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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 142 10 8 2 1 616 154812

Philippe Aghion publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Philippe Aghion between 1985 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Philippe Aghion published across 41 years, from 1985 to 2025, averaging 16.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 46 publications in 2004. 20 of the 684 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1985 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 46. Peak 46 publications in 2004. 1985: 1 publication 1986: 0 publications 1987: 4 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 12 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 6 publications 1993: 14 publications 1994: 14 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 8 publications 1997: 15 publications 1998: 11 publications 1999: 22 publications 2000: 10 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 23 publications 2003: 12 publications 2004: 46 publications 2005: 28 publications 2006: 30 publications 2007: 34 publications 2008: 35 publications 2009: 38 publications 2010: 18 publications 2011: 19 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 18 publications 2014: 19 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 17 publications 2017: 27 publications 2018: 23 publications 2019: 26 publications 2020: 14 publications 2021: 39 publications 2022: 16 publications 2023: 19 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 12 publications
1985 2025

684 publications in total across all disciplines

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Philippe Aghion: publications per year, 1985 to 2025
Year Publications
1985 1
1986 0
1987 4
1988 2
1989 4
1990 12
1991 4
1992 6
1993 14
1994 14
1995 4
1996 8
1997 15
1998 11
1999 22
2000 10
2001 5
2002 23
2003 12
2004 46
2005 28
2006 30
2007 34
2008 35
2009 38
2010 18
2011 19
2012 13
2013 18
2014 19
2015 14
2016 17
2017 27
2018 23
2019 26
2020 14
2021 39
2022 16
2023 19
2024 8
2025 12
Total 684
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Philippe Aghion publications per year - data summary

  • Philippe Aghion, a Economics and Finance scholar from London School of Economics and Political Science, has 684 publications recorded across 41 years, from 1985 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1985 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2004, with 46 publications.
  • The least productive year with any output is 1985, with 1 publication.
  • 1 of the 41 years in the span carries no publications at all (1986).
  • The rate of publication averages 16.7 papers per year over the whole span, or 17.1 per year counting only the 40 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 94 publications, 14% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1985-1998: 99 publications (7.1 per year); 1999-2012: 333 publications (23.8 per year); 2013-2025: 252 publications (19.4 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Philippe Aghion 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 Philippe Aghion 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, 521+ 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: 616 publications — 99th percentile

99% 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
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+ 99 616
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Philippe Aghion 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.
  • Philippe Aghion, a Economics and Finance scholar from London School of Economics and Political Science, records 616 publications - the 99th percentile of the discipline.
  • 99% of ranked Economics and Finance scientists score the same or lower than Philippe Aghion, and about 1% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 167–171 publications range, and Philippe Aghion 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).

Philippe Aghion 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 Philippe Aghion 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, 101+ 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: 142 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% 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
100 8
101+ 100 142
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Philippe Aghion 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.
  • Philippe Aghion, a Economics and Finance scholar from London School of Economics and Political Science, records 142 D-Index - the 100th percentile of the discipline.
  • 100% of ranked Economics and Finance scientists score the same or lower than Philippe Aghion, and about 0% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 44 D-Index range, and Philippe Aghion 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 Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2019 - BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
  • 2017 - Foreign Honorary Member, the American Economic Association
  • 2016 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2016 - Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2001 - Yrjö Jahnsson Award
  • 1993 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

Philippe Aghion is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on economics, econometrics, and finance, with significant contributions in the subfields of economics and econometrics, general economics, strategy and management, modeling and simulation, and accounting.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Economic Growth and Productivity
  • Firm Innovation and Growth
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Labor Market Dynamics and Wage Inequality
  • Global Trade and Economics
  • COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies
  • Energy, Environment, Economic Growth

Philippe Aghion has published extensively in several academic venues. The venues where they have most frequently published include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • L'annuaire du Collège de France
  • The Lancet
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • The Review of Economics and Statistics

Their recent scholarly papers include:

  • "A Theory of Falling Growth and Rising Rents," 2023, The Review of Economic Studies
  • "Environmental Preferences and Technological Choices: Is Market Competition Clean or Dirty?," 2023, American Economic Review Insights
  • "The effect of COVID certificates on vaccine uptake, health outcomes, and the economy," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Turbulence, Firm Decentralization, and Growth in Bad Times," 2020, American Economic Journal Applied Economics
  • "SARS-CoV-2 elimination, not mitigation, creates best outcomes for health, the economy, and civil liberties," 2021, The Lancet

