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2023

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
72
Citations
26180
World Ranking
675
National Ranking
4

Umberto Eco 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 Umberto Eco sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 407 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Umberto Eco 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 Umberto Eco sits on this spectrum.

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: 72 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% 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

  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Umberto Eco was affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy during their academic career. Their research contributions were published in various scholarly venues, focusing on subjects related to communication and rhetoric.

Their recent papers included the following:

  • The Dog Schema, 2021, Rivista di estetica
  • Hard and Soft Communication, 2021, Observatorio (OBS*)
  • Comunicação: Hard e soft, 2021, Observatorio (OBS*)
  • Geheimsprache, 2023, Historisches Wörterbuch der Rhetorik Online

Frequent collaborators with Umberto Eco comprised:

  • Maurizio Ferraris
  • Diego Marconi
  • Andrea Katzenberger

Their work appeared most often in the following publication venues:

  • Observatorio (OBS*)
  • Rivista di estetica
  • Historisches Wörterbuch der Rhetorik Online

Best Publications

  • A Theory of Semiotics

    Umberto Eco

  • The Role of the Reader: Explorations in the Semiotics of Texts

    Umberto Eco

  • Semiotics and the philosophy of language

    Umberto Eco

  • Universe of the Mind: A Semiotic Theory of Culture

    I︠u︡. M. Lotman;Ann Shukman;Umberto Eco

  • Lector in fabula

    Umberto Eco

  • The Open Work

    Umberto Eco

  • Travels in Hyperreality

    Sharon Lebell;Umberto Eco

  • A Theory of Semiotics

    Giulio Lepschy;Umberto Eco

  • The Limits of Interpretation

    Umberto Eco

  • The Search for the Perfect Language

    Umberto Eco

  • Interpretation and overinterpretation

    Umberto Eco;Jonathan Culler;Richard Rorty;Christine Brooke-Rose

  • Trattato di semiotica generale

    Umberto Eco

  • Tratado de Semiótica General

    Umberto Eco

  • Six Walks in the Fictional Woods

    Umberto Eco

  • Kant and the platypus : essays on language and cognition

    Umberto Eco;Alastair McEwen

  • Apocalípticos e integrados

    Umberto Eco;Andrés Boglar

  • Mouse or Rat?: Translation as Negotiation

    Umberto Eco

  • Travels in hyperreality : essays

    Umberto Eco

  • Art and beauty in the Middle Ages

    Umberto Eco

  • The Sign of Three: Dupin, Holmes, Peirce

    Umberto Eco;Thomas Albert Sebeok

  • Lector in fabula : la cooperazione interpretativa nei testi narrativi

    Umberto Eco

  • Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language

    P. Swiggers;Umberto Eco

  • The Limits of Interpretation

    Roland A. Champagne;Umberto Eco

  • The Role of the Reader: Explorations in the Semiotics of Texts

    Roland A . Champagne;Umberto Eco

  • A Theory of Semiotics

    Alan Sondheim;Umberto Eco

  • The Subject of Semiotics

    Umberto Eco

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan Culler
Jonathan Culler Cornell University
Richard Rorty
Richard Rorty Stanford University
Thomas A. Sebeok
Thomas A. Sebeok Indiana University
Roland Barthes
Roland Barthes Université Paris Cité
James D. Watson
James D. Watson Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Klaus Eichmann
Klaus Eichmann Max Planck Society
Melvin Cohn
Melvin Cohn Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Philippa Marrack
Philippa Marrack National Jewish Health
Leroy Hood
Leroy Hood University of Washington

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