Howard Raiffa

26.5k total citations · 12 hit papers
70 papers, 13.9k citations indexed

About

Howard Raiffa is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Economics and Econometrics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Howard Raiffa has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 13.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 6 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Howard Raiffa's work include Game Theory and Applications (3 papers), Game Theory and Voting Systems (3 papers) and Multi-Criteria Decision Making (3 papers). Howard Raiffa is often cited by papers focused on Game Theory and Applications (3 papers), Game Theory and Voting Systems (3 papers) and Multi-Criteria Decision Making (3 papers). Howard Raiffa collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Howard Raiffa's co-authors include Robert Schlaifer, John D. Hey, Ralph L. Keeney, Alvin K. Klevorick, D. V. Lindley, Alistair Smith, R. Duncan Luce, Harry V. Roberts, Roger Dickinson and Amos Tversky and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Journal of Finance and Journal of the American Statistical Association.

In The Last Decade

Howard Raiffa

68 papers receiving 12.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Art and Science of Negotiation.

1984 1.7k citations John D. Hey, Howard Raiffa Economica profile →
Applied Statistical Decision Theory

1962 1.6k citations D. V. Lindley, Howard Raiffa et al. Econometrica profile →
Decisions with Multiple Objectives: Preferences and Value Tradeoffs.

1977 1.2k citations Alistair Smith, Ralph L. Keeney et al. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General) profile →
Decision Analysis: Introductory Lectures on Choices Under Uncertainty.

1969 1.2k citations Howard Raiffa et al. profile →
Games and Decisions: Introduction and Critical Survey.

1958 1.2k citations Howard Raiffa et al. profile →
Applied Statistical Decision Theory.

1962 973 citations Harry V. Roberts, Howard Raiffa et al. Journal of the American Statistical Association profile →
Decision Analysis: Introductory Lectures on Choices Under Uncertainty.

1969 549 citations Howard Raiffa profile →
The Art and Science of Negotiation

1983 506 citations Howard Raiffa et al. profile →
Games and Decisions: Introduction and Critical Survey.

1958 455 citations R. Duncan Luce, Howard Raiffa et al. Journal of the American Statistical Association profile →
Decision making: Descriptive, normative, and prescriptive interactions.

1988 441 citations David E. Bell, Howard Raiffa et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
Decision Making and Problem Solving

1987 331 citations Herbert A. Simon, George B. Dantzig et al. INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics profile →
Games and Decisions: Introduction and Critical Survey.

1958 320 citations R. Duncan Luce, Howard Raiffa et al. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Howard Raiffa United States	34	4.1k	3.1k	2.6k	2.1k	1.5k	70	13.9k
Morris H. DeGroot United States	33	2.6k 0.6×	2.7k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	91	10.9k
Ward Edwards United States	39	3.1k 0.8×	2.2k 0.7×	1.9k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	3.1k 2.0×	91	10.7k
Robert L. Winkler United States	55	5.6k 1.4×	2.6k 0.9×	2.3k 0.9×	641 0.3×	2.0k 1.3×	190	13.4k
John W. Pratt United States	34	2.6k 0.6×	5.3k 1.7×	763 0.3×	682 0.3×	2.0k 1.3×	94	11.7k
Ralph L. Keeney United States	51	3.9k 1.0×	2.7k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	164	12.1k
Peter C. Fishburn United States	58	6.4k 1.5×	7.6k 2.5×	3.0k 1.2×	703 0.3×	4.8k 3.1×	411	16.3k
Sarah Lichtenstein United States	38	2.3k 0.5×	3.5k 1.1×	1.2k 0.5×	5.1k 2.4×	5.3k 3.4×	68	15.5k
Robin M. Hogarth Spain	54	3.6k 0.9×	3.7k 1.2×	1.8k 0.7×	2.6k 1.2×	6.0k 3.9×	152	16.0k
Glenn Shafer United States	38	3.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.4×	6.4k 2.5×	1.3k 0.6×	1.7k 1.1×	104	15.9k
Robyn M. Dawes United States	54	2.5k 0.6×	2.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.5×	5.5k 2.6×	3.2k 2.1×	137	17.4k

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Raiffa, Howard. (2006). My 1969 RAND report. Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis. 14(4-6). 159–160. 1 indexed citations

Raiffa, Howard. (2006). Preferences for multi‐attributed alternatives. Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis. 14(4-6). 115–157. 24 indexed citations

Blum, Gabriella, et al.. (2005). International Dimensions: What Is the Role of Third Parties?. Negotiation Journal. 21(2). 245–257. 1 indexed citations

Luce, R. Duncan, et al.. (2002). Beyond optimization: overcoming the limitations of individual rationality. 2 indexed citations

Raiffa, Howard. (2002). Decision Analysis: A Personal Account of How It Got Started and Evolved. Operations Research. 50(1). 179–185. 36 indexed citations

Schervish, Mark J., John W. Pratt, Howard Raiffa, & Robert Schlaifer. (1996). Introduction to Statistical Decision Theory.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 91(435). 1376–1376. 318 indexed citations

Raiffa, Howard. (1992). Game Theory at the University of Michigan, 1948–1952. History of Political Economy. 24(Supplement). 165–175. 10 indexed citations

Bell, David E., Howard Raiffa, & Amos Tversky. (1988). Decision making: Descriptive, normative, and prescriptive interactions.. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 147–168. 441 indexed citations breakdown →

Simon, Herbert A., George B. Dantzig, Robin M. Hogarth, et al.. (1987). Decision Making and Problem Solving. INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics. 17(5). 11–31. 331 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hey, John D. & Howard Raiffa. (1984). The Art and Science of Negotiation.. Economica. 51(203). 365–365. 1700 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thomas, Lyn C. & Howard Raiffa. (1983). The Art and Science of Negotiation.. The Economic Journal. 93(371). 672–672. 1 indexed citations

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Raiffa, Howard. (1982). Science and Policy: Their Separation and Integration in Risk Analysis. The American Statistician. 36(3). 225–225. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, Alistair, Ralph L. Keeney, & Howard Raiffa. (1977). Decisions with Multiple Objectives: Preferences and Value Tradeoffs.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General). 140(4). 556–556. 1249 indexed citations breakdown →

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Borch, Karl & Howard Raiffa. (1971). Decision Analysis: Introductory Lectures on Choices under Uncertainty. Econometrica. 39(1). 194–194. 98 indexed citations

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McCall, John J. & Howard Raiffa. (1969). Decision Analysis: Introductory Lectures on Choices under Uncertainty.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 64(328). 1668–1668. 54 indexed citations

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Roberts, Harry V., Howard Raiffa, & Robert Schlaifer. (1962). Applied Statistical Decision Theory.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 57(297). 199–199. 973 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lindley, D. V., Howard Raiffa, & Robert Schlaifer. (1962). Applied Statistical Decision Theory. Econometrica. 30(3). 598–598. 1630 indexed citations breakdown →

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Minton, Paul D., Howard Raiffa, & Robert Schlaifer. (1962). Applied Statistical Decision Theory.. American Mathematical Monthly. 69(1). 72–72. 11 indexed citations

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Peston, Maurice, R. Duncan Luce, & Howard Raiffa. (1960). Games and Decisions.. Economica. 27(106). 185–185. 14 indexed citations

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Madow, William G., et al.. (1954). Mathematics for Social Scientists. American Mathematical Monthly. 61(8). 550–561. 1 indexed citations

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