2026 Bruce Bueno de Mesquita: 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	64	87	76	53	44	241	33091

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

11841
Citations
The war trap

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

1979
Citations
War and Reason

Bruce Bueno De Mesquita;David Lalman

1780
Citations
An institutional explanation of the democratic peace

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

1773
Citations
War and the Survival of Political Leaders: A Comparative Study of Regime Types and Political Accountability

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita;Randolph M. Siverson

1166
Citations
The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics

Alastair Smith;Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

653
Citations
Leader Survival, Revolutions, and the Nature of Government Finance

Bruce Bueno De Mesquita;Alastair Smith

592
Citations
Thinking Inside the Box: A Closer Look at Democracy and Human Rights

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

583
Citations
The Origin and Prevention of Major Wars: Domestic Politics and War

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

568
Citations
Foreign aid and policy concessions

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita;Alastair Smith

518
Citations
A Political Economy of Aid

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita;Alastair Smith

496
Citations
Political institutions, policy choice and the survival of leaders

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

448
Citations
Development and democracy

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita;George W. Downs

439
Citations
War and the Fate of Regimes: A Comparative Analysis.

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

405
Citations
War and Reason: Domestic and International Imperatives

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita;David Lalman

391
Citations
European Community Decision Making : Models, Applications, And Comparisons

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita;Frans N. Stokman

386
Citations
Intervention and Democracy

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita;George W. Downs

384
Citations
Political Survival and Endogenous Institutional Change

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita;Alastair Smith

361
Citations
Measuring Systemic Polarity

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

351
Citations
The War Trap Revisited: A Revised Expected Utility Model

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

345
Citations
Choosing Sides in Wars

Michael F. Altfeld;Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

323
Citations
Toward a Scientific Understanding of International Conflict: A Personal View

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

193
Citations
Domestic Politics and International Relations

Bruce Bueno De Mesquita

186
Citations
The Origin and Prevention of Major Wars: The Theory of Hegemonic War

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

182
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alastair Smith New York University

James D. Morrow University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Randolph M. Siverson University of California, Davis

Jack S. Levy Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Scott D. Sagan Stanford University

Robert Jervis Columbia University

Charles S. Maier Harvard University

Kenneth N. Waltz University of California, Berkeley

Joseph S. Nye Harvard University

Robert I. Rotberg Harvard University

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