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2024

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D-Index
69
Citations
12991
World Ranking
495
National Ranking
56

Nicholas Crafts 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 Crafts sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 326 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nicholas Crafts 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 Crafts 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
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This scientist: 69 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% 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 Kingdom Leader Award
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Nicholas Crafts was affiliated with the University of Sussex in United Kingdom and contributed extensively to the field of economics, particularly focusing on economic growth, productivity, and historical economic studies. Their research spanned multiple subfields, including economics and econometrics, political science and international relations, and finance. Their scholarly output demonstrated considerable engagement with themes such as monetary policy, economic impact, and the political and economic history of the UK and US.

The scholar's frequent publication venues included:

  • Economic Affairs
  • Oxford Review of Economic Policy
  • National Institute Economic Review
  • The Economic History Review
  • European Review of Economic History

The topics extensively covered in their work were:

  • Economic Growth and Productivity
  • Historical Economic and Social Studies
  • Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
  • Political and Economic history of UK and US
  • Economic Theory and Policy
  • Australian History and Society
  • Culture, Economy, and Development Studies

Among the recent papers authored by Nicholas Crafts were:

  • "Artificial intelligence as a general-purpose technology: an historical perspective" (2021), published in Oxford Review of Economic Policy
  • "IS THE UK PRODUCTIVITY SLOWDOWN UNPRECEDENTED?" (2020), published in National Institute Economic Review
  • "Understanding productivity growth in the industrial revolution†" (2021), published in The Economic History Review
  • "Sooner than you think: the Pre-1914 UK Productivity Slowdown was Victorian not Edwardian" (2020), published in European Review of Economic History
  • "Considering the Counterfactual: Real Wages in the First Industrial Revolution" (2021), published in The Economic Journal

Their work often intersected with coauthors such as Terence C. Mills, with whom they collaborated on multiple occasions. Crafts's interdisciplinary approach combined analysis of historical economic conditions with contemporary economic theory and policy discussions.

In recognition of contributions to social sciences, Nicholas Crafts was named a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • British Economic Growth During the Industrial Revolution

    Nicholas Crafts

  • Economic growth in Europe since 1945

    Nicholas Crafts;Gianni Toniolo

  • Output growth and the British industrial revolution: a restatement of the Crafts‐Harley view

    N. F. R. Crafts;C. K. Harley

  • Steam as a general purpose technology: A growth accounting perspective

    Nicholas Crafts

  • The Human Development Index and changes in standards of living: Some historical comparisons

    N. F. R. Crafts

  • Exogenous or Endogenous Growth? The Industrial Revolution Reconsidered

    N. F. R. Crafts

  • REGULATION AND PRODUCTIVITY PERFORMANCE

    Nicholas Crafts

  • Simulating the Two Views of the British Industrial Revolution

    C. Knick Harley;N.F.R. Crafts

  • From Malthus to Solow: How did the Malthusian economy really evolve?

    Nicholas Crafts;Terence C. Mills

  • Globalization and Growth in the Twentieth Century

    Nicholas Crafts

  • Some Dimensions of the Quality of Life during the British Industrial Revolution

    Nicholas Crafts

  • The human development index, 1870-1999: some revised estimates

    Nicholas Crafts

  • Productivity growth reconsidered

    Nicholas Crafts

  • Making sense of the manufacturing belt : determinants of U.S. industrial location, 1880-1920

    Alexander Klein;Nicholas Crafts

  • Productivity Growth in the Industrial Revolution: A New Growth Accounting Perspective

    Nicholas Crafts

  • Lessons from the 1930s Great Depression

    Nicholas Crafts;Peter Fearon

  • Britain's Productivity Gap in the 1930s: Some Neglected Factors

    S. N. Broadberry;N. F. R. Crafts

  • British Economic Policy and Industrial Performance in the Early Post-War Period

    Stephen Broadberry;Nicholas Crafts

  • Comparative Advantage in UK Manufacturing Trade, 1910-1935

    N. F. R. Crafts;Mark Thomas

  • The location of the UK cotton textiles industry in 1838 : a quantitative analysis

    Nicholas Crafts;Nikolaus Wolf

  • Economic growth in Europe since 1945: Postwar growth: an overview

    Nicholas Crafts;Gianni Toniolo

  • Quantitative Aspects of Post-war European Economic Growth

    Bart van Ark;Nicholas Crafts

Frequent Co-Authors

Terence C. Mills
Terence C. Mills Loughborough University
Stephen Broadberry
Stephen Broadberry University of Oxford
Gianni Toniolo
Gianni Toniolo University of Rome Tor Vergata
Anthony J. Venables
Anthony J. Venables University of Manchester
Stephen J. Leybourne
Stephen J. Leybourne University of Nottingham
Bart van Ark
Bart van Ark University of Manchester
Geoffrey Wood
Geoffrey Wood University of Western Ontario
Barry Eichengreen
Barry Eichengreen University of California, Berkeley
Mark Harrison
Mark Harrison University of Oxford

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