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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking National Ranking Publications Citations
Economics and Finance 74 355 246 271 59278

Herbert Gintis publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Herbert Gintis between 1969 and 2022, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Herbert Gintis published across 54 years, from 1969 to 2022, averaging 6.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 20 publications in 2014. 1 of the 358 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1969 to 2022. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 20. Peak 20 publications in 2014. 1969: 1 publication 1970: 1 publication 1971: 2 publications 1972: 6 publications 1973: 3 publications 1974: 2 publications 1975: 4 publications 1976: 6 publications 1977: 6 publications 1978: 6 publications 1979: 3 publications 1980: 2 publications 1981: 4 publications 1982: 2 publications 1983: 2 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 0 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 4 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 3 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 7 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 9 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 16 publications 2001: 15 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 11 publications 2004: 16 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 19 publications 2009: 15 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 16 publications 2012: 17 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 20 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 18 publications 2017: 17 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 1 publication 2020: 0 publications 2021: 0 publications 2022: 1 publication
1969 2022

358 publications in total across all disciplines

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Herbert Gintis: publications per year, 1969 to 2022
Year Publications
1969 1
1970 1
1971 2
1972 6
1973 3
1974 2
1975 4
1976 6
1977 6
1978 6
1979 3
1980 2
1981 4
1982 2
1983 2
1984 1
1985 0
1986 1
1987 4
1988 3
1989 2
1990 4
1991 1
1992 3
1993 6
1994 2
1995 7
1996 3
1997 2
1998 9
1999 2
2000 16
2001 15
2002 7
2003 11
2004 16
2005 7
2006 10
2007 12
2008 19
2009 15
2010 11
2011 16
2012 17
2013 15
2014 20
2015 8
2016 18
2017 17
2018 6
2019 1
2020 0
2021 0
2022 1
Total 358
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Herbert Gintis publications per year - data summary

  • Herbert Gintis, a Economics and Finance scholar from Santa Fe Institute, has 358 publications recorded across 54 years, from 1969 to 2022.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1969 and the most recent to 2022.
  • The most productive year is 2014, with 20 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1969, 1970, 1984, 1986 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 3 of the 54 years in the span carry no publications at all (1985, 2020 and 2021).
  • The rate of publication averages 6.6 papers per year over the whole span, or 7.0 per year counting only the 51 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2018-2022) hold 8 publications, 2% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1969-1986: 52 publications (2.9 per year); 1987-2004: 113 publications (6.3 per year); 2005-2022: 193 publications (10.7 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Herbert Gintis 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 Herbert Gintis sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 42–46 to 521+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 111. Most scientists, 111, have 137–141 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 267–271 publications, is where this scientist sits. 42–46 publications: 1 scientist 47–51 publications: 12 scientists 52–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–61 publications: 23 scientists 62–66 publications: 32 scientists 67–71 publications: 36 scientists 72–76 publications: 56 scientists 77–81 publications: 57 scientists 82–86 publications: 70 scientists 87–91 publications: 86 scientists 92–96 publications: 72 scientists 97–101 publications: 106 scientists 102–106 publications: 97 scientists 107–111 publications: 96 scientists 112–116 publications: 101 scientists 117–121 publications: 103 scientists 122–126 publications: 102 scientists 127–131 publications: 108 scientists 132–136 publications: 107 scientists 137–141 publications: 111 scientists 142–146 publications: 94 scientists 147–151 publications: 96 scientists 152–156 publications: 100 scientists 157–161 publications: 74 scientists 162–166 publications: 68 scientists 167–171 publications: 91 scientists 172–176 publications: 76 scientists 177–181 publications: 75 scientists 182–186 publications: 61 scientists 187–191 publications: 66 scientists 192–196 publications: 68 scientists 197–201 publications: 71 scientists 202–206 publications: 60 scientists 207–211 publications: 56 scientists 212–216 publications: 44 scientists 217–221 publications: 51 scientists 222–226 publications: 65 scientists 227–231 publications: 48 scientists 232–236 publications: 59 scientists 237–241 publications: 37 scientists 242–246 publications: 37 scientists 247–251 publications: 41 scientists 252–256 publications: 43 scientists 257–261 publications: 33 scientists 262–266 publications: 34 scientists 267–271 publications: 39 scientists 272–276 publications: 25 scientists 277–281 publications: 29 scientists 282–286 publications: 29 scientists 287–291 publications: 26 scientists 292–296 publications: 31 scientists 297–301 publications: 31 scientists 302–306 publications: 24 scientists 307–311 publications: 28 scientists 312–316 publications: 24 scientists 317–321 publications: 13 scientists 322–326 publications: 14 scientists 327–331 publications: 25 scientists 332–336 publications: 18 scientists 337–341 publications: 16 scientists 342–346 publications: 18 scientists 347–351 publications: 15 scientists 352–356 publications: 17 scientists 357–361 publications: 19 scientists 362–366 publications: 16 scientists 367–371 publications: 17 scientists 372–376 publications: 7 scientists 377–381 publications: 18 scientists 382–386 publications: 13 scientists 387–391 publications: 19 scientists 392–396 publications: 9 scientists 397–401 publications: 10 scientists 402–406 publications: 13 scientists 407–411 publications: 13 scientists 412–416 publications: 5 scientists 417–421 publications: 10 scientists 422–426 publications: 6 scientists 427–431 publications: 12 scientists 432–436 publications: 9 scientists 437–441 publications: 9 scientists 442–446 publications: 10 scientists 447–451 publications: 12 scientists 452–456 publications: 8 scientists 457–461 publications: 4 scientists 462–466 publications: 7 scientists 467–471 publications: 4 scientists 472–476 publications: 5 scientists 477–481 publications: 6 scientists 482–486 publications: 7 scientists 487–491 publications: 8 scientists 492–496 publications: 5 scientists 497–501 publications: 4 scientists 502–506 publications: 4 scientists 507–511 publications: 5 scientists 512–516 publications: 7 scientists 517–520 publications: 7 scientists 521+ publications: 99 scientists
42–46 publications 521+

