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Detlof von Winterfeldt 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 Detlof von Winterfeldt sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 131 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.

Detlof von Winterfeldt 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 Detlof von Winterfeldt sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% 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

  • 2004 - Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)

Overview

Detlof von Winterfeldt is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields within the social sciences and decision sciences, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to topics related to decision-making, infrastructure resilience, terrorism, and political violence.

The main fields of study for von Winterfeldt include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Decision Sciences

Within these broad fields, their work delves into the following subfields:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • General Decision Sciences
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Management Science and Operations Research

The core topics of research covered by von Winterfeldt include:

  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis
  • Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
  • Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
  • Middle East Politics and Society
  • Forecasting Techniques and Applications
  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Von Winterfeldt has published several papers recently, contributing to a range of academic journals. The recent papers include:

  • "Comparative Analysis of Terrorists' Objectives Hierarchies," 2020, Decision Analysis
  • "Testing the effectiveness of debiasing techniques to reduce overprecision in the elicitation of subjective continuous probability distributions," 2022, European Journal of Operational Research
  • "Retrospective Benefit-Cost Analysis of Security-Enhancing and Cost-Saving Technologies," 2020, Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis
  • "Risk-Informed Benefit-Cost Analysis for Homeland Security R&D: Methodology and an Application to Evaluating the Advanced Personal Protection System for Wildland Firefighters," 2021, Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis
  • "The role of a deductible/credit system for post-disaster public assistance in meeting alternative policy goals," 2020, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

The most frequent publication venues for von Winterfeldt are:

  • Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis
  • Decision Analysis
  • European Journal of Operational Research
  • Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
  • Environment Systems & Decisions

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Gilberto Montibeller
  • Johannes Siebert
  • Valentina Ferretti
  • Scott Farrow
  • Stephanie Michelle Thrift

In 2004, von Winterfeldt received the designation of Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).

Best Publications

  • A Framework to Quantitatively Assess and Enhance the Seismic Resilience of Communities

    Michel Bruneau;Stephanie E. Chang;Ronald T. Eguchi;George C. Lee

  • Improving Risk Communication

    Ralph L. Keeney;Detlof von Winterfeldt

  • Cognitive and Motivational Biases in Decision and Risk Analysis.

    Gilberto Montibeller;Detlof von Winterfeldt

  • Advances in decision analysis : from foundations to applications

    Ward Edwards;Ralph F. Jr. Miles;Detlof von Winterfeldt

  • Eliciting probabilities from experts in complex technical problems

    R.L. Keeney;D. von Winterfeldt

  • Probabilistic risk analysis and terrorism risk.

    Barry Charles Ezell;Steven P. Bennett;Detlof Von Winterfeldt;John Sokolowski

  • Beyond acceptable risk: On the social acceptability of technologies

    Harry J. Otway;Detlof Von Winterfeldt

  • Comparison of weighting judgments in multiattribute utility measurement

    Katrin Borcherding;Thomas Eppel;Detlof von Winterfeldt

  • The effects of splitting attributes on weights in multiattribute utility measurement

    Martin Weber;Franz Eisenführ;Detlof von Winterfeldt

  • Expert judgment in risk analysis and management: process, context, and pitfalls

    Harry Otway;Detlof von Winterfeldt

  • Eliciting public values for complex policy decisions

    Ralph L. Keeney;Detlof von Winterfeldt;Thomas Eppel

  • Anniversary Article: Decision Analysis in Management Science

    James E. Smith;Detlof von Winterfeldt

  • Multi-Attribute Utility Theory: Models and Assessment Procedures

    Detlof Von Winterfeldt;Gregory W. Fischer

  • Communicating Scientific Information About Health and Environmental Risks: Problems and Opportunities from a Social and Behavioral Perspective

    Vincent T. Covello;Detlof von Winterfeldt;Paul Slovic

  • A Risk and Economic Analysis of Dirty Bomb Attacks on the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach

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  • Bridging the gap between science and decision making

    Detlof von Winterfeldt

  • Structuring decision problems for decision analysis

    Detlof von Winterfeldt

  • Costs and payoffs in perceptual research.

    Detlof von Winterfeldt;Ward Edwards

  • Public values in risk debates

    Ward Edwards;Detlof von Winterfeldt

  • Identifying and structuring the objectives of terrorists.

    Gregory L. Keeney;Detlof von Winterfeldt

  • Comparing Hierarchical and Nonhierarchical Weighting Methods for Eliciting Multiattribute Value Models

    William G. Stillwell;Detlof von Winterfeldt;Richard S. John

  • Decision analysis in Management Science

    James E. Smith;Detlof Von Winterfeldt

Frequent Co-Authors

Ward Edwards
Ward Edwards University of Southern California
Ralph L. Keeney
Ralph L. Keeney Duke University
Richard S. John
Richard S. John University of Southern California
R. Duncan Luce
R. Duncan Luce University of California, Irvine
Adam Rose
Adam Rose University of Southern California
Martin Weber
Martin Weber University of Mannheim
Robin Gregory
Robin Gregory University of British Columbia
Paul Slovic
Paul Slovic University of Oregon
Clark McCauley
Clark McCauley Bryn Mawr College
Andrew Collins
Andrew Collins University of Oslo

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