Thorsten Beck: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Thorsten Beck's h-index is 112 (285 i10-index, 114,725+ total citations across 842+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of July 2026. Thorsten Beck is affiliated with City, University of London.
Thorsten Beck is a researcher affiliated with City, University of London, specializing in various fields. Their work has been cited 114,725 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Thorsten Beck's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 842 indexed publications.
- H-Index
- 112
- i10-Index
- 285
- Total Citations
- 114,725
- Citing Countries
- 44
As of July 2026.
Thorsten Beck has an h-index of 112 and 114,725 total citations across 842 publications, with research cited by institutions in 44 countries.
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Financial intermediation and growth: Causality and causes
20007,559
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The researcher established a foundational empirical framework linking small and medium enterprises to macroeconomic growth and poverty reduction, significantly advancing the global understanding of SME dynamics.
The researcher established a foundational framework for understanding the causal mechanisms linking financial intermediation to economic growth, a contribution evidenced by over 7,500 citations.
The researcher established a foundational framework linking financial development to economic growth, a seminal contribution that has profoundly shaped subsequent empirical and theoretical inquiry in development economics.
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About Thorsten Beck's research
Thorsten Beck is a researcher at City, University of London. Their work has been cited 114,725 times across 842 publications (h-index 112), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Financial intermediation and growth: Causality and causes” (2000), has accumulated 7,559 citations. Other influential works include “Finance and the Sources of Growth” (2000) with 7,094 citations and “Small and medium-size enterprises: Access to finance as a growth constraint” (2006) with 4,860 citations.
Citations of Thorsten Beck's research come primarily from United States, China and United Kingdom, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
