2026 Bruce E. Cain: 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	715	651	378	329	196	12832

Research.com Recognitions

2000 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Bruce E. Cain is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States, contributing extensively to research in the social sciences with a focus on political science and international relations as well as public administration.

Their research spans several subfields including:

Political Science and International Relations
Sociology and Political Science
Global and Planetary Change
Mechanical Engineering
Public Administration

Cain's work addresses multiple topics such as:

Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
Public Policy and Administration Research
Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
Fire effects on ecosystems
Disaster Management and Resilience
Climate Change and Health Impacts

Frequent collaboration has been with several coauthors, including:

Iris Hui
Elisabeth R. Gerber
Celina Scott-Buechler
Nicole M. Ardoin
Catherine Fraser

Cain's published papers cover topics broadly in public administration, governance, and environmental policy. Notable recent papers include:

Communities conditionally support deployment of direct air capture for carbon dioxide removal in the United States (2024, Communications Earth & Environment)
The Challenge of Externally Generated Collaborative Governance: California's Attempt at Regional Water Management (2020, The American Review of Public Administration)
Public Perceptions of Collaborative Governance in Transportation Policy (2020, Political Research Quarterly)
Baptism by Wildfire? Wildfire Experiences and Public Support for Wildfire Adaptation Policies (2021, American Politics Research)
Getting bipartisan support for sea level rise adaptation policies (2020, Ocean & Coastal Management)

Publication venues where Cain frequently appears include:

Communications Earth & Environment
American Politics Research
The American Review of Public Administration
Political Research Quarterly
Ocean & Coastal Management

Cain has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2000.

Best Publications

The personal vote

Bruce Cain;John Ferejohn;Morris Fiorina

2567
Citations
The Personal Vote: Constituency Service and Electoral Independence

Bruce E. Cain;John A. Ferejohn;Morris P. Fiorina

2451
Citations
The Personal Vote: Constituency Service and Electoral Independence.

William H. Flanigan;Bruce Cain;John Ferejohn;Morris Fiorina

957
Citations
The Personal Vote

Unknown

928
Citations
Democracy Transformed?: Expanding Political Opportunities in Advanced Industrial Democracies

Russell J. Dalton;Susan E Scarrow;Bruce E. Cain

477
Citations
Political participation of ethnic minorities in the 1980s

Carole J. Uhlaner;Bruce E. Cain;D. Roderick Kiewiet

475
Citations
The Acquisition of Partisanship by Latinos and Asian Americans

Bruce E. Cain;D. Roderick Kiewiet;Carole J. Uhlaner

435
Citations
Strategic voting in Britain

Bruce E. Cain

428
Citations
Congressional Redistricting: Comparative and Theoretical Perspectives

David Butler;Bruce E. Cain

308
Citations
The Constituency Service Basis of the Personal Vote for U.S. Representatives and British Members of Parliament

Bruce E. Cain;John A. Ferejohn;Morris P. Fiorina

291
Citations
Assessing the Partisan Effects of Redistricting

Bruce E. Cain

263
Citations
The reapportionment puzzle

Bruce E. Cain

207
Citations
ADVANCED DEMOCRACIES AND THE NEW POLITICS

Russell J. Dalton;Susan E. Scarrow;Bruce E. Cain

182
Citations
Restructuring territoriality : Europe and the United States compared

Christopher K. Ansell;Giuseppe Di Palma

171
Citations
New Forms of Democracy? Reform and Transformation of Democratic Institutions

Russell J. Dalton;Susan E. Scarrow;Bruce E. Cain

168
Citations
The Legal Status of Political Parties: A Reassessment of Competing Paradigms

Nathaniel Persily;Bruce E. Cain

155
Citations
Redistricting Commissions: A Better Political Buffer?

Bruce E Cain

147
Citations
Democratic Publics and Democratic Institutions

Russell J. Dalton;Bruce E. Cain;Susan E. Scarrow

138
Citations
Adapting to Term Limits: Recent Experiences and New Directions

Bruce E. Cain;Thad Kousser

129
Citations
Ethnic Context, Race Relations and California Politics

Cara J Wong;Bruce Cain;Jack Citrin

128
Citations
7.1 The Personal Vote

Bruce Cain;John Ferejohn;Morris Fiorina

86
Citations
The acquisition of partisanship by Latinos and Asian-Americans : immigrants and native-born citizens

Bruce E. Cain;D. Roderick Kiewart;Carole J. Uhlaner

5
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John Ferejohn New York University

Morris P. Fiorina Stanford University

Elisabeth R. Gerber University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Roger G. Noll Stanford University

D. Roderick Kiewiet California Institute of Technology

Susan E. Scarrow University of Houston

Russell J. Dalton University of California, Irvine

Shaun Bowler University of California, Riverside

Barry R. Weingast Stanford University

Donald P. Green Columbia University

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