2026 Richard R. Nelson: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	110	59	47	333	143774

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Economics and Finance

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Research.com Recognitions

2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
1997 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1968 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Richard R. Nelson was affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research contributions spanned multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on economics and econometrics, with additional work in astronomy and astrophysics, infectious diseases, neurology, and epidemiology.

Themes covered in their research included economic theory and institutions, economic theories and models, complex systems and time series analysis, HIV/AIDS research and interventions, HIV, drug use, and sexual risk, global maternal and child health, and historical economic and social studies.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Nelson included Bhaven N. Sampat, Arvids A. Ziedonis, Jennifer Namusobya, Thomas Nsibambi, and Emilio Dirlikov.

Key publication venues in which Nelson published were:

Industrial and Corporate Change
Stanford University Press eBooks
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Space Science Reviews
Pediatric Neurosurgery

Notable recent papers authored by Nelson were:

"A perspective on the evolution of evolutionary economics" (2020) in Industrial and Corporate Change
"On "reasoned history"" (2020) in Industrial and Corporate Change
"The economic system question revisited" (2022) in Industrial and Corporate Change

Books published under their name included:

Ivory Tower and Industrial Innovation (2020), published by Stanford University Press eBooks
Ivanov (2022), published by Theatre Communications Group eBooks

Nelson received recognition as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1997 and as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1968.

Best Publications

An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change

Sidney G. Winter;Richard R. Nelson

32208
Citations
National Innovation Systems: A Comparative Analysis

Richard R. Nelson

14136
Citations
Sources, Procedures, and Microeconomic Effects of Innovation

Giovanni Dosi;Fabio Arcangeli;Paul David;Frank Engelman

8244
Citations
Appropriating the Returns from Industrial Research and Development

Richard C. Levin;Alvin K. Klevorick;Richard R. Nelson;Sidney G. Winter

5896
Citations
Technical Change and Economic Theory

Giovanni Dosi;Christopher Freeman;Richard Nelson;Gerald Silverberg

5455
Citations
The Simple Economics of Basic Scientific Research

Richard R. Nelson

4922
Citations
Investment in Humans, Technological Diffusion and Economic Growth

Richard R. Nelson;Edmond S. Phelps

4427
Citations
Protecting Their Intellectual Assets: Appropriability Conditions and Why U.S. Manufacturing Firms Patent (or Not)

Wesley M. Cohen;Richard R. Nelson;John P. Walsh

4077
Citations
Links and Impacts: The Influence of Public Research on Industrial R&D

Wesley M. Cohen;Richard R. Nelson;John P. Walsh

3928
Citations
Why do firms differ, and how does it matter?

Richard R. Nelson

3693
Citations
On the Complex Economics of Patent Scope

Robert P. Merges;Richard R. Nelson

2698
Citations
The nature and dynamics of organizational capabilities

Giovanni Dosi;Richard R. Nelson;Sidney G. Winter

2569
Citations
In search of useful theory of innovation

Richard R. Nelson;Sidney G. Winter

2382
Citations
On the sources and significance of interindustry differences in technological opportunities

Alvin K. Klevorick;Richard C. Levin;Richard R. Nelson;Sidney G. Winter

2288
Citations
Evolutionary theorizing in economics

Richard R. Nelson;Sidney G. Winter

1848
Citations
The growth of patenting and licensing by U.S. universities: an assessment of the effects of the Bayh–Dole act of 1980

David C Mowery;Richard R Nelson;Bhaven N Sampat;Arvids A Ziedonis

1807
Citations
An introduction to evolutionary theories in economics

Giovanni Dosi;Giovanni Dosi;Richard R. Nelson

1371
Citations
Ivory Tower and Industrial Innovation

David C. Mowery;Richard R. Nelson;Bhaven N. Sampat;Arvids A. Ziedonis

1370
Citations
Making Sense of Institutions as a Factor Shaping Economic Performance

Richard R. Nelson;Bhaven N. Sampat

1358
Citations
Ivory Tower and Industrial Innovation: University-Industry Technology Transfer Before and After the Bayh-Dole Act

Arvids A.Ve Ziedonis;Richard R. Nelson;Bhaven N. Sampat

1303
Citations
Technical Change and Economic Theory

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

683
Citations
An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change

B. Curtis Eaton;Richard R. Nelson;Sidney G. Winter

259
Citations
An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change.by Richard R. Nelson; Sidney G. Winter

Jay B. Barney;Richard R. Nelson;Sidney G. Winter

11
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sidney G. Winter University of Pennsylvania

Giovanni Dosi Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

Franco Malerba Bocconi University

T. Paul Schultz Yale University

John P. Walsh Georgia Institute of Technology

Wesley M. Cohen Duke University

Nathan Rosenberg University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

Joseph E. Stiglitz Columbia University

Christopher Freeman University of Sussex

Katherine Nelson City University of New York

External Links

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