2026 Richard D. Horan: 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	38	5978	5555	2849	2601	138	5698

Richard D. Horan 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 Richard D. Horan sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 138 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard D. Horan 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 Richard D. Horan sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Richard D. Horan is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the broad field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with a substantial contribution of 32 publications in this area.

Their work spans several key subfields, including:

Economics and Econometrics
Sociology and Political Science
Global and Planetary Change
Marketing
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

The main topics Richard D. Horan has explored in their research involve:

Economic and Environmental Valuation
Housing Market and Economics
Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
Forest Management and Policy
Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets
Urban Green Space and Health
Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research

Their recent publications include four papers from 2021 to 2023, reflecting ongoing engagement with environmental economics and urban development challenges. Notable papers are:

Residential Mobility, Brownfield Remediation, and Environmental Gentrification in Chicago (2021, Land Economics)
Who Benefits From Brownfield Cleanup and Gentrification? Evidence From Chicago (2021, Urban Affairs Review)
Coordinating investments in habitat management and economic development (2021, Journal of Bioeconomics)
Experiences with environmental gentrification: Evidence from Chicago (2023, Landscape and Urban Planning)
A Meta-Regression Analysis of Consumer Willingness to Pay for Aquaculture Products (2022, Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics)

The scientist has published extensively in a select group of venues known for economic and agricultural research. Frequent publication venues include:

Land Economics
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Agricultural and Resource Economics Review
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Richard D. Horan has collaborated regularly with a core group of co-authors, with notable frequent collaborators being:

Trey Malone
Carson Reeling
Kevin L. Pope
Rose Mohammadi
Tania M. Schusler

Best Publications

Adaptive human behavior in epidemiological models

Eli P. Fenichel;Carlos Castillo-Chavez;M. G. Ceddia;Gerardo Chowell;Gerardo Chowell

523
Citations
The Economics of Nonpoint Pollution Control

James S. Shortle;Richard D. Horan

380
Citations
Economics of Water Quality Protection from Nonpoint Sources: Theory and Practice

Marc Ribaudo;Richard D. Horan;Mark E. Smith

373
Citations
How trade saved humanity from biological exclusion: An economic theory of Neanderthal extinction

Richard D. Horan;Erwin Bulte;Jason F. Shogren

294
Citations
Biological Pollution Prevention Strategies under Ignorance:The Case of Invasive Species

Richard D. Horan;Charles Perrings;Frank Lupi;Erwin H. Bulte

223
Citations
Managing ecological thresholds in coupled environmental–human systems

Richard D. Horan;Eli P. Fenichel;Kevin L. S. Drury;David M. Lodge

222
Citations
Reforming Agricultural Nonpoint Pollution Policy in an Increasingly Budget-Constrained Environment

James S. Shortle;Marc Ribaudo;Richard D. Horan;David Blandford

209
Citations
Research issues in nonpoint pollution control

James S. Shortle;Richard D. Horan;David G. Abler

179
Citations
Ambient taxes when polluters have multiple choices

Richard D. Horan;James Samuel Shortle;David Gerard Abler

179
Citations
Habitat conservation, wildlife extraction and agricultural expansion

Erwin Bulte;Richard Horan

129
Citations
Merging Economics and Epidemiology to Improve the Prediction and Management of Infectious Disease

Charles Perrings;Carlos Castillo-Chavez;Gerardo Chowell;Gerardo Chowell;Peter Daszak

129
Citations
SIS and SIR Epidemic Models Under Virtual Dispersal

Derdei Bichara;Yun Kang;Carlos Castillo-Chavez;Richard Horan

119
Citations
Livestock Disease Indemnity Design When Moral Hazard Is Followed by Adverse Selection

Benjamin M. Gramig;Richard D. Horan;Christopher A. Wolf

109
Citations
When Two Wrongs Make a Right: Second-Best Point-Nonpoint Trading Ratios

Richard D. Horan;James S. Shortle

101
Citations
Differences in Social and Public Risk Perceptions and Conflicting Impacts on Point/Nonpoint Trading Ratios

Richard D. Horan

98
Citations
The Economics of Managing Infectious Wildlife Disease

Richard D. Horan;Christopher A. Wolf

97
Citations
Policy Instruments for Water Quality Protection

James Shortle;Richard D. Horan

91
Citations
Economic and Ecological Rules for Water Quality Trading

Richard D. Horan;James Samuel Shortle

85
Citations
Tradeable risk permits to prevent future introductions of invasive alien species into the Great Lakes

Richard D. Horan;Frank Lupi

84
Citations
Nutrient Pollution: A Wicked Challenge for Economic Instruments

James Shortle;Richard D. Horan

83
Citations
Banking on extinction : Endangered species and speculation

Charles F. Mason;Erwin H. Bulte;Richard D. Horan

81
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Erwin H. Bulte Wageningen University & Research

James S. Shortle Pennsylvania State University

Jason F. Shogren University of Wyoming

Christopher A. Wolf Cornell University

David G. Abler Pennsylvania State University

Marc Ribaudo United States Department of Agriculture

Frank Lupi Michigan State University

Charles Perrings Arizona State University

Gerardo Chowell Georgia State University

Graham J. Hickling University of Tennessee at Knoxville

External Links

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