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D-Index
38
Citations
7360
World Ranking
2530
National Ranking
85

Heinz Welsch publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Heinz Welsch sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 162 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Heinz Welsch D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Heinz Welsch sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 126 scientists 31 D-Index: 147 scientists 32 D-Index: 157 scientists 33 D-Index: 178 scientists 34 D-Index: 171 scientists 35 D-Index: 141 scientists 36 D-Index: 132 scientists 37 D-Index: 129 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 120 scientists 40 D-Index: 117 scientists 41 D-Index: 113 scientists 42 D-Index: 114 scientists 43 D-Index: 97 scientists 44 D-Index: 115 scientists 45 D-Index: 86 scientists 46 D-Index: 78 scientists 47 D-Index: 83 scientists 48 D-Index: 62 scientists 49 D-Index: 74 scientists 50 D-Index: 50 scientists 51 D-Index: 66 scientists 52 D-Index: 69 scientists 53 D-Index: 55 scientists 54 D-Index: 67 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 62 scientists 57 D-Index: 45 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 47 scientists 60 D-Index: 46 scientists 61 D-Index: 36 scientists 62 D-Index: 37 scientists 63 D-Index: 56 scientists 64 D-Index: 50 scientists 65 D-Index: 32 scientists 66 D-Index: 28 scientists 67 D-Index: 30 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 25 scientists 70 D-Index: 22 scientists 71 D-Index: 21 scientists 72 D-Index: 26 scientists 73 D-Index: 24 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 12 scientists 76 D-Index: 14 scientists 77 D-Index: 15 scientists 78 D-Index: 15 scientists 79 D-Index: 17 scientists 80 D-Index: 17 scientists 81 D-Index: 11 scientists 82 D-Index: 10 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 11 scientists 85 D-Index: 5 scientists 86 D-Index: 9 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 9 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 6 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 8 scientists 93 D-Index: 10 scientists 94 D-Index: 11 scientists 95 D-Index: 6 scientists 96 D-Index: 4 scientists 97 D-Index: 4 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100 D-Index: 8 scientists 101+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Heinz Welsch is affiliated with Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in Germany and has contributed extensively to the social sciences, psychology, and economics fields. Their research spans a range of topics related to psychological well-being, economic and social issues, and environmental sustainability.

The scientist's recent publications reflect engagement with environmental economics, moral psychology, and social behavioral studies. Notable papers include:

  • Green behavior, green self-image, and subjective well-being: Separating affective and cognitive relationships (2020), published in Ecological Economics
  • Moral Foundations and Voluntary Public Good Provision: The Case of Climate Change (2020), published in Ecological Economics
  • Do social norms trump rational choice in voluntary climate change mitigation? Multi-country evidence of social tipping points (2022), published in Ecological Economics

Welsch has frequently collaborated with other researchers, including Martin Binder, Ann-Kathrin Blankenberg, Philipp Biermann, Jan Kühling, and David Maddison, each with whom Welsch has coauthored multiple papers. Their research often appears in prominent venues such as Ecological Economics, SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Indicators Research, Journal of Happiness Studies, and Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences.

Research interests cover several main fields and subfields, particularly:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Social Psychology
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Health

The scientist's primary topics include psychological well-being and life satisfaction, economic and social issues, environmental education and sustainability, social and intergroup psychology, health disparities and outcomes, psychology of moral and emotional judgment, and economic and environmental valuation.

Welsch has also authored books published by Springer Nature, including "Energieversorgung und Lebensqualität" (2020) and "Glück, Natur und Moral in der Wirtschaftswissenschaft" (2023).

Best Publications

  • Environment and happiness: Valuation of air pollution using life satisfaction data

    Heinz Welsch

  • Corruption, growth, and the environment: a cross-country analysis

    Heinz Welsch

  • Meaningful environmental indices: a social choice approach

    Udo Ebert;Heinz Welsch

  • Preferences over Prosperity and Pollution: Environmental Valuation based on Happiness Surveys

    Heinz Welsch

  • Determinants of pro-environmental consumption: The role of reference groups and routine behavior

    Heinz Welsch;Jan Kühling

  • Environmental welfare analysis: A life satisfaction approach

    Heinz Welsch

  • USING HAPPINESS DATA FOR ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION: ISSUES AND APPLICATIONS

    Heinz Welsch;Jan Kühling

  • Energy-Capital-Labor Substitution and the Economic Effects of CO2 Abatement

    Claudia Kemfert;Heinz Welsch

  • Population aging and carbon emissions in OECD countries: Accounting for life-cycle and cohort effects

    Tobias Menz;Heinz Welsch

  • The effects of environmental fiscal reform in Germany: a simulation study

    Stefan Bach;Michael Kohlhaas;Bernd Meyer;Barbara Praetorius

  • Implications of happiness research for environmental economics

    Heinz Welsch

  • The determinants of aggregate energy use in West Germany: factor substitution, technological change, and trade

    Heinz Welsch;Carsten Ochsen

  • Well-being effects of a major natural disaster: The case of Fukushima

    Katrin Rehdanz;Katrin Rehdanz;Heinz Welsch;Daiju Narita;Toshihiro Okubo

  • Pro-environmental behavior and rational consumer choice: Evidence from surveys of life satisfaction

    Heinz Welsch;Jan Kühling

  • Contraction and Convergence of carbon emissions: an intertemporal multi-region CGE analysis

    Christoph Böhringer;Heinz Welsch

  • The welfare costs of corruption

    Heinz Welsch

  • ICT and the Demand for Energy: Evidence from OECD Countries

    Patrick Schulte;Heinz Welsch;Sascha Rexhäuser

  • Macroeconomics and Life Satisfaction: Revisiting the “Misery Index”

    Heinz Welsch

  • The Social Costs of Civil Conflict: Evidence from Surveys of Happiness

    Heinz Welsch

  • Resource abundance and internal armed conflict: Types of natural resources and the incidence of ‘new wars’

    Heinz Welsch

  • Valuation of Air Pollution Using Life Satisfaction Data

    Heinz Welsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Christoph Böhringer
Christoph Böhringer Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Katrin Rehdanz
Katrin Rehdanz Kiel University
Andreas Löschel
Andreas Löschel Ruhr University Bochum

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