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99
Citations
104567
World Ranking
98
National Ranking
49

Larry V. Hedges 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 Larry V. Hedges sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 319 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Larry V. Hedges 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 Larry V. Hedges sits on this spectrum.

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99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Larry V. Hedges is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research spans various aspects of decision sciences and mathematics, with particular focus on statistical and probability methods, education, and operations research within management science. The scientist's work emphasizes topics including clinical trial statistical methods, meta-analysis and systematic review techniques, and advanced causal inference approaches.

Their recent papers demonstrate a strong engagement with a range of issues in statistical methodology and psychological research. Notable publications include: Childhood Obesity Evidence Base Project: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of a New Taxonomy of Intervention Components to Improve Weight Status in Children 2-5 Years of Age, 2005-2019 (2020, Childhood Obesity); Reconsidering statistical methods for assessing replication. (2020, Psychological Methods); Assessing heterogeneity and power in replications of psychological experiments. (2020, Psychological Bulletin); Meta-analyzing individual participant data from studies with complex survey designs: A tutorial on using the two-stage approach for data from educational large-scale assessments (2022, Research Synthesis Methods); and Redefine statistical significance (2025, UNC Libraries).

Frequent coauthors in their research include Jacob M. Schauer, Prathiba Natesan Batley, Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon, Chris Cyr, and Deborah Lee Young-Hyman. The recurring collaboration with these individuals spans multiple publications and areas of study.

They have contributed extensively to several publication venues, with recurrent publications appearing in:

  • Childhood Obesity
  • UNC Libraries
  • Behavior Research Methods
  • Research Synthesis Methods
  • British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

The main fields of study for Larry V. Hedges cover Decision Sciences and Mathematics, while their subfields include Statistics and Probability, Education, Management Science and Operations Research, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, and Developmental and Educational Psychology.

The scientist's research interests reflect a multidisciplinary approach, connecting statistical methodology with psychological and educational evaluation, focusing particularly on statistical methods in clinical trials, meta-analysis, experimental design, mental health research, and behavioral studies.

In recognition of their contributions to statistical science, Larry V. Hedges was awarded Fellowship of the American Statistical Association in 1999.

Best Publications

  • The Handbook of Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis

    Harris Cooper;Larry V. Hedges;Jeffrey C. Valentine

  • A basic introduction to fixed‐effect and random‐effects models for meta‐analysis

    Michael Borenstein;Larry V. Hedges;Julian P.T. Higgins;Hannah R. Rothstein

  • Distribution Theory for Glass's Estimator of Effect size and Related Estimators:

    Larry V. Hedges

  • The Handbook of Research Synthesis.

    D. Howel;H. Cooper;L. V. Hedges

  • THE META-ANALYSIS OF RESPONSE RATIOS IN EXPERIMENTAL ECOLOGY

    Larry V. Hedges;Jessica Gurevitch;Peter S. Curtis

  • Fixed- and random-effects models in meta-analysis.

    Larry V. Hedges;Jack L. Vevea

  • Redefine statistical significance

    Daniel J. Benjamin;James O. Berger;Magnus Johannesson;Magnus Johannesson;Brian A. Nosek;Brian A. Nosek

  • The Effect of School Resources on Student Achievement

    Rob Greenwald;Larry V. Hedges;Richard D. Laine

  • How to Do a Systematic Review: A Best Practice Guide for Conducting and Reporting Narrative Reviews, Meta-Analyses, and Meta-Syntheses.

    Andy P. Siddaway;Alex M. Wood;Larry V. Hedges

  • How Large Are Teacher Effects

    Barbara Nye;Spyros Konstantopoulos;Larry V. Hedges

  • Robust variance estimation in meta-regression with dependent effect size estimates.

    Larry V. Hedges;Elizabeth Tipton;Matthew C. Johnson

  • Are the clinical effects of homoeopathy placebo effects? A meta-analysis of placebo-controlled trials

    Klaus Linde;Nicola Clausius;Gilbert Ramirez;Dieter Melchart

  • Sex differences in mental test scores, variability, and numbers of high-scoring individuals

    Larry V. Hedges;Amy Nowell

  • An Exchange: Part I: Does Money Matter? A Meta-Analysis of Studies of the Effects of Differential School Inputs on Student Outcomes

    Larry V. Hedges;Richard D. Laine;Rob Greenwald

  • Estimation of effect size from a series of independent experiments.

    Larry V. Hedges

  • Sources of variability in children’s language growth

    Janellen Huttenlocher;Heidi Waterfall;Marina Vasilyeva;Jack Vevea

  • Estimation of a Single Effect Size: Parametric and Nonparametric Methods

    Larry V. Hedges;Ingram Olkin

  • Categories and particulars: prototype effects in estimating spatial location.

    Janellen Huttenlocher;Larry V. Hedges;Susan Duncan

  • Intraclass Correlation Values for Planning Group-Randomized Trials in Education:

    Larry V. Hedges;E. C. Hedberg

  • The power of statistical tests in meta-analysis.

    Larry V. Hedges;Therese D. Pigott

  • A brief history of research synthesis

    Iain Chalmers;Larry V. Hedges;Harris Cooper

  • Preschool children's mathematical knowledge: The effect of teacher "math talk.".

    Raquel S. Klibanoff;Susan C. Levine;Janellen Huttenlocher;Marina Vasilyeva

  • The Handbook of Research Synthesis

    Harris Cooper;Larry Hedges

Frequent Co-Authors

Julian P T Higgins
Julian P T Higgins University of Bristol
Ingram Olkin
Ingram Olkin Stanford University
Spyros Konstantopoulos
Spyros Konstantopoulos Michigan State University
Janellen Huttenlocher
Janellen Huttenlocher University of Chicago
Harris Cooper
Harris Cooper Duke University
William R. Shadish
William R. Shadish University of California, Merced
Thomas D. Cook
Thomas D. Cook University of Wisconsin–Madison
Geoffrey D. Borman
Geoffrey D. Borman Arizona State University
Betsy Jane Becker
Betsy Jane Becker Florida State University

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