2026 John Bongaarts: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	78	428	367	201	170	216	30495

Research.com Recognitions

2002 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1994 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1986 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

John Bongaarts is affiliated with the Population Council in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on social sciences and medicine, with key subfields including pediatrics, perinatology and child health; demography; gender studies; sociology and political science; and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their scholarly output covers a range of topics, notably:

Global Maternal and Child Health
Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
Family Dynamics and Relationships
Reproductive Health and Contraception
Income, Poverty, and Inequality
Economic Growth and Productivity
Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management

John Bongaarts has authored numerous papers in several academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

Population and Development Review (11 publications)
Genus (1 publication)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1 publication)
Population and Environment (1 publication)
Demographic Research (1 publication)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by John Bongaarts include:

"Trends in fertility and fertility preferences in sub-Saharan Africa: the roles of education and family planning programs" (2020, Genus)
"FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHOThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020. Transforming food systems for affordable healthy diets" (2021, Population and Development Review)
"Social dimensions of fertility behavior and consumption patterns in the Anthropocene" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
"United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population DivisionWorld Family Planning 2020: Highlights, United Nations Publications, 2020" (2020, Population and Development Review)
"IPCC, 2023: Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report. IPCC, 184 p." (2024, Population and Development Review)

In addition to journal articles, John Bongaarts has published books through Springer International Publishing, including:

"Fertility Transition in the Developing World" (2022)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Dennis Hodgson, John B. Casterline, Ridhi Kashyap, Jennifer Van Hook, and Paul Demeny.

John Bongaarts has received several recognitions over their career, such as:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2002)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1994)
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1986)

Best Publications

A framework for analyzing the proximate determinants of fertility

John Bongaarts

2438
Citations
Fertility, Biology, and Behavior: An Analysis of the Proximate Determinants

John Bongaarts;Robert G. Potter

1713
Citations
Social interactions and contemporary fertility transitions.

John Bongaarts;Susan Cotts Watkins

1501
Citations
On the quantum and tempo of fertility.

John Bongaarts;Griffith Feeney

1312
Citations
IPBES, 2019. Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

John Bongaarts

1001
Citations
Global Environment Outlook

John Bongaarts

878
Citations
Human population growth and the demographic transition.

John Bongaarts

807
Citations
The fertility-inhibiting effects of the intermediate fertility variables.

John Bongaarts

754
Citations
The End of the Fertility Transition in the Developed World

John Bongaarts

712
Citations
Determinants of fertility in developing countries.

Bulatao Ra;Lee Rd;Hollerbach Pe;Bongaarts Jp

712
Citations
Fertility and reproductive preferences in post-transitional societies

John Bongaarts

701
Citations
The causes of unmet need for contraception and the social content of services

John Bongaarts;Judith Bruce

648
Citations
Fertility Transition: Is sub-Saharan Africa Different?

John Bongaarts;John Casterline

636
Citations
Does malnutrition affect fecundity? A summary of evidence

John Bongaarts

517
Citations
Fertility Transitions in Developing Countries: Progress or Stagnation?

John Bongaarts

465
Citations
Living Arrangements of Older Adults in the Developing World An Analysis of Demographic and Health Survey Household Surveys

John Bongaarts;Zachary Zimmer

463
Citations
Mortgaging the Earth: The World Bank, Environmental Impoverishment, and the Crisis of Development.

John Bongaarts;Bruce Rich

457
Citations
Completing the fertility transition in the developing world: The role of educational differences and fertility preferences

John Bongaarts

442
Citations
Population Aging and the Rising Cost of Public Pensions

John Bongaarts

441
Citations
Population policy options in the developing world

John Bongaarts

440
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John Cleland London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Susan Greenhalgh Harvard University

Zachary Zimmer Mount Saint Vincent University

Alex Ezeh Drexel University

Blessing Mberu African Population and Health Research Center

Lester R. Brown Worldwatch Institute

Eric F. Lambin Stanford University

John B. Casterline The Ohio State University

Susan Cotts Watkins University of California, Los Angeles

Nathan Keyfitz Harvard University

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