2026 Richard J. Herrnstein: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	60	1400	661	117	35481

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Social Sciences and Humanities

1400

661

117

35481

Research.com Recognitions

1977 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1963 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Richard J. Herrnstein was affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their academic career included recognized achievements that led to receiving notable fellowships.

Among the awards earned were the Fellowship of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1977 and the Fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1963.

Details regarding specific research topics, publications, co-authors, fields of study, or book publications were not provided in the available data. This limits the ability to present a detailed overview of their scientific contributions, research directions, or collaborations.

The scientist was deceased at the time of this record.

Best Publications

The bell curve : intelligence and class structure in American life

Richard J. Herrnstein;Charles A. Murray

6240
Citations
On the law of effect

R. J. Herrnstein

3961
Citations
Relative and absolute strength of response as a function of frequency of reinforcement

R. J. Herrnstein

3339
Citations
Crime and Human Nature

James Q. Wilson;Richard J. Herrnstein

2357
Citations
The Bell Curve

Charles A. Murray;Richard J. Herrnstein

1470
Citations
Preference Reversals Due to Myopic Discounting of Delayed Reward

Kris N. Kirby;R.J. Herrnstein

768
Citations
Choice and delay of reinforcement

Shin-Ho Chung;R. J. Herrnstein

747
Citations
Method and theory in the study of avoidance.

R. J. Herrnstein

712
Citations
Formal properties of the matching law.

R. J. Herrnstein

671
Citations
Natural concepts in pigeons.

Unknown

636
Citations
Complex Visual Concept in the Pigeon

Unknown

540
Citations
Rational Choice Theory Necessary but Not Sufficient

Richard J. Herrnstein

536
Citations
Maximizing and matching on concurrent ratio schedules.

R. J. Herrnstein;Donald H. Loveland

475
Citations
Negative reinforcement as shock-frequency reduction

R. J. Herrnstein;Phillip N. Hineline

469
Citations
Preference reversal and delayed reinforcement

George Ainslie;George Ainslie;R. J. Herrnstein

468
Citations
Melioration: A Theory of Distributed Choice

Richard J. Herrnstein;Drazen Prelec

454
Citations
SECONDARY REINFORCEMENT AND RATE OF PRIMARY REINFORCEMENT1

R. J. Herrnstein

451
Citations
Utility maximization and melioration: Internalities in individual choice

R. J. Herrnstein;George F. Loewenstein;Drazen Prelec;William Vaughan

443
Citations
CHAPTER 5 – Melioration and Behavioral Allocation1

R.J. Herrnstein;William Vaughan

394
Citations
APERIODICITY AS A FACTOR IN CHOICE.

R. J. Herrnstein

375
Citations
Toward a law of response strength.

Peter A. de Villiers;R. J. Herrnstein

372
Citations
The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life

Carol Aubrey;Richard J. Herrnstein;Charles Murray

129
Citations
The bell curve :intelligence and class structure in americanlife

Richard J. Herrnstein;Charles Murray

97
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger Brown Harvard University

Stephen M. Kosslyn Harvard University

James F. Wilson University of Edinburgh

Howard Rachlin Stony Brook University

James E. Mazur Southern Connecticut State University

Edwin G. Boring Harvard University

Allan R. Wagner Yale University

George Loewenstein Carnegie Mellon University

External Links

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