Ian Hacking publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Ian Hacking between 1961 and 2023, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Ian Hacking published across 63 years, from 1961 to 2023, averaging 5.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 28 publications in 1990. 1 of the 350 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

5 10 15 20 25

1961 2023

350 publications in total across all disciplines

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Ian Hacking: publications per year, 1961 to 2023
Year	Publications
1961	1
1962	0
1963	1
1964	3
1965	8
1966	2
1967	3
1968	5
1969	1
1970	6
1971	3
1972	1
1973	1
1974	2
1975	23
1976	3
1977	2
1978	4
1979	3
1980	6
1981	3
1982	1
1983	16
1984	5
1985	5
1986	6
1987	4
1988	8
1989	2
1990	28
1991	12
1992	8
1993	4
1994	6
1995	4
1996	5
1997	4
1998	21
1999	5
2000	7
2001	21
2002	5
2003	5
2004	5
2005	6
2006	21
2007	7
2008	6
2009	7
2010	5
2011	3
2012	4
2013	4
2014	4
2015	3
2016	6
2017	1
2018	0
2019	1
2020	3
2021	0
2022	0
2023	1
Total	350

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Ian Hacking 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 Ian Hacking sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400

44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 325 publications — 90th percentile

90% 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
294–303	106
304–313	95
314–323	101
324–333	81	325
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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Ian Hacking 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 Ian Hacking sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% 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
65	59
66	68
67	51
68	49
69	40	69
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

2014 - International Balzan Prize
2009 - Holberg Prize, Government of Norway "for his combination of rigorous philosophical and historical analysis which has profoundly altered our understanding of the ways in which key concepts emerge through scientific practices and in specific social and institutional contexts"
2002 - Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize, Canada Council
1991 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1990 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1986 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of the Arts and Humanities

Overview

Ian Hacking was affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their academic work primarily spanned the fields of Arts and Humanities and Psychology, with specific engagement in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Philosophy, and the History and Philosophy of Science.

Their main topics of study included:

Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Philosophy and Historical Thought
Philosophy, Science, and History

Ian Hacking's research explored the intersections of philosophy and historical thought, emphasizing the ways scientific practices shape key concepts within social and institutional contexts.

Throughout their career, they received several awards recognizing their contributions to philosophy and the history of science. These honors included:

International Balzan Prize (2014)
Holberg Prize, Government of Norway (2009), awarded "for his combination of rigorous philosophical and historical analysis which has profoundly altered our understanding of the ways in which key concepts emerge through scientific practices and in specific social and institutional contexts"
Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize, Canada Council (2002)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1991)
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1990)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1986), Academy of the Arts and Humanities

Their contributions to philosophy and history extended to a concise but focused number of publications concentrated in the overlapping areas of cognitive psychology and philosophy. Ian Hacking's work provided insights relevant to experimental and cognitive psychology alongside deep philosophical inquiry into historical processes and scientific development.

Best Publications

The Social Construction of What

Ian Hacking

4498
Citations
Representing and Intervening

Ian Hacking

2950
Citations
The Taming of Chance

Ian Hacking

2685
Citations
Representing and Intervening: Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science

Ian Hacking

2144
Citations
Rewriting the Soul: Multiple Personality and the Sciences of Memory

Ian Hacking

1834
Citations
The Emergence of Probability

Terrence L. Fine;Ian Hacking

1561
Citations
The Emergence of Probability. A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas about Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference

Ian Hacking

1198
Citations
Logic of Statistical Inference

Ian Hacking

823
Citations
Kinds of People: Moving Targets

Ian Hacking

722
Citations
Representing and Intervening

Adam Morton;Ian Hacking

657
Citations
An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic

Ian Hacking

615
Citations
Michel Foucault: Beyond Structuralism and Hermeneutics

Ian Hacking;Hubert L. Dreyfus;Paul Rabinow;Michel Foucault

615
Citations
The looping effects of human kinds

Ian Hacking

614
Citations
Between Michel Foucault and Erving Goffman: between discourse in the abstract and face-to-face interaction

Ian Hacking

582
Citations
The Identity of Indiscernibles

Ian Hacking

561
Citations
‘Style’ for historians and philosophers☆

Ian Hacking

522
Citations
Rewriting the Soul

Ian Hacking

441
Citations
Mad Travelers: Reflections on the Reality of Transient Mental Illnesses

Ian Hacking

427
Citations
The Social Construction of What

John Dupre;Ian Hacking

366
Citations
Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy?: The heyday of ideas

Unknown

237
Citations
The Emergence of Probability.

Glenn R. Shafer;Ian Hacking

110
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Crispin Wright University of Stirling

Richard Rorty Stanford University

Stanley Cavell Harvard University

Philip Kitcher Columbia University

Paul Rabinow University of California, Berkeley

Hubert L. Dreyfus University of California, Berkeley

John Dupré University of Exeter

Lorraine Daston Max Planck Society

Steven Shapin Harvard University

Glenn Shafer Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

External Links

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