Authors with the Most Citations to Their JFE Papers, 1974-2003

Ranked by Citations per Co-Author per Year Since Publication,
Where Each of N Co-Authors Receives Credit for 1/N Citation

Rank
Author
Cites/Auth/Yr
Cites/Author
1 Fama E.F.
80.86
1188.00
2 Jensen M.C.
76.10
1988.50
3 French K.R.
61.10
912.00
4 Meckling W.H.
53.98
1511.50
5 Warner J.B.
53.61
1037.17
6 Stulz R.M.
51.54
771.08
7 Smith C.W.
50.80
1011.67
8 Myers S.C.
45.96
1066.50
9 Roll R.
38.14
901.50
10 Keim D.B.
32.80
559.00
11 Stambaugh R.F.
31.41
512.50
12 Masulis R.W.
27.57
590.67
13 Brown S.J.
25.73
522.00
14 Schwert G.W.
25.44
463.50
15 Ruback R.S.
24.23
498.67
16 Weisbach M.S.
23.89
335.17
17 Gilson S.C.
23.51
336.00
18 Shleifer A.
23.01
246.83
19 Kaplan S.N.
21.69
294.50
20 Merton R.C.
21.57
565.00
21 Breeden D.T.
20.96
503.00
22 Black F.
20.92
599.50
23 Majluf S.
20.85
417.00
24 Vishny R.W.
20.80
234.67
25 Mikkelson W.H.
20.73
359.50
26 DeAngelo H.
20.06
363.50
27 Reinganum M.R.
19.82
420.00
28 McConnell J.J.
19.47
313.92
29 Lang L.H.P.
18.93
196.00
30 Harvey C.R.
18.34
191.50
31 Ritter J.R.
18.20
241.67
32 Wruck K.H.
18.12
251.33
33 Yermack D.
17.79
145.33
34 Asquith P.
17.44
334.33
35 Banz R.W.
17.13
394.00
36 Ofek E.
16.25
150.50
37 Watts R.L.
16.16
244.17
38 Ross S.A.
15.62
408.83
39 Cox J.C.
15.35
401.33
40 James C.M.
15.29
239.00
41 Partch M.M.
15.08
231.67
42 Vasicek O.
14.93
403.00
43 Campbell J.Y.
14.88
240.00
44 Dodd P.
14.78
345.50
45 Scholes M.S.
14.64
400.00
46 Brickley J.A.
14.54
226.00
47 Glosten L.R.
14.41
262.00
48 Lakonishok J.
14.28
176.00
49 Graham J.R.
14.21
97.00
50 Eckbo B.E.
13.96
236.67
51 Vermaelen T.
13.74
225.67
52 Dann L.Y.
13.53
286.33
53 Poterba J.M.
13.16
196.00
54 Barclay M.J.
12.99
162.17
55 Shanken J.
12.77
196.67
56 Rock K.
12.56
226.00
57 Walkling R.A.
12.33
170.33
58 Stoll H.R
12.27
182.00
59 Barber B.M.
12.08
88.50
59 Lyon J.D.
12.08
88.50
61 Constantinides G.M.
12.01
223.00
62 Whaley R.E.
11.71
242.00
63 Kothari S.P.
11.69
112.00
64 Harris L.E.
11.66
202.00
65 Malatesta P.H.
11.60
197.17
66 Brennan M.J.
11.55
150.17
67 Williams J.T.
11.54
309.00
68 Weiss L.A.
11.30
149.50
69 Jarrell G.A.
10.69
137.00
70 Dimson E.
10.57
255.00
71 Milgrom P.R.
10.47
199.00
72 Mayers D.
10.19
154.50
73 Amihud Y. 
10.10
185.67
73 Mendelson H.
10.10
185.67
75 Pan J.
10.00
20.00

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