2026 Robert J. Gordon: 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	77	318	285	230	203	295	38481

Overview

Robert J. Gordon is a researcher affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their primary area of study is Medicine, with a significant focus on Surgery, Physiology, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Economics and Econometrics, and Statistics and Probability as subfields.

The scientist's main research topics include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Economic Growth and Productivity, Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders, and Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies.

Robert J. Gordon has contributed to a number of recent papers, including:

A randomized, double-blind, phase 2b proof-of-concept clinical trial in early Alzheimer's disease with lecanemab, an anti-Aβ protofibril antibody (2021, Alzheimer's Research & Therapy)
Lower operating volume in shoulder arthroplasty is associated with increased revision rates in the early postoperative period: long-term analysis from the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry (2020, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery)
Correction: A randomized, double-blind, phase 2b proof-of-concept clinical trial in early Alzheimer's disease with lecanemab, an anti-Aβ protofibril antibody (2022, Alzheimer's Research & Therapy)
Regional climate influences manure temperature and methane emissions - A pan-Canadian modelling assessment (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
Persistence Of BAN2401-Mediated Amyloid Reductions Post-treatment: A Preliminary Comparison of Amyloid Status Between the Core Phase of BAN2401-G000-201 and Baseline of the Open-Label Extension Phase in Subjects with Early Alzheimer's Disease (1330) (2020, Neurology)

The scientist's frequent coauthors include Chad J. Swanson, Shobha Dhadda, June Kaplow, Lynn D. Kramer, and Robert Lai.

Robert J. Gordon has published in several venues repeatedly, including:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Alzheimer's & Dementia
Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
Neurology
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

In addition to journal articles, Robert has authored books published by Berghahn Books. Titles include South Africa's Dreams (2021, 2022 editions) and SOUTH AFRICA'S DREAMS (2021).

Best Publications

IS U.S. ECONOMIC GROWTH OVER? FALTERING INNOVATION CONFRONTS THE SIX HEADWINDS

Robert J. Gordon

3536
Citations
The Rise and Fall of American Growth

Robert J. Gordon

2980
Citations
The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War

Robert J. Gordon

2452
Citations
Does the "New Economy" Measure up to the Great Inventions of the Past?

Robert J. Gordon

2410
Citations
The measurement of durable goods prices

Robert J. Gordon

2293
Citations
The Macroeconomics of Low Inflation

George A. Akerlof;William T. Dickens;George L. Perry;Robert J. Gordon

2137
Citations
The Time-Varying NAIRU and its Implications for Economic Policy

Robert J. Gordon

1593
Citations
What Is New-Keynesian Economics?

Robert J Gordon

994
Citations
Output Fluctuations and Gradual Price Adjustment

Robert Gordon

833
Citations
Computers and Output Growth Revisited: How Big is the Puzzle?

Stephen D. Oliner;Daniel E. Sichel;Jack E. Triplett;Robert J. Gordon

735
Citations
The Productivity Slowdown, Measurement Issues, and the Explosion of Computer Power

Martin Neil Baily;Robert J Gordon

723
Citations
Consumer Prices, the Consumer Price Index, and the Cost of Living

Michael J. Boskin;Ellen L. Dulberger;Robert J. Gordon;Zvi Griliches

618
Citations
Where Did the Productivity Growth Go? Inflation Dynamics and the Distribution of Income

Ian Dew-Becker;Robert J. Gordon

575
Citations
Foundations of the Goldilocks Economy: Supply Shocks and the Time-Varying NAIRU

Robert J Gordon

564
Citations
The Estimation of Prewar Gross National Product: Methodology and New Evidence

Nathan S. Balke;Robert J. Gordon

542
Citations
Stabilization Policy Ten Years After

James Tobin;Edmund S. Phelps;William Poole;Martin Feldstein

509
Citations
Where did the Productivity Growth Go? Inflation Dynamics and the Distribution of Income

Robert J. Gordon;Robert J. Gordon;Robert J. Gordon;Ian L. Dew-Becker

462
Citations
Has the “New Economy” Rendered the Productivity Slowdown Obsolete?

Robert J. Gordon

438
Citations
Price Inertia and Policy Ineffectiveness in the United States, 1890-1980

Robert J. Gordon

435
Citations
The Economics of New Goods

Timothy F Bresnahan;Robert J Gordon

435
Citations
The American business cycle : continuity and change

Robert J Gordon

415
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert M. Solow MIT

Timothy F. Bresnahan Stanford University

Martin Neil Baily Brookings Institution

William D. Nordhaus Yale University

Edmund S. Phelps Columbia University

Katharine G. Abraham University of Maryland, College Park

Martin Feldstein Harvard University

Jack E. Triplett Brookings Institution

James Tobin Yale University

Zvi Griliches Harvard University

External Links

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