D Acemoglu: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
D Acemoglu's h-index is 187 (567 i10-index, 305,992+ total citations across 1,000+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of July 2026. D Acemoglu is affiliated with IIT@MIT.
D Acemoglu is a researcher affiliated with IIT@MIT, specializing in Economics. Their work has been cited 305,992 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
D Acemoglu's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 1,000 indexed publications. Of these, 3 are original research articles — the rest are literature highlights, conference abstracts or theses.
- H-Index
- 187
- i10-Index
- 567
- Total Citations
- 305,992
- Citing Countries
- 66
As of July 2026.
D Acemoglu has an h-index of 187 and 305,992 total citations across 1000 publications, with research cited by institutions in 66 countries.
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The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation
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The researcher established a foundational empirical framework linking historical colonial institutions to contemporary economic development, a paradigm subsequently expanded to explain political regimes and global prosperity disparities.
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About D Acemoglu's research
D Acemoglu is a researcher in Economics at IIT@MIT. Their work has been cited 305,992 times across 1,000 publications (h-index 187), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation” (2001), has accumulated 23,241 citations. Other influential works include “Why nations fail: The origins of power, prosperity, and poverty” (2013) with 21,668 citations and “Institutions as a fundamental cause of long-run growth” (2005) with 10,853 citations.
Citations of D Acemoglu'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.
