Bloom 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 Nicholas Bloom sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 72 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 101+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 178. Most scientists, 178, have 33 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 99 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 99 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.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Economics and Finance scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,760 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 126
31 147
32 157
33 178
34 171
35 141
36 132
37 129
38 130
39 120
40 117
41 113
42 114
43 97
44 115
45 86
46 78
47 83
48 62
49 74
50 50
51 66
52 69
53 55
54 67
55 61
56 62
57 45
58 34
59 47
60 46
61 36
62 37
63 56
64 50
65 32
66 28
67 30
68 24
69 25
70 22
71 21
72 26
73 24
74 23
75 12
76 14
77 15
78 15
79 17
80 17
81 11
82 10
83 16
84 11
85 5
86 9
87 13
88 9
89 7
90 6
91 4
92 8
93 10
94 11
95 6
96 4
97 4
98 6
99 6 99
100 8
101+ 100
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Nicholas Bloom D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 3,760 Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 72 ranges running from 30 to 101+ D-Index.
  • Nicholas Bloom, a Economics and Finance scholar from Stanford University, records 99 D-Index - the 97th percentile of the discipline.
  • 97% of ranked Economics and Finance scientists score the same or lower than Nicholas Bloom, and about 3% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 44 D-Index range, and Nicholas Bloom ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 33 D-Index, holding 178 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 47 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2011 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
  • 2008 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Nicholas Bloom is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and specializes in the field of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with a focus on subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions, and Finance.

Their main research topics cover a range of subjects:

  • Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
  • Market Dynamics and Volatility
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Firm Innovation and Growth
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
  • Economic Growth and Productivity

Recent publications by Nicholas Bloom include:

  • Economic uncertainty before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020), Journal of Public Economics
  • Are Ideas Getting Harder to Find? (2020), American Economic Review
  • Why Working From Home Will Stick (2020), SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Evolution of Work from Home (2023), The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  • Hybrid working from home improves retention without damaging performance (2024), Nature

Nicholas Bloom frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Steven J. Davis
  • Jose Maria Barrero
  • John Van Reenen
  • Cevat Giray Aksoy
  • Paul Mizen

Their works have been published extensively in venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • AEA Papers and Proceedings

Nicholas Bloom has received several recognitions, including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2013
  • Fellows of the Econometric Society, 2011
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2008

Best Publications

  • Measuring Economic Policy Uncertainty

    Scott Ross Baker;Nicholas Bloom;Steven J. Davis

  • Competition and Innovation: an Inverted-U Relationship

    Philippe Aghion;Nicholas Bloom;Richard Blundell;Rachel Griffith

  • The Impact of Uncertainty Shocks

    Nicholas Bloom

  • Measuring and Explaining Management Practices Across Firms and Countries

    Nicholas Bloom;John Van Reenen

  • Competition and Innovation: An Inverted-U Relationship

    Philippe Aghion;Nicholas Bloom;Richard Blundell;Rachel Griffith

  • Really Uncertain Business Cycles

    Nicholas Bloom;Max Floetotto;Nir Jaimovich;Itay Saporta-Eksten

  • The Impact of Uncertainty Shocks

    Nicholas Bloom;Nicholas Bloom

  • 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

  • Fluctuations in Uncertainty

    Nicholas Bloom

  • COVID-Induced Economic Uncertainty

    Scott R. Baker;Nicholas Bloom;Steven J. Davis;Stephen J. Terry

  • Measuring and Explaining Management Practices Across Firms and Countries

    Nicholas Bloom;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

  • Does Working from Home Work? Evidence from a Chinese Experiment

    Nicholas Bloom;James Liang;John Roberts;Zhichun Jenny Ying

  • Does Management Matter? Evidence from India

    Nicholas Bloom;Benn Eifert;Aprajit Mahajan;David McKenzie

  • COVID-induced economic uncertainty

    Scott R Baker;Nicholas Bloom;Nicholas Bloom;Steven J Davis;Steven J Davis;Steven J Davis;Stephen J Terry

  • The Unprecedented Stock Market Reaction to COVID-19

    Scott R Baker;Nicholas Bloom;Steven J Davis;Kyle Kost

  • Why do Management Practices Differ Across Firms and Countries

    Nicholas Bloom;John van Reenen

  • Firming Up Inequality

    Jae Song;David J Price;Fatih Guvenen;Nicholas Bloom

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

    Nicholas Bloom;Raffaella Sadun;John Van Reenen

  • Why Do Management Practices Differ across Firms and Countries

    Nicholas Bloom;John Van Reenen

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

    Nicolas Bloom;Rachel Griffith;John Van Reenen

  • Economic uncertainty before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Dave Altig;Scott Baker;Jose Maria Barrero;Nicholas Bloom

  • Management Practices Across Firms and Countries

    Nicholas Bloom;Christos Genakos;Raffaella Sadun;John Van Reenen

  • Competition and Innovation: An Inverted U Relationship

    Philippe Aghion;Philippe Aghion;Philippe Aghion;Nicholas Bloom;Nicholas Bloom;Richard W. Blundell;Rachel Griffith;Rachel Griffith

  • Identifying Technology Spillovers and Product Market Rivalry

    Nicholas Bloom;Nicholas Bloom;Mark A. Schankerman;Mark A. Schankerman;John Van Reenen

  • Изменчивость уровня неопределенности в экономике

    N. Bloom

Frequent Co-Authors

John Van Reenen
John Van Reenen London School of Economics and Political Science
Steven J. Davis
Steven J. Davis Hoover Institution
Raffaella Sadun
Raffaella Sadun Harvard University
Paul Mizen
Paul Mizen King's College London
Philippe Aghion
Philippe Aghion London School of Economics and Political Science
Erik Brynjolfsson
Erik Brynjolfsson Stanford University
Rachel Griffith
Rachel Griffith University of Manchester
Lucia Foster
Lucia Foster US Census Bureau
Ron S. Jarmin
Ron S. Jarmin United States Census Bureau
Fatih Guvenen
Fatih Guvenen University of Toronto

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