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Viktor Vanberg publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Viktor Vanberg sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 220 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

Viktor Vanberg D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Viktor Vanberg sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 76 scientists 21 D-Index: 79 scientists 22 D-Index: 84 scientists 23 D-Index: 68 scientists 24 D-Index: 88 scientists 25 D-Index: 82 scientists 26 D-Index: 76 scientists 27 D-Index: 75 scientists 28 D-Index: 99 scientists 29 D-Index: 96 scientists 30 D-Index: 96 scientists 31 D-Index: 81 scientists 32 D-Index: 86 scientists 33 D-Index: 81 scientists 34 D-Index: 84 scientists 35 D-Index: 72 scientists 36 D-Index: 58 scientists 37 D-Index: 53 scientists 38 D-Index: 48 scientists 39 D-Index: 40 scientists 40 D-Index: 40 scientists 41 D-Index: 32 scientists 42 D-Index: 26 scientists 43 D-Index: 25 scientists 44 D-Index: 33 scientists 45 D-Index: 33 scientists 46 D-Index: 17 scientists 47 D-Index: 21 scientists 48 D-Index: 22 scientists 49 D-Index: 18 scientists 50 D-Index: 19 scientists 51 D-Index: 19 scientists 52 D-Index: 15 scientists 53 D-Index: 14 scientists 54 D-Index: 10 scientists 55 D-Index: 13 scientists 56 D-Index: 9 scientists 57 D-Index: 11 scientists 58 D-Index: 12 scientists 59 D-Index: 10 scientists 60 D-Index: 5 scientists 61 D-Index: 7 scientists 62+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

Overview

Viktor Vanberg is affiliated with the Walter Eucken Institut in Germany. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within the social sciences and economics. The primary fields of study include Social Sciences and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with significant work also addressing subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations, and Accounting.

The research topics covered by Vanberg reflect a focus on political economy, economic theory, and related areas. These include:

  • Political Economy and Marxism
  • Economic Theory and Institutions
  • Political Philosophy and Ethics
  • Economic theories and models
  • Local Government Finance and Decentralization
  • Political Systems and Governance
  • Corporate Taxation and Avoidance

Vanberg has authored a number of papers that contribute to these areas, with recent publications highlighting various aspects of political economy and evolutionary economics. These papers are:

  • J. M. Buchanan's contractarian constitutionalism: political economy for democratic society, 2020, Public Choice
  • Kulturelle Evolution und die Gestaltung von Regeln, 2025, Mohr Siebeck eBooks
  • Liberaler Evolutionismus oder vertragstheoretischer Konstitutionalismus?, 2025, Mohr Siebeck eBooks
  • Carl Menger, F.A. Hayek and the evolutionary strand in Austrian economics, 2020, The Review of Austrian Economics
  • Competitive federalism, individual autonomy, and citizen sovereignty, 2024, Kyklos

There are no frequent co-authors listed, indicating Vanberg may work primarily independently or with a varying set of collaborators.

The publication venues of Vanberg's work are predominantly in specialized and interdisciplinary journals and publishers. Frequent venues include:

  • Mohr Siebeck eBooks
  • Public Choice
  • The Review of Austrian Economics
  • Kyklos
  • Homo Oeconomicus

Vanberg's book output, published by Mohr Siebeck eBooks, features multiple works released between 2023 and 2025. These include:

  • Wissenschaftsverständnis, Sozialtheorie und politische Programmatik (2023)
  • Verbrechen, Strafe und Abschreckung (2025)
  • Markt und Organisation (2025)
  • Die zwei Soziologien (2025)

Best Publications

  • Rules and choice in economics

    Viktor J. Vanberg

  • The Market as a Creative Process

    James M. Buchanan;Viktor J. Vanberg

  • Die zwei Soziologien : Individualismus und Kollektivismus in der Sozialtheorie

    Viktor Vanberg

  • In defence of generalized Darwinism

    Howard E. Aldrich;Geoffrey M. Hodgson;David L. Hull;Thorbjørn Knudsen

  • Spontaneous Market Order and Social Rules

    Viktor Vanberg

  • Markt und Organisation : individualistische Sozialtheorie und das Problem korporativen Handelns

    Viktor Vanberg

  • Interests and Theories in Constitutional Choice

    Viktor Vanberg;James M. Buchanan

  • Rationality, Morality, and Exit

    Viktor J. Vanberg;Roger D. Congleton

  • Institutional competition among jurisdictions: An evolutionary approach

    Viktor Vanberg;Wolfgang Kerber

  • Rational Choice vs. Program-based Behavior Alternative Theoretical Approaches and their Relevance for the Study of Institutions

    Viktor J. Vanberg

  • The Freiburg School: Walter Eucken and Ordoliberalism

    Viktor J. Vanberg

  • Market and state: the perspective of constitutional political economy

    Viktor J. Vanberg

  • Rules and choice in economics and sociology

    Viktor J Vanberg

  • The Constitution of Markets: Essays in Political Economy

    Viktor J Vanberg

  • The rationality postulate in economics: its ambiguity, its deficiency and its evolutionary alternative

    Viktor J. Vanberg

  • Organizations as constitutional systems

    Viktor J. Vanberg

  • Carl Menger's evolutionary and John R. Commons' collective action approach to institutions: a comparison

    Viktor Vanberg

  • RATIONAL CHOICE, RULE-FOLLOWING AND INSTITUTIONS: An evolutionary perspective

    Viktor Vanberg

  • The Status Quo in Contractarian-Constitutionalist Perspective

    Viktor J. Vanberg

  • Explorations into constitutional economics

    James M. Buchanan;Robert D. Tollison;Viktor J. Vanberg

  • Globalization, Democracy, and Citizens' Sovereignty: Can Competition Among Governments Enhance Democracy? 1

    Viktor Vanberg

  • Cultural Evolution, Collective Learning, and Constitutional Design

    Viktor Vanberg

  • Essays on individualism: Modern ideology in anthropological perspective : Louis Dumont, (University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1986) pp. x + 284, $27.50

    Viktor Vanberg

  • Help, harm or avoid? On the personal advantage of dispositions to cooperate and punish in multilateral PD games with exit

    Roger D Congleton;Viktor J Vanberg

  • Liberal constitutionalism, constitutional liberalism and democracy

    Viktor J. Vanberg

  • Markets and the Law

    V. Vanberg

  • The Constitution of Markets

    Viktor J. Vanberg

  • Consumer Welfare, Total Welfare and Economic Freedom – On the Normative Foundations of Competition Policy

    Viktor J. Vanberg

  • Constitutional Economics and Ethics — On the Relation Between Self-Interest and Morality

    Viktor J. Vanberg

  • Ordnungspolitik, the Freiburg School and the reason of rules

    Viktor J. Vanberg

  • Democracy, Citizen Sovereignty and Constitutional Economics

    Viktor J. Vanberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Friedrich A. von Hayek
Friedrich A. von Hayek University of Freiburg
Roger D. Congleton
Roger D. Congleton West Virginia University
Georg Vanberg
Georg Vanberg Duke University
David L. Hull
David L. Hull Northwestern University
Geoffrey M. Hodgson
Geoffrey M. Hodgson Loughborough University
Lars P. Feld
Lars P. Feld Walter Eucken Institut
Robert D. Tollison
Robert D. Tollison Clemson University
Joel Mokyr
Joel Mokyr Northwestern University
Howard E Aldrich
Howard E Aldrich University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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