2026 René Garcia: 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	44	4126	3809	244	232	163	8789

René Garcia 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 René Garcia sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 163 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

René Garcia 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 René Garcia sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

René Garcia is affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their scholarly contributions span 37 publications in these areas, with particular attention to finance, economics and econometrics, as well as cognitive neuroscience and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their work covers several specialized subfields and topics. These include:

Finance
Economics and Econometrics
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Cognitive Neuroscience
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

The main topics explored in their research are:

Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling
Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
Economic theories and models
Market Dynamics and Volatility
Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

René Garcia has published papers in several venues, predominantly in economics and finance outlets, including:

SSRN Electronic Journal
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
Learning & Memory
Transformations in banking, finance and regulation
Journal of Econometrics

Recent papers authored or co-authored by René Garcia encompass both financial economics and psychology-related studies. Notable publications include:

"Optimal portfolio strategies in the presence of regimes in asset returns," 2021, Journal of Banking & Finance
"Cracking the EMDR code: Recruitment of sensory, memory and emotional networks during bilateral alternating auditory stimulation," 2020, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
"Modelling Risk Premiums in Equity and Foreign Exchange Markets," 2021, RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
"Intermediary Leverage Shocks and Funding Conditions," 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
"Persistent Monetary Non-neutrality in an Estimated Menu Cost Model with Partially Costly Information," 2023, American Economic Journal Macroeconomics

In addition to journal articles, René Garcia has contributions in book publications, including a work titled Artificial Intelligence and Beyond for Finance published in 2023 by Transformations in banking, finance and regulation.

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts include Mohamed Bennis, Sâadia Ba-M'hamed, Asmae Lguensat, Zineb Boudjafad, and Marco Corazza, each contributing to multiple co-authored publications.

Best Publications

An Analysis of the Real Interest rate Under Regime Shifts

Rene Garcia;Pierre Perron

1146
Citations
Asymptotic null distribution of the likelihood ratio test in Markov switching models

René Garcia

752
Citations
Bond Liquidity Premia

Jean-Sébastien Fontaine;René Garcia

459
Citations
Incorporating Second-Order Functional Knowledge for Better Option Pricing

Charles Dugas;Yoshua Bengio;François Bélisle;Claude Nadeau

418
Citations
A Monte Carlo Method for Optimal Portfolios

Jérôme B. Detemple;René Garcia;Marcel Rindisbacher

378
Citations
Dependence Structure and Extreme Comovements in International Equity and Bond Markets

René Garcia;Georges Tsafack

343
Citations
Disequilibrium Econometrics for Business Loans

René Garcia;Jean-Jacques Laffont

323
Citations
Pricing and hedging derivative securities with neural networks and a homogeneity hint

René Garcia;Ramazan Gençay

281
Citations
Are the Effects of Monetary Policy Asymmetric

René Garcia;Huntley Schaller

227
Citations
Neurobiology of fear and specific phobias.

René Garcia

201
Citations
Postextinction infusion of a mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor into the medial prefrontal cortex impairs memory of the extinction of conditioned fear.

Sandrine Hugues;Olivier Deschaux;René Garcia

173
Citations
State Dependence Can Explain the Risk Aversion Puzzle

Fousseni Chabi-Yo;René Garcia;Eric Renault

172
Citations
The Econometrics of Option Pricing

René Garcia;Eric Ghysels;Eric Renault

161
Citations
Generalized Disappointment Aversion, Long Run Volatility Risk and Asset Prices

Marco Antônio Cesar Bonomo;René Garcia;Nour Meddahi;Roméo Tédongap

160
Citations
Excess Sensitivity and Asymmetries in Consumption: An Empirical Investigation

Rene Garcia;Anna Maria Lusardi;Serena Ng

145
Citations
Plasticity in the mediodorsal thalamo-prefrontal cortical transmission in behaving mice.

Cyril Herry;Rose-Marie Vouimba;René Garcia

145
Citations
Empirical Assessment of an Intertemporal Option Pricing Model with Latent Variables

René Garcia;Richard Luger;Eric Renault

140
Citations
Estimation of stable distributions by indirect inference

René Garcia;Eric Renault;Eric Renault;David Veredas

139
Citations
Structural change and asset pricing in emerging markets

René Garcia;Eric Ghysels

125
Citations
Incorporating Second-Order Functional Knowledge for Better Option Pricing

François Bélisle;Yoshua Bengio;Charles Dugas;René Garcia

91
Citations
Excess Sensitivity and Asymmetries in Consumption: An Empirical Investigation

René Garcia;Serena Ng;Annamaria Lusardi

13
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Renault University of Warwick

Jerome Detemple Boston University

Eric Ghysels University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Robert Jaffard University of Bordeaux

Jean-Marie Dufour McGill University

Jean-Luc Moreau Roche (Switzerland)

Annamaria Lusardi Stanford University

Ramazan Gençay Simon Fraser University

Yoshua Bengio University of Montreal

Serena Ng Columbia University

External Links

Personal website of René Garcia Google Scholar page

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