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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
American elections and voting behavior
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,984
6,707
0.395
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,789
5,558
0.819
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Judicial Politics
Comparative Politics
Latin America
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,340
5,443
0.653
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Comparative Politics
Political Institutions
Political Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,638
4,883
0.420
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
influence
strategy
campaigns
media
diplomacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,964
4,451
0.297
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
American Politics
Judicial Politics
Law and Courts
Political Institutions
Policing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,280
2,237
0.523
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,591
1,476
0.321
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Formal political theory
congress
bureaucracy
political institutions
American Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,241
1,465
0.452
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Gender Politics
Women and Politics
Race Ethnicity and Poiltics
Intersectionality
State Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,981
1,216
0.305
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
comparative politics
postcommunist transitions
social welfare
inequality
political institutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,282
1,038
0.242
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
political sociology
political science
industrial relations
culture
film
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,647
967
0.145
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Political Science
American Politics
Elections
Racial and Ethnic Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,103
895
0.811
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Political economy
international politics
international institutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,689
769
0.164
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
American Politics
Public Policy
Legislative Studies
Elections
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
850
701
0.825
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Julia Kristeva
psychoanalysis and politics
psychoanalytic theory
feminist philosophy
Hannah Arendt
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,758
592
0.337
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
854
570
0.667
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Executive branch politics and policymaking
legislative politics
separation of powers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
519
435
0.838
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Political Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501
344
0.687
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Conflict
Development
Political Economy
Political Science
Natural Resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383
316
0.825
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Comparative Politics
Conflict
Clientelism
Electoral Manipulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383
297
0.775
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Comparative politics
elections and voting
political communication
East-Central Europe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
835
286
0.343
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Public Opinion
Political Communication
Democracy & Autocracy
International Cooperation
Conflict
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Comparative Politics
Authoritarian Regimes
Political Methodology
Formal Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
25
0.758
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Judicial Politics
African Politics
Public Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
16
0.320
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Comparative Political Economy
Historical Political Economy
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,139
22,772
155
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Alan I Abramowitz
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,984
6,707
0.395
American elections and voting behavior
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,183
28,706
192
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Adam N Glynn
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,789
5,558
0.819
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,323
29,453
200
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jeffrey Staton
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,340
5,443
0.653
Judicial Politics
Comparative Politics
Latin America
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,092
33,425
236
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jennifer Gandhi
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,638
4,883
0.420
Comparative Politics
Political Institutions
Political Economy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,319
37,083
260
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Holli A Semetko
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,964
4,451
0.297
influence
strategy
campaigns
media
diplomacy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
223,875
74,518
480
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Tom Clark
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,280
2,237
0.523
American Politics
Judicial Politics
Law and Courts
Political Institutions
Policing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
334,039
106,223
644
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Cliff Carrubba
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,591
1,476
0.321
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
336,305
106,885
648
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
John Patty
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,241
1,465
0.452
Formal political theory
congress
bureaucracy
political institutions
American Politics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
394,635
123,151
742
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Beth Reingold
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,981
1,216
0.305
Gender Politics
Women and Politics
Race Ethnicity and Poiltics
Intersectionality
State Politics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
447,189
137,449
814
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Thomas Remington
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,282
1,038
0.242
comparative politics
postcommunist transitions
social welfare
inequality
political institutions
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
471,644
144,042
844
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Alexander Hicks
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,647
967
0.145
political sociology
political science
industrial relations
culture
film
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
498,867
151,213
885
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Bernard L Fraga|Bernard Fraga
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,103
895
0.811
Political Science
American Politics
Elections
Racial and Ethnic Politics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
553,027
165,380
954
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Eric Reinhardt
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,689
769
0.164
Political economy
international politics
international institutions
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
586,827
174,001
1,000
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Zachary Peskowitz
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
850
701
0.825
American Politics
Public Policy
Legislative Studies
Elections
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
647,698
188,966
1,071
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
NoëLle Mcafee
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,758
592
0.337
Julia Kristeva
psychoanalysis and politics
psychoanalytic theory
feminist philosophy
Hannah Arendt
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
661,889
192,379
1,093
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Danielle F Jung
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
854
570
0.667
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
764,083
215,491
1,245
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Alexander Bolton
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
519
435
0.838
Executive branch politics and policymaking
legislative politics
separation of powers
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
862,237
235,362
1,336
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Natália Salgado Bueno
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501
344
0.687
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
899,098
242,514
1,368
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Renard Sexton
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383
316
0.825
Conflict
Development
Political Economy
Political Science
Natural Resources
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
925,977
247,625
1,395
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Miguel R Rueda
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383
297
0.775
Comparative Politics
Conflict
Clientelism
Electoral Manipulation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
941,970
250,496
1,402
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hubert Tworzecki
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
835
286
0.343
Comparative politics
elections and voting
political communication
East-Central Europe
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,869,781
389,202
2,050
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Eddy Sf Yeung
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
Public Opinion
Political Communication
Democracy & Autocracy
International Cooperation
Conflict
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,929,088
396,986
2,089
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Allison K Cuttner
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
25
0.758
Comparative Politics
Authoritarian Regimes
Political Methodology
Formal Theory
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,039,698
410,923
2,148
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Salmon A Shomade
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
16
0.320
Judicial Politics
African Politics
Public Law
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,199,116
429,432
2,217
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Bradley O Erickson
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Comparative Political Economy
Historical Political Economy