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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Law 67 21 21 18 18 296 32529

Bernard S. Black publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Bernard S. Black between 1981 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Bernard S. Black published across 45 years, from 1981 to 2025, averaging 8.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 30 publications in 2023. 45 of the 395 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1981 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 30. Peak 30 publications in 2023. 1981: 2 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 1 publication 1990: 2 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 4 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 7 publications 2001: 9 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 16 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 17 publications 2009: 20 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 14 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 15 publications 2016: 16 publications 2017: 15 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 19 publications 2022: 22 publications 2023: 30 publications 2024: 20 publications 2025: 25 publications
1981 2025

395 publications in total across all disciplines

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Bernard S. Black: publications per year, 1981 to 2025
Year Publications
1981 2
1982 1
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 1
1989 1
1990 2
1991 1
1992 4
1993 3
1994 2
1995 2
1996 2
1997 2
1998 6
1999 6
2000 7
2001 9
2002 3
2003 7
2004 4
2005 8
2006 16
2007 12
2008 17
2009 20
2010 11
2011 7
2012 14
2013 14
2014 11
2015 15
2016 16
2017 15
2018 10
2019 16
2020 12
2021 19
2022 22
2023 30
2024 20
2025 25
Total 395
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Bernard S. Black publication distribution in Law in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Law in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bernard S. Black sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 46 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 37–41 to 262+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 100. Most scientists, 100, have 262+ publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 262 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 262+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 37–41 publications: 3 scientists 42–46 publications: 1 scientist 47–51 publications: 0 scientists 52–56 publications: 3 scientists 57–61 publications: 2 scientists 62–66 publications: 1 scientist 67–71 publications: 6 scientists 72–76 publications: 6 scientists 77–81 publications: 10 scientists 82–86 publications: 7 scientists 87–91 publications: 10 scientists 92–96 publications: 18 scientists 97–101 publications: 15 scientists 102–106 publications: 14 scientists 107–111 publications: 12 scientists 112–116 publications: 12 scientists 117–121 publications: 14 scientists 122–126 publications: 10 scientists 127–131 publications: 9 scientists 132–136 publications: 14 scientists 137–141 publications: 12 scientists 142–146 publications: 14 scientists 147–151 publications: 8 scientists 152–156 publications: 14 scientists 157–161 publications: 5 scientists 162–166 publications: 9 scientists 167–171 publications: 15 scientists 172–176 publications: 6 scientists 177–181 publications: 9 scientists 182–186 publications: 8 scientists 187–191 publications: 16 scientists 192–196 publications: 7 scientists 197–201 publications: 6 scientists 202–206 publications: 7 scientists 207–211 publications: 11 scientists 212–216 publications: 0 scientists 217–221 publications: 5 scientists 222–226 publications: 6 scientists 227–231 publications: 10 scientists 232–236 publications: 8 scientists 237–241 publications: 5 scientists 242–246 publications: 4 scientists 247–251 publications: 2 scientists 252–256 publications: 7 scientists 257–261 publications: 5 scientists 262+ publications: 100 scientists
37–41 publications 262+

This scientist: 296 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 262 publications or more.

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Number of Law scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 466 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
37–41 3
42–46 1
47–51 0
52–56 3
57–61 2
62–66 1
67–71 6
72–76 6
77–81 10
82–86 7
87–91 10
92–96 18
97–101 15
102–106 14
107–111 12
112–116 12
117–121 14
122–126 10
127–131 9
132–136 14
137–141 12
142–146 14
147–151 8
152–156 14
157–161 5
162–166 9
167–171 15
172–176 6
177–181 9
182–186 8
187–191 16
192–196 7
197–201 6
202–206 7
207–211 11
212–216 0
217–221 5
222–226 6
227–231 10
232–236 8
237–241 5
242–246 4
247–251 2
252–256 7
257–261 5
262+ 100 296
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Bernard S. Black D-index placement in Law in 2026

