Ordered by composite index (descending). Higher values indicate more intensive citation.
| # | Reference | Year | Mentions | Breadth | Sec. Wtd | Share | Composite | Main % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tullock, Gordon | 1967 | 3 | 3 | 5.0 | 0.083 | 0.843 | 100% |
| 2 | Ostrom, Elinor | 1990 | 3 | 3 | 6.0 | 0.083 | 0.843 | 100% |
| 3 | Olson, Mancur | 1993 | 3 | 3 | 6.0 | 0.083 | 0.843 | 100% |
| 4 | Schelling, Thomas C | 1980 | 3 | 2 | 6.0 | 0.083 | 0.737 | 100% |
| 5 | Prigogine, Ilya and Nicolis, Gregoire | 1977 | 3 | 2 | 6.0 | 0.083 | 0.737 | 100% |
| 6 | North, Douglass C and Wallis, John Joseph and Wein... | 2009 | 3 | 2 | 6.0 | 0.083 | 0.737 | 100% |
| 7 | Hobbes, Thomas | 1651 | 2 | 2 | 3.0 | 0.056 | 0.644 | 100% |
| 8 | Shannon, Claude E | 1948 | 2 | 2 | 3.0 | 0.056 | 0.644 | 100% |
| 9 | Williamson, Oliver E | 1967 | 2 | 2 | 4.0 | 0.056 | 0.644 | 100% |
| 10 | Tainter, Joseph | 1988 | 2 | 2 | 4.0 | 0.056 | 0.644 | 100% |
| 11 | Williamson, Oliver E | 1985 | 2 | 2 | 4.0 | 0.056 | 0.644 | 100% |
| 12 | Jensen, Michael C and Meckling, William H | 1976 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.028 | 0.406 | 100% |
| 13 | Cover, Thomas M and Thomas, Joy A | 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.028 | 0.406 | 100% |
| 14 | Olson, Mancur | 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.028 | 0.406 | 100% |
| 15 | Arendt, Hannah | 1973 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.028 | 0.406 | 100% |
| 16 | Headrick, Daniel R | 1981 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.028 | 0.406 | 100% |
| 17 | Foucault, Michel | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.028 | 0.406 | 100% |
| 18 | Acemoglu, Daron and Robinson, James A | 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.028 | 0.406 | 100% |
| 19 | Hayek, Friedrich August and Hamowy, Ronald | 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.028 | 0.406 | 100% |