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Wayne L. Winston

Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1976

Publications

145

Citations

5,008

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

47

Publishing since 1976

Research summary
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Wayne L. Winston studies how to apply data analysis and mathematical modeling to sports and business problems. His work covers topics such as evaluating athlete and team performance across sports like basketball, baseball, soccer, and football, investigating statistical questions like the 'hot hand' streak phenomenon, and building spreadsheet-based tools for business decision-making. Much of his output takes the form of books and educational materials that teach analytics methods.

Sports analytics and performance evaluationThe 'hot hand' streak phenomenonSpreadsheet-based business modelingData-driven decision makingStatistical and simulation methods

Publication activity was concentrated in 2019 (largely book chapters released together) with only a few outputs in other years, and no recorded publications after 2022, indicating a slowing pace recently.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

In context
Among 240 established Economics, Econometrics and Finance PIs within our index
Citations: 5,008cohort median 2,428
h-index: 22cohort median 23
Publications / year (recent): 0.6cohort median 2.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~3 · 98% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 6 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.6/year recently
172018: 1 publication182019: 53 publications53192020: 3 publications202021: 1 publication212022: 3 publications2223242526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Princeton University Press eBooks×51
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×2
  • PLoS ONE×1
  • Lecture notes in computer science×1
  • Journal of Emerging Market Finance×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 27, 2026.

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