2026 Brian F. Schaffner: 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	35	771	699	407	351	130	5040

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

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

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559
Citations
Teams without Uniforms: The Nonpartisan Ballot in State and Local Elections

Brian F Schaffner;Matthew Streb;Gerald Wright

426
Citations
The Influence of Party: Evidence from the State Legislatures

Gerald C. Wright;Brian F. Schaffner

355
Citations
The Partisan Heuristic in Low-Information Elections

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223
Citations
Misinformation or Expressive Responding? What an Inauguration Crowd Can Tell Us about the source of Political Misinformation in Surveys

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219
Citations
Misinformation and Motivated ReasoningResponses to Economic News in a Politicized Environment

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193
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Targeted Campaign Appeals and the Value of Ambiguity

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192
Citations
Priming Gender: Campaigning on Women's Issues in U.S. Senate Elections

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108
Citations
Racial Salience and the Obama Vote

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95
Citations
Campaign Finance and Political Polarization: When Purists Prevail

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84
Citations
The Structural Determinants of Local Congressional News Coverage

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82
Citations
The Heightened Importance of Racism and Sexism in the 2018 US Midterm Elections

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81
Citations
Risk Attitudes and the Incumbency Advantage

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

79
Citations
Rights or Benefits? Explaining the Sexual Identity Gap in American Political Behavior

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71
Citations
Testing Models of Unequal Representation: Democratic Populists and Republican Oligarchs?

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57
Citations
Measuring legislative collaboration: The Senate press events network

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57
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Teams without Uniforms: The Nonpartisan Ballot in State and Local Elections

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56
Citations
Winning Coverage in the U.S. Senate

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54
Citations
Reexamining the Effect of Mass Shootings on Public Support for Gun Control

David J Barney;Brian F Schaffner

29
Citations
The Acceptance and Expression of Prejudice during the Trump Era

Brian F. Schaffner

21
Citations
Labor Unions and Non-member Political Protest Mobilization in the United States:

Gregory Lyon;Brian F. Schaffner

12
Citations
Going with the Flows: Information that Changes Americans’ Immigration Preferences

Scott Blinder;Brian F Schaffner

9
Citations
Hometown Inequality: Race, Class, and Representation in American Local Politics

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

6
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The Elusive Likely VoterImproving Electoral Predictions With More Informed Vote-Propensity Models

Anthony Rentsch;Brian F Schaffner;Justin H Gross

5
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Political Ideology and Issue Importance

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

2
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Campaign finance laws may be making political polarization worse by encouraging ‘purist’ donors.

Raymond J. La Raja;Brian Schaffner

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

Ray La Raja;Brian Schaffner

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Explaining Perceptions of Climate Change in the US

Matthew Loveless;Chiara Binelli;Brian Schaffner

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Predictors of Economic Inequality in Representation

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

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Municipal Politics As Sites of Racial and Class Contention

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

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Studying Inequality in Representation in Local Government

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

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Racial Inequality in Representation on Municipal Councils and in Policy

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

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Economic Inequality in Representation on Municipal Councils and in Policy

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

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Race, Class, and Representation in Local Government

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

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

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

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Predictors of Racial Inequality in Representation

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

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Race, Class, and Representation in Local Politics

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

0
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Economic Inequality and Representation in Local Government

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

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