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Brian F. Schaffner

Brian F. Schaffner

D-Index & Metrics

Political Science

D-Index
35
Citations
5040
World Ranking
770
National Ranking
406

Brian F. Schaffner 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 Brian F. Schaffner sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 130 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Brian F. Schaffner 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 Brian F. Schaffner sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 35 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Brian F. Schaffner is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the social sciences, with a particular emphasis on political science and related subfields. The scientist has produced a significant body of work focusing on electoral systems, political participation, gender politics, social policy, and issues pertaining to urban and neighborhood segregation.

Their scholarly output includes contributions spanning multiple research areas:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Gender Politics and Representation
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology

Brian Schaffner has published extensively in several academic venues, notably in:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Political Research Quarterly
  • Political Behavior
  • The Forum
  • PLoS ONE

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • Cooperative Election Study Common Content, 2020 (Harvard Dataverse)
  • The Heightened Importance of Racism and Sexism in the 2018 US Midterm Elections, 2020 (British Journal of Political Science)
  • Optimizing the Measurement of Sexism in Political Surveys, 2021 (Political Analysis)
  • Cooperative Election Study Common Content, 2022, 2023 (Harvard Dataverse)
  • The Current Population Survey Voting and Registration Supplement Overstates Minority Turnout, 2021 (The Journal of Politics)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Raymond J. La Raja
  • Jesse H. Rhodes
  • Stephen Ansolabehere
  • Gregory Lyon
  • Pia Deshpande

Brian Schaffner is also an author of books published by Cambridge University Press, including titles such as:

  • The Acceptance and Expression of Prejudice during the Trump Era, 2020
  • Hometown Inequality, 2020

Best Publications

  • Does Survey Mode Still Matter? Findings from a 2010 Multi-Mode Comparison

    Stephen Ansolabehere;Brian F. Schaffner

  • Understanding White Polarization in the 2016 Vote for President: The Sobering Role of Racism and Sexism

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  • Teams without Uniforms: The Nonpartisan Ballot in State and Local Elections

    Brian F Schaffner;Matthew Streb;Gerald Wright

  • The Influence of Party: Evidence from the State Legislatures

    Gerald C. Wright;Brian F. Schaffner

  • The Partisan Heuristic in Low-Information Elections

    Unknown

  • Misinformation or Expressive Responding? What an Inauguration Crowd Can Tell Us about the source of Political Misinformation in Surveys

    Unknown

  • Misinformation and Motivated ReasoningResponses to Economic News in a Politicized Environment

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  • Targeted Campaign Appeals and the Value of Ambiguity

    Unknown

  • Priming Gender: Campaigning on Women's Issues in U.S. Senate Elections

    Unknown

  • Racial Salience and the Obama Vote

    Unknown

  • Campaign Finance and Political Polarization: When Purists Prevail

    Unknown

  • The Structural Determinants of Local Congressional News Coverage

    Unknown

  • The Heightened Importance of Racism and Sexism in the 2018 US Midterm Elections

    Unknown

  • Risk Attitudes and the Incumbency Advantage

    David L. Eckles;Cindy D. Kam;Cherie L. Maestas;Brian F. Schaffner

  • Rights or Benefits? Explaining the Sexual Identity Gap in American Political Behavior

    Unknown

  • Testing Models of Unequal Representation: Democratic Populists and Republican Oligarchs?

    Unknown

  • Measuring legislative collaboration: The Senate press events network

    Unknown

  • Teams without Uniforms: The Nonpartisan Ballot in State and Local Elections

    Unknown

  • Winning Coverage in the U.S. Senate

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  • Reexamining the Effect of Mass Shootings on Public Support for Gun Control

    David J Barney;Brian F Schaffner

  • The Acceptance and Expression of Prejudice during the Trump Era

    Brian F. Schaffner

  • Labor Unions and Non-member Political Protest Mobilization in the United States:

    Gregory Lyon;Brian F. Schaffner

  • Going with the Flows: Information that Changes Americans’ Immigration Preferences

    Scott Blinder;Brian F Schaffner

  • Hometown Inequality: Race, Class, and Representation in American Local Politics

    Brian F. Schaffner;Jesse H. Rhodes;Raymond J. La Raja

  • The Elusive Likely VoterImproving Electoral Predictions With More Informed Vote-Propensity Models

    Anthony Rentsch;Brian F Schaffner;Justin H Gross

  • Political Ideology and Issue Importance

    Douglas Rice;Brian F. Schaffner;David J. Barney

  • Campaign finance laws may be making political polarization worse by encouraging ‘purist’ donors.

    Raymond J. La Raja;Brian Schaffner

  • Winning the Jackpot on Election Day: Would a lottery for voters boost turnout?

    Ray La Raja;Brian Schaffner

  • Explaining Perceptions of Climate Change in the US

    Matthew Loveless;Chiara Binelli;Brian Schaffner

  • Predictors of Economic Inequality in Representation

    Brian F. Schaffner;Jesse H. Rhodes;Raymond J. La Raja

  • Municipal Politics As Sites of Racial and Class Contention

    Brian F. Schaffner;Jesse H. Rhodes;Raymond J. La Raja

  • Studying Inequality in Representation in Local Government

    Brian F. Schaffner;Jesse H. Rhodes;Raymond J. La Raja

  • Racial Inequality in Representation on Municipal Councils and in Policy

    Brian F. Schaffner;Jesse H. Rhodes;Raymond J. La Raja

  • Economic Inequality in Representation on Municipal Councils and in Policy

    Brian F. Schaffner;Jesse H. Rhodes;Raymond J. La Raja

  • Race, Class, and Representation in Local Government

    Brian F. Schaffner;Jesse H. Rhodes;Raymond J. La Raja

  • Local Political Participation, Municipal Elections, and the Prospects for Representation in Local Government

    Brian F. Schaffner;Jesse H. Rhodes;Raymond J. La Raja

  • Predictors of Racial Inequality in Representation

    Brian F. Schaffner;Jesse H. Rhodes;Raymond J. La Raja

  • Race, Class, and Representation in Local Politics

    Brian F. Schaffner;Jesse H. Rhodes;Raymond J. La Raja

  • Economic Inequality and Representation in Local Government

    Brian F. Schaffner;Raymond J. La Raja;Jesse H. Rhodes

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