Elinor Ostrom

168(top 1%)

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45.3K(top 0.1%)

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75(top 1%)

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145(top 1%)

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199

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67.4K

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5.5K

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105

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1^st most cited paper in Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (1965) [with 78 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in American Political Science Review (1992) [with 1664 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in American Political Science Review (1992) [with 1664 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in American Political Science Review (1998) [with 2291 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in American Political Science Review (1998) [with 2291 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Public Administration Review (1971) [with 295 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Public Administration Review (1971) [with 295 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Public Administration Review (1973) [with 73 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in World Development (1996) [with 1570 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in World Development (1996) [with 1570 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Ecological Economics (2000) [with 830 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Ecological Economics (2000) [with 830 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in PS - Political Science and Politics (2000) [with 99 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Environmental Conservation (2010) [with 435 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Environmental Conservation (2010) [with 435 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Public Choice (1986) [with 666 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Public Choice (1986) [with 666 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in American Economic Review (2010) [with 2225 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in American Economic Review (2010) [with 2225 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Agricultural Systems (2004) [with 264 citations of 2 articles]

1^st most cited paper in American Journal of Economics and Sociology (2004) [with 64 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Revista Mexicana De Sociologia (2003) [with 96 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Revista Mexicana De Sociologia (lifetime) [with 96 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Journal of Criminal Justice (1973) [with 48 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Economic Affairs (2008) [with 142 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Economic Affairs (2008) [with 142 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Economic Affairs (lifetime) [with 142 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Economic Affairs (lifetime) [with 142 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Environment (2008) [with 146 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Environment (2008) [with 146 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in American Journal of Political Science (1973) [with 89 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Policy Studies Journal (1978) [with 113 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Policy Studies Journal (1978) [with 113 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Policy Studies Journal (1981) [with 521 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Policy Studies Journal (1981) [with 521 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Policy Studies Journal (2011) [with 1038 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Policy Studies Journal (2011) [with 1038 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Policy Studies Journal (lifetime) [with 1672 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in National Civic Review (1993) [with 28 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Ecology and Society (2014) [with 875 citations of 2 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Ecology and Society (2014) [with 875 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Society and Natural Resources (2007) [with 200 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Society and Natural Resources (2007) [with 200 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Economic Theory (2012) [with 343 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Economic Theory (2012) [with 343 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Global Environmental Change (2010) [with 1564 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Global Environmental Change (2010) [with 1564 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom) (2010) [with 266 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom) (2010) [with 266 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Publius (1976) [with 39 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Review of Policy Research (1985) [with 71 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in American economist, The (1998) [with 35 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Journal of Economic Perspectives (2000) [with 2699 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Journal of Economic Perspectives (2000) [with 2699 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Policy Sciences (2008) [with 551 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Policy Sciences (2008) [with 551 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Land Economics (1972) [with 41 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Land Economics (1992) [with 1623 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Land Economics (1992) [with 1623 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Land Economics (lifetime) [with 1664 citations of 2 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Land Economics (lifetime) [with 1664 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Urban Affairs Quarterly (1983) [with 54 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Swiss Political Science Review (2000) [with 143 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Swiss Political Science Review (2000) [with 143 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Human Systems Management (1994) [with 27 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Journal of Theoretical Politics (1992) [with 70 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Rationality and Society (1990) [with 198 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Rationality and Society (1990) [with 198 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Journal of Institutional Economics (2011) [with 226 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Journal of Institutional Economics (2011) [with 226 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Journal of Bioeconomics (2014) [with 125 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Journal of Bioeconomics (2014) [with 125 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Transnational Corporations Review (2010) [with 133 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Transnational Corporations Review (2010) [with 133 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Transnational Corporations Review (lifetime) [with 133 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Transnational Corporations Review (lifetime) [with 133 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research (2014) [with 183 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research (2014) [with 183 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Ambiente & Sociedade (2002) [with 60 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Studies in Economic Theory (2016) [with 30 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Springer Series in Game Theory (2009) [with 40 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Springer Series in Game Theory (lifetime) [with 40 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (1978) [with 22 citations of an article]

2^nd most cited paper in Public Choice (1991) [with 54 citations of an article]

2^nd most cited author in Public Choice (2001) [with 131 citations of 1 articles]

2^nd most cited paper in Public Choice (2001) [with 131 citations of an article]

2^nd most cited paper in Agricultural Systems (2004) [with 264 citations of an article]

2^nd most cited author in Ecology and Society (2004) [with 975 citations of 1 articles]

2^nd most cited paper in Ecology and Society (2004) [with 975 citations of an article]

2^nd most cited author in Development and Change (2004) [with 455 citations of 1 articles]

2^nd most cited paper in Development and Change (2004) [with 455 citations of an article]