This scientist: 271 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Economics and Finance scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,760 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
42–46 1
47–51 12
52–56 7
57–61 23
62–66 32
67–71 36
72–76 56
77–81 57
82–86 70
87–91 86
92–96 72
97–101 106
102–106 97
107–111 96
112–116 101
117–121 103
122–126 102
127–131 108
132–136 107
137–141 111
142–146 94
147–151 96
152–156 100
157–161 74
162–166 68
167–171 91
172–176 76
177–181 75
182–186 61
187–191 66
192–196 68
197–201 71
202–206 60
207–211 56
212–216 44
217–221 51
222–226 65
227–231 48
232–236 59
237–241 37
242–246 37
247–251 41
252–256 43
257–261 33
262–266 34
267–271 39 271
272–276 25
277–281 29
282–286 29
287–291 26
292–296 31
297–301 31
302–306 24
307–311 28
312–316 24
317–321 13
322–326 14
327–331 25
332–336 18
337–341 16
342–346 18
347–351 15
352–356 17
357–361 19
362–366 16
367–371 17
372–376 7
377–381 18
382–386 13
387–391 19
392–396 9
397–401 10
402–406 13
407–411 13
412–416 5
417–421 10
422–426 6
427–431 12
432–436 9
437–441 9
442–446 10
447–451 12
452–456 8
457–461 4
462–466 7
467–471 4
472–476 5
477–481 6
482–486 7
487–491 8
492–496 5
497–501 4
502–506 4
507–511 5
512–516 7
517–520 7
521+ 99
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Herbert Gintis publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 3,760 Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 97 ranges running from 42–46 to 521+ publications.
  • Herbert Gintis, a Economics and Finance scholar from Santa Fe Institute, records 271 publications - the 79th percentile of the discipline.
  • 79% of ranked Economics and Finance scientists score the same or lower than Herbert Gintis, and about 21% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 167–171 publications range, and Herbert Gintis ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 137–141 publications, holding 111 scientists (3% of the field).
  • 48% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 162–166 publications), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 521 publications or more, 99 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Herbert Gintis 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 Herbert Gintis sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 72 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 101+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 178. Most scientists, 178, have 33 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 74 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 74 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Economics and Finance scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,760 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 126
31 147
32 157
33 178
34 171
35 141
36 132
37 129
38 130
39 120
40 117
41 113
42 114
43 97
44 115
45 86
46 78
47 83
48 62
49 74
50 50
51 66
52 69
53 55
54 67
55 61
56 62
57 45
58 34
59 47
60 46
61 36
62 37
63 56
64 50
65 32
66 28
67 30
68 24
69 25
70 22
71 21
72 26
73 24
74 23 74
75 12
76 14
77 15
78 15
79 17
80 17
81 11
82 10
83 16
84 11
85 5
86 9
87 13
88 9
89 7
90 6
91 4
92 8
93 10
94 11
95 6
96 4
97 4
98 6
99 6
100 8
101+ 100
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Herbert Gintis D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 3,760 Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 72 ranges running from 30 to 101+ D-Index.
  • Herbert Gintis, a Economics and Finance scholar from Santa Fe Institute, records 74 D-Index - the 91st percentile of the discipline.
  • 91% of ranked Economics and Finance scientists score the same or lower than Herbert Gintis, and about 9% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 44 D-Index range, and Herbert Gintis ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 33 D-Index, holding 178 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 47 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Herbert Gintis was affiliated with the Santa Fe Institute in the United States. Their research career involved substantial contributions to social sciences, economics, econometrics, and finance with a total of 13 publications in social sciences and 6 in economics and related fields.

