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386
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Baruch Fischhoff publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Baruch Fischhoff sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 407 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Baruch Fischhoff D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Baruch Fischhoff sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 110 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Andrew Carnegie Fellow
  • 2017 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • 1993 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Baruch Fischhoff is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States, focusing primarily on medicine with particular expertise in emergency medicine, sociology and political science, general health professions, family practice, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Their research is reflected in a diverse range of topics including decision-making and behavioral economics, emergency and acute care studies, clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills, misinformation and its impacts, climate change communication and perception, cardiac arrest and resuscitation, and palliative care and end-of-life issues.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Jonathan Elmer, Tamar Krishnamurti, Alexis Steinberg, Deepika Mohan, and Douglas B. White.

Key publication venues where Fischhoff has contributed multiple works include JAMA Network Open, Resuscitation, Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Risk Analysis, and the Journal of Perinatology.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Fischhoff are:

  • Making Decisions in a COVID-19 World, 2020, JAMA
  • Decision-Making Competence: More Than Intelligence?, 2020, Current Directions in Psychological Science
  • Risk perceptions and health behaviors as COVID-19 emerged in the United States: Results from a probability-based nationally representative sample., 2021, Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied
  • Assessing How Consumers Interpret and Act on Results From At-Home COVID-19 Self-test Kits, 2022, JAMA Internal Medicine
  • Making behavioral science integral to climate science and action, 2020, Behavioural Public Policy

Throughout their career, Fischhoff has received several recognitions including being named an Andrew Carnegie Fellow in 2018, election to the National Academy of Sciences in 2017, fellowship of the American Psychological Association in 2002, and membership in the National Academy of Medicine in 1993.

Best Publications

  • The psychometric study of risk perception

    Paul Slovic;Baruch Fischhoff;Sarah Lichtenstein

  • Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory

    Sarah Lichtenstein;Baruch Fischhoff

  • HOW SAFE IS SAFE ENOUGH? A PSYCHOMETRIC STUDY OF ATTITUDES TOWARDS TECHNOLOGICAL RISKS AND BENEFITS

    Baruch Fischhoff;Paul Slovic;Sarah Lichtenstein;Stephen Read

  • Hindsight is not equal to foresight: The effect of outcome knowledge on judgment under uncertainty.

    Baruch Fischhoff

  • Calibration of probabilities: the state of the art to 1980

    Sarah Lichtenstein;Baruch Fischhoff;Lawrence D. Phillips

  • Behavioral Decision Theory

    Paul Slovic;Baruch Fischhoff;Sarah Lichtenstein

  • Judged frequency of lethal events

    Sarah Lichtenstein;Paul Slovic;Baruch Fischhoff;Mark Layman

  • Knowing with Certainty: The Appropriateness of Extreme Confidence.

    Baruch Fischhoff;Paul Slovic;Sarah Lichtenstein

  • Reasons for confidence.

    Asher Koriat;Sarah Lichtenstein;Baruch Fischhoff

  • Risk Communication: A Mental Models Approach

    M. Granger Morgan;Baruch Fischhoff;Ann Bostrom;Cynthia J. Atman

  • Effects of Fear and Anger on Perceived Risks of Terrorism A National Field Experiment

    Jennifer S. Lerner;Roxana M. Gonzalez;Deborah A. Small;Baruch Fischhoff

  • Risk perception and communication unplugged: twenty years of process.

    Baruch Fischhoff

  • Rating the Risks

    Paul Slovic;Baruch Fischhoff;Sarah Lichtenstein

  • Do Those Who Know More Also Know More about How Much They Know

    Sarah Lichtenstein;Baruch Fischhoff

  • Individual differences in adult decision-making competence.

    Wändi Bruine de Bruin;Andrew M. Parker;Baruch Fischhoff

  • Hindsight/Foresight: The Effect of Outcome Knowledge on Judgment Under Uncertainty

    Baruch Fischhoff

  • I knew it would happen: Remembered probabilities of once—future things

    Baruch Fischhoff;Ruth Beyth

  • Facts and Fears: Understanding Perceived Risk

    Paul Slovic;Baruch Fischhoff;Sarah Lichtenstein

  • Why Study Risk Perception

    Paul Slovic;Baruch Fischhoff;Sarah Lichtenstein

  • What Do People Know About Global Climate Change? 1. Mental Models

    Ann Bostrom;M. Granger Morgan;Baruch Fischhoff;Daniel Read

  • Clinical Decision Analysis

    Baruch Fischhoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Wändi Bruine de Bruin
Wändi Bruine de Bruin University of Southern California
Sarah Lichtenstein
Sarah Lichtenstein Oregon Research Institute
Paul Slovic
Paul Slovic University of Oregon
M. Granger Morgan
M. Granger Morgan Carnegie Mellon University
Cynthia J. Atman
Cynthia J. Atman University of Washington
Julie S. Downs
Julie S. Downs Carnegie Mellon University
Andrew M. Parker
Andrew M. Parker RAND Corporation
Ann Bostrom
Ann Bostrom University of Washington
Derek C. Angus
Derek C. Angus University of Pittsburgh
Mitchell J. Small
Mitchell J. Small Carnegie Mellon University

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