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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 79 393 185 204 76364

Walter Kintsch publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Walter Kintsch between 1957 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Walter Kintsch published across 69 years, from 1957 to 2025, averaging 3.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 23 publications in 1995. 3 of the 216 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1957 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 23. Peak 23 publications in 1995. 1957: 1 publication 1958: 0 publications 1959: 4 publications 1960: 1 publication 1961: 0 publications 1962: 3 publications 1963: 2 publications 1964: 1 publication 1965: 4 publications 1966: 1 publication 1967: 2 publications 1968: 3 publications 1969: 2 publications 1970: 5 publications 1971: 2 publications 1972: 3 publications 1973: 2 publications 1974: 2 publications 1975: 3 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 6 publications 1978: 9 publications 1979: 6 publications 1980: 5 publications 1981: 3 publications 1982: 6 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 3 publications 1985: 5 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 4 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 5 publications 1991: 7 publications 1992: 7 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 23 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 9 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 3 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 1 publication 2010: 2 publications 2011: 1 publication 2012: 4 publications 2013: 0 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 0 publications 2016: 0 publications 2017: 0 publications 2018: 2 publications 2019: 1 publication 2020: 0 publications 2021: 0 publications 2022: 1 publication 2023: 0 publications 2024: 2 publications 2025: 1 publication
1957 2025

216 publications in total across all disciplines

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Walter Kintsch: publications per year, 1957 to 2025
Year Publications
1957 1
1958 0
1959 4
1960 1
1961 0
1962 3
1963 2
1964 1
1965 4
1966 1
1967 2
1968 3
1969 2
1970 5
1971 2
1972 3
1973 2
1974 2
1975 3
1976 0
1977 6
1978 9
1979 6
1980 5
1981 3
1982 6
1983 1
1984 3
1985 5
1986 2
1987 2
1988 4
1989 2
1990 5
1991 7
1992 7
1993 3
1994 3
1995 23
1996 3
1997 0
1998 9
1999 3
2000 3
2001 3
2002 5
2003 1
2004 3
2005 4
2006 4
2007 5
2008 2
2009 1
2010 2
2011 1
2012 4
2013 0
2014 13
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 2
2019 1
2020 0
2021 0
2022 1
2023 0
2024 2
2025 1
Total 216
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Walter Kintsch 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 Walter Kintsch 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, 204–213 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: 204 publications — 66th percentile

66% 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
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285 204
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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Walter Kintsch 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 Walter Kintsch 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, 79 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: 79 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% 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
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 79
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • 1978 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Walter Kintsch was a researcher affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Throughout their career, they contributed primarily to the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with a stronger focus on psychology based on the number of publications.

Their research spanned several subfields including general psychology, social psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. Main topics addressed in their work included academic and historical perspectives in psychology, social representations and identity, and cognitive science and education research.

Kintsch had publications in the journal Discourse Processes, reflecting their involvement in discourse and cognitive processing studies.

  • A history of psychology as it happened to me, 2025, Discourse Processes

They did not frequently collaborate with other authors, as no frequent co-authors were listed.

Throughout their career, Kintsch was recognized by professional organizations. They were named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in 1978. Later, in 1992, they received the APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology from the American Psychological Association.

Best Publications

  • Strategies of discourse comprehension

    Teun Adrianus van Dijk;Walter Kintsch

  • Toward a model of text comprehension and production.

    Walter Kintsch;Teun A. van Dijk

  • Comprehension: A Paradigm for Cognition

    Walter Kintsch

  • The role of knowledge in discourse comprehension : a construction-integration model

    Walter Kintsch

  • Long-term working memory

    K A Ericsson;W Kintsch

  • Memory and cognition

    Walter Kintsch

  • The representation of meaning in memory

    Walter Kintsch

  • Are Good Texts Always Better? Interactions of Text Coherence, Background Knowledge, and Levels of Understanding in Learning From Text

    Danielle S. McNamara;Danielle S. McNamara;Eileen Kintsch;Nancy Butler Songer;Walter Kintsch

  • Handbook of latent semantic analysis

    Thomas K. Landauer;Danielle S. McNamara;Simon Dennis;Walter Kintsch

  • Learning from texts: Effects of prior knowledge and text coherence

    Danielle S. McNamara;Walter Kintsch

  • The Measurement of Textual Coherence with Latent Semantic Analysis.

    Peter W. Foltz;Walter Kintsch;Thomas K Landauer

  • Understanding and solving word arithmetic problems.

    Walter Kintsch;James G. Greeno

  • Text comprehension, memory, and learning.

    Walter Kintsch

  • Reading rate and retention as a function of the number of propositions in the base structure of sentences

    Walter Kintsch;Janice Keenan

  • The role of understanding in solving word problems

    Denise Dellarosa Cummins;Walter Kintsch;Kurt Reusser;Rhonda Weimer

  • Comprehension and recall of text as a function of content variables

    W. Kintsch;E. Kozminsky;W.J. Streby;G. McKoon

  • 11 – Models for Free Recall and Recognition1

    Walter Kintsch

  • Sentence memory: A theoretical analysis ☆

    Walter Kintsch;David Welsch;Franz Schmalhofer;Susan Zimny

  • Learning from text, levels of comprehension, or: Why anyone would read a story anyway

    Walter Kintsch

  • A theory of algebra-word-problem comprehension and its implications for the design of learning environments.

    Mitchell J. Nathan;Walter Kintsch;Emilie Young

  • Strategies of Discourse Comprehension

    Douglas Biber;Teun A. van Dijk;Walter Kintsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas K. Landauer
Thomas K. Landauer University of Colorado Boulder
Danielle S. McNamara
Danielle S. McNamara Arizona State University
Teun A. van Dijk
Teun A. van Dijk Pompeu Fabra University
Lyle E. Bourne
Lyle E. Bourne University of Colorado Boulder
Ladislao Salmerón
Ladislao Salmerón University of Valencia
Katherine A. Rawson
Katherine A. Rawson Kent State University
K. Anders Ericsson
K. Anders Ericsson Florida State University
Elizabeth Bates
Elizabeth Bates University of California, San Diego
Herman Buschke
Herman Buschke Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Janice M. Keenan
Janice M. Keenan University of Denver

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