Citation Analysis – Optimal Post-Hoc Theorizing

Optimal Post-Hoc Theorizing
Andrew Y. Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.10370

Citation mentions

Cited references

Sections

5,419

Words (approx)

References by Citation Intensity

Ordered by composite index (descending). Higher values indicate more intensive citation.

#	Reference	Year	Mentions	Breadth	Sec. Wtd	Share	Composite	Main %
1	Maher, Patrick	1988	5	4	7.0	0.083	1.000	100%
2	Kahn, James A and Landsburg, Steven E and Stockman...	1996	4	4	6.5	0.067	0.928	100%
3	Kerr, Norbert L	1998	3	2	5.0	0.050	0.737	100%
4	Newton, Isaac	1726	2	2	1.5	0.033	0.644	100%
5	Efron, Brad	2001	2	2	3.0	0.033	0.644	100%
6	Andrews, Isaiah and Kasy, Maximilian	2019	2	2	2.5	0.033	0.644	100%
7	Abadie, Alberto	2020	2	2	2.5	0.033	0.644	100%
8	Chen, Andrew Y and Zimmermann, Tom (self)	2020	2	2	2.5	0.033	0.644	100%
9	Jensen, Theis Ingerslev and Kelly, Bryan and Peder...	2023	2	2	2.5	0.033	0.644	100%
10	Hempel, Carl G.	1966	2	2	2.5	0.033	0.644	100%
11	Lakatos, Imre	1970	2	2	2.5	0.033	0.644	100%
12	Maher, Patrick	1990	2	2	2.5	0.033	0.644	100%
13	Kahn, James A and Landsburg, Steven E and Stockman...	1992	2	2	2.5	0.033	0.644	100%
14	Barnes, Eric	1996	2	2	2.5	0.033	0.644	100%
15	Chen, Andrew Y and Zimmermann, Tom (self)	2022	2	2	4.0	0.033	0.644	100%
16	Harvey, Campbell R	2017	1	1	1.0	0.017	0.406	100%
17	Barnes, Eric Christian	2022	1	1	1.0	0.017	0.406	100%
18	Hedges, Larry V	1984	1	1	0.5	0.017	0.406	100%
19	Brodeur, Abel and Le	2016	1	1	0.5	0.017	0.406	100%
20	Kasy, Maximilian and Spiess, Jann	2024	1	1	0.5	0.017	0.406	100%
21	Leibniz, G. W.	1969	1	1	0.5	0.017	0.406	100%
22	Keynes, John Maynard	1921	1	1	0.5	0.017	0.406	100%
23	Maher, Patrick	1993	1	1	0.5	0.017	0.406	100%
24	Efron, Bradley	2012	1	1	0.5	0.017	0.406	100%
25	Karl Popper	1959	1	1	2.0	0.017	0.406	100%
26	Ankel-Peters, Jo	2025	1	1	2.0	0.017	0.406	100%
27	Rubin, Mark	2022	1	1	2.0	0.017	0.406	100%
28	Fisher, RA	1925	1	1	2.0	0.017	0.406	100%
29	Sullivan, Ryan and Timmermann, Allan and White, Ha...	1999	1	1	2.0	0.017	0.406	100%
30	Harvey, Campbell R and Liu, Yan and Zhu, Heqing	2016	1	1	2.0	0.017	0.406	100%
31	Chen, Andrew Y and Lopez-Lira, Alejandro and Zimme... (self)	2024	1	1	2.0	0.017	0.406	100%
32	Guo, Daya and Yang, Dejian and Zhang, Haowei and S...	2025	1	1	2.0	0.017	0.406	100%
33	Klamer, Arjo and Dalen, Hendrik P van	2002	1	1	2.0	0.017	0.406	100%
34	Rosenkrantz, Roger D.	1977	1	1	2.0	0.017	0.406	100%
35	Gardner, Michael R.	1982	1	1	2.0	0.017	0.406	100%
36	Chen, Andrew Y and Dim, Chukwuma (self)	2025	1	1	2.0	0.017	0.406	100%
37	Chen, Andrew Y and Lopez-Lira, Alejandro and Zimme... (self)	2022	1	1	2.0	0.017	0.406	100%
38	Novy-Marx, Robert and Velikov, Mihail Z	2025	1	1	2.0	0.017	0.406	100%
39	Barnes, Eric Christian	2008	1	1	1.0	0.017	0.406	100%

Reference

Year

Mentions

Breadth

Sec. Wtd

Composite

Main %

Maher, Patrick

1988

7.0

0.083

1.000

100%

Kahn, James A and Landsburg, Steven E and Stockman...

