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D-Index
103
Citations
200994
World Ranking
39
National Ranking
27

Bradley Efron publication distribution in Mathematics in 2026

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

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42 publications 537+

This scientist: 267 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Bradley Efron D-index placement in Mathematics in 2026

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

30 D-Index: 174 scientists 31 D-Index: 151 scientists 32 D-Index: 174 scientists 33 D-Index: 117 scientists 34 D-Index: 136 scientists 35 D-Index: 127 scientists 36 D-Index: 145 scientists 37 D-Index: 153 scientists 38 D-Index: 150 scientists 39 D-Index: 150 scientists 40 D-Index: 137 scientists 41 D-Index: 136 scientists 42 D-Index: 93 scientists 43 D-Index: 108 scientists 44 D-Index: 115 scientists 45 D-Index: 112 scientists 46 D-Index: 103 scientists 47 D-Index: 75 scientists 48 D-Index: 59 scientists 49 D-Index: 67 scientists 50 D-Index: 60 scientists 51 D-Index: 57 scientists 52 D-Index: 59 scientists 53 D-Index: 62 scientists 54 D-Index: 60 scientists 55 D-Index: 50 scientists 56 D-Index: 42 scientists 57 D-Index: 54 scientists 58 D-Index: 50 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 41 scientists 61 D-Index: 35 scientists 62 D-Index: 40 scientists 63 D-Index: 21 scientists 64 D-Index: 31 scientists 65 D-Index: 27 scientists 66 D-Index: 29 scientists 67 D-Index: 19 scientists 68 D-Index: 25 scientists 69 D-Index: 17 scientists 70 D-Index: 18 scientists 71 D-Index: 12 scientists 72 D-Index: 14 scientists 73 D-Index: 13 scientists 74 D-Index: 18 scientists 75 D-Index: 9 scientists 76 D-Index: 11 scientists 77 D-Index: 10 scientists 78 D-Index: 9 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 10 scientists 82 D-Index: 5 scientists 83 D-Index: 5 scientists 84 D-Index: 13 scientists 85 D-Index: 6 scientists 86+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 86+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 86 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mathematics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mathematics in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - International Prize in Statistics For the bootstrap
  • 2016 - BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
  • 2005 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his contributions to theoretical and applied statistics, especially the bootstrap sampling technique; for his extraordinary geometric insight into nonlinear statistical problems; and for applications in medicine, physics, and astronomy.", Awarded by President George W. Bush in a White House ceremony on July 27, 2007.
  • 1990 - Samuel S. Wilks Memorial Award, American Statistical Association (ASA)
  • 1986 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1983 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
  • 1983 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1981 - Wald Memorial Lecturer
  • 1970 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Bradley Efron is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has made significant contributions in the fields of Mathematics and Medicine. Their primary focus lies within the subfields of Statistics and Probability as well as Artificial Intelligence, Epidemiology, Management Science and Operations Research, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The main topics covered in their work include Statistical Methods and Inference, Advanced Statistical Methods and Models, Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference, Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI), Data Analysis with R, Forecasting Techniques and Applications, and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research.

Frequently collaborating with other experts, Efron's notable coauthors include Trevor Hastie, Balasubramanian Narasimhan, Yoav Benjamini, Richard D. De Veaux, and Scott Evans.

Their recent publications include:

  • Prediction, Estimation, and Attribution, 2020, Journal of the American Statistical Association
  • The Automatic Construction of Bootstrap Confidence Intervals, 2020, Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics
  • Prediction, Estimation, and Attribution, 2020, International Statistical Review
  • The ASA president's task force statement on statistical significance and replicability, 2021, The Annals of Applied Statistics
  • Letermovir Prophylaxis Decreases Burden of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in Patients at High Risk for CMV Disease Following Hematopoietic Cell Transplant, 2020, Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Efron frequently publishes in the Journal of the American Statistical Association, Cambridge University Press eBooks, International Statistical Review, Harvard Data Science Review, and the Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics.

In addition to articles, Efron has authored books published by Cambridge University Press, including:

  • Computer Age Statistical Inference, Student Edition, 2021
  • Exponential Families in Theory and Practice, 2022

Throughout their career, Efron has received several awards including the International Prize in Statistics in 2019 for work related to the bootstrap, the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in 2016, and the US President's National Medal of Science in 2005. The latter award recognized contributions to theoretical and applied statistics, especially the bootstrap sampling technique, and applications spanning medicine, physics, and astronomy. Other honors include the Samuel S. Wilks Memorial Award from the American Statistical Association, membership in the National Academy of Sciences, and fellowship recognitions from the MacArthur Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Statistical Association.

Best Publications

  • An introduction to the bootstrap

    Bradley Efron;Robert J Tibshirani

  • Bootstrap Methods: Another Look at the Jackknife

    Bradley Efron

  • The jackknife, the bootstrap, and other resampling plans

    Bradley Efron

  • Least angle regression

    Bradley Efron;Trevor Hastie;Iain Johnstone;Robert Tibshirani

  • Bootstrap Methods for Standard Errors, Confidence Intervals, and Other Measures of Statistical Accuracy

    Bradley Efron;Robert Tibshirani

  • Better Bootstrap Confidence Intervals

    Bradley Efron

  • A Leisurely Look at the Bootstrap, the Jackknife, and Cross-Validation

    Bradley Efron;Gail Gong

  • The Jackknife: The Bootstrap and Other Resampling Plans.

    Leone Y. Low;Bradley Efron

  • Estimating the Error Rate of a Prediction Rule: Improvement on Cross-Validation

    Bradley Efron

  • An Introduction to the Bootstrap.

    S. T. Buckland;B. Efron;R. J. Tibshirani

  • Bootstrap Confidence Intervals

    Thomas J. DiCiccio;Bradley Efron

  • Empirical Bayes analysis of a microarray experiment

    Bradley Efron;Robert Tibshirani;John D Storey;Virginia Tusher

  • Introduction to the Bootstrap, An

    Bradley Efron;R. Tibshrani

  • Improvements on Cross-Validation: The 632+ Bootstrap Method

    Bradley Efron;Robert Tibshirani

  • The Jackknife Estimate of Variance

    B. Efron;C. Stein

  • Nonparametric estimates of standard error: The jackknife, the bootstrap and other methods

    Bradley Efron

  • The Efficiency of Cox's Likelihood Function for Censored Data

    Bradley Efron

  • Computer-Intensive Methods in Statistics

    Persi Diaconis;Bradley Efron

  • Statistical Data Analysis in the Computer Age

    Bradley Efron;Robert Tibshirani

  • Bootstrap confidence intervalsCommentCommentCommentCommentRejoinder

    Thomas J. DiCiccio;Bradley Efron;Peter Hall;Michael A. Martin

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Tibshirani
Robert Tibshirani Stanford University
Trevor Hastie
Trevor Hastie Stanford University
Vahé Petrosian
Vahé Petrosian Stanford University
Thomas C. Merigan
Thomas C. Merigan Stanford University
Iain M. Johnstone
Iain M. Johnstone Stanford University
Mark A. Winters
Mark A. Winters Stanford University
Jonathan M. Schapiro
Jonathan M. Schapiro Sheba Medical Center
Jose G. Montoya
Jose G. Montoya Stanford University
Persi Diaconis
Persi Diaconis Stanford University
Jack S. Remington
Jack S. Remington Stanford University

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