Alec Cairncross

116 papers and 1.6k indexed citations
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About

Alec Cairncross is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alec Cairncross has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 9 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Alec Cairncross’s work include Political and Economic history of UK and US (8 papers), Historical Economic and Social Studies (5 papers) and Economic Theory and Policy (3 papers). Alec Cairncross is often cited by papers focused on Political and Economic history of UK and US (8 papers), Historical Economic and Social Studies (5 papers) and Economic Theory and Policy (3 papers). Alec Cairncross collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Austria. Alec Cairncross's co-authors include Benjamín Higgins, S. G. Checkland, Péter Bauer, Ian M. Drummond, Derek H. Aldcroft, Brinley Thomas, Barry Eichengreen, Donald N. McCloskey, Donald Winch and Jan Tinbergen and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, Econometrica and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alec Cairncross

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alec Cairncross. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alec Cairncross based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alec Cairncross. Alec Cairncross is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Fields of papers citing papers by Alec Cairncross

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Alec Cairncross. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Alec Cairncross. The network helps show where Alec Cairncross may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Alec Cairncross

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