Among book publications, Philippe Aghion has titles published by Harvard University Press and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, including:

  • The Power of Creative Destruction, 2021 (Harvard University Press)
  • The Power of Creative Destruction: Economic Upheaval and the Wealth of Nations, 2021 (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Simon Bunel
  • Céline Antonin
  • Antonin Bergeaud
  • Miquel Oliu-Barton
  • Patrick Artus

Philippe Aghion has received multiple awards, such as:

  • BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, 2019
  • Foreign Honorary Member, the American Economic Association, 2017
  • Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum, 2016
  • Member of Academia Europaea, 2016
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2009
  • Yrjö Jahnsson Award, 2001
  • Fellow of the Econometric Society, 1993

Best Publications

  • A Model of Growth Through Creative Destruction

    Philippe Aghion;Peter Howitt

  • A Model of Growth Through Creative Destruction

    Philippe Aghion;Philippe Aghion;Philippe Aghion;Peter Howitt;Peter Howitt

  • A MODEL OF GROWTH THROUGH CREATIVE DESTRUCTION

    Philippe Aghion;Peter Howitt

  • Endogenous growth theory

    P. Aghion;P. Howitt

  • Competition and Innovation: an Inverted-U Relationship

    Philippe Aghion;Nicholas Bloom;Richard Blundell;Rachel Griffith

  • Formal and Real Authority in Organizations

    Philippe Aghion;Jean Marcal Pierre Tirole

  • An incomplete contracts approach to financial contracting

    Philippe Aghion;Patrick Bolton

  • The Environment and Directed Technical Change

    Daron Acemoglu;Philippe Aghion;Leonardo Bursztyn;David Hemous

  • Competition and Innovation: An Inverted-U Relationship

    Philippe Aghion;Nicholas Bloom;Richard Blundell;Rachel Griffith

  • Inequality and Economic Growth: The Perspective of the New Growth Theories

    Philippe Aghion;Eve Caroli;Cecilia García-Peñalosa

  • Distance to Frontier, Selection, and Economic Growth

    Daron Acemoglu;Philippe Aghion;Fabrizio Zilibotti

  • The Economics of Growth

    Philippe Aghion;Peter W. Howitt

  • A Theory of Trickle-Down Growth and Development

    Philippe Aghion;Patrick Bolton

  • Handbook of Economic Growth

    Philippe Aghion;Steven N. Durlauf

  • Innovation and Institutional Ownership

    Philippe Aghion;John Van Reenen;Luigi Zingales

  • Growth, distance to frontier and composition of human capital

    Jérôme Vandenbussche;Philippe Aghion;Costas Meghir

  • The Management of Innovation

    Philippe Aghion;Jean Tirole

  • Competition and Innovation: An Inverted-U Relationship*

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  • The Effect of Financial Development on Convergence: Theory and Evidence

    Philippe Aghion;Peter Howitt;David Mayer-Foulkes

  • Competition, Imitation and Growth with Step-by-Step Innovation

    Philippe Aghion;Christopher Harris;Peter Howitt;John Vickers

  • Exchange Rate Volatility and Productivity Growth: The Role of Financial Development

    Philippe Aghion;Philippe Aghion;Philippe Bacchetta;Philippe Bacchetta;Philippe Bacchetta;Romain Ranciere;Romain Ranciere;Kenneth S. Rogoff;Kenneth S. Rogoff

  • THE EFFECTS OF ENTRY ON INCUMBENT INNOVATION AND PRODUCTIVITY

    Philippe Aghion;Richard Blundell;Rachel Griffith;Peter Howitt

  • Contracts as a barrier to entry

    P. Aghion;P. Bolton

  • An Agenda for a Growing Europe: The Sapir Report

    Martin Hellwig;André Sapir;Philippe Aghion;Giuseppe Bertola

  • Competition and Innovation: An Inverted U Relationship

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

  • Innovation and institutional ownership

    Philippe Aghion;John van Reenen;Luigi Zingales

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Howitt
Peter Howitt Brown University
Mathias Dewatripont
Mathias Dewatripont Université Libre de Bruxelles
Ufuk Akcigit
Ufuk Akcigit University of Chicago
Philippe Bacchetta
Philippe Bacchetta University of Lausanne
Patrick Bolton
Patrick Bolton Imperial College London
Rachel Griffith
Rachel Griffith University of Manchester
André Sapir
André Sapir Université Libre de Bruxelles
Fabrizio Zilibotti
Fabrizio Zilibotti Yale University

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