2026 Paul Krugman: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	126	28	25	22	20	505	171263

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2019 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
2008 - Nobel Prize for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity
2008 - Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity
1992 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1991 - John Bates Clark Medal, the American Economic Association
1986 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

Paul Krugman is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research contributions span economics and related fields, focusing notably on regional economics and spatial analysis, as well as intersections with health, medicine, and social issues.

The scientist's recent papers include the following:

Old wisdom and the New Economic Geography: Managing uncertainty in 21st century regional and urban development, 2024, Regional Science Policy & Practice
Cooperating for a better future, 2023, CIRIEC-España revista de economía pública social y cooperativa
The Godley-Tobin Memorial Lecture, 2023, Review of Keynesian Economics
The road to global economic recovery, 2009, 2022, Revista de Economía del Caribe
Quand le commerce devient une arme, 2023, Commentaire

Frequent co-authors of Paul Krugman include Robin Wells, Peter Nijkamp, Karima Kourtit, Carlos Moreno, and William R. Lewis.

Primary publication venues for their research work are:

CIRIEC-España revista de economía pública social y cooperativa
Regional Science Policy & Practice
Revista de Economía del Caribe
Review of Keynesian Economics
Commentaire

Paul Krugman has several book publications with diverse publishers. Some notable titles include:

Volkswirtschaftslehre, Schäffer-Poeschel eBooks, 2023
Lives of the Laureates, The MIT Press, 2020
:, eBooks, 2020
(PDF) Macroeconomics Fifth Edition, European Organization for Nuclear Research, 2020
Economie Internationale (12e ed.), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 2022

Their research topics cover:

Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
Regional resilience and development
Regional Economic and Spatial Analysis
Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity
Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
Health, Medicine and Society

Subfields of study where Paul Krugman has contributions include economics and econometrics, general health professions, and philosophy.

Among distinctions and awards, Paul Krugman received:

Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (2019)
Nobel Memorial Prize laureate in Economics (2008) for analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity
Nobel Prize (2008) for analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1992)
John Bates Clark Medal, the American Economic Association (1991)
Fellow of the Econometric Society (1986)

Best Publications

Increasing Returns and Economic Geography

Paul Krugman

20876
Citations
Geography and Trade

Paul R. Krugman

17403
Citations
The Spatial Economy: Cities, Regions, and International Trade

Masahisa Fujita;Paul Krugman;Anthony J. Venables

12990
Citations
Market Structure and Foreign Trade: Increasing Returns, Imperfect Competition and the International Economy

Elhanan Helpman;Paul R. Krugman

10051
Citations
International Economics: Theory and Policy

Paul R. Krugman;Maurice Obstfeld

9004
Citations
Scale Economies, Product Differentiation, and the Pattern of Trade

Paul Krugman

8532
Citations
Increasing returns, monopolistic competition, and international trade

Paul R. Krugman

7078
Citations
Development, Geography, and Economic Theory

Paul R. Krugman

6132
Citations
A Model of Balance-of-Payments Crises

Paul Krugman

5694
Citations
The Myth of Asia's Miracle

Paul Krugman

5411
Citations
Competitiveness: A Dangerous Obsession

Paul Krugman

4939
Citations
Globalization and the Inequality of Nations

Paul Krugman;Anthony J. Venables

4720
Citations
The Spatial Economy

Masahisa Fujita;Paul Krugman

4504
Citations
Globalization and the Inequality of Nations

Paul Krugman;Anthony J. Venables

4368
Citations
The Return of Depression Economics

Paul R. Krugman

4186
Citations
Development, Geography, and Economic Theory

Paul Krugman

4154
Citations
It's Baaack: Japan's Slump and the Return of the Liquidity Trap

Paul R. Krugman;Kathryn M. Dominquez;Kenneth Rogoff

2535
Citations
Growing World Trade: Causes and Consequences

Paul Krugman;Richard N. Cooper;T. N. Srinivasan

2479
Citations
A ‘reciprocal dumping’ model of international trade

James A Brander;Paul Krugman

2342
Citations
A model of innovation, technology transfer, and the world distribution of income

Paul Krugman

2317
Citations
The Self Organizing Economy

Paul R. Krugman

2269
Citations
Debt, Deleveraging, and the Liquidity Trap: A Fisher-Minsky-Koo Approach*

Gauti B. Eggertsson;Paul Krugman

2101
Citations
WHAT'S NEW ABOUT THE NEW ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY?

Paul Krugman

2082
Citations
Target Zones and Exchange Rate Dynamics

Paul R. Krugman

2049
Citations
THE NARROW MOVING BAND, THE DUTCH DISEASE, AND THE COMPETITIVE CONSEQUENCES OF MRS. THATCHER Notes on Trade in the Presence of Dynamic Scale Economies

Paul Krugman

2047
Citations
Geography and Trade

Alan MacPherson;P. Krugman

64
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Maurice Obstfeld University of California, Berkeley

Anthony J. Venables University of Manchester

Richard E. Baldwin IMD Business School

Masahisa Fujita Kyoto University

Marc J. Melitz Harvard University

Robert Z. Lawrence Harvard University

Rudiger Dornbusch MIT

Martin Feldstein Harvard University

Julio J. Rotemberg Harvard University

Torsten Persson Stockholm University

External Links

Personal website of Paul Krugman

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