2026 Bertil Tungodden: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	42	4692	4339	39	37	174	8590

Bertil Tungodden 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 Bertil Tungodden sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 174 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Bertil Tungodden 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 Bertil Tungodden sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Bertil Tungodden is affiliated with the Norwegian School of Economics in Norway. Their research primarily spans several interdisciplinary fields, with a focus on economics and behavioral studies.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

"Solidarity and fairness in times of crisis," 2021, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
"The future of human behaviour research," 2022, Nature Human Behaviour
"A Meritocratic Origin of Egalitarian Behaviour," 2022, The Economic Journal
"Exercise Improves Academic Performance," 2025, Journal of Political Economy
"The development of social comparisons and sharing behavior across 12 countries," 2020, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Tungodden's coauthors include:

Edward Miguel
Kjetil Bjorvatn
Lars Ivar Oppedal Berge
Simon Galle
Kelly Zhang

Their work appears regularly in several publication venues, including:

Harvard Dataverse
SSRN Electronic Journal
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

Tungodden's academic research covers multiple subfields, notably:

Sociology and Political Science
Safety Research
Demography
Cognitive Neuroscience
Economics and Econometrics

Key topics addressed in their research include:

Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research
Media Influence and Politics
Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

Best Publications

The pluralism of fairness ideals: An experimental approach

Alexander W. Cappelen;Astri Drange Hole;Erik Ø. Sørensen;Bertil Tungodden

1098
Citations
Just Luck: An Experimental Study of Risk-Taking and Fairness

Alexander Wright Cappelen;James Konow;Erik Øiolf Sørensen;Bertil Tungodden

605
Citations
Fairness and the Development of Inequality Acceptance

Ingvild Almås;Alexander W. Cappelen;Erik Ø. Sørensen;Bertil Tungodden

564
Citations
Cutthroat capitalism versus cuddly socialism: Are Americans more meritocratic and efficiency-seeking than Scandinavians?

Ingvild Almas;Alexander W. Cappelen;Bertil Tungodden

472
Citations
Human and Financial Capital for Microenterprise Development: Evidence from a Field and Lab Experiment

Lars Ivar Oppedal Berge;Kjetil Bjorvatn;Bertil Tungodden

436
Citations
Responsibility for what? Fairness and individual responsibility

Alexander Wright Cappelen;Erik Øiolf Sørensen;Erik Øiolf Sørensen;Bertil Tungodden;Bertil Tungodden

326
Citations
You’ve Got Mail: A Randomized Field Experiment on Tax Evasion

Kristina Bott;Alexander Wright Cappelen;Erik Øiolf Sørensen;Bertil Tungodden

297
Citations
Measuring unfair (in)equality

Ingvild Almås;Ingvild Almås;Alexander W. Cappelen;Jo Thori Lind;Erik Ø. Sørensen

233
Citations
Willingness to Compete: Family Matters

Ingvild Almås;Alexander W. Cappelen;Kjell Gunnar Salvanes;Erik Ø. Sørensen

222
Citations
NEEDS VERSUS ENTITLEMENTS—AN INTERNATIONAL FAIRNESS EXPERIMENT

Alexander W. Cappelen;Karl O. Moene;Erik Ø. Sørensen;Bertil Tungodden

186
Citations
When do we lie

Alexander W. Cappelen;Erik Ø. Sørensen;Bertil Tungodden

179
Citations
Fiscal Corruption: A Vice or a Virtue?

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad;Bertil Tungodden

160
Citations
Social Preferences in the Lab: A Comparison of Students and a Representative Population

Alexander W. Cappelen;Knut Nygaard;Erik Ø. Sørensen;Bertil Tungodden

160
Citations
The development of children's preferences for equality and equity across 13 individualistic and collectivist cultures.

Elizabeth Huppert;Jason M. Cowell;Jason M. Cowell;Yawei Cheng;Carlos Contreras-Ibáñez

155
Citations
The value of equality

Bertil Tungodden

136
Citations
Face-saving or fair-minded: What motivates moral behavior?

Alexander W. Cappelen;Trond Halvorsen;Erik Ø. Sørensen;Bertil Tungodden

134
Citations
Give and take in dictator games

Alexander Wright Cappelen;Ulrik H. Nielsen;Erik Øiolf Sørensen;Bertil Tungodden

131
Citations
TEACHING BUSINESS IN TANZANIA: EVALUATING PARTICIPATION AND PERFORMANCE

Kjetil Bjorvatn;Bertil Tungodden

130
Citations
The Effect of Early Childhood Education on Social Preferences.

Alexander Cappelen;John List;Anya Samek;Bertil Tungodden

121
Citations
Fairness is intuitive

Alexander W. Cappelen;Ulrik Haagen Nielsen;Bertil Tungodden;Jean-Robert Karl Tyran;Jean-Robert Karl Tyran

118
Citations
Resolving Distributional Conflicts Between Generations

Geir B. Asheim;Bertil Tungodden

104
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kjell G. Salvanes Norwegian School of Economics

Jean-Robert Tyran University of Vienna

Edward Miguel University of California, Berkeley

Marc Fleurbaey Paris School of Economics

Geir B. Asheim University of Oslo

John A. List University of Chicago

Daniel N. Posner University of California, Los Angeles

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad Christian Michelsen Institute

Karl Ove Moene University of Oslo

Uri Gneezy University of California, San Diego

External Links

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