2^nd most cited author in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (1990) [with 198 citations of 1 articles]

2^nd most cited paper in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (1990) [with 198 citations of an article]

2^nd most cited paper in Policy and Politics (1983) [with 28 citations of an article]

2^nd most cited author in Scandinavian Political Studies (2000) [with 167 citations of 1 articles]

2^nd most cited paper in Scandinavian Political Studies (2000) [with 167 citations of an article]

2^nd most cited author in Journal of Theoretical Politics (1994) [with 223 citations of 1 articles]

2^nd most cited paper in Journal of Theoretical Politics (1994) [with 223 citations of an article]

2^nd most cited author in Rationality and Society (1999) [with 209 citations of 1 articles]

2^nd most cited paper in Rationality and Society (1999) [with 209 citations of an article]

2^nd most cited paper in Journal of Speculative Philosophy (2010) [with 23 citations of an article]

2^nd most cited author in Annual Review of Political Science (1999) [with 928 citations of 1 articles]

2^nd most cited paper in Annual Review of Political Science (1999) [with 928 citations of an article]

2^nd most cited paper in Journal of Institutional Economics (2007) [with 87 citations of an article]

2^nd most cited author in Journal of Institutional Economics (lifetime) [with 324 citations of 3 articles]

2^nd most cited paper in Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research (2009) [with 41 citations of an article]

2^nd most cited author in Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research (lifetime) [with 224 citations of 2 articles]

2^nd most cited paper in Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research (lifetime) [with 224 citations of an article]

2^nd most cited paper in Handbook of Agricultural Economics (2002) [with 82 citations of an article]

2^nd most cited author in International Journal of the Commons (2007) [with 144 citations of 1 articles]

2^nd most cited paper in International Journal of the Commons (2007) [with 144 citations of an article]

2^nd most cited paper in Revue De La Régulation (2013) [with 24 citations of an article]

3^rd most cited author in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2013) [with 304 citations of 1 articles]

3^rd most cited paper in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2013) [with 304 citations of an article]

3^rd most cited author in Policy Studies Journal (lifetime) [with 1672 citations of 3 articles]

3^rd most cited paper in International Political Science Review (1991) [with 28 citations of an article]

3^rd most cited author in Politics and Society (2001) [with 556 citations of 1 articles]

3^rd most cited paper in Politics and Society (2001) [with 556 citations of an article]

3^rd most cited paper in Rationality and Society (1989) [with 82 citations of an article]

3^rd most cited paper in Constitutional Political Economy (2008) [with 30 citations of an article]

3^rd most cited paper in Revue De L'OFCE (2012) [with 22 citations of an article]

3^rd most cited paper in Revue De La Régulation (lifetime) [with 24 citations of an article]

4^th most cited author in American Political Science Review (1995) [with 990 citations of 1 articles]

4^th most cited paper in American Political Science Review (1995) [with 990 citations of an article]

4^th most cited author in American Political Science Review (lifetime) [with 4945 citations of 3 articles]

4^th most cited paper in National Civic Review (lifetime) [with 28 citations of an article]

4^th most cited paper in Global Environmental Change (2006) [with 925 citations of an article]

4^th most cited paper in Policy Sciences (2010) [with 71 citations of an article]

4^th most cited paper in International Social Science Journal (2006) [with 32 citations of an article]

5^th most cited paper in American Political Science Review (lifetime) [with 4945 citations of an article]

5^th most cited paper in World Development (lifetime) [with 2545 citations of an article]

5^th most cited author in Global Environmental Change (2006) [with 925 citations of 2 articles]

5^th most cited paper in European Political Science (2012) [with 49 citations of an article]

5^th most cited author in Rationality and Society (lifetime) [with 489 citations of 3 articles]

5^th most cited paper in Journal of Speculative Philosophy (lifetime) [with 23 citations of an article]

5^th most cited paper in Journal of Institutional Economics (lifetime) [with 324 citations of an article]

5^th most cited paper in Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (2007) [with 24 citations of an article]

5^th most cited paper in Ambiente & Sociedade (lifetime) [with 60 citations of an article]

5^th most cited paper in Studies in Economic Theory (lifetime) [with 30 citations of an article]

5^th most cited paper in International Journal of the Commons (2008) [with 45 citations of an article]

6^th most cited paper in Southern Economic Journal (2013) [with 63 citations of an article]

6^th most cited paper in Public Choice (lifetime) [with 907 citations of an article]

6^th most cited paper in Journal of Theoretical Politics (lifetime) [with 293 citations of an article]

6^th most cited author in Annual Review of Political Science (2010) [with 158 citations of 1 articles]

6^th most cited paper in Annual Review of Political Science (2010) [with 158 citations of an article]

