Most-cited articles by year
American Economic Review
American Economic Association · ISSN 0002-8282 · 10,012 works in OpenAlex · h-index 620
Lists by publication year
Each list ranks the articles American Economic Review published that year by citations counted in OpenAlex on the snapshot date. Ranks are frozen once published.
- 2024Top 10 of 111 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2023Top 10 of 97 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2022Top 10 of 112 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2021Top 10 of 110 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2020Top 10 of 130 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2019Top 10 of 144 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2018Top 10 of 116 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2017Top 10 of 269 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2016Top 50 of 1,014 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
About these lists
American Economic Review published between 97 and 1,014 eligible articles a year in the years covered, so each list shows the top 10. Every entry shows its rank, the share of the year’s cohort it beats, its citation count and, where OpenAlex has one, the abstract. Authors can claim an entry for a badge and a CV line, or ask to have their name withheld.
Read the methodology for cohort rules, exclusions and the snapshot policy.
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