2026 Tarun Khanna: 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	63	666	599	420	370	259	39754

Tarun Khanna 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 Tarun Khanna sits on this spectrum.

42 publications 521+

This scientist: 259 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tarun Khanna 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 Tarun Khanna sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Tarun Khanna is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States, with a primary focus on the field of Business, Management and Accounting. Their research spans various subfields including Infectious Diseases, Strategy and Management, Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.

The topics most frequently addressed in their work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies, Immune Responses and Vaccinations, COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing, and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications.

Tarun Khanna has contributed to multiple recent papers, covering interdisciplinary themes. Notable papers include:

"Is Hybrid Work the Best of Both Worlds? Evidence from a Field Experiment" (2022, SSRN Electronic Journal)
"Missense3D-DB web catalogue: an atom-based analysis and repository of 4M human protein-coding genetic variants" (2021, Human Genetics)
"A common TMPRSS2 variant has a protective effect against severe COVID-19" (2022, Current Research in Translational Medicine)
"Is Hybrid Work the Best of Both Worlds? Evidence from a Field Experiment" (2024, The Review of Economics and Statistics)
"Locational Investment Signals: How to Steer the Siting of New Generation Capacity in Power Systems?" (2020, The Energy Journal)

The frequent co-authors with whom Khanna has collaborated include:

Prithwiraj Choudhury
Michael J.E. Sternberg
Alessia David
Christos Makridis
Kyle Schirmann

Khanna's work has been widely published across a range of academic venues, including:

SSRN Electronic Journal
The Lancet
Journal of Medical Internet Research
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Academy of Management Proceedings

Their contributions reflect engagement with complex issues in health sciences and management, often intersecting epidemiology with behavioral economics and organizational studies. The research discusses themes relevant to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, addressing clinical research and public health policy aspects alongside digital health technologies.

Best Publications

Why Focused Strategies May Be Wrong for Emerging Markets

Tarun Khanna;Krishna G. Palepu

3735
Citations
IS GROUP AFFILIATION PROFITABLE IN EMERGING MARKETS? AN ANALYSIS OF DIVERSIFIED INDIAN BUSINESS GROUPS

Tarun Khanna;Krishna G. Palepu

3660
Citations
Do Firms Learn to Create Value? The Case of Alliances

Bharat N. Anand;Tarun Khanna

3051
Citations
The dynamics of learning alliances: competition, cooperation, and relative scope

Tarun Khanna;Ranjay Gulati;Nitin Nohria

2828
Citations
Estimating the performance effects of business groups in emerging markets

Tarun Khanna;Jan W. Rivkin

2158
Citations
Business Groups in Emerging Markets: Paragons or Parasites?

Tarun Khanna;Yishay P. Yafeh

2105
Citations
The Future of Business Groups in Emerging Markets: Long-Run Evidence From Chile

Tarun Khanna;Krishna G. Palepu

1894
Citations
Winning in Emerging Markets: A Road Map for Strategy and Execution

Tarun Khanna;Krishna G. Palepu

1708
Citations
Negative emissions-Part 2 : Costs, potentials and side effects

Sabine Fuss;William F Lamb;Max W Callaghan;Jérôme Hilaire

1542
Citations
Strategies that fit emerging markets.

Tarun Khanna;Krishna G. Palepu;Jayant Sinha

1366
Citations
The Structure of Licensing Contracts

Bharat N. Anand;Tarun Khanna

935
Citations
Emerging Giants: Building World-Class Companies in Developing Countries

Tarun Khanna;Krishna G. Palepu

928
Citations
Negative emissions—Part 1: Research landscape and synthesis

Jan C Minx;William F Lamb;Max W Callaghan;Sabine Fuss

904
Citations
Emerging Giants: Building World-Class Companies in Emerging Markets

Tarun Khanna;Krishna G. Palepu

840
Citations
The Nature of Diversified Business Groups: A Research Design and Two Case Studies

Pankaj Ghemawat;Tarun Khanna

802
Citations
Business Groups and Risk Sharing Around the World

Tarun Khanna;Yishay Yafeh

751
Citations
Emerging Market Business Groups, Foreign Investors, and Corporate Governance

Tarun Khanna;Krishna Palepu

649
Citations
Emerging Market Business Groups, Foreign Intermediaries, and Corporate Governance

Tarun Khanna;Krishna Palepu

636
Citations
Unilateral Commitments and the Importance of Process in Alliances

Ranjay Gulati;Tarun Khanna;Nitin Nohria

614
Citations
Bringing history (back) into international business

Geoffrey Jones;Tarun Khanna

553
Citations
Policy Shocks, Market Intermediaries, and Corporate Strategy: The Evolution of Business Groups in Chile and India

Tarun Khanna;Krishna G. Palepu

536
Citations
New frontiers in international strategy

Joan Enric Ricart;Michael J Enright;Pankaj Ghemawat;Stuart L Hart

508
Citations
Business groups and social welfare in emerging markets: Existing evidence and unanswered questions

Tarun Khanna

508
Citations
The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets

Krishna Palepu;Tarun Khanna

485
Citations
Business Groups and Risk Sharing around the World

Yishay Yafeh;Tarun Khanna

148
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Krishna G. Palepu Harvard University

Geoffrey Jones Harvard University

Pankaj Ghemawat University of Navarra

Raymond Fisman Boston University

Yishay Yafeh Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Ramana Nanda Imperial College London

Ranjay Gulati Harvard University

Nitin Nohria Harvard University

Karim R. Lakhani Harvard University

Stuart L. Hart University of Vermont

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