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Political Science
USA
2023

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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Political Science D-index 58 Citations 30,121 179 World Ranking 63 National Ranking 35

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

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

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • World War II
  • Law
  • Politics

Politics, Political economy, Democracy, Selectorate theory and Spanish Civil War are his primary areas of study. His study in Politics is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Management and Public policy. Bruce Bueno de Mesquita has researched Public policy in several fields, including Incentive, Prosperity and Political question.

His Political economy research incorporates themes from Salience and Public good. His work carried out in the field of Democracy brings together such families of science as Accountability, State and Public administration. His studies in Selectorate theory integrate themes in fields like Economic system and Authoritarianism.

His most cited work include:

  • The Logic of Political Survival (2450 citations)
  • The war trap (909 citations)
  • An institutional explanation of the democratic peace (713 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Political economy, Politics, International relations, Democracy and Expected utility hypothesis. His Political economy research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Development economics, Foreign policy, Power, Economic system and Spanish Civil War. His Politics research is mostly focused on the topic Selectorate theory.

His research integrates issues of Social science and Game theory in his study of International relations. Many of his studies on Positive economics apply to International conflict as well.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Political economy (29.74%)
  • Politics (29.74%)
  • International relations (16.41%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2008-2020)?

  • Political economy (29.74%)
  • International relations (16.41%)
  • Politics (29.74%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita mostly deals with Political economy, International relations, Politics, Selectorate theory and Game theory. His study looks at the relationship between Political economy and topics such as Development economics, which overlap with Prosperity and Economic history. The concepts of his International relations study are interwoven with issues in Social science, Actuarial science, Power relations and Foreign policy.

His research in Politics is mostly focused on Democracy. His Selectorate theory study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Economic system, Democratization, Public relations and Public good. His Game theory study which covers Law and economics that intersects with Public policy and Terrorism.

Between 2008 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Leader Survival, Revolutions, and the Nature of Government Finance (237 citations)
  • A Political Economy of Aid (233 citations)
  • Political Survival and Endogenous Institutional Change (153 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • World War II
  • Law
  • Politics

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita mainly investigates Political economy, Politics, Selectorate theory, Game theory and Democracy. The Political economy study combines topics in areas such as Voter turnout, Voting, Variance, Security council and Public good. Politics is a subfield of Law that Bruce Bueno de Mesquita explores.

His Selectorate theory research includes elements of Economic system, Public relations and Democratization. His work in Game theory addresses issues such as Positive economics, which are connected to fields such as International relations. Bruce Bueno de Mesquita usually deals with Democracy and limits it to topics linked to Development economics and Sanctions, Foreign relations and Economic sanctions.

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