Elhanan Helpman Google Scholar: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Elhanan Helpman's h-index is 100 (202 i10-index, 146,157+ total citations across 535+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of October 2026. Elhanan Helpman is affiliated with Harvard University.
Elhanan Helpman is a researcher affiliated with Harvard University, specializing in various fields. Their work has been cited 146,157 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Elhanan Helpman's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 535 indexed publications. Of these, 2 are original research articles — the rest are literature highlights, conference abstracts or theses.
- H-Index
- 100
- i10-Index
- 202
- Total Citations
- 146,157
- Citing Countries
- 76
As of October 2026.
Elhanan Helpman has an h-index of 100 and 146,157 total citations across 535 publications, with research cited by institutions in 76 countries.
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Innovation and growth in the global economy, 1991
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The researcher established a foundational framework linking innovation to global economic growth, subsequently expanding this inquiry to analyze international R&D spillovers.
The researcher established a foundational theoretical framework linking increasing returns and imperfect competition to international trade patterns, fundamentally reshaping modern trade economics.
The researcher established a foundational theoretical framework analyzing how interest groups influence trade policy through the mechanism of protection for sale.
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About Elhanan Helpman's research
Elhanan Helpman is a researcher at Harvard University. Their work has been cited 146,157 times across 535 publications (h-index 100), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Innovation and growth in the global economy, 1991” (1991), has accumulated 20,206 citations. Other influential works include “International r&d spillovers” (1995) with 11,635 citations and “Market structure and foreign trade: Increasing returns, imperfect competition, and the international trade” (1985) with 11,568 citations.
Citations of Elhanan Helpman's research come primarily from United States, United Kingdom and China, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
