Richard Murnane Google Scholar: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Richard Murnane's h-index is 79 (169 i10-index, 47,607+ total citations across 329+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of October 2026. Richard Murnane is affiliated with Harvard University.
Richard Murnane is a researcher affiliated with Harvard University, specializing in economics of education, labor economics. Their work has been cited 47,607 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Richard Murnane's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 329 indexed publications. Of these, 19 are original research articles — the rest are literature highlights, conference abstracts or theses.
- H-Index
- 79
- i10-Index
- 169
- Total Citations
- 47,607
- Citing Countries
- 39
As of October 2026.
Richard Murnane has an h-index of 79 and 47,607 total citations across 329 publications, with research cited by institutions in 39 countries.
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The skill content of recent technological change: An empirical exploration
200312,681
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The researcher advanced labor economics by linking cognitive skills to wage determination and strengthening causal inference methods in social science research.
The researcher empirically explored the skill content of recent technological change, establishing a foundational framework for understanding how technology shapes labor market demands.
The researcher established a foundational empirical link between school resource allocation and academic outcomes for inner-city children, a seminal contribution that has profoundly shaped educational equity research.
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About Richard Murnane's research
Richard Murnane is a researcher in economics of education and labor economics at Harvard University. Their work has been cited 47,607 times across 329 publications (h-index 79), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “The skill content of recent technological change: An empirical exploration” (2003), has accumulated 12,681 citations. Other influential work includes “US earnings levels and earnings inequality: A review of recent trends and proposed explanations” (1992) with 2,570 citations.
Citations of Richard Murnane's research come primarily from United States, China and Italy, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
