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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 77 467 402 222 188 341 18953
Engineering and Technology 76 718 678 248 225 353 18942

Benjamin F. Hobbs publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Benjamin F. Hobbs between 1978 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Benjamin F. Hobbs published across 48 years, from 1978 to 2025, averaging 8.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 25 publications in 2013. 26 of the 414 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1978 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 25. Peak 25 publications in 2013. 1978: 1 publication 1979: 3 publications 1980: 2 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 1 publication 1984: 2 publications 1985: 7 publications 1986: 7 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 4 publications 1989: 10 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 10 publications 1993: 5 publications 1994: 11 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 16 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 10 publications 2003: 8 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 16 publications 2011: 12 publications 2012: 16 publications 2013: 25 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 18 publications 2017: 15 publications 2018: 15 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 10 publications 2022: 9 publications 2023: 10 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 14 publications
1978 2025

414 publications in total across all disciplines

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Benjamin F. Hobbs: publications per year, 1978 to 2025
Year Publications
1978 1
1979 3
1980 2
1981 0
1982 1
1983 1
1984 2
1985 7
1986 7
1987 2
1988 4
1989 10
1990 3
1991 3
1992 10
1993 5
1994 11
1995 3
1996 4
1997 5
1998 4
1999 6
2000 16
2001 7
2002 10
2003 8
2004 8
2005 10
2006 6
2007 11
2008 11
2009 11
2010 16
2011 12
2012 16
2013 25
2014 12
2015 13
2016 18
2017 15
2018 15
2019 13
2020 12
2021 10
2022 9
2023 10
2024 12
2025 14
Total 414
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Benjamin F. Hobbs publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Benjamin F. Hobbs sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 334–343 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 341 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69 341
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Benjamin F. Hobbs D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Benjamin F. Hobbs sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 77 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 94th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30 77
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • 2008 - IEEE Fellow For integration of economic and environmental concerns into power systems design and operation

Overview

Benjamin F. Hobbs is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their scholarly work is primarily situated within the field of Engineering, with a focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their research topics include:

  • Electric Power System Optimization
  • Smart Grid Energy Management
  • Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
  • Energy Load and Power Forecasting
  • Power System Reliability and Maintenance
  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation

Benjamin F. Hobbs has contributed to multiple recent publications, including:

  • Energy storage solutions to decarbonize electricity through enhanced capacity expansion modelling, 2023, Nature Energy
  • Crediting Variable Renewable Energy and Energy Storage in Capacity Markets: Effects of Unit Commitment and Storage Operation, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
  • Supporting cost-effective watershed management strategies for Chesapeake Bay using a modeling and optimization framework, 2021, Environmental Modelling & Software
  • Research to develop the next generation of electric power capacity expansion tools: What would address the needs of planners?, 2020, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
  • Reserve and energy scarcity pricing in United States power markets: A comparative review of principles and practices, 2023, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Frequent co-authors of Benjamin F. Hobbs include:

  • Qingyu Xu
  • Mahdi Mehrtash
  • Rui Shi
  • Evangelia Spyrou
  • Yijiao Wang

Their publications have appeared repeatedly in several venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
  • IEEE Transactions on Energy Markets Policy and Regulation
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Benjamin F. Hobbs has received professional recognitions including:

  • Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), awarded in 2010
  • IEEE Fellow, awarded in 2008, for work on the integration of economic and environmental concerns into power systems design and operation

Best Publications

  • Strategic gaming analysis for electric power systems: an MPEC approach

    B.F. Hobbs;C.B. Metzler;J.-S. Pang

  • Complementarity Modeling in Energy Markets

    Steven A. Gabriel;Antonio J. Conejo;J. David Fuller;Benjamin F. Hobbs

  • Oligopolistic competition in power networks: a conjectured supply function approach

    C.J. Day;B.F. Hobbs;Jong-Shi Pang

  • Efficient Market-Clearing Prices in Markets with Nonconvexities

    Richard P. O'Neill;Paul M. Sotkiewicz;Benjamin F. Hobbs;Michael H. Rothkopf

  • Energy decisions and the environment : a guide to the use of multicriteria methods

    B. F. Hobbs;Peter Meier

  • Optimization methods for electric utility resource planning

    Benjamin F. Hobbs

  • The Next Generation of Electric Power Unit Commitment Models

    Benjamin F. Hobbs

  • Review of Ground‐Water Quality Monitoring Network Design

    Hugo A. Loaiciga;Randall J. Charbeneau;Lorne G. Everett;Graham E. Fogg

  • Optimal Generation Mix With Short-Term Demand Response and Wind Penetration

    C. De Jonghe;B. F. Hobbs;R. Belmans

  • Network-constrained Cournot models of liberalized electricity markets: the devil is in the details

    Karsten Neuhoff;Julian Barquin;Maroeska G. Boots;Andreas Ehrenmann

  • Nash-Cournot Equilibria in Power Markets on a Linearized DC Network with Arbitrage: Formulations and Properties

    Carolyn Metzler;Benjamin F. Hobbs;Jong-Shi Pang

  • Analysis of the value for unit commitment of improved load forecasts

    B.F. Hobbs;S. Jitprapaikulsarn;S. Konda;V. Chankong

  • A COMPARISON OF WEIGHTING METHODS IN POWER PLANT SITING

    Benjamin F. Hobbs

  • Nash-Cournot Equilibria in Electric Power Markets with Piecewise Linear Demand Functions and Joint Constraints

    Benjamin F. Hobbs;J. S. Pang

  • FUZZY COGNITIVE MAPPING AS A TOOL TO DEFINE MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES FOR COMPLEX ECOSYSTEMS

    Benjamin F. Hobbs;Stuart A. Ludsin;Roger L. Knight;Phil A. Ryan

  • Building public confidence in energy planning : a multimethod MCDM approach to demand-side planning at BC gas

    Benjamin F Hobbs;Graham Tf Horn

  • The economics of planning electricity transmission to accommodate renewables: Using two-stage optimisation to evaluate flexibility and the cost of disregarding uncertainty

    Adriaan Hendrik van der Weijde;Benjamin F. Hobbs

  • Trading in the Downstream European Gas Market: A Successive Oligopoly Approach

    Maroeska G. Boots;Fieke A.M. Rijkers;Benjamin F. Hobbs

  • Does choice of multicriteria method matter? An experiment in water resources planning

    Benjamin F. Hobbs;Vira Chankong;Wael Hamadeh;Eugene Z. Stakhiv

  • Understanding how market power can arise in network competition: a game theoretic approach

    Carolyn A. Berry;Benjamin F. Hobbs;William A. Meroney;Richard P. O'Neill

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio J. Conejo
Antonio J. Conejo The Ohio State University
Jong-Shi Pang
Jong-Shi Pang University of Southern California
Frank A. Wolak
Frank A. Wolak Stanford University
Janusz Bialek
Janusz Bialek Imperial College London
Michael H. Rothkopf
Michael H. Rothkopf Pennsylvania State University
Peter Richard Wilcock
Peter Richard Wilcock Utah State University
James Bushnell
James Bushnell University of California, Davis
James D. McCalley
James D. McCalley Iowa State University
Michelle L. Bell
Michelle L. Bell Yale University

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