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D-Index
64
Citations
23154
World Ranking
632
National Ranking
405

William R. Kerr 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 William R. Kerr sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 280 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William R. Kerr 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 William R. Kerr sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 64 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1980 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1933 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William R. Kerr is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their primary research area lies within Materials Science, with a significant focus on Materials Chemistry. Their work often involves the study of crystallization and solubility, as well as X-ray diffraction in crystallography.

The scientist has contributed research in various subfields, including Surgery and Organic Chemistry. Specific topics addressed in their publications include scoliosis diagnosis and treatment, shoulder injury and treatment, hip disorders and treatments, N-heterocyclic carbenes in organic and inorganic chemistry, and catalytic cross-coupling reactions.

William R. Kerr has coauthored several papers with frequent collaborators such as Marie A. Squire, Christopher M. Fitchett, Leonardo D'Amico, Edward L. Glaeser, and Joseph Gyourko. Publications are spread across multiple venues, with notable contributions to The Cambridge Structural Database, where the majority of their works appear, alongside publications in the SSRN Electronic Journal, Spine Deformity, and the Journal of Organometallic Chemistry.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by William R. Kerr include:

  • "Why Has Construction Productivity Stagnated? The Role of Land-Use Regulation," 2024, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Proximal foundation anchor variations and their correlation with unplanned return to the operating room (UPROR) in children with EOS treated with magnetically controlled growing rods (MCGR)," 2024, Spine Deformity
  • "Synthesis and structural isomerism of sterically hindered isobornyl amide tethered N-heterocyclic carbene complexes," 2022, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
  • "CCDC 1980539: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination," 2022, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • "CCDC 1980535: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination," 2022, The Cambridge Structural Database

Their research contributions often focus on experimental crystal structure determinations, which align with the strong representation in The Cambridge Structural Database. The distribution across organic chemistry and materials science emphasizes interdisciplinary efforts combining structural studies and chemical synthesis.

William R. Kerr has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor received in both 1933 and 1980, indicating longstanding involvement in the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • What Causes Industry Agglomeration? Evidence from Coagglomeration Patterns

    Glenn Ellison;Edward L. Glaeser;William R. Kerr

  • The Supply Side of Innovation: H-1B Visa Reforms and US Ethnic Invention

    William R. Kerr;William F. Lincoln

  • Transition to Clean Technology

    Daron Acemoglu;Ufuk Akcigit;Douglas Hanley;William Robert Kerr

  • Entrepreneurship as Experimentation

    William Kerr;Ramana Nanda;Matthew Rhodes-Kropf

  • DOES EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION REDUCE PRODUCTIVITY? EVIDENCE FROM US STATES*

    David H. Autor;William R. Kerr;Adriana D. Kugler

  • Growth Through Heterogeneous Innovations

    Ufuk Akcigit;William R. Kerr

  • Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent Literature

    Sari Pekkala Kerr;William R Kerr;Tina Xu

  • Innovation, Reallocation and Growth

    Daron Acemoglu;Ufuk Akcigit;Nicholas Bloom;William Robert Kerr

  • ETHNIC SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITIES AND INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION

    William R. Kerr

  • Economic Impacts of Immigration: A Survey

    Sari Pekkala Kerr;William R. Kerr

  • Democratizing Entry: Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints, and Entrepreneurship

    William R. Kerr;Ramana Nanda

  • Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?

    Edward L. Glaeser;William R. Kerr

  • Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration

    Daron Acemoglu;Ufuk Akcigit;William Robert Kerr

  • The Consequences of Entrepreneurial Finance: Evidence from Angel Financings

    William R. Kerr;Josh Lerner;Antoinette Schoar

  • Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines

    Edward Ludwig Glaeser;Sari Pekkala Kerr;William Robert Kerr

  • Global talent flows

    Sari Pekkala Kerr;William Robert Kerr;Caglar Ozden;Christopher Robert Parsons

  • Innovation, Reallocation, and Growth

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  • Clusters of Entrepreneurship

    Edward L. Glaeser;William R. Kerr;Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto

  • Clusters of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

    Aaron Chatterji;Edward Ludwig Glaeser;William Robert Kerr

  • The Supply Side of Innovation: H-1B Visa Reforms and US Ethnic Invention

    William R Kerr;William F Lincoln

  • Highway to Success: The Impact of the Golden Quadrilateral Project for the Location and Performance of Indian Manufacturing

    Ejaz Ghani;Arti Grover Goswami;William Robert Kerr

  • Who creates jobs

    William R. Kerr;Stephen D. O'Connell;Ejaz Ghani

  • Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent Literature

    Sari Pekkala Kerr;William Kerr;Tina Xu

  • Financing Innovation

    Unknown

  • Financing Constraints and Entrepreneurship

    William R. Kerr;Ramana Nanda

  • Networks and the macroeconomy: an empirical exploration

    Daron Acemoglu;Ufuk Akcigit;William R. Kerr

  • Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration

    Ufuk Akcigit;William Kerr;K. Daron Acemoglu

Frequent Co-Authors

Ramana Nanda
Ramana Nanda Imperial College London
Edward L. Glaeser
Edward L. Glaeser Harvard University
Ufuk Akcigit
Ufuk Akcigit University of Chicago
Josh Lerner
Josh Lerner Harvard University
Christopher A. Parsons
Christopher A. Parsons University of Western Australia
Gilles Duranton
Gilles Duranton University of Pennsylvania
Caglar Ozden
Caglar Ozden World Bank

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