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Benjamin O. Fordham

Benjamin O. Fordham

D-Index & Metrics

Political Science

D-Index
29
Citations
3048
World Ranking
1300
National Ranking
648

Benjamin O. Fordham 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 Benjamin O. Fordham sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 63 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Benjamin O. Fordham 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 Benjamin O. Fordham sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 29 D-Index — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Benjamin O. Fordham is affiliated with Binghamton University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Social Sciences, with a particular focus on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Public Administration, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Strategy and Management.

The main topics explored in their work include:

  • International Relations and Foreign Policy
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • Media Influence and Politics
  • Labor Movements and Unions
  • Global Trade and Economics
  • Transport and Economic Policies

Benjamin O. Fordham has authored several academic papers published in a range of venues. Some of their recent publications include:

  • Everything Old Is New Again: The Persistence of Republican Opposition to Multilateralism in American Foreign Policy (2022) in Studies in American Political Development
  • Too Pacifist in Peace, Too Bellicose in War: Political Information and Foreign Policy Opinion (2020) in Journal of Conflict Resolution
  • Trade and Strike Activity in the Postwar United States (2020) in Social Sciences
  • Race, Trade, and the Demise of Southern Support for Multilateralism, 1945-62 (2025) in World Politics

The frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Studies in American Political Development
  • Journal of Conflict Resolution
  • Social Sciences
  • World Politics

Collaborative efforts form part of their research activity, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Michael Flynn
  • Katja B. Kleinberg
  • M. Rodwan Abouharb

The scholar's contributions address multiple dimensions of political science, international relations, and related social sciences with a focus on electoral systems, governance, foreign policy, and economic policies related to trade and labor. Their work has received academic citations, indicating engagement within the research community.

Best Publications

  • Dynamic modeling for persistent event-count time series

    Patrick T. Brandt;John T. Williams;Benjamin O. Fordham;Brain Pollins

  • Selection and Influence: Interest Groups and Congressional Voting on Trade Policy

    Benjamin O. Fordham;Timothy J. McKeown

  • The Politics of Threat Perception and the Use of Force: A Political Economy Model of U.S. Uses of Force, 1949–1994

    Benjamin Fordham

  • Partisanship, Macroeconomic Policy, and U.S. Uses of Force, 1949-1994

    Benjamin Fordham

  • Kantian Liberalism, Regime Type, and Military Resource Allocation: Do Democracies Spend Less?

    Benjamin O. Fordham;Thomas C. Walker

  • Strategic Conflict Avoidance and the Diversionary Use of Force

    Benjamin O. Fordham

  • How Can Economic Interests Influence Support for Free Trade

    Benjamin O. Fordham;Katja B. Kleinberg

  • Militarized Interstate Disputes and United States Uses of Force

    Benjamin O. Fordham;Christopher C. Sarver

  • Another Look at “Parties, Voters, and the Use of Force Abroad”

    Benjamin O. Fordham

  • Economic Interests, Party, and Ideology in Early Cold War Era U.S. Foreign Policy

    Benjamin O. Fordham

  • A Very Sharp Sword The Influence of Military Capabilities on American Decisions to Use Force

    Benjamin O. Fordham

  • Billiard Balls or Snowflakes? Major Power Prestige and the International Diffusion of Institutions and Practices

    Benjamin O. Fordham;Victor Asal

  • Trade and Foreign Policy Attitudes

    Katja B. Kleinberg;Benjamin O. Fordham

  • Economic Interests and Public Support for American Global Activism

    Benjamin O. Fordham

  • Power or Plenty? Economic Interests, Security Concerns, and American Intervention

    Benjamin O. Fordham

  • Timeless Principles or Today's Fashion? Testing the Stability of the Linkage between Ideology and Foreign Policy in the Senate

    Patrick Cronin;Benjamin O. Fordham

  • Who wants to be a major power? Explaining the expansion of foreign policy ambition:

    Benjamin O Fordham

  • What goes up, must come down? The asymmetric effects of economic growth and international threat on military spending:

    Rosella Cappella Zielinski;Benjamin O Fordham;Kaija E Schilde

  • The Evolution of Republican and Democratic Positions on Cold War Military Spending: A Historical Puzzle

    Benjamin O. Fordham

  • International Trade and US Relations with China

    Benjamin O. Fordham;Katja B. Kleinberg

  • Commerce and Imagination: The Sources of Concern about International Human Rights in the US Congress

    Ellen A. Cutrone;Benjamin O. Fordham

  • Domestic Politics, International Pressure, and the Allocation of American Cold War Military Spending

    Benjamin O. Fordham

  • The Domestic Politics of Trade and Conflict

    Katja B. Kleinberg;Benjamin O. Fordham

  • Building the Cold War Consensus

    Benjamin O. Fordham

Frequent Co-Authors

Victor Asal
Victor Asal University at Albany, State University of New York

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