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Top Institutions and Economists in South Carolina (United States), as of September 2026

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  • For South Carolina (United States), these are 16 institutions with 96 members with a total share of 91.73.

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Top institutions, all authors, all publication years

Rank W.Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1[2]Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)1.343735.98
2[1]University of South Carolina → Darla Moore School of Business, Columbia, South Carolina (United States)1.463028.25
-[-]Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)2.413533.98
-[-]University of South Carolina → Darla Moore School of Business → Economics Department, Columbia, South Carolina (United States)31918.20
3[3]The Citadel → School of Business Administration, Charleston, South Carolina (United States)3.0711
4[5]Furman University → Department of Economics, Greenville, South Carolina (United States)4.5377

Top institutions, 10 best authors for each, publications last 10 years

Rank W.Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1[1]University of South Carolina → Darla Moore School of Business, Columbia, South Carolina (United States)1.383010
2[2]Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)1.423710
-[-]Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)2.453510
-[-]University of South Carolina → Darla Moore School of Business → Economics Department, Columbia, South Carolina (United States)2.801910
3[3]University of South Carolina Upstate → George Dean Johnson, Jr. School of Business and Economics, Spartansburg, South Carolina (United States)4.2411
4[5]Furman University → Department of Economics, Greenville, South Carolina (United States)4.7577

Top authors, all publications years

Rank W.Rank Author Score
1[1]Allen N. Berger
University of South Carolina → Darla Moore School of Business, Columbia, South Carolina (United States)
1.03
2[2]Paul W. Wilson
Unknown
2.33
3[4]Scott L. Baier
Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)
4.56
4[3]John Addison
University of South Carolina → Darla Moore School of Business → Economics Department, Columbia, South Carolina (United States)
4.94
5[5]Robert F Tamura
Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)
4.99
6[7]Russell S. Sobel
The Citadel → School of Business Administration, Charleston, South Carolina (United States)
6.72
7[9]Howard Bodenhorn
Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)
7.43
8[8]Gerald Dwyer
Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)
7.43
9[11]McKinley L. Blackburn
University of South Carolina → Darla Moore School of Business → Economics Department, Columbia, South Carolina (United States)
8.50
10[10]David M. Drukker
Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)
8.57
11[12]Curtis J Simon
Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)
11.00
12[13]John T. Warner
Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)
12.73
13[14]John Harvey McDermott
University of South Carolina → Darla Moore School of Business → Economics Department, Columbia, South Carolina (United States)
15.16
14[15]Dongmei Li
University of South Carolina → Darla Moore School of Business, Columbia, South Carolina (United States)
16.23
15[16]Kevin K. Tsui
Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)
17.33
16[20]Raymond Sauer
Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)
17.70
17[19]F. Andrew Hanssen
Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)
18.22
18[18]Alexander Matros
University of South Carolina → Darla Moore School of Business → Economics Department, Columbia, South Carolina (United States)
18.36
19[17]Douglas P. Woodward
University of South Carolina → Darla Moore School of Business → Economics Department, Columbia, South Carolina (United States)
19.17
20[22]Jason Matthew DeBacker
University of South Carolina → Darla Moore School of Business → Economics Department, Columbia, South Carolina (United States)
20.50
21[21]Robert Kenneth Fleck
Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)
20.52
22[24]Molly Espey
Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)
21.14
23[25]April Knill
University of South Carolina → Darla Moore School of Business, Columbia, South Carolina (United States)
22.55
24[23]Aspen Gorry
Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)
23.71
25[27]Michael Douglas Makowsky
Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)
24.15

Top authors, publications last 10 years

Rank W.Rank Author Score
1[1]Tamara Lynn Sheldon
University of South Carolina → Darla Moore School of Business → Economics Department, Columbia, South Carolina (United States)
2.12
2[2]Paul W. Wilson
Unknown
2.16
3[4]Cheng Chen
Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)
5.08
4[5]Santiago Caicedo
Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)
6.60
5[6]April Knill
University of South Carolina → Darla Moore School of Business, Columbia, South Carolina (United States)
6.88
6[7]Orgul Demet Ozturk
University of South Carolina → Darla Moore School of Business → Economics Department, Columbia, South Carolina (United States)
8.21
7[9]Chak Hung Jack Cheng
University of South Carolina Upstate → George Dean Johnson, Jr. School of Business and Economics, Spartansburg, South Carolina (United States)
8.25
8[8]Hugh Hoikwang Kim
University of South Carolina → Darla Moore School of Business, Columbia, South Carolina (United States)
8.59
9[11]Howard Bodenhorn
Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)
8.69
10[3]John Addison
University of South Carolina → Darla Moore School of Business → Economics Department, Columbia, South Carolina (United States)
8.82
11[10]Scott L. Baier
Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)
10.14
12[14]Bobby (Wing Yin) Chung
Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)
10.92
13[12]Devon Gorry
Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)
11.66
14[13]Alexander Matros
University of South Carolina → Darla Moore School of Business → Economics Department, Columbia, South Carolina (United States)
12.77
15[15]Aspen Gorry
Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)
13.38
16[16]Michael Douglas Makowsky
Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)
14.15
17[19]Russell S. Sobel
The Citadel → School of Business Administration, Charleston, South Carolina (United States)
14.76
18[17]Jason Matthew DeBacker
University of South Carolina → Darla Moore School of Business → Economics Department, Columbia, South Carolina (United States)
15.00
19[18]Jonathan Michael Leganza
Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)
15.49
20[20]Donghang Zhang
University of South Carolina → Darla Moore School of Business, Columbia, South Carolina (United States)
16.36
21[23]Dongmei Li
University of South Carolina → Darla Moore School of Business, Columbia, South Carolina (United States)
16.89
22[21]David M. Drukker
Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)
17.29
23[22]Adam Soliman (Adam Karim Soliman)
Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)
17.45
24[25]Danko Tarabar
Winthrop University → College of Business Administration, Rock Hill, South Carolina (United States)
20.62
25[24]Michal Jerzmanowski
Clemson University → Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business → John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson, South Carolina (United States)
20.76
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