I wrote about the impact of my work yesterday, focusing on this blog and its associated YouTube channel, but one commentator said I should also highlight my academic work, the impact of which is recorded on Google Scholar, a website that records the impact of most academics in the UK, mainly by ranking the number of citations their publications get.
These are my most cited publications:
These are my citation totals.
I know many professors with lower numbers. I also know those with many more, but given I was a late arrival into the academic sphere, I am assured these are good figures. The indices are explained on Google Scholar. Unsurprisingly, my citation numbers are falling; more recently, I have focused less on this kind of work, but the rate is still surprisingly high, at least to me. This is another form of impact.
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Your impact is also with respect that which is difficult to measure. I for one have only known about you for a limited time. I think no more than 5 months. However, your impact on me in terms of “so that’s why is being going down hill economically for so long” has been very enlightening. A few years older than you it never seemed logically to me that 14+ years of austerity have led to more of the same. Yet your views and solutions have been a moment of enlightment to me and I hope others. Yes I am a white haired old man but I have no need to wear or wave a flag to indicate pratriatism nor do I resent still paying taxes. What I resent is those who are able to avoid paying taxes because the system is self regulating as a result of the government at arms reach approach to the problem and others.
Your impact is important to those people who need to be giving the opportunity to appreciate why the westen world is in crisis and some options as to how it can be changes for the betterment of the people and the climate.
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Sean McNamara, I very much agree. I read books and articles, and then find much of what I read covered here by Richard. Like you, a fairly new reader, I follow almost every day. Helps with sanity in this mad world. Thank you RJM.
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There isn’t a database called “G**gle Omnibus” unfortunately, but there should be. You would score highly, especially recently.
Perhaps surprisingly I’d never used Google Scholar, primarily because I wasn’t included in the last two research assessment exercises. So I’ve just used it. Quite fascinating.
For comparison with you, I had 51 pieces of work (journals, book chapters, edited book, book, conference papers, and one review) from 1998 to 2020), which have been cited 739 times. My peak years for citations were 2004 and 2016, but quite strangely they took off again in 2024!
Anyway, something different to spend 30 minutes on. And nowhere near the impact you have – for very obvious and understandable reasons. Keep at it, young man 🙂
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Possibly more of a subtle impact? Today’s Guardian editorial piece on economics “The Guardian view on the IMF’s warning: Britain’s economy runs hot for profits, cold for pay” touches on – very lightly – what you have been highlighting about political economy and choices.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/14/the-guardian-view-on-the-imfs-warning-britains-economy-runs-hot-for-profits-cold-for-pay?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
As discussed in other articles, the narrative must change…and you are contributing to that change in narrative and wider understanding.
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Richard, you are a very bright light in an otherwise very dark world. I don’t pretend to understand everything you write about although I can get my head round most of it. At 77 I find i can still be educated.
Keep it up.
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