2026 Christopher Winship: 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	48	3042	2788	1472	1328	159	19933

Overview

Christopher Winship is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their scholarly work is situated primarily within the social sciences, with a focus on sociology, political science, demography, and related interdisciplinary areas. Their research contributions span key topics such as crime patterns and interventions, policing practices and perceptions, regulation and compliance studies, homelessness and social issues, as well as demographic modeling and climate adaptation.

The scientist's recent publications include the following:

"Redefine statistical significance," 2025, published in UNC Libraries
"Streetwork at the crossroads: An evaluation of a street gang outreach intervention and holistic appraisal of the research evidence," 2023, published in Criminology
"The Anatomy of Cohort Analysis: Decomposing Comparative Cohort Careers," 2023, published in Sociological Methodology
"Cross-Group Differences in Age, Period, and Cohort Effects: A Bounding Approach to the Gender Wage Gap," 2023, published in Sociological Science
"The early years," 2023, published in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Christopher Winship frequently collaborates with several other researchers, including:

Ethan Fosse
Fotini Christia
Jessy Xinyi Han
Devavrat Shah
S. Craig Watkins

The scientist's work appears regularly in various academic journals with contributions to venues such as:

Criminology
UNC Libraries
Sociological Methodology
Sociological Science
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Within the broader category of social sciences that encompasses 16 publications, their subfields of specialization include:

Sociology and Political Science
Political Science and International Relations
Demography
General Health Professions
Strategy and Management

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range, reflecting interdisciplinary approaches to social phenomena:

Crime Patterns and Interventions
Policing Practices and Perceptions
Regulation and Compliance Studies
Homelessness and Social Issues
Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
Demographic Modeling and Climate Adaptation
Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies

Best Publications

Redefine statistical significance

Daniel J. Benjamin;James O. Berger;Magnus Johannesson;Magnus Johannesson;Brian A. Nosek;Brian A. Nosek

2992
Citations
Counterfactuals and Causal Inference: Methods and Principles for Social Research

Stephen L. Morgan;Christopher Winship

2038
Citations
Sampling Weights and Regression Analysis

Christopher Winship;Larry Radbill

1854
Citations
Endogenous Selection Bias: The Problem of Conditioning on a Collider Variable

Felix Elwert;Christopher Winship

1267
Citations
THE ESTIMATION OF CAUSAL EFFECTS FROM OBSERVATIONAL DATA

Christopher Winship;Stephen L. Morgan

1257
Citations
Models for Sample Selection Bias

Christopher Winship;Robert D. Mare

1179
Citations
REGRESSION MODELS WITH ORDINAL VARIABLES

Christopher Winship;Robert D. Mare

1146
Citations
Socioeconomic change and the decline of marriage for blacks and whites.

Mare Rd;Winship C

339
Citations
Structural Equations and Path Analysis for Discrete Data

Christopher Winship;Robert D. Mare

274
Citations
Roles and Positions: A Critique and Extension of the Blockmodeling Approach

Christopher Winship;Michael Mandel;Samuel Leinhardt

254
Citations
A Revaluation of Indexes of Residential Segregation

Christopher Winship

240
Citations
Instrumental Variables Regression

Christopher Muller;Christopher Winship;Stephen L. Morgan

218
Citations
Does Staying in School Make You Smarter? The Effect of Education on IQ in The Bell Curve

Christopher Winship;Sanders Korenman

213
Citations
Analyzing Age-Period-Cohort Data: A Review and Critique

Ethan Fosse;Christopher Winship

197
Citations
Unpacking Neighborhood Influences on Education Outcomes: Setting the Stage for Future Research

David J Harding;Lisa Gennetian;Christopher Winship;Lisa Sanbonmatsu

192
Citations
THE PARADOX OF LESSENING RACIAL INEQUALITY AND JOBLESSNESS AMONG BLACK YOUTH: ENROLLMENT, ENLISTMENT, AND EMPLOYMENT, 1964-1981*

Robert D. Mare;Christopher Winship

183
Citations
A Mechanism-Based Approach to the Identification of Age-Period-Cohort Models

Christopher Winship;David J. Harding

168
Citations
The Welfare Approach to Measuring Inequality

Christopher Winship;Joseph Schwartz;Karl Schuessler

158
Citations
Predictive Models for Annual Fundraising and Major Gift Fundraising

Wesley E. Lindahl;Christopher Winship

154
Citations
Ecometrics in the Age of Big Data Measuring and Assessing “Broken Windows” Using Large-scale Administrative Records

Daniel Tumminelli O’Brien;Daniel Tumminelli O’Brien;Robert J. Sampson;Christopher Winship

151
Citations
Sample Selection Bias

Christopher Winship;Robert D. Mare;Edgar F. Borgatta;Rhonda J. Montgomery

141
Citations
Organizations and institutions : sociological and economic approaches to the analysis of social structure

Christopher Winship;Sherwin Rosen

80
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert D. Mare University of California, Los Angeles

Anthony A. Braga University of Pennsylvania

Jeffrey R. Kling National Bureau of Economic Research

Lisa A. Gennetian Duke University

David Cesarini New York University

Thomas D. Cook University of Wisconsin–Madison

Brian A. Nosek Center for Open Science

Andy P. Field University of Sussex

Anthony G. Greenwald University of Washington

Zoltan Dienes University of Sussex

External Links

Wikipedia of Christopher Winship Personal website of Christopher Winship Google Scholar page

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