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Kenneth C. Land

Kenneth C. Land

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 72 671 585 322 275 358 27921

Kenneth C. Land publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Kenneth C. Land between 1968 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Kenneth C. Land published across 58 years, from 1968 to 2025, averaging 6.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 32 publications in 2016. 3 of the 378 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1968 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 32. Peak 32 publications in 2016. 1968: 2 publications 1969: 2 publications 1970: 3 publications 1971: 4 publications 1972: 3 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 5 publications 1976: 4 publications 1977: 3 publications 1978: 3 publications 1979: 1 publication 1980: 7 publications 1981: 4 publications 1982: 5 publications 1983: 4 publications 1984: 4 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 7 publications 1987: 5 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 5 publications 1991: 5 publications 1992: 6 publications 1993: 11 publications 1994: 10 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 6 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 9 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 18 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 23 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 23 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 32 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 15 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 2 publications 2021: 8 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 1 publication 2025: 2 publications
1968 2025

378 publications in total across all disciplines

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Kenneth C. Land: publications per year, 1968 to 2025
Year Publications
1968 2
1969 2
1970 3
1971 4
1972 3
1973 0
1974 0
1975 5
1976 4
1977 3
1978 3
1979 1
1980 7
1981 4
1982 5
1983 4
1984 4
1985 1
1986 7
1987 5
1988 2
1989 2
1990 5
1991 5
1992 6
1993 11
1994 10
1995 4
1996 6
1997 3
1998 5
1999 2
2000 4
2001 7
2002 6
2003 2
2004 9
2005 4
2006 8
2007 12
2008 18
2009 5
2010 8
2011 9
2012 23
2013 10
2014 23
2015 12
2016 32
2017 13
2018 15
2019 5
2020 2
2021 8
2022 5
2023 7
2024 1
2025 2
Total 378
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Kenneth C. Land 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 Kenneth C. Land sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 354–363 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 358 publications — 93rd percentile

93% 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
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36 358
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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Kenneth C. Land 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 Kenneth C. Land sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 72 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% 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
70 43
71 40
72 50 72
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

  • 1978 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Kenneth C. Land is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within the social sciences and decision sciences, focusing on studies related to demography, management science, sociology, and health.

The primary fields of study in their work include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Decision Sciences

Within these fields, their subfields concentrate on:

  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Demography
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • General Health Professions
  • Health

Their research topics cover a broad array of areas such as:

  • Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
  • Demographic modeling and climate adaptation
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Efficiency Analysis Using DEA
  • Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis

Kenneth C. Land has contributed to multiple scholarly publications, including the following recent papers:

  • The Data Envelopment Analysis and Equal Weights/Minimax Methods of Composite Social Indicator Construction: a Methodological Study of Data Sensitivity and Robustness (2020, Applied Research in Quality of Life)
  • Intergenerational income mobility table revisited: A trajectory group perspective (2022, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility)
  • A numerical method to compute Fisher information for a special case of heterogeneous negative binomial regression (2020, Communications on Pure & Applied Analysis)
  • The uses and abuses of an age-period-cohort method: On the linear algebra and statistical properties of intrinsic and related estimators (2020, Mathematical Foundations of Computing)
  • Genetic associations with longevity are on average stronger in females than in males (2023, Heliyon)

Kenneth C. Land's frequent co-authors include:

  • Hui Zheng
  • Qiang Fu
  • Eric N. Reither
  • Yi Zeng
  • Emma Zang

Their research has appeared most often in the following venues:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Applied Research in Quality of Life
  • Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
  • Communications on Pure & Applied Analysis
  • Mathematical Foundations of Computing

Among honors received, Kenneth C. Land was named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) in 1978.

Best Publications

  • Quality of life indexes for national policy: Review and agenda for research

    Michael R. Hagerty;Robert A. Cummins;Abbott L. Ferriss;Kenneth Land

  • Structural Covariates of Homicide Rates: Are There Any Invariances Across Time and Social Space?

