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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 56 1864 1681 104 97 317 15935

Yves Gingras publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yves Gingras between 1980 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yves Gingras published across 46 years, from 1980 to 2025, averaging 9.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 25 publications in 2010. 18 of the 428 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1980 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 25. Peak 25 publications in 2010. 1980: 2 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 1 publication 1983: 1 publication 1984: 2 publications 1985: 2 publications 1986: 5 publications 1987: 4 publications 1988: 9 publications 1989: 6 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 5 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 7 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 10 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 8 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 14 publications 2000: 21 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 10 publications 2003: 10 publications 2004: 11 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 21 publications 2007: 19 publications 2008: 16 publications 2009: 17 publications 2010: 25 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 15 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 14 publications 2019: 10 publications 2020: 14 publications 2021: 14 publications 2022: 20 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 8 publications
1980 2025

428 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yves Gingras: publications per year, 1980 to 2025
Year Publications
1980 2
1981 1
1982 1
1983 1
1984 2
1985 2
1986 5
1987 4
1988 9
1989 6
1990 4
1991 5
1992 2
1993 7
1994 2
1995 10
1996 7
1997 8
1998 5
1999 14
2000 21
2001 2
2002 10
2003 10
2004 11
2005 7
2006 21
2007 19
2008 16
2009 17
2010 25
2011 13
2012 8
2013 13
2014 12
2015 15
2016 9
2017 8
2018 14
2019 10
2020 14
2021 14
2022 20
2023 4
2024 10
2025 8
Total 428
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Yves Gingras 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 Yves Gingras 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, 314–323 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: 317 publications — 89th percentile

89% 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
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
314–323 101 317
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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Yves Gingras 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 Yves Gingras 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, 56 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: 56 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% 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 56
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Yves Gingras is affiliated with the University of Quebec at Montreal in Canada. Their research spans multiple fields and topics focusing on the intersection of science studies, sociology, and philosophy of science.

The scientist's work covers the following main topics:

  • Scientometrics and bibliometrics research
  • Philosophy and history of science
  • Education, sociology, and vocational training
  • Complex network analysis techniques
  • Interdisciplinary research and collaboration
  • University-industry-government innovation models
  • Web visibility and informetrics

Gingras's research fields and subfields include sociology and political science, statistics, probability and uncertainty, history and philosophy of science, statistical and nonlinear physics, and philosophy.

Selected recent publications demonstrate the breadth of their work:

  • "Philosophy in Science: Can Philosophers of Science Permeate through Science and Produce Scientific Knowledge?" (2021, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science)
  • "The visibility of philosophy of science in the sciences, 1980-2018" (2021, Synthese)
  • "The interdisciplinarity of economics" (2023, Cambridge Journal of Economics)
  • "Measuring national self-referencing patterns of major science producers" (2020, Scientometrics)
  • "The Interdisciplinarity of Economics" (2020, SSRN Electronic Journal)

Frequent coauthors in their work include:

  • Mahdi Khelfaoui
  • François Claveau
  • Thomas Pradeu
  • Maël Lemoine
  • Alexandre Truc

Gingras has contributed to publication venues such as Pour la Science, with 26 publications, as well as Scientometrics, Zilsel, Social Science Information, and arXiv (Cornell University).

The scientist's book publications include:

  • Sociologie des sciences (2020, Presses Universitaires De France)
  • Dictionnaire international Bourdieu (2020, CNRS Éditions)
  • Experimentation in the Sciences (2024, Springer International Publishing)

In recognition of their contributions, Yves Gingras was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Bibliometrics: Global gender disparities in science

    Vincent Larivière;Chaoqun Ni;Yves Gingras;Blaise Cronin

  • Self-Selected or Mandated, Open Access Increases Citation Impact for Higher Quality Research

    Yassine Gargouri;Chawki Hajjem;Vincent Larivière;Yves Gingras

  • The Access/Impact Problem and the Green and Gold Roads to Open Access☆

    Stevan Harnad;Tim Brody;François Vallières;Les Carr

  • The place of universities in the system of knowledge production

    Benoit Godin;Yves Gingras

  • Benchmarking scientific output in the social sciences and humanities: The limits of existing databases

    Éric Archambault;Étienne Vignola-Gagné;Grégoire Côté;Vincent Larivière

  • Comparing Bibliometric Statistics Obtained from the Web of Science and Scopus

    Eric Archambault;David Campbell;Yves Gingras;Vincent Lariviere

  • Team size matters: Collaboration and scientific impact since 1900

    Vincent Larivière;Vincent Larivière;Yves Gingras;Cassidy R. Sugimoto;Andrew Tsou

  • Comparing bibliometric statistics obtained from the Web of Science and Scopus

    Éric Archambault;David Campbell;Yves Gingras;Vincent Larivière

  • Ten-Year Cross-Disciplinary Comparison of the Growth of Open Access and How it Increases Research Citation Impact

    Chawki Hajjem;Stevan Harnad;Yves Gingras

  • The place of serials in referencing practices: Comparing natural sciences and engineering with social sciences and humanities

    Vincent Larivière;Éric Archambault;Yves Gingras;Étienne Vignola-Gagné

  • The Access/Impact Problem and the Green and Gold Roads to Open Access: An Update

    Stevan Harnad;Tim Brody;François Vallières;Les Carr

  • The weakening relationship between the impact factor and papers' citations in the digital age

    George A. Lozano;Vincent Larivière;Yves Gingras

  • Canadian collaboration networks: A comparative analysis of the natural sciences, social sciences and the humanities

    Vincent Larivière;Yves Gingras;Éric Archambault

  • What is scientific and technological culture and how is it measured? A multidimensional model

    Benoit Godin;Yves Gingras

  • The Effects of Aging on Researchers' Publication and Citation Patterns

    Yves Gingras;Vincent Larivière;Benoît Macaluso;Jean-Pierre Robitaille

  • Sex differences in research funding, productivity and impact: an analysis of Québec university professors

    Vincent Larivière;Etienne Vignola-Gagné;Christian Villeneuve;Pascal Gélinas

  • Les formes spécifiques de l'internationalité du champ scientifique

    Yves Gingras

  • The impact factor's Matthew Effect: A natural experiment in bibliometrics

    Vincent Larivière;Yves Gingras

  • On the relationship between interdisciplinarity and scientific impact

    Vincent Larivière;Yves Gingras

  • The decline in the concentration of citations, 1900–2007

    Vincent Larivière;Yves Gingras;Éric Archambault

  • Les dérives de l'évaluation de la recherche : du bon usage de la bibliométrie

    Yves Gingras

Frequent Co-Authors

Vincent Larivière
Vincent Larivière University of Montreal
Stevan Harnad
Stevan Harnad University of Quebec at Montreal
Cassidy R. Sugimoto
Cassidy R. Sugimoto Indiana University
Charles Oppenheim
Charles Oppenheim Robert Gordon University
Paul S. Brookes
Paul S. Brookes University of Rochester Medical Center
Blaise Cronin
Blaise Cronin Indiana University
Paul Wouters
Paul Wouters Leiden University
Michael Power
Michael Power London School of Economics and Political Science
Denis Réale
Denis Réale University of Quebec at Montreal

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