6^th most cited paper in Handbook of Computational Economics (2006) [with 97 citations of an article]

6^th most cited paper in Handbook of Computational Economics (lifetime) [with 97 citations of an article]

6^th most cited paper in International Journal of the Commons (lifetime) [with 189 citations of an article]

7^th most cited paper in Environment (2009) [with 35 citations of an article]

7^th most cited author in Journal of Economic Perspectives (1993) [with 440 citations of 1 articles]

7^th most cited paper in Journal of Economic Perspectives (1993) [with 440 citations of an article]

7^th most cited paper in Journal of Economic Perspectives (lifetime) [with 3139 citations of an article]

7^th most cited paper in Industrial and Corporate Change (1995) [with 55 citations of an article]

7^th most cited paper in Politics and Society (lifetime) [with 556 citations of an article]

7^th most cited paper in Swiss Political Science Review (lifetime) [with 143 citations of an article]

7^th most cited author in Journal of Theoretical Politics (lifetime) [with 293 citations of 2 articles]

7^th most cited author in Annual Review of Environment and Resources (2009) [with 433 citations of 1 articles]

7^th most cited paper in Annual Review of Environment and Resources (2009) [with 433 citations of an article]

7^th most cited author in Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics (1995) [with 170 citations of 1 articles]

7^th most cited paper in Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics (1995) [with 170 citations of an article]

7^th most cited paper in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (lifetime) [with 22 citations of an article]

8^th most cited paper in World Development (2001) [with 402 citations of an article]

8^th most cited author in World Development (lifetime) [with 2545 citations of 4 articles]

8^th most cited author in Public Choice (lifetime) [with 907 citations of 4 articles]

8^th most cited paper in Scandinavian Political Studies (lifetime) [with 167 citations of an article]

9^th most cited author in World Development (2001) [with 402 citations of 1 articles]

9^th most cited paper in Southern Economic Journal (2009) [with 64 citations of an article]

9^th most cited author in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2006) [with 197 citations of 1 articles]

9^th most cited paper in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2006) [with 197 citations of an article]

9^th most cited paper in Economic Theory (lifetime) [with 343 citations of an article]

9^th most cited author in Journal of Economic Perspectives (lifetime) [with 3139 citations of 2 articles]

9^th most cited paper in Policy Sciences (lifetime) [with 622 citations of an article]

10^th most cited author in BioScience (2013) [with 202 citations of 1 articles]

10^th most cited paper in BioScience (2013) [with 202 citations of an article]

10^th most cited paper in Ambio (2007) [with 601 citations of an article]

10^th most cited paper in American economist, The (lifetime) [with 43 citations of an article]

10^th most cited author in Policy Sciences (lifetime) [with 622 citations of 2 articles]

10^th most cited author in Politics and Society (lifetime) [with 556 citations of 1 articles]

10^th most cited paper in Rationality and Society (lifetime) [with 489 citations of an article]

10^th most cited paper in Revue De L'OFCE (lifetime) [with 22 citations of an article]

11^th most cited paper in Development and Change (lifetime) [with 455 citations of an article]

11^th most cited author in Ambio (2007) [with 601 citations of 1 articles]

11^th most cited paper in Handbook of Agricultural Economics (lifetime) [with 82 citations of an article]

12^th most cited author in Annual Review of Political Science (lifetime) [with 1086 citations of 2 articles]

12^th most cited paper in Journal of Bioeconomics (lifetime) [with 125 citations of an article]

13^th most cited author in Economic Journal (2000) [with 204 citations of 1 articles]

13^th most cited paper in Economic Journal (2000) [with 204 citations of an article]

13^th most cited author in Public Administration Review (2012) [with 188 citations of 1 articles]

13^th most cited paper in Public Administration Review (2012) [with 188 citations of an article]

13^th most cited paper in Annual Review of Political Science (lifetime) [with 1086 citations of an article]

13^th most cited author in Journal of Bioeconomics (lifetime) [with 125 citations of 1 articles]

14^th most cited author in World Development (2005) [with 425 citations of 1 articles]

14^th most cited paper in World Development (2005) [with 425 citations of an article]

14^th most cited author in International Journal of the Commons (lifetime) [with 189 citations of 2 articles]

15^th most cited paper in Public Choice (2003) [with 56 citations of an article]

15^th most cited author in Development and Change (lifetime) [with 455 citations of 1 articles]

15^th most cited paper in Urban Affairs Quarterly (lifetime) [with 54 citations of an article]

15^th most cited author in Swiss Political Science Review (lifetime) [with 143 citations of 1 articles]

16^th most cited paper in American Journal of Economics and Sociology (lifetime) [with 64 citations of an article]

16^th most cited author in Economic Theory (lifetime) [with 343 citations of 1 articles]

