2026 Ronald R. Rindfuss: 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	65	1023	887	476	403	199	18993

Ronald R. Rindfuss 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 Ronald R. Rindfuss sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 199 publications — 64th percentile

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

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

Ronald R. Rindfuss 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 Ronald R. Rindfuss sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Ronald R. Rindfuss is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research contributions are primarily situated within the social sciences, with a particular focus on sociology and political science, international relations, health professions, management science, and global change.

Their work covers several key topics, including:

Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
Demographic modeling and climate adaptation
Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
Migration and Labor Dynamics
Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
Child and Adolescent Health
Health and Medical Studies

Rindfuss has authored several recent papers, notably:

"Do low survey response rates bias results? Evidence from Japan," 2021, UNC Libraries
"Changing crops in response to climate: Virtual Nang Rong, Thailand in an agent based simulation," 2020, UNC Libraries
"Farming Systems and Rural Out-Migration in Nang Rong, Thailand, and Chitwan Valley, Nepal: Farming Systems and Rural Out-Migration," 2020, UNC Libraries
"Order amidst change: Work and family trajectories in Japan," 2020, UNC Libraries
"Design of an agent-based model to examine population-environment interactions in Nang Rong District, Thailand," 2020, UNC Libraries

Their frequent coauthors include Barbara Entwisle, Ashton M. Verdery, Minja Kim Choe, Noriko O. Tsuya, and Larry L. Bumpass, with multiple collaborative publications across studies.

Publications appear predominantly in the venue UNC Libraries, where Rindfuss has at least 15 works, and also in the journal Population.

Recognized within the scientific community, Rindfuss was awarded Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1992.

Best Publications

FERTILITY AND WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT IN INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS

Karin L. Brewster;Ronald R. Rindfuss

1358
Citations
Why do people postpone parenthood? Reasons and social policy incentives

Melinda Mills;Ronald R. Rindfuss;Peter McDonald;Egbert te Velde

1317
Citations
Developing a science of land change: challenges and methodological issues.

Ronald R. Rindfuss;Stephen J. Walsh;B. L. Turner;Jefferson Fox

936
Citations
The young adult years: diversity, structural change, and fertility.

Ronald R. Rindfuss

854
Citations
People and pixels : linking remote sensing and social science

Liverman D;Moran Ef;Rindfuss Rr;Stern Pc

620
Citations
First Births in America

Ronald R. Rindfuss;S. Philip Morgan;Gray Swicegood

602
Citations
Disorder in the life course: how common and does it matter?

RR Rindfuss;CG Swicegood;RA Rosenfeld

573
Citations
Education and the changing age pattern of American fertility: 1963-1989

Ronald R. Rindfuss;Samuel Philip Morgan;Kate Offutt

526
Citations
Cohabitation: A Precursor to Marriage or an Alternative to Being Single?

Ronald R. Rindfuss;Audrey VandenHeuvel

513
Citations
Changing Relationships between Education and Fertility: A Study of Women and Men Born 1940 to 1964

Øystein Kravdal;Ronald R. Rindfuss

447
Citations
The Changing Institutional Context of Low Fertility

Ronald R. Rindfuss;Karen Benjamin Guzzo;S. Philip Morgan

400
Citations
Child-Care Availability and Fertility in Norway

Ronald R. Rindfuss;David K. Guilkey;S. Philip Morgan;ØYstein Kravdal

397
Citations
Childrearing and fertility.

Ronald R. Rindfuss;Karin L. Brewster

359
Citations
Child care availability and first-birth timing in Norway

Ronald R. Rindfuss;David K. Guilkey;S. Philip Morgan;Øystein Kravdal

357
Citations
Education and fertility: implications for the roles women occupy.

Rindfuss Rr;Bumpass L;St John C

348
Citations
First births in America : changes in the timing of parenthood

Rindfuss Rr;Morgan Sp;Swicegood G

346
Citations
Marital disruption: structural and temporal dimensions.

S. Philip Morgan;Ronald R. Rindfuss

342
Citations
Land change science : observing, monitoring and understanding trajectories of change on the Earth's surface

Garik Gutman;Anthony C. Janetos;Christopher O. Justice;Emilio F. Moran

295
Citations
Community and contraceptive choice in rural Thailand: A case study of Nang Rong

Barbara Entwisle;Ronald R. Rindfuss;David K. Guilkey;Aphichat Chamratrithirong

280
Citations
The Changing Impact of Religion on the Sexual and Contraceptive Behavior of Adolescent Women in the United States

Karin L. Brewster;Elizabeth C. Cooksey;David K. Guilkey;Ronald R. Rindfuss

274
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara Entwisle University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Larry L. Bumpass University of Wisconsin–Madison

S. Philip Morgan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

David K. Guilkey University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

George P. Malanson University of Iowa

Øystein Kravdal Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Emilio F. Moran Michigan State University

Melinda Mills University of Oxford

Tom Evans University of Arizona

Billie Turner Arizona State University

External Links

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