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D-Index
49
Citations
25091
World Ranking
1107
National Ranking
509

Glenn Shafer publication distribution in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mathematics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Glenn Shafer sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 537+

This scientist: 171 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 537 publications or more.

Glenn Shafer D-index placement in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mathematics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Glenn Shafer sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 174 scientists 31 D-Index: 151 scientists 32 D-Index: 174 scientists 33 D-Index: 117 scientists 34 D-Index: 136 scientists 35 D-Index: 127 scientists 36 D-Index: 145 scientists 37 D-Index: 153 scientists 38 D-Index: 150 scientists 39 D-Index: 150 scientists 40 D-Index: 138 scientists 41 D-Index: 136 scientists 42 D-Index: 93 scientists 43 D-Index: 108 scientists 44 D-Index: 115 scientists 45 D-Index: 112 scientists 46 D-Index: 103 scientists 47 D-Index: 75 scientists 48 D-Index: 59 scientists 49 D-Index: 67 scientists 50 D-Index: 60 scientists 51 D-Index: 57 scientists 52 D-Index: 59 scientists 53 D-Index: 62 scientists 54 D-Index: 60 scientists 55 D-Index: 50 scientists 56 D-Index: 42 scientists 57 D-Index: 54 scientists 58 D-Index: 50 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 41 scientists 61 D-Index: 35 scientists 62 D-Index: 40 scientists 63 D-Index: 21 scientists 64 D-Index: 31 scientists 65 D-Index: 27 scientists 66 D-Index: 29 scientists 67 D-Index: 19 scientists 68 D-Index: 25 scientists 69 D-Index: 17 scientists 70 D-Index: 18 scientists 71 D-Index: 12 scientists 72 D-Index: 14 scientists 73 D-Index: 13 scientists 74 D-Index: 18 scientists 75 D-Index: 9 scientists 76 D-Index: 11 scientists 77 D-Index: 10 scientists 78 D-Index: 9 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 10 scientists 82 D-Index: 5 scientists 83 D-Index: 5 scientists 84 D-Index: 13 scientists 85 D-Index: 6 scientists 86+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 86+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 86 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) For the development of the Dempster-Shafer theory of evidence and its applications to AI systems.
  • 1983 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Glenn Shafer is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans significant contributions in the fields of Mathematics and Computer Science, with a particular focus on Statistics and Probability, Artificial Intelligence, and related computational theories.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms
  • Statistics Education and Methodologies
  • Statistical Methods and Inference
  • Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials
  • Advanced Statistical Methods and Models
  • Sports Analytics and Performance
  • Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference

Frequent co-authors in their research include Vladimir Vovk, Aaditya Ramdas, Peter Grünwald, Laurent Bienvenu, and Alexander Shen. Publications are commonly found in venues such as:

  • Statistical Science
  • International Journal of Approximate Reasoning
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society)
  • Aresty Rutgers Undergraduate Research Journal

Recent papers by Glenn Shafer include:

  • "Testing by Betting: A Strategy for Statistical and Scientific Communication," 2021, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society)
  • "The notion of event in probability and causality: Situating myself relative to Bruno de Finetti," 2021, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning
  • "Author's reply to the Discussion of 'Testing by Betting: A Strategy for Statistical and Scientific Communication' by Glenn Shafer," 2021, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society)

Although not a recent publication, collaborations with Aaditya Ramdas yielded the papers "Game-Theoretic Statistics and Safe Anytime-Valid Inference" published in 2023 in Statistical Science and the earlier 2022 piece "Game-theoretic statistics and safe anytime-valid inference" on arXiv (Cornell University).

Glenn Shafer has also authored books published by Princeton University Press and Springer International Publishing. Titles include:

  • A Mathematical Theory of Evidence, 2020, Princeton University Press
  • The Splendors and Miseries of Martingales, 2022, Springer International Publishing

They received the Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation award in 1983. In 1992, they were named a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) for contributions related to the Dempster-Shafer theory of evidence and its applications to AI systems.

Best Publications

  • Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases.

    Glenn R. Shafer;Daniel Kahnerman;Paul Slovic;Amos Tversky

  • Algorithmic Learning in a Random World

    Vladimir Vovk;Alex Gammerman;Glenn Shafer

  • A Tutorial on Conformal Prediction

    Glenn Shafer;Vladimir Vovk

  • Axioms for probability and belief-function propagation

    Prakash P. Shenoy;Glenn Shafer

  • Readings in Uncertain Reasoning

    Glenn Shafer;Judea Pearl

  • Probability and Finance: It's Only a Game!

    Glenn Shafer;Vladimir Vovk

  • Perspectives on the theory and practice of belief functions

    Glenn Shafer

  • Languages and designs for probability judgment

    G. Shafer;A. Tversky

  • Propagating Belief Functions with Local Computations

    Prakash P. Shenoy;Glenn Shafer

  • The art of causal conjecture

    Glenn Shafer

  • Propagating belief functions in qualitative Markov trees

    Glenn Shafer;Prakash P. Shenoy;Khaled Mellouli

  • Lindley's Paradox

    Glenn Shafer

  • BELIEF FUNCTIONS AND POSSIBILITY MEASURES.

    Glenn Shafer

  • Probabilistic expert systems

    Glenn Shafer

  • Non-additive probabilities in the work of Bernoulli and Lambert

    Glenn Shafer

  • Belief Functions and Parametric Models

    Glenn Shafer

  • The Bayesian and belief-function formalisms a general perspective for auditing

    G. Shafer;R. Srivastava

  • Allocations of Probability

    Glenn Shafer

  • The Emergence of Probability.

    Glenn R. Shafer;Ian Hacking

  • Probability and Finance

    Glenn Shafer;Vladimir Vovk

  • Scientific Reasoning: The Bayesian Approach

    Glenn Shafer

  • Expected Utility Hypotheses and the Allais Paradox.

    Glenn R. Shafer;Maurice Allais;Ole Hagen

Frequent Co-Authors

Prakash P. Shenoy
Prakash P. Shenoy University of Kansas
Akimichi Takemura
Akimichi Takemura Shiga University
Amos Tversky
Amos Tversky Stanford University
Alexander Kogan
Alexander Kogan Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Paul R. Cohen
Paul R. Cohen University of Pittsburgh
Alexander Gammerman
Alexander Gammerman Royal Holloway University of London
Ian Hacking
Ian Hacking University of Toronto
Paul Slovic
Paul Slovic University of Oregon
Judea Pearl
Judea Pearl University of California, Los Angeles
Lei Shu
Lei Shu Nanjing Agricultural University

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