Ordered by composite index (descending). Higher values indicate more intensive citation.
| # | Reference | Year | Mentions | Breadth | Sec. Wtd | Share | Composite | Main % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Imbens, Guido W and Angrist, Joshua D | 1994 | 12 | 5 | 16.0 | 0.143 | 0.971 | 92% |
| 2 | Balke, Alexander and Pearl, Judea | 8 | 6 | 10.0 | 0.095 | 0.855 | 62% | |
| 3 | Richardson, Thomas S and Robins, James M | 2013 | 3 | 3 | 6.0 | 0.036 | 0.843 | 100% |
| 4 | Balke, Alexander and Pearl, Judea | 1997 | 9 | 7 | 10.5 | 0.107 | 0.822 | 56% |
| 5 | Kline, Patrick and Walters, Christopher R | 2016 | 5 | 4 | 5.0 | 0.060 | 0.737 | 40% |
| 6 | Kirkeboen, Lars J. and Leuven, Edwin and Mogstad, ... | 2016 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 0.048 | 0.737 | 50% |
| 7 | Heckman, James J and Pinto, Rodrigo | 2018 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 0.048 | 0.737 | 50% |
| 8 | Lee, Sokbae and Salanié, Bernard | 2023 | 13 | 6 | 11.5 | 0.155 | 0.675 | 31% |
| 9 | Angrist, Joshua D and Imbens, Guido W and Rubin, D... | 1996 | 2 | 2 | 4.0 | 0.024 | 0.644 | 100% |
| 10 | Robins, James M | 1989 | 2 | 1 | 4.0 | 0.024 | 0.511 | 100% |
| 11 | Manski, Charles F | 1990 | 2 | 1 | 4.0 | 0.024 | 0.511 | 100% |
| 12 | Frangakis, Constantine E and Rubin, Donald B | 2002 | 2 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.024 | 0.511 | 50% |
| 13 | Heckman, James J and Vytlacil, Edward J (self) | 2001 | 2 | 1 | 4.0 | 0.024 | 0.511 | 100% |
| 14 | Kitagawa, Toru | 2021 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.012 | 0.406 | 100% |
| 15 | Kamat, Vishal | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.012 | 0.406 | 100% |
| 16 | Machado, Cecilia and Shaikh, Azeem M. and Vytlacil... (self) | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.012 | 0.406 | 100% |
| 17 | Heckman, James | 1990 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.012 | 0.406 | 100% |
| 18 | Andrews, Donald WK and Schafgans, Marcia MA | 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.012 | 0.406 | 100% |
| 19 | Cheng, Jing and Small, Dylan S | 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.012 | 0.406 | 100% |
| 20 | Bai, Yuehao and Huang, Shunzhuang and Moon, Sarah ... (self) | 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.012 | 0.406 | 100% |
| 21 | Heckman, James J and Vytlacil, Edward J (self) | 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.012 | 0.406 | 100% |
| 22 | Heckman, James J and Vytlacil, Edward (self) | 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.012 | 0.406 | 100% |
| 23 | Vytlacil, Edward (self) | 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.012 | 0.406 | 100% |
| 24 | Mogstad, Magne and Santos, Andres and Torgovitsky,... | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.012 | 0.406 | 100% |
| 25 | Han, Sukjin and Yang, Shenshen | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.012 | 0.406 | 100% |
| 26 | Marx, Philip | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.012 | 0.406 | 100% |
| 27 | Angrist, Joshua D and Imbens, Guido W | 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.012 | 0.406 | 100% |
| 28 | Vytlacil, Edward (self) | 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.012 | 0.406 | 100% |
| 29 | Bai, Yuehao and Huang, Shunzhuang and Tabord-Meeha... (self) | 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.012 | 0.087 | 0% |