2026 Jon Elster: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	81	343	294	159	135	388	64519

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Current World Ranking

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Social Sciences and Humanities

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135

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Social Sciences and Humanities

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64519

World Ranking

343

National Ranking

159

Research.com Recognitions

2016 - Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science For incisive, penetrating, and unceasing drive to examine and reexamine that which explains human behavior.
1989 - Member of Academia Europaea
1988 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Jon Elster is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within the social sciences, psychology, and arts and humanities.

Elster's work covers several subfields, including sociology and political science, social psychology, political science and international relations, history, and history and philosophy of science. The main topics of their research include:

Psychology of Social Influence
Emotions and Moral Behavior
European Political History Analysis
Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis
Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
Populism, Right-Wing Movements
Political Theory and Influence

Their recent papers include the following publications:

"Enthusiasm and anger in history," 2020, Inquiry
"Some notes on 'Populism'," 2020, Philosophy & Social Criticism
"Er samfunnsvitenskap mulig?," 2020, Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift
"Rejoinder to Ainslie, Bourke, Gjelsvik, and Moene," 2020, Inquiry
"A Note on Overapologizing," 2020, Social research

Frequent publication venues include:

Inquiry
Philosophy & Social Criticism
Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift
Social research
Cahiers philosophiques

Elster has published several books with Princeton University Press. Notable titles include:

Economics and Sociology (2020)
France before 1789 (2020)
America before 1787 (2023)

Their frequent co-authors include Richard Swedberg, Gary S. Becker, James S. Coleman, George A. Akerlof, and Harrison C. White.

Elster's awards include the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science (2016), awarded for their continued examination of human behavior. They have also been a member of Academia Europaea since 1989 and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1988.

Best Publications

Ulysses and the Sirens: Studies in Rationality and Irrationality.

David G. Wagner;Jon Elster

4976
Citations
The Cement of Society: A Survey of Social Order

Jon Elster

4366
Citations
Nuts and bolts for the social sciences

Jon Elster

4026
Citations
Social Norms and Economic Theory

Jon Elster

3291
Citations
Making Sense of Marx

Jon Elster

2786
Citations
Ulysses and the Sirens: Studies In Rationality And Irrationality

Jon Elster

2778
Citations
Explaining Social Behavior: More Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences

Jon Elster

2493
Citations
Emotions and Economic Theory

Jon Elster

1968
Citations
Explaining Technical Change: A Case Study in the Philosophy of Science

Jon Elster

1901
Citations
Institutional Design in Post-Communist Societies: Rebuilding the Ship at Sea

Jon Elster;Claus Offe;Ulrich K. Preuss

1805
Citations
THE MARKET AND THE FORUM : Three varieties of political theory

Jon Elster

1731
Citations
Sour Grapes: Studies in the Subversion of Rationality

Jon Elster

1649
Citations
Local Justice: How Institutions Allocate Scarce Goods and Necessary Burdens

Jon Elster

1523
Citations
Closing the Books: Transitional Justice in Historical Perspective

Jon Elster

1495
Citations
Ulysses and the Sirens

Jon Elster

1441
Citations
Ulysses Unbound: Studies in Rationality, Precommitment, and Constraints

Jon Elster

1378
Citations
Choice Over Time

George Loewenstein;Jon Elster

1134
Citations
The Multiple Self

Jon Elster

1132
Citations
ALCHEMIES OF THE MIND: RATIONALITY AND THE EMOTIONS

Jon Elster

1030
Citations
The cement of society

Jon Elster

994
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

George Loewenstein Carnegie Mellon University

Guillermina Jasso New York University

Karl Marx Independent Scientist / Consultant, UK

David Stark Columbia University

Michael Burawoy University of California, Berkeley

Hannah Arendt Keele University

Richard Rorty Stanford University

External Links

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