2026 Bruno S. Frey: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	133	20	17	1	1	988	83169

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Switzerland Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Switzerland Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Switzerland Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Switzerland Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Political Science in Switzerland Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Switzerland Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Switzerland Leader Award
2005 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Bruno S. Frey is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland. Their recent research work spans multiple disciplines, including economics, molecular biology, and political science. The scientist's publication record features contributions to various fields such as economics and econometrics, molecular biology, sociology and political science, political science and international relations, and strategy and management.

Their research interests cover diverse topics, notably:

Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
Cell Image Analysis Techniques
Electoral Systems and Political Participation
Retirement, Disability, and Employment
Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
Gene expression and cancer classification

Among the recent published papers authored or co-authored by Bruno S. Frey are:

"The Tumor Profiler Study: integrated, multi-omic, functional tumor profiling for clinical decision support" (2021) published in Cancer Cell
"SCIM: universal single-cell matching with unpaired feature sets" (2020) published in Bioinformatics
"A policy proposal to deal with excessive cultural tourism" (2021) published in European Planning Studies
"Establishing standardized immune phenotyping of metastatic melanoma by digital pathology" (2021) published in Laboratory Investigation
"Detection of isoforms and genomic alterations by high-throughput full-length single-cell RNA sequencing in ovarian cancer" (2023) published in Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative work include:

Andre Briviba
Ximena Bonilla
Stéphane Chevrier
Sandra Goetze
Cinzia Esposito

The scientist's work is regularly published in specific venues known for academic research, with multiple publications in:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Kyklos
Bioinformatics
Nature Communications
Scientometrics

Bruno S. Frey has been recognized within the academic community by awards including the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh awarded in 2005 and membership in the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Best Publications

WHAT CAN ECONOMISTS LEARN FROM HAPPINESS RESEARCH

Bruno S. Frey;Alois Stutzer

4516
Citations
Happiness and economics

Bruno S. Frey;Alois Stutzer

4395
Citations
Motivation crowding theory

Bruno S. Frey;Reto Jegen

4323
Citations
Not Just for the Money

Bruno Frey

3750
Citations
Happiness, Economy and Institutions

Bruno S. Frey;Alois Stutzer

2493
Citations
The Cost of Price Incentives: An Empirical Analysis of Motivation Crowding-Out

Bruno S. Frey;Felix Oberholzer-Gee

2425
Citations
Not Just for the Money: An Economic Theory of Personal Motivation

Bruno S. Frey

2264
Citations
Happiness and economics, how the economy and institutions affect well-being

Bruno S. Frey;Alois Stutzer

1937
Citations
Economic and political determinants of foreign direct investment

Friedrich Schneider;Bruno S Frey

1918
Citations
Social Comparisons and Pro-social Behavior: Testing "Conditional Cooperation" in a Field Experiment

Bruno S. Frey;Stephan Meier

1525
Citations
Trust breeds trust: How taxpayers are treated

Lars P. Feld;Bruno S. Frey

1359
Citations
Happiness: A Revolution in Economics

Bruno S. Frey

1319
Citations
Stress that Doesn't Pay: The Commuting Paradox*

Alois Stutzer;Bruno S. Frey

1247
Citations
Does marriage make people happy, or do happy people get married?

Alois Stutzer;Bruno S. Frey

1192
Citations
Tax Compliance as the Result of a Psychological Tax Contract: The Role of Incentives and Responsive Regulation

Lars P. Feld;Bruno S. Frey

1093
Citations
Tax morale and conditional cooperation

Bruno S. Frey;Benno Torgler

1075
Citations
A Constitution for Knaves Crowds out Civic Virtues

Bruno S. Frey

961
Citations
Motivation crowding theory : a survey of empirical evidence

Bruno S. Frey;Reto Jegen

896
Citations
Happiness and Economics: How the Economy and Institutions Affect Human Well-Being

Len Berkey;Bruno S. Frey;Alois Stutzer

865
Citations
Arts & Economics: Analysis & Cultural Policy

Bruno S. Frey

852
Citations
Introducing Procedural Utility: Not Only What, but Also How Matters

Bruno S Frey;Matthias Benz;Alois Stutzer

846
Citations
The hidden economy as an ‘unobserved’ variable

Bruno S Frey;Hannelore Weck-Hanneman

812
Citations
Being Independent is a Great Thing: Subjective Evaluations of Self-Employment and Hierarchy

Matthias Benz;Bruno S. Frey

779
Citations
Muses and Markets: Explorations in the Economics of the Arts

Bruno S. Frey;Werner W. Pommerehne

771
Citations
An Empirical Study of Politico-Economic Interaction in the United States: A Reply

Bruno S. Frey;Friedrich Schneider

767
Citations
CALCULATING TRAGEDY: ASSESSING THE COSTS OF TERRORISM

Bruno S. Frey;Simon Luechinger;Alois Stutzer

724
Citations
What can Economists learn from Happiness Research? Revised Version

Bruno S Frey;Alois Stutzer

4
Citations
HAPPINESS, ECONOMYAND INSTITUTIONS*

Bruno S. Frey;Alois Stutzer

0
Citations
HAPPINESS, E CONOMY A ND I NSTITUTIONS

Bruno S. Frey;Alois Stutzer

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alois Stutzer University of Basel

Benno Torgler Queensland University of Technology

Stephan Meier Columbia University

Lars P. Feld Walter Eucken Institut

Friedrich Schneider Johannes Kepler University of Linz

Gebhard Kirchgässner University of St. Gallen

Dirk Helbing ETH Zurich

Gerd Gigerenzer Max Planck Institute for Human Development

Ernst Hafen ETH Zurich

Steffen Huck Social Science Research Center Berlin

External Links

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