17^th most cited paper in Environmental Conservation (lifetime) [with 435 citations of an article]

18^th most cited author in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2007) [with 2559 citations of 2 articles]

18^th most cited author in Scandinavian Political Studies (lifetime) [with 167 citations of 1 articles]

20^th most cited paper in Ambio (2011) [with 420 citations of an article]

22^nd most cited author in Ecological Economics (1999) [with 138 citations of 2 articles]

22^nd most cited author in Environment (lifetime) [with 181 citations of 2 articles]

23^rd most cited paper in Environment (lifetime) [with 181 citations of an article]

23^rd most cited paper in Ecology and Society (lifetime) [with 1922 citations of an article]

23^rd most cited author in Ambio (2011) [with 420 citations of 1 articles]

24^th most cited paper in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2001) [with 34 citations of an article]

24^th most cited paper in Society and Natural Resources (2002) [with 29 citations of an article]

25^th most cited author in PS - Political Science and Politics (lifetime) [with 114 citations of 3 articles]

25^th most cited paper in Journal of Development Economics (2000) [with 47 citations of an article]

25^th most cited paper in Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom) (lifetime) [with 266 citations of an article]

27^th most cited author in Environmental Conservation (lifetime) [with 435 citations of 1 articles]

29^th most cited author in Ecology and Society (lifetime) [with 1922 citations of 5 articles]

29^th most cited paper in Society and Natural Resources (lifetime) [with 229 citations of an article]

30^th most cited paper in Science (2009) [with 5128 citations of an article]

30^th most cited paper in American Economic Review (lifetime) [with 2295 citations of an article]

33^rd most cited author in Science (2009) [with 5128 citations of 1 articles]

34^th most cited paper in European Political Science (lifetime) [with 49 citations of an article]

36^th most cited paper in World Development (2008) [with 148 citations of an article]

37^th most cited paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2007) [with 2559 citations of an article]

37^th most cited paper in Publius (lifetime) [with 39 citations of an article]

38^th most cited author in World Development (2008) [with 148 citations of 1 articles]

38^th most cited paper in International Social Science Journal (lifetime) [with 32 citations of an article]

41^st most cited paper in Ecological Economics (1999) [with 138 citations of an article]

41^st most cited paper in Human Systems Management (lifetime) [with 27 citations of an article]

42^nd most cited author in Society and Natural Resources (lifetime) [with 229 citations of 2 articles]

43^rd most cited paper in Water Resources Research (1993) [with 110 citations of an article]

44^th most cited author in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (lifetime) [with 609 citations of 5 articles]

44^th most cited author in Ambio (lifetime) [with 1021 citations of 2 articles]

45^th most cited paper in Review of Policy Research (lifetime) [with 71 citations of an article]

47^th most cited paper in Constitutional Political Economy (lifetime) [with 30 citations of an article]

51^st most cited author in Water Resources Research (1993) [with 110 citations of 1 articles]

56^th most cited author in Public Administration Review (lifetime) [with 556 citations of 3 articles]

57^th most cited paper in Ecological Economics (lifetime) [with 1000 citations of an article]

60^th most cited paper in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (lifetime) [with 609 citations of an article]

63^rd most cited author in Southern Economic Journal (lifetime) [with 127 citations of 2 articles]

65^th most cited author in Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom) (lifetime) [with 266 citations of 1 articles]

66^th most cited paper in PS - Political Science and Politics (lifetime) [with 114 citations of an article]

68^th most cited paper in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2011) [with 24 citations of an article]

70^th most cited author in Global Environmental Change (lifetime) [with 2688 citations of 4 articles]

71^st most cited paper in Public Administration Review (lifetime) [with 556 citations of an article]

71^st most cited paper in Ambio (lifetime) [with 1021 citations of an article]

74^th most cited author in American Economic Review (lifetime) [with 2295 citations of 2 articles]

75^th most cited paper in Science (2003) [with 2981 citations of an article]

76^th most cited author in Science (2003) [with 2981 citations of 1 articles]

79^th most cited paper in Global Environmental Change (lifetime) [with 2688 citations of an article]

82^nd most cited paper in Global Environmental Change (2013) [with 199 citations of an article]

85^th most cited paper in Annual Review of Environment and Resources (lifetime) [with 433 citations of an article]

86^th most cited paper in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2010) [with 50 citations of an article]

87^th most cited author in Global Environmental Change (2013) [with 199 citations of 1 articles]

87^th most cited paper in Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (lifetime) [with 24 citations of an article]

93^rd most cited paper in Ecology and Society (2010) [with 60 citations of an article]

93^rd most cited author in Annual Review of Environment and Resources (lifetime) [with 433 citations of 1 articles]

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Elinor Ostrom

Indiana University