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

No. of scientists
20 40 60 80
Bar chart with 23 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 20 to 42+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 92. Most scientists, 92, have 42+ D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 42 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 42+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 20 D-Index: 16 scientists 21 D-Index: 23 scientists 22 D-Index: 11 scientists 23 D-Index: 20 scientists 24 D-Index: 17 scientists 25 D-Index: 23 scientists 26 D-Index: 19 scientists 27 D-Index: 19 scientists 28 D-Index: 22 scientists 29 D-Index: 14 scientists 30 D-Index: 25 scientists 31 D-Index: 25 scientists 32 D-Index: 20 scientists 33 D-Index: 24 scientists 34 D-Index: 23 scientists 35 D-Index: 12 scientists 36 D-Index: 11 scientists 37 D-Index: 15 scientists 38 D-Index: 14 scientists 39 D-Index: 4 scientists 40 D-Index: 8 scientists 41 D-Index: 9 scientists 42+ D-Index: 92 scientists
20 D-Index 42+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 42 D-Index or more.

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Number of Law scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 466 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
20 16
21 23
22 11
23 20
24 17
25 23
26 19
27 19
28 22
29 14
30 25
31 25
32 20
33 24
34 23
35 12
36 11
37 15
38 14
39 4
40 8
41 9
42+ 92 67
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Bernard S. Black is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focused on medicine and health professions. The scientist has made significant contributions to topics including healthcare policy and management, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts, healthcare cost, quality, and practices, global health care issues, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research.

The fields of study central to their work include Medicine and Health Professions, with notable attention to subfields such as General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, Health, Infectious Diseases, and Accounting.

Bernard S. Black has published extensively in a range of academic venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Annals of Emergency Medicine
  • Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
  • The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  • Management Science

Some of their recent publications are:

  • "Characterizing pediatric emergency department visits during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2020), published in The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  • "The Trouble with Instruments: The Need for Pretreatment Balance in Shock-Based Instrumental Variable Designs" (2020), published in Management Science
  • "Nonstandard Errors" (2024), published in The Journal of Finance
  • "The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department visits for serious cardiovascular conditions" (2021), published in The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  • "Emergency Department Volume, Severity, and Crowding Since the Onset of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic" (2023), published in Annals of Emergency Medicine

Throughout their career, Bernard S. Black has collaborated frequently with other researchers. Their most common co-authors include:

  • John Meurer
  • Vladimir A. Atanasov
  • Jeff Whittle
  • Ali Moghtaderi
  • Qian Luo

Bernard S. Black was recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016.

Best Publications

  • The Non-Correlation Between Board Independence and Long-Term Firm Performance

    Sanjai Bhagat;Bernard Black

  • Venture capital and the structure of capital markets: banks versus stock markets

    Bernard S Black;Ronald J Gilson;Ronald J Gilson

  • The Uncertain Relationship between Board Composition and Firm Performance

    Sanjai Bhagat;Bernard Black

  • Does Corporate Governance Predict Firms' Market Values? Evidence from Korea

    Bernard S. Black;Hasung Jang;Woochan Kim

  • Shareholder Passivity Reexamined

    Bernard S. Black

  • Agents Watching Agents: The Promise of Institutional Investor Voice

    Bernard Black

  • The legal and institutional preconditions for strong securities markets

    Bernard S. Black

  • A self-enforcing model of corporate law

    Bernard Black;Reinier Kraakman

  • Russian Privatization and Corporate Governance: What Went Wrong?

    Bernard Black;Reinier Kraakman;Anna Tarassova

  • The corporate governance behavior and market value of Russian firms

    Bernard Black

  • Is Corporate Law Trivial?: A Political and Economic Analysis

    Bernard Black

  • Hail Britannia?: Institutional Investor Behavior Under Limited Regulation

    Bernard S. Black;John C. Coffee Jr.

