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Top Demography Researchers

Christopher J L Murray ranks first, out of 4,842 ranked researchers.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 15 works, and an institution the snapshot can resolve.

The ranking

  1. 1 Christopher J L Murray United States · #23 worldwide 13k citations · 158 works
  2. 2 Robert J. Barro United States · #36 worldwide 7.9k citations · 165 works
  3. 3 Sander L. Gilman United States · #37 worldwide 4.2k citations · 154 works
  4. 4 Perminder S. Sachdev Australia · #56 worldwide 4.6k citations · 215 works
  5. 5 Juan Ramón De La Fuente Mexico · #61 worldwide 1.5k citations · 228 works
  6. 6 Mika Kivimäki United Kingdom · #69 worldwide 6.7k citations · 266 works
  7. 7 Déborah Carvalho Malta Brazil · #71 worldwide 5.5k citations · 142 works
  8. 8 Martin McKee United Kingdom · #78 worldwide 5.4k citations · 369 works
  9. 9 Daron Acemoğlu United States · #106 worldwide 5.7k citations · 213 works
  10. 10 Immanuel Wallerstein United States · #111 worldwide 1.7k citations · 232 works
  11. 11 Diego Augusto Santos Silva Brazil · #124 worldwide 3.5k citations · 139 works
  12. 12 Richard Blundell United Kingdom · #129 worldwide 5.2k citations · 140 works
  13. 13 Carol Brayne United Kingdom · #131 worldwide 3.9k citations · 167 works
  14. 14 Alejandro Portes United States · #247 worldwide 4.7k citations · 108 works
  15. 15 Arnold B. Bakker Netherlands · #293 worldwide 6k citations · 124 works
  16. 16 Элинор Остром United States · #503 worldwide 2.5k citations · 136 works
  17. 17 Jeanne Brooks‐Gunn United States · #523 worldwide 2.9k citations · 132 works
  18. 18 Alberto Alesina United States · #549 worldwide 2.6k citations · 133 works
  19. 19 Paul B. Baltes Germany · #783 worldwide 2.1k citations · 147 works
  20. 20 Adrian E. Raftery United States · #976 worldwide 5k citations · 92 works
  21. 21 Greg J. Duncan United States · #1,034 worldwide 2.7k citations · 117 works
  22. 22 Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi United Kingdom · #1,244 worldwide 4k citations · 86 works
  23. 23 James A. Robinson United States · #1,773 worldwide 2.2k citations · 83 works
  24. 24 Jeffrey Kaye United States · #1,776 worldwide 1.6k citations · 132 works
  25. 25 Simon Johnson United States · #1,840 worldwide 2.4k citations · 78 works
  26. 26 James M. Buchanan United States · #1,865 worldwide 1.6k citations · 151 works
  27. 27 Stanley L. Engerman United States · #2,046 worldwide 853 citations · 140 works
  28. 28 Paula England United States · #2,107 worldwide 1.8k citations · 80 works
  29. 29 Richard A. Easterlin United States · #2,117 worldwide 2.2k citations · 76 works
  30. 30 Paul Collier United Kingdom · #2,139 worldwide 1.5k citations · 80 works
  31. 31 David Autor United States · #2,293 worldwide 3k citations · 73 works
  32. 32 Samuel H. Preston United States · #2,470 worldwide 1.4k citations · 77 works
  33. 33 Philip Kotler United States · #2,480 worldwide 967 citations · 120 works
  34. 34 Glen H. Elder United States · #2,512 worldwide 1.5k citations · 85 works
  35. 35 Barry R. Weingast United States · #2,644 worldwide 1.3k citations · 76 works
  36. 36 John Lynch United States · #2,651 worldwide 3.2k citations · 69 works
  37. 37 Barry R. Chiswick United States · #2,719 worldwide 1.1k citations · 114 works
  38. 38 James M. Poterba United States · #2,723 worldwide 1.5k citations · 100 works
  39. 39 Richard C. Franklin Australia · #2,973 worldwide 1.5k citations · 74 works
  40. 40 Vernon L. Smith United States · #3,132 worldwide 1.3k citations · 115 works
  41. 41 Tea Lallukka Finland · #3,216 worldwide 3.8k citations · 65 works
  42. 42 Sandra E. Black Canada · #3,268 worldwide 2.3k citations · 223 works
  43. 43 Martin Feldstein United States · #3,341 worldwide 1.8k citations · 208 works
  44. 44 Paul Yip Hong Kong · #3,346 worldwide 4.7k citations · 64 works
  45. 45 Jay Belsky United States · #3,751 worldwide 1.8k citations · 96 works
  46. 46 Joel E. Cohen United States · #3,948 worldwide 1.4k citations · 97 works
  47. 47 Franco Modigliani United States · #4,030 worldwide 2.3k citations · 63 works
  48. 48 Cass R. Sunstein United States · #4,061 worldwide 2.5k citations · 336 works
  49. 49 Luigi Guiso Italy · #4,142 worldwide 1.2k citations · 79 works
  50. 50 Marilyn Strathern United Kingdom · #4,393 worldwide 579 citations · 98 works
