| Discipline name | D-Index | World Ranking | Current World Ranking | National Ranking | Current National Ranking | Publications | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science | 54 | 168 | 146 | 104 | 87 | 156 | 26574 |
The chart shows the history of publications by Brendan Nyhan between 2004 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Brendan Nyhan published across 22 years, from 2004 to 2025, averaging 12.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 81 publications in 2020. 19 of the 266 publications appeared in the last two years.
266 publications in total across all disciplines
| Year | Publications |
|---|---|
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2010 | 6 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 11 |
| 2016 | 7 |
| 2017 | 9 |
| 2018 | 24 |
| 2019 | 43 |
| 2020 | 81 |
| 2021 | 22 |
| 2022 | 16 |
| 2023 | 13 |
| 2024 | 8 |
| 2025 | 11 |
| Total | 266 |
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 Brendan Nyhan sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 156 publications — 67th percentile
67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.
| Publications | Scientists | This scientist |
|---|---|---|
| 36–40 | 10 | |
| 41–45 | 11 | |
| 46–50 | 25 | |
| 51–55 | 27 | |
| 56–60 | 44 | |
| 61–65 | 52 | |
| 66–70 | 62 | |
| 71–75 | 62 | |
| 76–80 | 79 | |
| 81–85 | 71 | |
| 86–90 | 82 | |
| 91–95 | 65 | |
| 96–100 | 85 | |
| 101–105 | 76 | |
| 106–110 | 66 | |
| 111–115 | 78 | |
| 116–120 | 67 | |
| 121–125 | 73 | |
| 126–130 | 73 | |
| 131–135 | 64 | |
| 136–140 | 45 | |
| 141–145 | 53 | |
| 146–150 | 44 | |
| 151–155 | 45 | |
| 156–160 | 33 | 156 |
| 161–165 | 32 | |
| 166–170 | 28 | |
| 171–175 | 31 | |
| 176–180 | 29 | |
| 181–185 | 27 | |
| 186–190 | 36 | |
| 191–195 | 27 | |
| 196–200 | 24 | |
| 201–205 | 16 | |
| 206–210 | 16 | |
| 211–215 | 19 | |
| 216–220 | 16 | |
| 221–225 | 17 | |
| 226–230 | 18 | |
| 231–235 | 23 | |
| 236–240 | 17 | |
| 241–245 | 13 | |
| 246–250 | 17 | |
| 251–255 | 9 | |
| 256–260 | 13 | |
| 261–265 | 8 | |
| 266–270 | 12 | |
| 271–275 | 8 | |
| 276–280 | 10 | |
| 281–285 | 13 | |
| 286–290 | 13 | |
| 291–295 | 5 | |
| 296–300 | 6 | |
| 301–305 | 11 | |
| 306–310 | 9 | |
| 311–315 | 6 | |
| 316–320 | 4 | |
| 321–325 | 4 | |
| 326–330 | 2 | |
| 331–332 | 5 | |
| 333+ | 97 |
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 Brendan Nyhan sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 54 D-Index — 92nd percentile
92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.
| D-Index | Scientists | This scientist |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | 76 | |
| 21 | 79 | |
| 22 | 84 | |
| 23 | 68 | |
| 24 | 88 | |
| 25 | 82 | |
| 26 | 76 | |
| 27 | 75 | |
| 28 | 99 | |
| 29 | 96 | |
| 30 | 96 | |
| 31 | 81 | |
| 32 | 86 | |
| 33 | 81 | |
| 34 | 84 | |
| 35 | 72 | |
| 36 | 58 | |
| 37 | 53 | |
| 38 | 48 | |
| 39 | 40 | |
| 40 | 40 | |
| 41 | 32 | |
| 42 | 26 | |
| 43 | 25 | |
| 44 | 33 | |
| 45 | 33 | |
| 46 | 17 | |
| 47 | 21 | |
| 48 | 22 | |
| 49 | 18 | |
| 50 | 19 | |
| 51 | 19 | |
| 52 | 15 | |
| 53 | 14 | |
| 54 | 10 | 54 |
| 55 | 13 | |
| 56 | 9 | |
| 57 | 11 | |
| 58 | 12 | |
| 59 | 10 | |
| 60 | 5 | |
| 61 | 7 | |
| 62+ | 100 |
Brendan Nyhan is a researcher affiliated with Dartmouth College in the United States. Their work primarily spans the social sciences, with a focus on sociology and political science, communication, artificial intelligence, political science and international relations, and health.
The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including misinformation and its impacts, media influence and politics, social media and politics, hate speech and cyberbullying detection, electoral systems and political participation, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, and the psychology of moral and emotional judgment.
Notable recent publications include:
Frequent co-authors working with Nyhan include:
The scientist's work has been published most often in Harvard Dataverse, Journal of Experimental Political Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Science, and Nature Human Behaviour.
Brendan Nyhan has received the Andrew Carnegie Fellow award in 2018 and the Frank Prize from the University of Florida in 2015.
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