2026 Barry R. Weingast: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	81	24	20	14	11	260	70396

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in United States Leader Award
2011 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2006 - William H. Riker Prize for Political Science For advancing the scientific study of politics through research in positive political theory and its application to the analysis of administrative, economic, legal and political institutions.
1996 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1988 - Heinz I. Eulau Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Overview

Barry R. Weingast is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the broad fields of Social Sciences and Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Within these areas, Weingast has focused on subfields such as Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Demography, and Law.

Their primary topics of research include:

American Constitutional Law and Politics
Historical Economic and Social Studies
Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
Religion and Society Interactions
Australian History and Society
Judicial and Constitutional Studies
Political Philosophy and Ethics

Weingast has collaborated frequently with several scholars, including Paul Sagar (4 joint works), Daniel B. Rodriguez (3 joint works), Douglass C. North (3 joint works), Margaret Levi (2 joint works), and Tom Ginsburg (1 joint work).

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on constitutional law, political theory, and economics:

Liberty and the neoclassical fallacy, 2023, Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice
The Functions of Constitutional Monarchy: Why Kings and Queens Survive in a World of Republics, 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
Judicial Review by the People Themselves: Democracy and the Rule of Law in Ancient Athens, 2021, The Journal of Law Economics and Organization
Constitutional Stability and the Role of Countermajoritarian Rules (or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love our Antidemocratic Constitution), 2025, SSRN Electronic Journal
Constitutional Stability and the Role of Countermajoritarian Rules (or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love our Anti-democratic Constitution), 2025, ICL Journal

Weingast's work has been published in a variety of venues, with multiple articles appearing in the SSRN Electronic Journal, alongside contributions to the Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, The Journal of Law Economics and Organization, and ICL Journal.

In addition to scholarly articles, Weingast has authored books published by leading academic presses. These include:

Interpreting Adam Smith, Cambridge University Press, 2023
Analytic Narratives, Princeton University Press, 2020
Gewalt und Gesellschaftsordnungen, Mohr Siebeck eBooks, 2025

Their academic career has been recognized through several awards, including:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2011
William H. Riker Prize for Political Science, 2006 - awarded for advancing the scientific study of politics through research in positive political theory and its application to administrative, economic, legal, and political institutions
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1996
Heinz I. Eulau Award, American Political Science Association (APSA), 1988

Best Publications

Constitutions and Commitment: The Evolution of Institutions Governing Public Choice in Seventeenth-Century England

Douglass C. North;Barry R. Weingast

7305
Citations
Violence and Social Orders: A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History

Douglass Cecil North;John Joseph Wallis;Barry R. Weingast

5320
Citations
Administrative Procedures as Instruments of Political Control

Mathew D. Mccubbins;Roger G. Noll;Barry R. Weingast

3851
Citations
THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS IN THE REVIVAL OF TRADE: THE LAW MERCHANT, PRIVATE JUDGES, AND THE CHAMPAGNE FAIRS

Paul R. Milgrom;Douglass C. North;Barry R. Weingast

2586
Citations
The Industrial Organization of Congress; or, Why Legislatures, Like Firms, Are Not Organized as Markets

Barry R. Weingast;William J. Marshall

2530
Citations
The Political Economy of Benefits and Costs: A Neoclassical Approach to Distributive Politics

Barry R. Weingast;Kenneth A. Shepsle;Christopher Johnsen

2500
Citations
The Economic Role of Political Institutions: Market-Preserving Federalism and Economic Development

Barry R. Weingast

2419
Citations
Bureaucratic Discretion or Congressional Control? Regulatory Policymaking by the Federal Trade Commission

Barry R. Weingast;Mark J. Moran

2380
Citations
STRUCTURE AND PROCESS, POLITICS AND POLICY: ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS AND THE POLITICAL CONTROL OF AGENCIES

Matthew D. McCubbins;Roger G. Noll;Barry R. Weingast

2349
Citations
Federalism as a Commitment to Preserving Market Incentives

Yingyi Qian;Barry R. Weingast

2299
Citations
Regional decentralization and fiscal incentives: Federalism, Chinese style

Hehui Jin;Yingyi Qian;Barry R. Weingast

2048
Citations
The Political Foundations of Democracy and the Rule of the Law

Barry R. Weingast

1875
Citations
Federalism as a Commitment to Reserving Market Incentives

Yingyi Qian;Barry R. Weingast

1817
Citations
The Institutional Foundations of Committee Power

Kenneth A. Shepsle;Barry R. Weingast

1810
Citations
Coordination, Commitment, and Enforcement: The Case of the Merchant Guild

Avner Greif;Paul Milgrom;Barry R. Weingast

1767
Citations
Federalism, Chinese Style: The Political Basis for Economic Success in China

Gabriella Montinola;Yingyi Qian;Barry R. Weingast

1656
Citations
Analytic Narratives Revisited

Robert H. Bates;Avner Greif;Margaret Levi;Jean-Laurent Rosenthal

1606
Citations
Structure-induced equilibrium and legislative choice

Kenneth A. Shepsle;Barry R. Weingast

1168
Citations
The Oxford handbook of political economy

Barry R. Weingast;Donald A. Wittman

980
Citations
Violence and Social Orders

Douglass North;John Joseph Wallis;Barry Weingast

781
Citations
Second generation fiscal federalism: The implications of fiscal incentives

Barry R. Weingast

657
Citations
Order, Disorder and Economic Change: Latin America vs. North America

Douglass C. North;William Summerhill;Barry R. Weingast

530
Citations
A positive theory of statutory interpretation

John A. Ferejohn;Barry R. Weingast

528
Citations
The Democratic Advantage: Institutional Foundations of Financial Power in International Competition

Kenneth A. Schultz;Barry R. Weingast

453
Citations
China's Transition to Markets: Market Preserving Federalism, Chinese Style

Yingyi Qian;Barry R. Weingast

405
Citations
In the shadow of violence : politics, economics, and the problems of development

Douglass C. North;John Joseph Wallis;Steven B. Webb;Barry R. Weingast

362
Citations
The Economic Role of Political Institutions

Barry R. Weingast

96
Citations
Empirical Studies in Institutional Change: Constitutions and commitment: the evolution of institutions governing public choice in seventeenth-century England

Douglass C. North;Barry R. Weingast

22
Citations
7. Ideas, Interests, and Institutions: Constructing the European Community’s Internal Market

Geoffrey Garrett;Barry R. Weingast

6
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John Joseph Wallis University of Maryland, College Park

Douglass C. North Washington University in St. Louis

Kenneth A. Shepsle Harvard University

Gillian K. Hadfield Johns Hopkins University

Margaret Levi Stanford University

Roger G. Noll Stanford University

Mathew D. McCubbins Duke University

Robert H. Bates Harvard University

Yingyi Qian Tsinghua University

Josiah Ober Stanford University

External Links

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