| Economic growth in a cross section of countries RJ Barro The quarterly journal of economics 106 (2), 407-443, 1991 | 25038 | 1991 |
| Government spending in a simple model of endogeneous growth RJ Barro Journal of political economy 98 (5, Part 2), S103-S125, 1990 | 13359 | 1990 |
| Convergence RJ Barro, X Sala-i-Martin Journal of political Economy 100 (2), 223-251, 1992 | 11254* | 1992 |
| Are government bonds net wealth? RJ Barro Journal of political economy 82 (6), 1095-1117, 1974 | 10951 | 1974 |
| Determinants of economic growth: A cross-country empirical study RJ Barro National Bureau of Economic Research, 1996 | 7976 | 1996 |
| A new data set of educational attainment in the world, 1950–2010 RJ Barro, JW Lee Journal of development economics 104, 184-198, 2013 | 7656 | 2013 |
| Rules, discretion and reputation in a model of monetary policy RJ Barro, DB Gordon Journal of monetary economics 12 (1), 101-121, 1983 | 6795 | 1983 |
| Convergence across states and regions RJ Barro, X Sala-i-Martin, OJ Blanchard, RE Hall Brookings papers on economic activity, 107-182, 1991 | 6556 | 1991 |
| International data on educational attainment: updates and implications RJ Barro, JW Lee oxford Economic papers 53 (3), 541-563, 2001 | 6189 | 2001 |
| Democracy and growth RJ Barro Journal of economic growth 1, 1-27, 1996 | 5966 | 1996 |
| On the determination of the public debt RJ Barro Journal of political Economy 87 (5, Part 1), 940-971, 1979 | 5299 | 1979 |
| Inequality and Growth in a Panel of Countries RJ Barro Journal of economic growth 5, 5-32, 2000 | 5122 | 2000 |
| A positive theory of monetary policy in a natural rate model RJ Barro, DB Gordon Journal of political economy 91 (4), 589-610, 1983 | 5082 | 1983 |
| International comparisons of educational attainment RJ Barro, JW Lee Journal of monetary economics 32 (3), 363-394, 1993 | 4126 | 1993 |
| Human capital and growth RJ Barro American economic review 91 (2), 12-17, 2001 | 3533 | 2001 |
| Sala-I-Martin, X.(1995), Economic Growth RJ Barro McGraw-Hill, New York, 1995 | 3101* | 1995 |
| Religion and economic growth across countries RJ Barro, RM McCleary American sociological review 68 (5), 760-781, 2003 | 2821 | 2003 |
| Determinants of democracy RJ Barro Journal of Political economy 107 (S6), S158-S183, 1999 | 2790 | 1999 |
| Rare disasters and asset markets in the twentieth century RJ Barro The Quarterly Journal of Economics 121 (3), 823-866, 2006 | 2664 | 2006 |
| Inflation and economic growth RJ Barro National bureau of economic research, 1995 | 2431 | 1995 |
