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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 32 7208 6696 30 30 179 8420

Sergei Scherbov publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Sergei Scherbov between 1983 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Sergei Scherbov published across 43 years, from 1983 to 2025, averaging 4.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 15 publications in 2017. 2 of the 192 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1983 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 15. Peak 15 publications in 2017. 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 0 publications 1988: 4 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 2 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 5 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 1 publication 2011: 3 publications 2012: 1 publication 2013: 2 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 15 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 8 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 1 publication 2025: 1 publication
1983 2025

192 publications in total across all disciplines

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Sergei Scherbov: publications per year, 1983 to 2025
Year Publications
1983 1
1984 0
1985 0
1986 1
1987 0
1988 4
1989 4
1990 4
1991 1
1992 2
1993 2
1994 3
1995 3
1996 1
1997 5
1998 5
1999 7
2000 3
2001 3
2002 5
2003 7
2004 5
2005 2
2006 2
2007 12
2008 8
2009 8
2010 1
2011 3
2012 1
2013 2
2014 9
2015 4
2016 10
2017 15
2018 6
2019 14
2020 12
2021 8
2022 5
2023 2
2024 1
2025 1
Total 192
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Sergei Scherbov 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 Sergei Scherbov 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, 174–183 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: 179 publications — 56th percentile

56% 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
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313 179
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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Sergei Scherbov 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 Sergei Scherbov 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, 32 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: 32 D-Index — 8th percentile

8% 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 32
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
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

Sergei Scherbov is affiliated with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, medicine, and health professions, with a total of 25 publications in social sciences, 14 in medicine, and 13 in health professions.

Their work spans several subfields, including general health professions, health, demography, health toxicology and mutagenesis, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Sergei Scherbov's main research topics include health disparities and outcomes, global health care issues, insurance, mortality, demography, and risk management, nutritional studies and diet, health, environment, and cognitive aging, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts, and climate change and health impacts.

They have contributed to multiple scientific journals and venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • PLoS ONE
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Epidemiology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Nutrients

Selected recent papers include:

  • Measuring inequalities of development at the sub-national level: From the human development index to the human life indicator, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • COVID-19 and excess mortality in Russia: Regional estimates of life expectancy losses in 2020 and excess deaths in 2021, 2022, PLoS ONE
  • Assessing the potential impact of COVID-19 on life expectancy, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Development of a common scale for measuring healthy ageing across the world: results from the ATHLOS consortium, 2020, International Journal of Epidemiology
  • Prospects of activity limitations among older adults in 23 low and middle income countries, 2020, Scientific Reports

Throughout their career, Sergei Scherbov has collaborated frequently with coauthors such as Warren C. Sanderson, Albert Sánchez-Niubò, Matthew Prina, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, and José Luís Ayuso-Mateos.

In addition to articles, they have contributed to the book publication Developments in Demographic Forecasting published in 2020 as part of The Springer series on demographic methods and population analysis.

Best Publications

  • The coming acceleration of global population ageing

    Wolfgang Lutz;Wolfgang Lutz;Warren Sanderson;Warren Sanderson;Sergei Scherbov;Sergei Scherbov

  • The end of world population growth

    Wolfgang Lutz;Warren Sanderson;Warren Sanderson;Sergei Scherbov

  • Europe's population at a turning point

    Wolfgang Lutz;Brian C. O'Neill;Sergei Scherbov

  • Doubling of world population unlikely

    Wolfgang Lutz;Warren Sanderson;Sergei Scherbov

  • A new perspective on population aging

    Warren C. Sanderson;Sergei Scherbov

  • Average remaining lifetimes can increase as human populations age

    Warren C. Sanderson;Warren C. Sanderson;Sergei Scherbov;Sergei Scherbov

  • Rethinking age and aging

    W.C. Sanderson;S. Scherbov

  • Demography. Remeasuring aging.

    Warren C Sanderson;Sergei Scherbov

  • Regional, national, and spatially explicit scenarios of demographic and economic change based on SRES

    A. Grubler;A. Grubler;B.C. O'Neill;B.C. O'Neill;K. Riahi;V. Chirkov

  • The characteristics approach to the measurement of population aging

    Warren C. Sanderson;Warren C. Sanderson;Sergei Scherbov

  • Expert-based probabilistic population projections

    Wolfgang Lutz;Warren C. Sanderson;Sergei Scherbov

  • Faster Increases in Human Life Expectancy Could Lead to Slower Population Aging

    Warren C. Sanderson;Sergei Scherbov

  • A Simple Measure of Human Development: The Human Life Indicator

    Simone Ghislandi;Warren C. Sanderson;Sergei Scherbov

  • Assessing the potential impact of COVID-19 on life expectancy.

    Guillaume Marois;Guillaume Marois;Raya Muttarak;Raya Muttarak;Sergei Scherbov

  • An expert-based framework for probabilistic national population projections: The example of Austria

    Wolfgang Lutz;Sergei Scherbov

  • Measuring the speed of aging across population subgroups

    Warren C. Sanderson;Warren C. Sanderson;Sergei Scherbov

  • Very long range global Population Scenarios to 2300 and the Implications of Sustained low Fertility

    Stuart Basten;Wolfgang Lutz;Sergei Scherbov

  • Can immigration compensate for Europe's low fertility?

    W. Lutz;S. Scherbov

  • Development of a common scale for measuring healthy ageing across the world: results from the ATHLOS consortium.

    Albert Sanchez-Niubo;Carlos G Forero;Yu-Tzu Wu;Iago Giné-Vázquez

  • European Demographic Datasheet 2016

    C. Berghammer;R. Gisser;W. Lutz;M. Mamolo

  • The effects of age structure on economic growth: An application of probabilistic forecasting to India

    A. Prskawetz;T. Kögel;W.C. Sanderson;S. Scherbov

Frequent Co-Authors

Warren C. Sanderson
Warren C. Sanderson Stony Brook University
Wolfgang Lutz
Wolfgang Lutz University of Trier
José Luis Ayuso-Mateos
José Luis Ayuso-Mateos Autonomous University of Madrid
Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos
Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos Harokopio University
Martin Bobak
Martin Bobak University College London
Matilde Leonardi
Matilde Leonardi Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Josep Maria Haro
Josep Maria Haro University of Barcelona
Martin Prince
Martin Prince King's College London
Brian C. O'Neill
Brian C. O'Neill Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jerome Bickenbach
Jerome Bickenbach University of Lucerne

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