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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 49 2863 2618 1389 1252 148 17462

Richard York publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Richard York between 2002 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Richard York published across 24 years, from 2002 to 2025, averaging 6.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 12 publications in 2008. 8 of the 162 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2002 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 12. Peak 12 publications in 2008. 2002: 2 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 3 publications
2002 2025

162 publications in total across all disciplines

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Richard York: publications per year, 2002 to 2025
Year Publications
2002 2
2003 7
2004 7
2005 9
2006 8
2007 11
2008 12
2009 11
2010 8
2011 10
2012 8
2013 2
2014 4
2015 4
2016 7
2017 7
2018 6
2019 9
2020 6
2021 9
2022 5
2023 2
2024 5
2025 3
Total 162
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Richard York 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 York sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 144–153 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 148 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407 148
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Richard York 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 York sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 49 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186 49
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Overview

Richard York is affiliated with the University of Oregon in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Social Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The main topics covered in Richard York's research include:

  • Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Climate Change and Geoengineering

Richard York has published in various academic journals with a notable presence in Energy Research & Social Science and Global Sustainability. Other venues of publication include Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change, Heliyon, and Nature Climate Change. Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by York are:

  • The rebound effect and the challenge of moving beyond fossil fuels: A review of empirical and theoretical research, 2022, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change
  • The ineffectiveness of efficiency: The paradoxical effects of state policy on energy consumption in the United States, 2020, Energy Research & Social Science
  • Four agendas for research and policy on emissions mitigation and well-being, 2020, Global Sustainability
  • When are fossil fuels displaced? An exploratory inquiry into the role of nuclear electricity production in the displacement of fossil fuels, 2022, Heliyon
  • Sociology for sustainability science, 2021, Discover Sustainability

Frequent collaborators in York's research include Stefano B. Longo, Brett Clark, Julius Alexander McGee, Thomas Dietz, and Lazarus Adua. These partnerships appear in several coauthored studies, reflecting a network of interdisciplinary academic influences.

Best Publications

  • STIRPAT, IPAT and ImPACT: analytic tools for unpacking the driving forces of environmental impacts

    Richard York;Eugene A Rosa;Thomas Dietz

  • The Ecological Rift: Capitalism’s War on the Earth

    John Bellamy Foster;Brett Clark;Richard York

  • Footprints on the earth: the environmental consequences of modernity.

    Richard York;Eugene A. Rosa;Thomas Dietz

  • Key Challenges to Ecological Modernization Theory Institutional Efficacy, Case Study Evidence, Units of Analysis, and the Pace of Eco-Efficiency

    Richard York;Eugene A. Rosa

  • Carbon metabolism: Global capitalism, climate change, and the biospheric rift

    Brett Clark;Richard York

  • Driving the human ecological footprint

    Thomas Dietz;Eugene A. Rosa;Richard York

  • THE GLOBALIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN AND THE LIMITS OF THE POSTMATERIALIST VALUES EXPLANATION: Evidence from Four Multinational Surveys

    Riley E. Dunlap;Richard York

  • Demographic trends and energy consumption in European Union Nations, 1960–2025

    Richard York

  • Community Economic Identity: The Coal Industry and Ideology Construction in West Virginia

    Shannon Elizabeth Bell;Richard York

  • Energy transitions or additions?: Why a transition from fossil fuels requires more than the growth of renewable energy

    Richard York;Shannon Elizabeth Bell

  • Do alternative energy sources displace fossil fuels

    Richard York

  • Tracking the anthropogenic drivers of ecological impacts.

    Eugene A. Rosa;Richard York;Thomas Dietz

  • Women's status and carbon dioxide emissions: A quantitative cross-national analysis.

    Christina Ergas;Richard F. York

  • A rift in modernity? assessing the anthropogenic sources of global climate change with the STIRPAT model

    Richard York;Eugene A. Rosa;Thomas Dietz

  • Social Structural Influences on Meat Consumption

    Marcia Hill Gossard;Richard York

  • Environmentally efficient weil-being: Rethinking sustainability as the relationship between human well-being and environmental impacts

    Thomas Dietz;Eugene A. Rosa;Richard York

  • Bridging Environmental Science with Environmental Policy: Plasticity of Population, Affluence, and Technology

    Richard York;Eugene A. Rosa;Thomas Dietz

  • Environmentally efficient well-being: Is there a Kuznets curve?

    Thomas Dietz;Eugene A. Rosa;Richard York

  • Gender Equality and State Environmentalism

    Kari Norgaard;Richard York

  • Ecological Paradoxes: William Stanley Jevons and the Paperless Office

    Richard York

Frequent Co-Authors

Brett Clark
Brett Clark University of Utah
Eugene A. Rosa
Eugene A. Rosa Washington State University
Thomas Dietz
Thomas Dietz Michigan State University
Andrew K. Jorgenson
Andrew K. Jorgenson Boston College
Juliet B. Schor
Juliet B. Schor Boston College
Klaus Hubacek
Klaus Hubacek University of Groningen
Riley E. Dunlap
Riley E. Dunlap Oklahoma State University
William Solecki
William Solecki City University of New York
Torben C. Rick
Torben C. Rick National Museum of Natural History
Thomas Rudel
Thomas Rudel Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research

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