2026 Daniel Sarewitz: 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	37	6076	5642	2900	2644	130	11189

Daniel Sarewitz 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 Daniel Sarewitz sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 130 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Daniel Sarewitz 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 Daniel Sarewitz sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Daniel Sarewitz is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research encompasses multiple interdisciplinary topics, focusing primarily on science policy, technology assessment, and the social dimensions of scientific knowledge. The scholar's work addresses complex issues at the intersection of science, society, and governance.

The following are recent papers authored or co-authored by Daniel Sarewitz:

Five ways to ensure that models serve society: a manifesto, 2020, Nature
Designing Participatory Technology Assessments: A Reflexive Method for Advancing the Public Role in Science Policy Decision-making, 2021, Technological Forecasting and Social Change
What did COVID-19 really teach us about science, evidence and society?, 2023, Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
Economists Being Economists, 2023, Issues in Science and Technology

Frequent co-authors of Daniel Sarewitz include:

Andrea Saltelli
Gabriele Bammer
Isabelle Bruno
Érica Charters
Monica Di Fiore

They have published in a range of venues, including:

Nature
Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
Issues in Science and Technology

Daniel Sarewitz's work spans several subfields of study, among which are:

Modeling and Simulation
Global and Planetary Change
Management of Technology and Innovation
Sociology and Political Science
General Health Professions

The main research topics covered by their work include:

COVID-19 epidemiological studies
Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
Delphi Technique in Research
Healthcare cost, quality, practices
COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

In recognition of their contributions to science, Daniel Sarewitz was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2006.

Best Publications

How science makes environmental controversies worse

Daniel Sarewitz

1475
Citations
Real-time technology assessment

David H. Guston;Daniel Sarewitz

1127
Citations
The neglected heart of science policy: reconciling supply of and demand for science

Daniel Sarewitz;Roger A. Pielke

774
Citations
The future of sustainability science: a solutions-oriented research agenda

Thaddeus R. Miller;Arnim Wiek;Daniel Sarewitz;John Robinson

648
Citations
Climate change 2007: Lifting the taboo on adaptation

Roger Pielke;Gwyn Prins;Steve Rayner;Daniel Sarewitz

561
Citations
Improving the contribution of climate model information to decision making: the value and demands of robust decision frameworks

Christopher P. Weaver;Robert J. Lempert;Casey Brown;John A Hall

448
Citations
Five ways to ensure that models serve society: a manifesto.

Andrea Saltelli;Gabriele Bammer;Isabelle Bruno;Erica Charters

433
Citations
Vulnerability and risk: Some thoughts from a political and policy perspective

Daniel Sarewitz;Roger Pielke;Mojdeh Keykhah

402
Citations
Public Value Mapping and Science Policy Evaluation

Barry Bozeman;Daniel Sarewitz

396
Citations
Frontiers of illusion : science, technology, and the politics of progress

Daniel R. Sarewitz

378
Citations
Characterizing Climate-Change Uncertainties for Decision-Makers. An Editorial Essay

Robert Lempert;Nebojsa Nakicenovic;Daniel Sarewitz;Michael Schlesinger

348
Citations
Characterizing Climate-Change Uncertainties for Decision-Makers

Robert J. Lempert;Nebojsa Nakicenovic;Daniel R Sarewitz;Michael E. Schlesinger

330
Citations
Prediction : science, decision making, and the future of nature

Daniel Sarewitz;Roger A. Pielke;Radford Byerly

250
Citations
The Hartwell Paper: a new direction for climate policy after the crash of 2009

Gwyn Prins;Isabel Galiana;Christopher Green;Reiner Grundmann

231
Citations
Public values and public failure in US science policy

Barry Bozeman;Daniel Sarewitz

230
Citations
The pressure to publish pushes down quality.

Daniel Sarewitz

217
Citations
Prediction in science and policy

Daniel Sarewitz;Roger Pielke

183
Citations
Frontiers of illusion

Daniel R. Sarewitz

163
Citations
Improving the public value of science: A typology to inform discussion, design and implementation of research

Elizabeth C. McNie;Elizabeth C. McNie;Adam Parris;Daniel Sarewitz

139
Citations
Three rules for technological fixes

Daniel Sarewitz;Richard Nelson

134
Citations
Improving the Contribution of Climate Model Information to Decision Making

Christopher P. Weaver;Robert J. Lempert;Casey Brown;John A. Hall

0
Citations
Lifting the Taboo on the Adaptation

Roger Pielke Jr;Gwyn Prins;Steve Rayner;Daniel Sarewitz

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger A. Pielke University of Colorado Boulder

Steve Rayner University of Oxford

Robert J. Lempert RAND Corporation

Jeroen P. van der Sluijs University of Bergen

Casey Brown University of Massachusetts Amherst

Lennart Olsson Lund University

Michael E. Schlesinger University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Derk Loorbach Erasmus University Rotterdam

Nebojsa Nakicenovic International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Andrew Stirling University of Sussex

External Links

Personal website of Daniel Sarewitz

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