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Steven G. Rivkin

Steven G. Rivkin

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 44 3967 3661 1883 1705 76 27846

Steven G. Rivkin publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Steven G. Rivkin between 1992 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Steven G. Rivkin published across 34 years, from 1992 to 2025, averaging 2.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 9 publications in 2010. 5 of the 81 publications appeared in the last two years.

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

81 publications in total across all disciplines

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Steven G. Rivkin: publications per year, 1992 to 2025
Year Publications
1992 1
1993 1
1994 2
1995 1
1996 2
1997 1
1998 1
1999 1
2000 1
2001 1
2002 2
2003 5
2004 5
2005 5
2006 3
2007 5
2008 2
2009 8
2010 9
2011 0
2012 4
2013 2
2014 2
2015 1
2016 2
2017 1
2018 0
2019 1
2020 0
2021 1
2022 1
2023 5
2024 4
2025 1
Total 81
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Steven G. Rivkin 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 Steven G. Rivkin 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, 74–83 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: 76 publications — 4th percentile

4% 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 76
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
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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Steven G. Rivkin 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 Steven G. Rivkin 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, 44 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: 44 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% 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 44
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

Steven G. Rivkin is affiliated with Amherst College in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the social sciences, with a strong focus on education. Their work addresses several subfields, including education, sociology and political science, demography, management science and operations research, and statistics and probability.

Among their main research topics are school choice and performance, parental involvement in education, intergenerational and educational inequality studies, global educational reforms and inequalities, evaluation and performance assessment, higher education research studies, and advanced causal inference techniques.

The list of recent papers authored or co-authored by Steven G. Rivkin includes:

  • "Performance Information and Personnel Decisions in the Public Sector," 2021, The Journal of Human Resources
  • "Attracting and Retaining Highly Effective Educators in Hard-to-Staff Schools," 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Academic Mobility in U.S. Public Schools: Evidence from Nearly 3 Million Students," 2023, Journal of Public Economics
  • "The Effects of Comprehensive Educator Evaluation and Pay Reform on Achievement," 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "School District Investments in General Skills: The Case of Principal Residency Programs," 2023, IZA Journal of Labor Economics

Steven G. Rivkin frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Journal of Human Resources
  • Journal of Public Economics
  • IZA Journal of Labor Economics
  • Studies In Educational Evaluation

Collaborations have been made with several frequent co-authors, among them:

  • Eric A. Hanushek
  • Gregory Phelan
  • Minh Nguyen
  • Wes Austin
  • Dan Goldhaber

Best Publications

  • Teachers, Schools, and Academic Achievement

    Steven G. Rivkin;Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain

  • Why Public Schools Lose Teachers

    Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Steven G. Rivkin

  • Does Peer Ability Affect Student Achievement

    Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Jacob M. Markman;Steven G. Rivkin

  • Generalizations about Using Value-Added Measures of Teacher Quality

    Eric A. Hanushek;Steven G. Rivkin

  • The Market for Teacher Quality

    Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Steven G. Rivkin;Daniel M. O'Brien

  • Teachers, Schools, and Academic Achievement

    Eric Hanushek;John Kain;Steven Rivkin

  • New Evidence about Brown v. Board of Education: The Complex Effects of School Racial Composition on Achievement

    Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Steven G. Rivkin

  • Aggregation and the Estimated Effects of School Resources

    Eric A. Hanushek;Steven G. Rivkin;Lori L. Taylor

  • Disruption versus Tiebout improvement: the costs and benefits of switching schools

    Eric A. Hanushek;Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Steven G. Rivkin;Steven G. Rivkin

  • The Market for Teacher Quality

    Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Daniel M. O'Brien;Steven G. Rivkin

  • Pay, Working Conditions, and Teacher Quality

    Eric Alan Hanushek;Steven G. Rivkin

  • The Distribution of Teacher Quality and Implications for Policy

    Eric A. Hanushek;Eric A. Hanushek;Eric A. Hanushek;Steven G. Rivkin;Steven G. Rivkin

  • How to Improve the Supply of High-Quality Teachers

    Eric Alan Hanushek;Steven G. Rivkin

  • Charter school quality and parental decision making with school choice

    Eric A. Hanushek;Eric A. Hanushek;Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Steven G. Rivkin;Steven G. Rivkin;Steven G. Rivkin;Gregory F. Branch

  • Estimating the Effect of Leaders on Public Sector Productivity: the Case of School Principals

    Gregory Branch;Gregory F. Branch;Eric A. Hanushek;Steven G. Rivkin

  • Class Size Reduction and Student Achievement: The Potential Tradeoff between Teacher Quality and Class Size

    Christopher. Jepsen;Steven G. Rivkin

  • The Market for Teacher Quality. NBER Working Paper No. 11154.

    Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Daniel M. O'Brien;Steven G. Rivkin

  • Do Higher Salaries Buy Better Teachers

    Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Steven G. Rivkin

  • DOES POLLUTION INCREASE SCHOOL ABSENCES

    Janet Marion Currie;Eric A. Hanushek;E. Megan Kahn;Matthew Neidell

  • Inferring Program Effects for Special Populations: Does Special Education Raise Achievement for Students with Disabilities?

    Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Steven G. Rivkin

  • Harming the best: How schools affect the black-white achievement gap

    Eric A. Hanushek;Steven G. Rivkin

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric A. Hanushek
Eric A. Hanushek Hoover Institution
John F. Kain
John F. Kain The University of Texas at Dallas
Janet Currie
Janet Currie Princeton University
Matthew Neidell
Matthew Neidell Columbia University
Costas Meghir
Costas Meghir Yale University
Finis Welch
Finis Welch Texas A&M University
Dan Goldhaber
Dan Goldhaber University of Washington
Helen F. Ladd
Helen F. Ladd Duke University

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