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D-Index
31
Citations
6902
World Ranking
1057
National Ranking
544

B. Dan Wood publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where B. Dan Wood sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 85 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

B. Dan Wood D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where B. Dan Wood sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 76 scientists 21 D-Index: 79 scientists 22 D-Index: 84 scientists 23 D-Index: 68 scientists 24 D-Index: 88 scientists 25 D-Index: 82 scientists 26 D-Index: 76 scientists 27 D-Index: 75 scientists 28 D-Index: 99 scientists 29 D-Index: 96 scientists 30 D-Index: 96 scientists 31 D-Index: 81 scientists 32 D-Index: 86 scientists 33 D-Index: 81 scientists 34 D-Index: 84 scientists 35 D-Index: 72 scientists 36 D-Index: 58 scientists 37 D-Index: 53 scientists 38 D-Index: 48 scientists 39 D-Index: 40 scientists 40 D-Index: 40 scientists 41 D-Index: 32 scientists 42 D-Index: 26 scientists 43 D-Index: 25 scientists 44 D-Index: 33 scientists 45 D-Index: 33 scientists 46 D-Index: 17 scientists 47 D-Index: 21 scientists 48 D-Index: 22 scientists 49 D-Index: 18 scientists 50 D-Index: 19 scientists 51 D-Index: 19 scientists 52 D-Index: 15 scientists 53 D-Index: 14 scientists 54 D-Index: 10 scientists 55 D-Index: 13 scientists 56 D-Index: 9 scientists 57 D-Index: 11 scientists 58 D-Index: 12 scientists 59 D-Index: 10 scientists 60 D-Index: 5 scientists 61 D-Index: 7 scientists 62+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

Overview

B. Dan Wood is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their academic work includes a book publication through Princeton University Press. The book, titled The Politics of Economic Leadership, was published in 2021 and has received 36 citations.

Details about frequent co-authors, specific research papers, publication venues, and topics of study are not available. Similarly, information on awards, fields, subfields, or main topics related to their research has not been provided.

Best Publications

  • The Dynamics of Political Control of the Bureaucracy.

    B. Dan Wood;Richard W. Waterman

  • Who Influences Whom? The President, Congress, and the Media

    George C. Edwards;B. Dan Wood

  • The Dynamics of Foreign Policy Agenda Setting

    B. Dan Wood;Jeffrey S. Peake

  • The Dynamics of Political-Bureaucratic Adaptation

    B. Dan Wood;Richard W. Waterman

  • Issue Definition, Information Processing, and the Politics of Global Warming

    B. Dan Wood;Arnold Vedlitz

  • The Public and the Supreme Court: Individual Justice Responsiveness to American Policy Moods

    Roy B. Flemming;B. Dan Wood

  • Disentangling Patterns of State Debt Financing

    James C. Clingermayer;B. Dan Wood

  • Political Transaction Costs and the Politics of Administrative Design

    B. Dan Wood;John Bohte

  • Modeling Federal Implementation as a System: The Clean Air Case

    B. Dan Wood

  • The Myth of Presidential Representation

    B. Dan Wood

  • Principal-Agent Models of Political Control of Bureaucracy

    Brian J. Cook;B. Dan Wood

  • Does Politics Make a Difference at the EEOC

    B. Dan Wood

  • One Voice Among Many: The Supreme Court's Influence on Attentiveness to Issues in the United States, 1947-92

    Roy B. Flemming;John Bohte;B. Dan Wood

  • The Marginal and Time-Varying Effect of Public Approval on Presidential Success in Congress

    Jon R. Bond;Richard Fleisher;B. Dan Wood

  • The politics of economic leadership : the causes and consequences of presidential rhetoric

    B. Dan Wood

  • The Politics of U.S. Antitrust Regulation

    B. Dan Wood;James E. Anderson

  • Controlling the IRS: Principals, Principles, and Public Administration

    John T. Scholz;B. Dan Wood

  • Attention to Issues in a System of Separated Powers: The Macrodynamics of American Policy Agendas

    Roy B. Flemming;B. Dan Wood;John Bohte

  • The Politics of Problem Definition: Applying and Testing Threshold Models

    B. Dan Wood;Alesha Doan

  • Presidential Rhetoric and the Economy

    B. Dan Wood;Chris T. Owens;Brandy M. Durham

  • Federalism and Policy Responsiveness: The Clean Air Case

    B. Dan Wood

  • What Determines How Long Political Appointees Serve

    B. Dan Wood;Miner P. Marchbanks

  • Political Responsiveness and Equity in Public Education Finance

    B. Dan Wood;Nick A. Theobald

  • Weak Theories and Parameter Instability: Using Flexible Least Squares to Take Time Varying Relationships Seriously

    B. Dan Wood

  • Policy monitoring and policy analysis

    Richard W. Waterman;B. Dan Wood

  • Presidential Rhetoric and Economic Leadership

    B. Dan Wood

Frequent Co-Authors

Arnold Vedlitz
Arnold Vedlitz Texas A&M University
John T. Scholz
John T. Scholz Florida State University
Eric M. Uslaner
Eric M. Uslaner University of Maryland, College Park
Sean Nicholson-Crotty
Sean Nicholson-Crotty Indiana University
George C. Edwards
George C. Edwards Texas A&M University
Jon R. Bond
Jon R. Bond Texas A&M University
Richard Fleisher
Richard Fleisher Fordham University

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