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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 64 1080 942 502 428 284 21768

David G. Victor publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by David G. Victor between 1987 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. David G. Victor published across 39 years, from 1987 to 2025, averaging 8.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 39 publications in 2011. 23 of the 342 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1987 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 39. Peak 39 publications in 2011. 1987: 1 publication 1988: 0 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 3 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 6 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 8 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 13 publications 2004: 11 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 22 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 15 publications 2009: 13 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 39 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 14 publications 2017: 19 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 3 publications 2021: 10 publications 2022: 13 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 11 publications
1987 2025

342 publications in total across all disciplines

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David G. Victor: publications per year, 1987 to 2025
Year Publications
1987 1
1988 0
1989 1
1990 3
1991 3
1992 4
1993 2
1994 4
1995 6
1996 5
1997 5
1998 4
1999 8
2000 3
2001 5
2002 7
2003 13
2004 11
2005 7
2006 22
2007 10
2008 15
2009 13
2010 8
2011 39
2012 7
2013 6
2014 10
2015 13
2016 14
2017 19
2018 10
2019 8
2020 3
2021 10
2022 13
2023 7
2024 12
2025 11
Total 342
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David G. Victor 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 David G. Victor sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 284–293 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 284 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113 284
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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David G. Victor 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 David G. Victor sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 64 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79 64
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Heinz I. Eulau Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Overview

David G. Victor is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their academic work spans multiple fields including medicine, economics and econometrics, sociology and political science, global and planetary change, renewable energy, sustainability, environment, and automotive engineering.

The focal areas of David G. Victor's research involve climate change policy and economics, energy, environment, and transportation policies, electric vehicles and infrastructure, transportation and mobility innovations, as well as liver disease diagnosis, treatment, and transplantation.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by David G. Victor include:

  • "Pandemic, War, and Global Energy Transitions" (2022), published in Energies
  • "Emergency deployment of direct air capture as a response to the climate crisis" (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • "Climate policy models need to get real about people - here's how" (2021), published in Nature
  • "Determining the credibility of commitments in international climate policy" (2022), published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Explaining successful and failed investments in U.S. carbon capture and storage using empirical and expert assessments" (2020), published in Environmental Research Letters

Frequent co-authors of David G. Victor include Ryan Hanna, Marcel Lumkowsky, Astrid Dannenberg, Emily K. Carlton, and Teevrat Garg.

Their work has appeared repeatedly in publication venues such as:

  • Nature
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Nature Energy

David G. Victor has authored books published by Princeton University Press, including two editions of Fixing the Climate in 2022.

Among awards received, David G. Victor was honored with the Heinz I. Eulau Award from the American Political Science Association in 2012.

Best Publications

  • The Regime Complex for Climate Change

    Robert O. Keohane;David G. Victor

  • The Regime Complex for Plant Genetic Resources

    Kal Raustiala;David G. Victor

  • The future mobility of the world population

    Andreas Schafer;David G Victor

  • Dynamics of energy technologies and global change

    Arnulf Grübler;Nebojša Nakićenović;David G Victor

  • The Collapse of the Kyoto Protocol and the Struggle to Slow Global Warming

    David G. Victor

  • Global Warming Gridlock: Creating More Effective Strategies for Protecting the Planet

    David G. Victor

  • A Realistic Policy on International Carbon Offsets

    Michael Wara;David G. Victor

  • Global warming will happen faster than we think.

    Yangyang Xu;Veerabhadran Ramanathan;David G. Victor

  • Cooperation and discord in global climate policy

    Robert O. Keohane;David G. Victor;David G. Victor;David G. Victor

  • Evaluation of a proposal for reliable low-cost grid power with 100% wind, water, and solar

    Christopher T. M. Clack;Christopher T. M. Clack;Staffan A. Qvist;Jay Apt;Morgan Bazilian

  • The implementation and effectiveness of international environmental commitments : theory and practice

    David G. Victor;Kal Raustiala;Eugene B. Skolnikoff

  • The Cognitive Revolution and the Political Psychology of Elite Decision Making

    Emilie M. Hafner-Burton;D. Alex Hughes;David G. Victor

  • On the regulation of geoengineering

    David G. Victor

  • The Implementation and Effectiveness of International Environmental Commitments

    D.G. Victor;K. Raustiala;E.B. Skolnikoff

  • The Behavioral Revolution and International Relations

    Emilie M. Hafner-Burton;Stephan Haggard;David A. Lake;David G. Victor

  • Climate change: Embed the social sciences in climate policy

    David G Victor

  • Political Science Research on International Law: The State of the Field

    Emilie M. Hafner-Burton;David G. Victor;Yonatan Lupu

  • Technological innovation and economic performance

    Benn Steil;David G. Victor;Richard R. Nelson

  • A model of household energy services in a low-income rural African village

    M.I. Howells;T. Alfstad;D.G. Victor;G. Goldstein

  • Response of Arctic temperature to changes in emissions of short-lived climate forcers

    M. Sand;T. K. Berntsen;K. von Salzen;M. G. Flanner

  • Oil and governance : state-owned enterprises and the world energy supply

    David G. Victor;David R. Hults;Mark C. Thurber

  • Natural Gas and Geopolitics: From 1970 to 2040

    David G. Victor;Amy M. Jaffe;Mark H. Hayes

  • The Regime Complex for Climate Change

    David G. Victor;Robert O. Keohane

  • Global Warming Gridlock: Putting it all together

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Frequent Co-Authors

Emilie Marie Hafner-Burton
Emilie Marie Hafner-Burton University of California, San Diego
Veerabhadran Ramanathan
Veerabhadran Ramanathan University of California, San Diego
Charles F. Kennel
Charles F. Kennel University of California, San Diego
Kal Raustiala
Kal Raustiala University of California, Los Angeles
M. Granger Morgan
M. Granger Morgan Carnegie Mellon University
Jay Apt
Jay Apt Carnegie Mellon University
Robert O. Keohane
Robert O. Keohane Princeton University
Steven J. Davis
Steven J. Davis Stanford University
Nebojsa Nakicenovic
Nebojsa Nakicenovic International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Jan Kleissl
Jan Kleissl University of California, San Diego

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