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 Scheidel sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 230 publications — 74th percentile
74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.
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 Scheidel sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 58 D-Index — 79th percentile
79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.
Walter Scheidel is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and specializes in social sciences, with a focus on anthropology, sociology and political science, economics and econometrics, archaeology, and genetics.
The scholar's research addresses topics such as historical economic and social studies, Chinese history and philosophy, classical antiquity studies, colonialism, slavery and trade, Eurasian exchange networks, archaeology and historical studies, and culture, economy, and development studies.
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One notable book authored by Walter Scheidel is The Oxford World History of Empire, published in 2021 by Oxford University Press.
The scientist was recognized in 2015 as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
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