  51. 51 John W. Meyer United States · #4,427 worldwide 6.5k citations · 59 works
  52. 52 Geoffrey McNicoll United States · #4,518 worldwide 873 citations · 73 works
  53. 53 Jürgen Baumert Germany · #4,606 worldwide 1k citations · 160 works
  54. 54 Jean Woo Hong Kong · #4,630 worldwide 1.3k citations · 159 works
  55. 55 David E. Bloom United States · #4,751 worldwide 1.3k citations · 127 works
  56. 56 Rand D. Conger United States · #5,086 worldwide 1.5k citations · 77 works
  57. 57 Herbert Gintis United States · #5,111 worldwide 1.5k citations · 104 works
  58. 58 Philip G. Altbach United States · #5,185 worldwide 1.2k citations · 258 works
  59. 59 Edward Miguel United States · #5,257 worldwide 1.3k citations · 67 works
  60. 60 Samuel Bowles United States · #5,477 worldwide 1.2k citations · 107 works
  61. 61 Alan M. Jette United States · #5,971 worldwide 797 citations · 76 works
  62. 62 Annamaria Lusardi United States · #6,295 worldwide 875 citations · 61 works
  63. 63 Rob Kitchin Ireland · #6,436 worldwide 974 citations · 124 works
  64. 64 Peter Laslett United Kingdom · #6,575 worldwide 854 citations · 57 works
  65. 65 Phillip R. Shaver United States · #6,604 worldwide 1.6k citations · 74 works
  66. 66 David Neumark United States · #6,691 worldwide 1.1k citations · 129 works
  67. 67 Andrew Strathern United States · #6,779 worldwide 450 citations · 75 works
  68. 68 Frank F. Furstenberg United States · #6,824 worldwide 820 citations · 82 works
  69. 69 Alexander W. Astin United States · #6,861 worldwide 758 citations · 81 works
  70. 70 Linda J. Waite United States · #6,984 worldwide 869 citations · 62 works
  71. 71 Hal Caswell United States · #7,038 worldwide 948 citations · 57 works
  72. 72 Linda P. Fried United States · #7,079 worldwide 876 citations · 69 works
  73. 73 Dominic Abrams United Kingdom · #7,242 worldwide 1.2k citations · 89 works
  74. 74 Jodi Forlizzi United States · #7,484 worldwide 1.2k citations · 74 works
  75. 75 Sylvia Walby United Kingdom · #7,520 worldwide 613 citations · 77 works
  76. 76 Richard Sharpley United Kingdom · #7,541 worldwide 711 citations · 61 works
  77. 77 Robert J. Willis United States · #7,852 worldwide 834 citations · 67 works
  78. 78 John Bongaarts United States · #7,970 worldwide 828 citations · 67 works
  79. 79 Vegard Skirbekk Norway · #8,005 worldwide 1.4k citations · 56 works
  80. 80 David Cutler United States · #8,077 worldwide 1.1k citations · 155 works
  81. 81 Sara McLanahan United States · #8,123 worldwide 1.1k citations · 79 works
  82. 82 Costas Meghir United Kingdom · #8,456 worldwide 635 citations · 77 works
  83. 83 Laura L. Carstensen United States · #8,525 worldwide 792 citations · 60 works
  84. 84 John McCallum Australia · #8,677 worldwide 529 citations · 59 works
  85. 85 Neil Charness United States · #8,980 worldwide 779 citations · 81 works
  86. 86 Axel Börsch‐Supan Germany · #9,139 worldwide 814 citations · 130 works
  87. 87 Pierre‐André Chiappori United States · #9,159 worldwide 1.1k citations · 59 works
  88. 88 Paul R. Amato United States · #9,206 worldwide 1k citations · 53 works
  89. 89 Kingsley Davis United States · #9,557 worldwide 509 citations · 67 works
  90. 90 Michael W. Apple United States · #10,094 worldwide 1.2k citations · 221 works
  91. 91 James Andreoni United States · #10,154 worldwide 1.1k citations · 57 works
  92. 92 Chauncy D. Harris United States · #10,190 worldwide 363 citations · 56 works
  93. 93 Stephen Castles Australia · #10,321 worldwide 498 citations · 68 works
  94. 94 Frank D. Fincham United States · #10,494 worldwide 1.3k citations · 108 works
  95. 95 Kenneth C. Land United States · #10,552 worldwide 892 citations · 78 works
  96. 96 Andrew Steptoe United Kingdom · #10,640 worldwide 1.9k citations · 244 works
  97. 97 Jo Moriarty United Kingdom · #10,643 worldwide 4.8k citations · 46 works
  98. 98 Jonathan Gruber United States · #10,647 worldwide 729 citations · 82 works
  99. 99 David McKenzie United States · #10,692 worldwide 918 citations · 82 works
  100. 100 Ronald G. Ehrenberg United States · #10,899 worldwide 857 citations · 127 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Demography, re-ranked on the composite score. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review — it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.

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