Nick Bostrom Google Scholar: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Nick Bostrom's h-index is 63 (113 i10-index, 44,210+ total citations across 245+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of October 2026. Nick Bostrom is affiliated with Director of the Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University.
Nick Bostrom is a researcher affiliated with Director of the Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University, specializing in Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, Ethics. Their work has been cited 44,210 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Nick Bostrom's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 245 indexed publications. Of these, 19 are original research articles — the rest are literature highlights, conference abstracts or theses.
- H-Index
- 63
- i10-Index
- 113
- Total Citations
- 44,210
- Citing Countries
- 24
As of October 2026.
Nick Bostrom has an h-index of 63 and 44,210 total citations across 245 publications, with research cited by institutions in 24 countries.
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Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
201412,110
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The researcher established a foundational framework for treating existential risk prevention as a global priority, subsequently expanding this scope to analyze AI progress and systemic vulnerability.
The researcher established a foundational framework for analyzing global catastrophic risks, subsequently refining the methodology by addressing observation selection effects in extinction risk assessment.
The researcher advanced the philosophical and scientific discourse on simulation theory by publishing a seminal, highly cited paper that rigorously examines the probability of human existence within a computer simulation.
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About Nick Bostrom's research
Nick Bostrom is a researcher in Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence and Ethics at Director of the Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University. Their work has been cited 44,210 times across 245 publications (h-index 63), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies” (2014), has accumulated 12,110 citations. Other influential works include “Introduction—The transhumanist FAQ: A general introduction” (2014) with 3,162 citations and “The ethics of artificial intelligence” (2014) with 2,849 citations.
Citations of Nick Bostrom's research come primarily from United States, United Kingdom and Germany, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
