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Cass R. Sunstein 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 Cass R. Sunstein sits on this spectrum.

37–41 publications: 3 scientists 42–46 publications: 1 scientists 47–51 publications: 0 scientists 52–56 publications: 3 scientists 57–61 publications: 2 scientists 62–66 publications: 1 scientists 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 publications 262+

This scientist: 1,170 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Cass R. Sunstein 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 Cass R. Sunstein sits on this spectrum.

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: 148 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2018 - Holberg Prize, Government of Norway for having "reshaped our understanding of the relationship between the modern regulatory state and constitutional law."
  • 2017 - Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Cass R. Sunstein is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans several interdisciplinary fields including economics, behavioral science, political science, and legal studies. The scientist's work frequently addresses topics such as decision-making and behavioral economics, legal and constitutional studies, behavioral health and interventions, law and judicial systems, economic and environmental valuation, ethics and social impacts of AI, and environmental education and sustainability.

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response (2020, Nature Human Behaviour)
  • How people decide what they want to know (2020, Nature Human Behaviour)
  • Ten considerations for effectively managing the COVID-19 transition (2020, Nature Human Behaviour)
  • How behavioural sciences can promote truth, autonomy and democratic discourse online (2020, Nature Human Behaviour)
  • Mitigating climate change via food consumption and food waste: A systematic map of behavioral interventions (2020, Journal of Cleaner Production)

Frequent co-authors of Cass R. Sunstein include:

  • Lucia A. Reisch
  • Micha Kaiser
  • Adrian Vermeule
  • Oren Bar-Gill
  • Michele J. Gelfand

Sunstein has published extensively in a variety of venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Behavioural Public Policy
  • Nature Human Behaviour
  • Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis
  • American Journal of Law and Equality

Several books have been published by Sunstein under different publishers. Major publishers include The MIT Press, Harvard University Press, New York University Press eBooks, Princeton University Press, and Cambridge University Press.

Books published with The MIT Press include:

  • Sludge (2021)
  • Too Much Information (2020)
  • Bounded Rationality (2022)
  • Climate Justice (2025)
  • On Liberalism (2025)

Books published with Harvard University Press include:

  • Law and Leviathan (2020)
  • Campus Free Speech (2024)

Books published with New York University Press eBooks include:

  • Conformity (2020)
  • Averting Catastrophe (2021)

Books published with Princeton University Press include:

  • How to Interpret the Constitution (2023)

Books published with Cambridge University Press include:

  • Behavioral Science and Public Policy (2020)
  • Decisions about Decisions (2023)

Sunstein's awards include the Holberg Prize from the Government of Norway in 2018, with a citation noting the reshaping of understanding between modern regulatory state and constitutional law. They were elected Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy in 2017 and became a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1992.

Best Publications

  • Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

    Richard H. Thaler;Cass R. Sunstein

  • Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response.

    Jay J. Van Bavel;Katherine Baicker;Paulo S. Boggio;Valerio Capraro

  • A Behavioral Approach to Law and Economics

    Christine Jolls;Cass R. Sunstein;Richard H. Thaler

  • The science of fake news

    David M. J. Lazer;Matthew A. Baum;Yochai Benkler;Adam J. Berinsky

  • Republic.com 2.0

    Cass R. Sunstein

  • The Law of Group Polarization

    Cass Robert Sunstein

  • Libertarian Paternalism Is Not an Oxymoron

    Cass R. Sunstein;Richard H. Thaler

  • Social Norms and Social Roles

    Cass Robert Sunstein

  • On the Expressive Function of Law

    Cass Robert Sunstein

  • Beyond the Republican Revival

    Cass R. Sunstein

  • The Cost of Rights: Why Liberty Depends on Taxes

    Stephen Holmes;Cass R. Sunstein

  • Democracy and the Problem of Free Speech

    Cass R. Sunstein

  • The Partial Constitution

    Cass R. Sunstein

  • Laws of Fear: Beyond the Precautionary Principle

    Cass R. Sunstein

  • Interest groups in American public law

    Cass R. Sunstein

  • One Case at a Time: Judicial Minimalism on the Supreme Court

    Cass R. Sunstein

  • Availability Cascades and Risk Regulation

    Timur Kuran;Cass R. Sunstein

  • Infotopia: How Many Minds Produce Knowledge

    Cass R. Sunstein

  • Libertarian Paternalism

    Unknown

  • Interpreting Statutes in the Regulatory State

    Cass R. Sunstein

  • Republic.com

    Cass R. Sunstein

  • Lochner's Legacy

    Cass R. Sunstein

  • The President and the Administration

    Cass R. Sunstein;Lawrence Lessig

  • Why Nudge?: The Politics of Libertarian Paternalism

    Cass R. Sunstein

  • Naked Preferences and the Constitution

    Cass R. Sunstein

  • Conspiracy Theories: Causes and Cures*

    Cass R. Sunstein;Adrian Vermeule

  • Are Judges Political?: An Empirical Analysis of the Federal Judiciary

    Cass R. Sunstein;David Schkade;Lisa Michelle Ellman;Andres Sawicki

  • A Behavioral Approach to Law and Economics

    Christine Jolls;Christine Jolls;Cass R. Sunstein;Richard H. Thaler;Richard H. Thaler

  • The Construction of Preference: Libertarian Paternalism Is Not an Oxymoron

    Cass R. Sunstein;Richard H. Thaler

Frequent Co-Authors

Lucia A. Reisch
Lucia A. Reisch Copenhagen Business School
Richard H. Thaler
Richard H. Thaler University of Chicago
David A. Schkade
David A. Schkade University of California, San Diego
Eric A. Posner
Eric A. Posner University of Chicago
Edward L. Glaeser
Edward L. Glaeser Harvard University
Adrian Vermeule
Adrian Vermeule Harvard University
Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman Princeton University
Martha Craven Nussbaum
Martha Craven Nussbaum University of Chicago
Christine Jolls
Christine Jolls Yale University
Robert W. Hahn
Robert W. Hahn University of Oxford

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