1996

6.5

0.067

0.928

100%

Kerr, Norbert L

1998

5.0

0.050

0.737

100%

Newton, Isaac

1726

1.5

0.033

0.644

100%

Efron, Brad

2001

3.0

0.033

0.644

100%

Andrews, Isaiah and Kasy, Maximilian

2019

2.5

0.033

0.644

100%

Abadie, Alberto

2020

2.5

0.033

0.644

100%

Chen, Andrew Y and Zimmermann, Tom (self)

2020

2.5

0.033

0.644

100%

Jensen, Theis Ingerslev and Kelly, Bryan and Peder...

2023

2.5

0.033

0.644

100%

Hempel, Carl G.

1966

2.5

0.033

0.644

100%

Lakatos, Imre

1970

2.5

0.033

0.644

100%

Maher, Patrick

1990

2.5

0.033

0.644

100%

Kahn, James A and Landsburg, Steven E and Stockman...

1992

2.5

0.033

0.644

100%

Barnes, Eric

1996

2.5

0.033

0.644

100%

Chen, Andrew Y and Zimmermann, Tom (self)

2022

4.0

0.033

0.644

100%

Harvey, Campbell R

2017

1.0

0.017

0.406

100%

Barnes, Eric Christian

2022

1.0

0.017

0.406

100%

Hedges, Larry V

1984

0.5

0.017

0.406

100%

Brodeur, Abel and Le

2016

0.5

0.017

0.406

100%

Kasy, Maximilian and Spiess, Jann

2024

0.5

0.017

0.406

100%

Leibniz, G. W.

1969

0.5

0.017

0.406

100%

Keynes, John Maynard

1921

0.5

0.017

0.406

100%

Maher, Patrick

1993

0.5

0.017

0.406

100%

Efron, Bradley

2012

0.5

0.017

0.406

100%

Karl Popper

1959

2.0

0.017

0.406

100%

Ankel-Peters, Jo

2025

2.0

0.017

0.406

100%

Rubin, Mark

2022

2.0

0.017

0.406

100%

Fisher, RA

1925

2.0

0.017

0.406

100%

Sullivan, Ryan and Timmermann, Allan and White, Ha...

1999

2.0

0.017

0.406

100%

Harvey, Campbell R and Liu, Yan and Zhu, Heqing

2016

2.0

0.017

0.406

100%

Chen, Andrew Y and Lopez-Lira, Alejandro and Zimme... (self)

2024

2.0

0.017

0.406

100%

Guo, Daya and Yang, Dejian and Zhang, Haowei and S...

2025

2.0

0.017

0.406

100%

Klamer, Arjo and Dalen, Hendrik P van

2002

2.0

0.017

0.406

100%

Rosenkrantz, Roger D.

1977

2.0

0.017

0.406

100%

Gardner, Michael R.

1982

2.0

0.017

0.406

100%

Chen, Andrew Y and Dim, Chukwuma (self)

2025

2.0

0.017

0.406

100%

Chen, Andrew Y and Lopez-Lira, Alejandro and Zimme... (self)

2022

2.0

0.017

0.406

100%

Novy-Marx, Robert and Velikov, Mihail Z

2025

2.0

0.017

0.406

100%

Barnes, Eric Christian

2008

1.0

0.017

0.406

100%

Measures: Mentions = total in-text citations; Breadth = distinct sections; Sec. Wtd = section-weighted count (body ×2, lit review/appendix ×0.5); Share = mentions / total citations in paper; Composite = geometric mean of normalised count, breadth, and main-text ratio; Main % = fraction of mentions in main text (excl. appendix). (self) = self-citation.