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Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

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Political Science
USA
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Political Science

D-Index
64
Citations
33091
World Ranking
87
National Ranking
53

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita 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 Bruce Bueno de Mesquita sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 241 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita 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 Bruce Bueno de Mesquita sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 76 scientists 21 D-Index: 79 scientists 22 D-Index: 84 scientists 23 D-Index: 68 scientists 24 D-Index: 88 scientists 25 D-Index: 82 scientists 26 D-Index: 76 scientists 27 D-Index: 75 scientists 28 D-Index: 99 scientists 29 D-Index: 96 scientists 30 D-Index: 96 scientists 31 D-Index: 81 scientists 32 D-Index: 86 scientists 33 D-Index: 81 scientists 34 D-Index: 84 scientists 35 D-Index: 72 scientists 36 D-Index: 58 scientists 37 D-Index: 53 scientists 38 D-Index: 48 scientists 39 D-Index: 40 scientists 40 D-Index: 40 scientists 41 D-Index: 32 scientists 42 D-Index: 26 scientists 43 D-Index: 25 scientists 44 D-Index: 33 scientists 45 D-Index: 33 scientists 46 D-Index: 17 scientists 47 D-Index: 21 scientists 48 D-Index: 22 scientists 49 D-Index: 18 scientists 50 D-Index: 19 scientists 51 D-Index: 19 scientists 52 D-Index: 15 scientists 53 D-Index: 14 scientists 54 D-Index: 10 scientists 55 D-Index: 13 scientists 56 D-Index: 9 scientists 57 D-Index: 11 scientists 58 D-Index: 12 scientists 59 D-Index: 10 scientists 60 D-Index: 5 scientists 61 D-Index: 7 scientists 62+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1977 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences with a particular focus on political science and international relations. They have contributed extensively to topics such as political conflict and governance, electoral systems and political participation, political influence and corporate strategies, populism and right-wing movements, culture, economy, and development studies, as well as gun ownership and violence research and policing practices and perceptions.

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • A Tournament Theory of Pork Barrel Politics: The Case of Japan (2020), Comparative Political Studies
  • Racial Differences in Hospital Evaluation After the Use of Force by Police: a Tale of Two Cities (2020), Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
  • A new indicator of coalition size: Tests against standard regime-type indicators (2022), Social Science Quarterly
  • From Investiture to Worms: European Development and the Rise of Political Authority (2023), The Journal of Politics
  • The Punisher's Dilemma (2023), The Journal of Politics

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita's frequent co-authors include:

  • Alastair Smith
  • Stuart Lewis
  • Amy Catalinac
  • David P. Myatt
  • Scott A. Tyson

Their work has been published in various academic venues with multiple papers in The Journal of Politics and additional contributions in the Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, Comparative Political Studies, and Social Science Quarterly.

In addition to articles, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita has published a book titled TRIAL OF EBENEZER SCROOGE (2021) through the Ohio State University Press.

Their research fields include:

  • Social Sciences

With a more detailed focus on subfields, their contributions fall into:

  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Strategy and Management
  • Demography
  • Health

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita has received fellowships including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1992)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1977)

Best Publications

  • The Logic of Political Survival

    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita;Alastair Smith;Randolph M. Siverson;James D. Morrow;James D. Morrow;James D. Morrow

  • The war trap

    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

  • War and Reason

    Bruce Bueno De Mesquita;David Lalman

  • An institutional explanation of the democratic peace

    Bruce Bueno De Mesquita;James D. Morrow;Randolph M. Siverson;Alastair Smith

  • War and the Survival of Political Leaders: A Comparative Study of Regime Types and Political Accountability

    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita;Randolph M. Siverson

  • The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics

    Alastair Smith;Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

  • Leader Survival, Revolutions, and the Nature of Government Finance

    Bruce Bueno De Mesquita;Alastair Smith

  • Thinking Inside the Box: A Closer Look at Democracy and Human Rights

    Bruce Bueno De Mesquita;Feryal Marie Cherif;George W. Downs;Alastair Smith

  • The Origin and Prevention of Major Wars: Domestic Politics and War

    Robert I. Rotberg;Theodore K. Rabb;Robert Gilpin;John F. Guilmartin

  • Foreign aid and policy concessions

    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita;Alastair Smith

  • A Political Economy of Aid

    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita;Alastair Smith

  • Political institutions, policy choice and the survival of leaders

    Bruce Bueno De Mesquita;James D. Morrow;Randolph M. Siverson;Alastair Smith

  • Development and democracy

    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita;George W. Downs

  • War and the Fate of Regimes: A Comparative Analysis.

    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita;Randolph M. Siverson;Gary Woller

  • War and Reason: Domestic and International Imperatives

    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita;David Lalman

  • European Community Decision Making : Models, Applications, And Comparisons

    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita;Frans N. Stokman

  • Intervention and Democracy

    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita;George W. Downs

  • Political Survival and Endogenous Institutional Change

    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita;Alastair Smith

  • Measuring Systemic Polarity

    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

  • The War Trap Revisited: A Revised Expected Utility Model

    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

  • Choosing Sides in Wars

    Michael F. Altfeld;Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

  • Toward a Scientific Understanding of International Conflict: A Personal View

    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

  • Domestic Politics and International Relations

    Bruce Bueno De Mesquita

  • The Origin and Prevention of Major Wars: The Theory of Hegemonic War

    Robert I. Rotberg;Theodore K. Rabb;Robert Gilpin;John F. Guilmartin

Frequent Co-Authors

Alastair Smith
Alastair Smith New York University
James D. Morrow
James D. Morrow University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Randolph M. Siverson
Randolph M. Siverson University of California, Davis
Jack S. Levy
Jack S. Levy Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Scott D. Sagan
Scott D. Sagan Stanford University
Robert Jervis
Robert Jervis Columbia University
Charles S. Maier
Charles S. Maier Harvard University
Kenneth N. Waltz
Kenneth N. Waltz University of California, Berkeley
Joseph S. Nye
Joseph S. Nye Harvard University
Robert I. Rotberg
Robert I. Rotberg Harvard University

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