Their work covered several specialized subfields, including sociology and political science, economics and econometrics, safety research, management science and operations research, and gender studies.

Research topics addressed by Herbert Gintis encompassed:

  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Economic theories and models
  • Game Theory and Applications
  • Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies

Herbert Gintis authored key papers in collaboration mainly with Samuel Bowles, with several recent publications highlighting the focus of their research:

  • The Evolution of Strong Reciprocity, 2021, published in RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
  • The Determinants of Earnings: Skills, Preferences, and Schooling, 2021, published in Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
  • Optimal Parochialism: The Dynamics of Trust and Exclusion in Networks, 2021, published in RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
  • Risk Aversion, Insurance, and the Efficiency-Equality Tradeoff, 2021, published in Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
  • Walrasian Economics in Retrospect, 2021, published in Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

Frequent coauthors included Samuel Bowles, who collaborated on multiple publications with Gintis, along with Melissa Osborne.

Publication venues where Herbert Gintis most frequently appeared included:

  • Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

Herbert Gintis received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Schooling in Capitalist America

    B. R. Cosin;S. Bowles;H. Gintis

  • In search of homo economicus: Behavioral experiments in 15 small-scale societies

    Joseph Henrich;Robert Boyd;Samuel Bowles;Colin F. Camerer

  • Schooling in Capitalist America: Educational Reform and the Contradictions of Economic Life

    Samuel Bowles;Herbert Gintis

  • Game Theory Evolving

    Herbert Gintis

  • Game theory evolving : a problem-centered introduction to modeling strategic behavior

    Herbert Gintis

  • “Economic man” in cross-cultural perspective: Behavioral experiments in 15 small-scale societies

    Joseph Henrich;Robert Boyd;Samuel Bowles;Colin Camerer

  • Social Capital And Community Governance

    Samuel Bowles;Herbert Gintis

  • The evolution of altruistic punishment

    Robert Boyd;Herbert Gintis;Samuel Bowles;Peter J. Richerson

  • Foundations of Human Sociality - Economic Experiments and Ethnographic: Evidence From Fifteen Small-Scale Societies

    Joseph Henrich;Robert Boyd;Samuel Bowles;Samuel Bowles;Colin F. Camerer

  • Democracy and Capitalism: Property, Community, and the Contradictions of Modern Social Thought

    Samuel Bowles;Herbert Gintis

  • Strong Reciprocity and Human Sociality

    Herbert Gintis

  • The Determinants of Earnings: A Behavioral Approach

    Samuel Bowles;Herbert Gintis;Melissa Osborne

  • Explaining altruistic behavior in humans

    Herbert Gintis;Herbert Gintis;Samuel Bowles;Samuel Bowles;Robert Boyd;Ernst Fehr

  • The Inheritance of Inequality

    Samuel Bowles;Herbert Gintis

  • Moral sentiments and material interests : the foundations of cooperation in economic life

    Herbert Gintis;Samuel Bowles;Robert Boyd

  • Costly signaling and cooperation.

    Herbert Gintis;Eric Alden Smith;Samuel Bowles

  • Schooling in capitalist America revisited

    Samuel Bowles;Herbert Gintis

  • The bounds of reason

    Herbert Gintis

  • The Bounds of Reason: Game Theory and the Unification of the Behavioral Sciences - Revised Edition

    Herbert Gintis

  • Inequality: A Reassessment of the Effect of Family and Schooling in America

    Jeffrey A. Raffel;Christopher Jencks;Marshall Smith;Henry Acland

Frequent Co-Authors

Samuel Bowles
Samuel Bowles Santa Fe Institute
Ernst Fehr
Ernst Fehr University of Zurich
Robert Boyd
Robert Boyd Arizona State University
Colin F. Camerer
Colin F. Camerer California Institute of Technology
Richard McElreath
Richard McElreath Max Planck Society
Peter J. Richerson
Peter J. Richerson University of California, Davis
Michael Gurven
Michael Gurven University of California, Santa Barbara
Frank W. Marlowe
Frank W. Marlowe University of Cambridge
Gerald Epstein
Gerald Epstein University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jeffrey P. Carpenter
Jeffrey P. Carpenter Middlebury College

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