  • OUTSIDE DIRECTOR LIABILITY

    Bernard Black;Brian R. Cheffins;Michael Klausner

  • The new vote buying: Empty voting and hidden (morphable) ownership

    Henry T C Hu;Bernard Black

  • The effect of board structure on firm value: A multiple identification strategies approach using Korean data

    Bernard Black;Woochan Kim

  • Corporate governance indices and firms' market values: Time series evidence from Russia ☆

    Bernard S. Black;Inessa Love;Andrei Rachinsky

  • Shock-Based Causal Inference in Corporate Finance and Accounting Research

    Vladimir A. Atanasov;Bernard S. Black

  • Predicting Firms' Corporate Governance Choices: Evidence from Korea

    Bernard S. Black;Hasung Jang;Woochan Kim

  • Shareholder Activism and Corporate Governance in the United States

    Bernard S. Black

  • Venture Capital and the Structure of Capital Markets: Banks Versus Stock Markets

    Ronald J. Gilson;Ronald J. Gilson;Bernard S. Black

  • Equity and debt decoupling and empty voting II: Importance and extensions

    Henry T.C. Hu;Bernard Black

  • Private Enforcement of Corporate Law: An Empirical Comparison of the United Kingdom and the United States

    John Armour;Bernard Black;Brian Cheffins;Richard Nolan

  • Debt, Equity and Hybrid Decoupling: Governance and Systemic Risk Implications

    Henry T. C. Hu;Bernard Black

  • The law and finance of corporate acquisitions

    Ronald J. Gilson;Bernard S. Black

  • INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: THE CASE FOR INSTITUTIONAL VOICE

    Bernard S. Black

  • How corporate governance affect firm value? Evidence on a self-dealing channel from a natural experiment in Korea.

    Bernard S. Black;Woochan Kim;Hasung Jang;Kyung-Suh Park

  • Stability, Not Crisis: Medical Malpractice Claim Outcomes in Texas, 1988–2002

    Bernard Black;Charles Silver;David A. Hyman;William M. Sage

  • Unbundling and measuring tunneling

    Vladimir A. Atanasov;Bernard S. Black;Conrad S. Ciccotello

  • Hail Britannia?: Institutional Investor Behavior Under Limited Regulation

    John C. Coffee;John C. Coffee;Bernard S. Black

  • Methods for multicountry studies of corporate governance: Evidence from the BRIKT countries☆

    Bernard S. Black;Antonio Gledson de Carvalho;Vikramaditya Khanna;Woochan Kim

  • A Self Enforcing Model of Corporate Law

    Reinier Kraakman;Bernard S. Black

  • Predicting Firms' Corporate Governance Choices: Evidence from Korea

    Woochan Kim;Bernard S. Black;Hasung Jang

  • DOES CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PREDICT FIRMS MARKET VALUES

    B Black;H Jang;W Kim

  • The Effect of Corporate Governance on Firm Market Value and Profitability: Time-Series Evidence from Turkey

    Melsa Ararat;Bernard S. Black;B. Burcin Yurtoglu

  • The Relation between Firm-Level Corporate Governance and Market Value: A Study of India

    Bala N. Balasubramanian;Bala N. Balasubramanian;Bernard S. Black;Vikramaditya S. Khanna

  • The Corporate Governance Behavior and Market Value of Russian Firms(Russian version)

    Bernard S. Black

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian R. Cheffins
Brian R. Cheffins University of Cambridge
William M. Sage
William M. Sage Texas A&M University
B. Burcin Yurtoglu
B. Burcin Yurtoglu WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management
Mathias M. Siems
Mathias M. Siems European University Institute
Reinier Kraakman
Reinier Kraakman Harvard University
Ronald J. Gilson
Ronald J. Gilson Columbia University
John Armour
John Armour University of Oxford
Sanjai Bhagat
Sanjai Bhagat University of Colorado Boulder
Kosali Simon
Kosali Simon Indiana University
Lucian Arye Bebchuk
Lucian Arye Bebchuk Harvard University

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