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Niall Ferguson publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Niall Ferguson sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 112 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

Niall Ferguson D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Niall Ferguson sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 76 scientists 21 D-Index: 79 scientists 22 D-Index: 84 scientists 23 D-Index: 68 scientists 24 D-Index: 88 scientists 25 D-Index: 82 scientists 26 D-Index: 76 scientists 27 D-Index: 75 scientists 28 D-Index: 99 scientists 29 D-Index: 96 scientists 30 D-Index: 96 scientists 31 D-Index: 81 scientists 32 D-Index: 86 scientists 33 D-Index: 81 scientists 34 D-Index: 84 scientists 35 D-Index: 72 scientists 36 D-Index: 58 scientists 37 D-Index: 53 scientists 38 D-Index: 48 scientists 39 D-Index: 40 scientists 40 D-Index: 40 scientists 41 D-Index: 32 scientists 42 D-Index: 26 scientists 43 D-Index: 25 scientists 44 D-Index: 33 scientists 45 D-Index: 33 scientists 46 D-Index: 17 scientists 47 D-Index: 21 scientists 48 D-Index: 22 scientists 49 D-Index: 18 scientists 50 D-Index: 19 scientists 51 D-Index: 19 scientists 52 D-Index: 15 scientists 53 D-Index: 14 scientists 54 D-Index: 10 scientists 55 D-Index: 13 scientists 56 D-Index: 9 scientists 57 D-Index: 11 scientists 58 D-Index: 12 scientists 59 D-Index: 10 scientists 60 D-Index: 5 scientists 61 D-Index: 7 scientists 62+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

Overview

Niall Ferguson is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their recent research activity includes publications focused on historical analysis and applied history.

Recent papers by Niall Ferguson include:

  • Applying History in Real Time, 2022, Journal of Applied History

Niall Ferguson has published in the following venue:

  • Journal of Applied History

The research work centers on applied history, contributing to academic discourse in that area through recent publications.

Best Publications

  • The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

    Niall Ferguson

  • Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power

    Niall Ferguson

  • Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World

    Niall Ferguson

  • Civilization: The West and the Rest

    Niall Ferguson

  • Colossus: The Price of America's Empire

    Niall Ferguson;Robert Bothwell

  • Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals

    Niall Ferguson

  • The pity of war

    Niall Ferguson

  • Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire

    Niall Ferguson

  • The Empire Effect: The Determinants of Country Risk in the First Age of Globalization, 1880–1913

    Niall Ferguson;Moritz Schularick

  • The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700-2000

    Niall Ferguson

  • ‘Chimerica’ and the Global Asset Market Boom*

    Niall Ferguson;Moritz Schularick

  • The End of Chimerica

    Niall Ferguson;Moritz Schularick

  • The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West

    Niall Ferguson

  • The shock of the global : the 1970s in perspective

    Erez Manela;Niall Ferguson;Charles S. Maier;Daniel J. Sargent

  • The Pity of War: Explaining World War I

    Samuel R. Williamson;Niall Ferguson

  • The world's banker : the history of the house of Rothschild

    Niall Ferguson

  • The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die

    Niall Ferguson

  • Political risk and the international bond market between the 1848 revolution and the outbreak of the First World War

    Niall Ferguson

  • The House of Rothschild: The World's Banker, 1849-1999

    Richard N. Cooper;Niall Ferguson

  • Illusions of Empire: Defining the New American Order

    G. John Ikenberry;Chalmers Johnson;Niall Ferguson;Benjamin R. Barber

  • PUBLIC FINANCE AND NATIONAL SECURITY: THE DOMESTIC ORIGINS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR REVISITED

    Niall Ferguson

  • The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook

    Niall Ferguson

Frequent Co-Authors

Moritz Schularick
Moritz Schularick Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Anne O. Krueger
Anne O. Krueger Johns Hopkins University
Charles S. Maier
Charles S. Maier Harvard University
Richard N. Cooper
Richard N. Cooper Harvard University
Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Laurence J. Kotlikoff Boston University
G. John Ikenberry
G. John Ikenberry Princeton University
Chalmers Johnson
Chalmers Johnson University of California, San Diego

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