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Wesley M. Cohen

Wesley M. Cohen

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 33 6981 6483 3391 3091 61 96763

Wesley M. Cohen publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Wesley M. Cohen between 1983 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Wesley M. Cohen published across 43 years, from 1983 to 2025, averaging 1.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 5 publications in 2000. 7 of the 72 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
1 2 3 4 5
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1983 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 5. Peak 5 publications in 2000. 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 0 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 0 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 1 publication 1999: 0 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 2 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 3 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 0 publications 2010: 2 publications 2011: 1 publication 2012: 0 publications 2013: 1 publication 2014: 2 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 4 publications 2017: 0 publications 2018: 2 publications 2019: 3 publications 2020: 1 publication 2021: 0 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 2 publications 2025: 5 publications
1983 2025

72 publications in total across all disciplines

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Wesley M. Cohen: publications per year, 1983 to 2025
Year Publications
1983 1
1984 0
1985 1
1986 0
1987 2
1988 0
1989 4
1990 2
1991 0
1992 1
1993 0
1994 1
1995 0
1996 2
1997 1
1998 1
1999 0
2000 5
2001 2
2002 3
2003 5
2004 1
2005 2
2006 1
2007 3
2008 2
2009 0
2010 2
2011 1
2012 0
2013 1
2014 2
2015 3
2016 4
2017 0
2018 2
2019 3
2020 1
2021 0
2022 5
2023 1
2024 2
2025 5
Total 72
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Wesley M. Cohen publications per year - data summary

  • Wesley M. Cohen, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from Duke University, has 72 publications recorded across 43 years, from 1983 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1983 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive years are 2000, 2003, 2022 and 2025, with 5 publications each.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1983, 1985, 1992, 1994 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 11 of the 43 years in the span carry no publications at all (1984, 1986, 1988, 1991 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 1.7 papers per year over the whole span, or 2.3 per year counting only the 32 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 13 publications, 18% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1983-1997: 15 publications (1.0 per year); 1998-2012: 28 publications (1.9 per year); 2013-2025: 29 publications (2.2 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Wesley M. Cohen 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 Wesley M. Cohen sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 54–63 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 61 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.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Wesley M. Cohen publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 7,777 Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 54 ranges running from 44–53 to 570+ publications.
  • Wesley M. Cohen, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from Duke University, records 61 publications - the 1st percentile of the discipline.
  • 1% of ranked Social Sciences and Humanities scientists score the same or lower than Wesley M. Cohen, and about 99% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 164–173 publications range, and Wesley M. Cohen ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 114–123 publications, holding 474 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 57% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 174–183 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 570 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Wesley M. Cohen 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 Wesley M. Cohen sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 33 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188 33
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Wesley M. Cohen D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 7,777 Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 71 ranges running from 30 to 100+ D-Index.
  • Wesley M. Cohen, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from Duke University, records 33 D-Index - the 10th percentile of the discipline.
  • 10% of ranked Social Sciences and Humanities scientists score the same or lower than Wesley M. Cohen, and about 90% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 45 D-Index range, and Wesley M. Cohen ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 42 D-Index, holding 313 scientists (4% 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 100 D-Index or more, 97 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Overview

Wesley M. Cohen is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within economics, business, and management, with a focus on the intersection of innovation, intellectual property, and firm dynamics.

The primary fields of study for this scientist include Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Business, Management and Accounting. Key subfields explored are Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Strategy and Management, and Finance.

The main research topics covered by their work are Intellectual Property and Patents, scientometrics and bibliometrics research, Firm Innovation and Growth, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Economic Growth and Productivity, Innovation Policy and R&D, and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences.

Wesley M. Cohen has published extensively in several academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Management Science
  • Research Policy
  • Strategic Management Journal

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • Not in the Job Description: The Commercial Activities of Academic Scientists and Engineers (2020, Management Science)
  • Invention Value, Inventive Capability and the Large Firm Advantage (2022, Academy of Management Proceedings)
  • Invention value, inventive capability and the large firm advantage (2022, Research Policy)
  • Invention Value, Inventive Capability and the Large Firm Advantage (2022, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • The Commercial Potential of Science and Its Realization: Evidence From a Measure Using a Large Language Model (2023, SSRN Electronic Journal)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wesley M. Cohen include:

  • Ashish Arora
  • Honggi Lee
  • Divya Sebastian
  • Roger Masclans
  • Sharique Hasan

Best Publications

  • ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY: A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON LEARNING AND INNOVATION

    Wesley M. Cohen;Daniel A. Levinthal

  • Innovation and Learning: The Two Faces of R & D

    Wesley M. Cohen;Daniel A. Levinthal

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

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

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

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

  • Empirical studies of innovation and market structure

    Richard Charles Levin;Wesley Marc Cohen

  • Firm Size and R&D Intensity: A Re-Examination

    Wesley M Cohen;Richard C Levin;David C Mowery

  • A Reprise of Size and R & D

    Wesley Marc Cohen;Steven Klepper

  • Firm Size and the Nature of Innovation within Industries: The Case of Process and Product R&D

    Wesley Marc Cohen;Steven Klepper

  • Fortune favors the prepared firm

    Wesley M. Cohen;Daniel A. Levinthal

  • R&D spillovers, patents and the incentives to innovate in Japan and the United States

    Wesley M Cohen;Akira Goto;Akiya Nagata;Richard R Nelson

  • R&D Appropriability, Opportunity, and Market Structure: New Evidence on Some Schumpeterian Hypotheses

    Richard C Levin;Wesley M Cohen;David C Mowery

  • Fifty Years of Empirical Studies of Innovative Activity and Performance

    Wesley M. Cohen

  • R&D and the patent premium ☆

    Ashish Arora;Marco Ceccagnoli;Wesley M. Cohen

  • Chapter 18 Empirical studies of innovation and market structure

    Wesley M. Cohen;Richard C. Levin

  • What Makes Them Tick? Employee Motives and Firm Innovation

    Henry Sauermann;Wesley M. Cohen

  • The Anatomy of Industry R&D Intensity Distributions

    Wesley M. Cohen;Steven Klepper

  • The nature, sources, and consequences of firm differences in the early history of the semiconductor industry

    Daniel Holbrook;Wesley M. Cohen;David A. Hounshell;Steven Klepper

  • The tradeoff between firm size and diversity in the pursuit of technological progress

    Wesley M. Cohen;Steven Klepper

  • Lens or Prism? Patent Citations as a Measure of Knowledge Flows from Public Research

    Michael Roach;Wesley M. Cohen

  • Where excludability matters: Material versus intellectual property in academic biomedical research

    John P. Walsh;Wesley M. Cohen;Charlene Cho

  • Patents in the knowledge-based economy

    Wesley Marc Cohen;Stephen A. Merrill

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Walsh
John P. Walsh Georgia Institute of Technology
Ashish Arora
Ashish Arora Duke University
Richard R. Nelson
Richard R. Nelson Columbia University
Paula E. Stephan
Paula E. Stephan Georgia State University
Daniel A. Levinthal
Daniel A. Levinthal University of Pennsylvania
Steven Klepper
Steven Klepper Carnegie Mellon University
David C. Mowery
David C. Mowery University of California, Berkeley
Franco Malerba
Franco Malerba Bocconi University
Sidney G. Winter
Sidney G. Winter University of Pennsylvania
Rajshree Agarwal
Rajshree Agarwal University of Maryland, College Park

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