    Kenneth C. Land;Patricia L. McCall;Lawrence E. Cohen

  • AGE, CRIMINAL CAREERS, AND POPULATION HETEROGENEITY: SPECIFICATION AND ESTIMATION OF A NONPARAMETRIC, MIXED POISSON MODEL*

    Daniel S. Nagin;Kenneth C. Land

  • Social Inequality and Predatory Criminal Victimization: An Exposition and Test of a Formal Theory

    Lawrence E. Cohen;James R. Kluegel;Kenneth C. Land

  • Principles of Path Analysis

    Kenneth C. Land

  • UNEMPLOYMENT AND CRIME RATES IN THE POST- WORLD WAR II UNITED STATES: A THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS

    David Cantor;Kenneth C. Land

  • Perceived Risk versus Fear of Crime: Empirical Evidence of Conceptually Distinct Reactions in Survey Data

    Pamela Wilcox Rountree;Kenneth C. Land

  • Educational Status and Active Life Expectancy among Older Blacks and Whites

    Jack M. Guralnik;Kenneth C. Land;Dan Blazer;Gerda G. Fillenbaum

  • Age-Period-Cohort Analysis: New Models, Methods, and Empirical Applications

    Yang Yang;Kenneth C. Land

  • The intrinsic estimator for age-period-cohort analysis: What it is and how to use it

    Yang Yang;Sam Schulhofer-Wohl;Wenjiang J. Fu;Kenneth C. Land

  • Chance‐constrained data envelopment analysis

    Kenneth C. Land;C. A. Knox Lovell;Sten Thore

  • A MIXED MODELS APPROACH TO THE AGE-PERIOD-COHORT ANALYSIS OF REPEATED CROSS-SECTION SURVEYS, WITH AN APPLICATION TO DATA ON TRENDS IN VERBAL TEST SCORES

    Yang Yang;Kenneth C. Land

  • How Many Latent Classes of Delinquent/Criminal Careers? Results from Mixed Poisson Regression Analyses

    Amy V. D'Unger;Kenneth C. Land;Patricia L. McCall;Daniel S. Nagin

  • A Methodological Comparison of Age-Period-Cohort Models: The Intrinsic Estimator and Conventional Generalized Linear Models

    Yang Yang;Wenjiang J. Fu;Kenneth C. Land

  • Age-period-cohort analysis of repeated cross-section surveys: Fixed or random effects?

    Yang Yang;Kenneth C. Land

  • Cumulative deficits better characterize susceptibility to death in elderly people than phenotypic frailty: lessons from the Cardiovascular Health Study.

    Alexander M. Kulminski;Svetlana V. Ukraintseva;Irina V. Kulminskaya;Konstantin G. Arbeev

  • Property Crime Rates in the United States: A Macrodynamic Analysis, 1947-1977; With Ex Ante Forecasts for the Mid-1980s

    Lawrence E. Cohen;Marcus Felson;Kenneth C. Land

  • A Comparison of Poisson, Negative Binomial, and Semiparametric Mixed Poisson Regression Models: With Empirical Applications to Criminal Careers Data

    Kenneth C. Land;Patricia L. McCALL;Daniel S. Nagin

  • Resolving inconsistencies in trends in old-age disability: Report from a technical working group

    Vicki A. Freedman;Eileen M. Crimmins;Robert F. Schoeni;Brenda C. Spillman

  • Handbook of social indicators and quality of life research

    Kenneth C. Land;Alex C. Michalos;M. Joseph Sirgy

  • VICTIMIZATION: AN EXPOSITION AND TEST OF A FORMAL THEORY*

    Lawrence E. Cohen;James R. Kluegel;Kenneth C. Land

Frequent Co-Authors

Yi Zeng
Yi Zeng Peking University
Anatoli I. Yashin
Anatoli I. Yashin Duke University
Pamela Wilcox
Pamela Wilcox Pennsylvania State University
Eric Stallard
Eric Stallard Duke University
Alex C. Michalos
Alex C. Michalos University of Northern British Columbia
Danan Gu
Danan Gu United Nations
Marcus Felson
Marcus Felson Texas State University
Elizabeth R. Hauser
Elizabeth R. Hauser Duke University
Lars Bolund
Lars Bolund Aarhus University
huanming yang
huanming yang Beijing Genomics Institute

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