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D-Index
38
Citations
46400
World Ranking
5747
National Ranking
2718

W. Brian Arthur publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where W. Brian Arthur sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 58 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

W. Brian Arthur D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where W. Brian Arthur sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

W. Brian Arthur is affiliated with the Santa Fe Institute in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with specific contributions in subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Management Science and Operations Research, Molecular Biology, and Plant Science.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Economic theories and models
  • Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis
  • Economic Theory and Institutions
  • Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms
  • Game Theory and Applications
  • Pineapple and bromelain studies
  • Garlic and Onion Studies

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Foundations of complexity economics", 2021, published in Nature Reviews Physics
  • "Economics in nouns and verbs", 2022, published in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
  • "Assessment of Quality Characteristics of Organic and Conventional Sugarloaf Pineapples (Ananas comosus, ananas) Under Cold Storage", 2023, published in Agricultural and Food Science Journal of Ghana
  • "175 (PB163): Preclinical evaluation of IM-1021, a ROR1-targeted antibody-drug conjugate with a novel topoisomerase I linker payload", 2024, published in European Journal of Cancer

The venues where W. Brian Arthur frequently publishes include:

  • Nature Reviews Physics
  • Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
  • Agricultural and Food Science Journal of Ghana
  • European Journal of Cancer

Frequent collaborators in their work include Papa Toah Akonor, C. Oduro-Yeboah, L. C. Baffour Gyasi, Edna Mireku Essel, and Jemima Dowuona.

Best Publications

  • COMPETING TECHNOLOGIES, INCREASING RETURNS, AND LOCK-IN BY HISTORICAL EVENTS*

    W. Brian Arthur

  • Increasing Returns and Path Dependence in the Economy

    W. Brian Arthur

  • The Nature of Technology: What it Is and How it Evolves

    W. Brian Arthur

  • Inductive Reasoning and Bounded Rationality

    W. Brian Arthur

  • Positive feedbacks in the economy

    W. Brian Arthur

  • The economy as an evolving complex system II

    W. Brian Arthur

  • Self-Reinforcing Mechanisms in Economics

    W. Brian Arthur

  • Complexity and the Economy

    W. Brian Arthur

  • Time series properties of an artificial stock market

    Blake LeBaron;Blake LeBaron;W.Brian Arthur;Richard Palmer

  • Path-dependent processes and the emergence of macro-structure

    W. Brian Arthur;Yu.M. Ermoliev;Yu.M. Kaniovski

  • ‘Silicon Valley’ locational clusters: when do increasing returns imply monopoly?

    W.Brian Arthur;W.Brian Arthur

  • Artificial economic life: a simple model of a stockmarket

    R. G. Palmer;R. G. Palmer;W. Brian Arthur;W. Brian Arthur;John H. Holland;John H. Holland;Blake LeBaron;Blake LeBaron

  • The structure of invention

    W. Brian Arthur

  • A Treatise on the Family.

    W. Brian Arthur;Gary S. Becker

  • Designing Economic Agents that Act Like Human Agents: A Behavioral Approach to Bounded Rationality

    W Brian Arthur

  • Out-of-Equilibrium Economics and Agent-Based Modeling

    W. Brian Arthur

  • Asset Pricing Under Endogenous Expectations in an Artificial Stock Market

    W. Brian Arthur;John H. Holland;Blake LeBaron;Richard Palmer

  • On designing economic agents that behave like human agents

    W. Brian Arthur;W. Brian Arthur

  • Foundations of complexity economics

    W. Brian Arthur;W. Brian Arthur

  • Increasing returns and the new world of business

    W. Brian Arthur

  • Increasing Returns and Path Dependence in the Economy.

    Stephen Broadberry;W. Brian Arthur

  • Asset Pricing Under Endogenous Expectation in an Artificial Stock Market

    W. Brian Arthur;John H. Holland;Blake Lebaron;Richard Palmer

Frequent Co-Authors

Blake LeBaron
Blake LeBaron Brandeis University
John H. Holland
John H. Holland University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Stephen Broadberry
Stephen Broadberry University of Oxford
Gary S. Becker
Gary S. Becker University of Chicago
Ronald Lee
Ronald Lee University of California, Berkeley

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