2026 Charles Tilly: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	94	12	8	589	57402

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
2005 - W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award, American Sociological Association
2000 - Distinguished Scholarly Book Award, American Sociological Association
1989 - Distinguished Scholarly Book Award, American Sociological Association
1986 - C. Wright Mills Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems
1981 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1978 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1974 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Charles Tilly was affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Throughout their academic career, they collaborated frequently with Eiko Ikegami.

Despite the absence of specific recent papers or main topics recorded here, Charles Tilly received multiple recognitions from the American Sociological Association and other scholarly bodies.

W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award, American Sociological Association (2005)
Distinguished Scholarly Book Award, American Sociological Association (2000)
Distinguished Scholarly Book Award, American Sociological Association (1989)
C. Wright Mills Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems (1986)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1981)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1978)
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1974)

Their awards span a significant period, indicating sustained scholarly contributions over several decades. Being a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of AAAS and the Guggenheim Foundation reflects recognition by multiple prestigious institutions.

Best Publications

From mobilization to revolution

Charles Tilly

6723
Citations
War Making and State Making as Organized Crime

Charles Tilly

5603
Citations
Dynamics of Contention

Doug McAdam;Sidney G. Tarrow;Charles Tilly

4756
Citations
The formation of national states in Western Europe

Charles Tilly;Gabriel Ardant

2313
Citations
Coercion, Capital, and European States, AD 990–1992

Charles Tilly

1909
Citations
The Politics of Collective Violence

Charles Tilly

1519
Citations
Big structures, large processes, huge comparisons

Charles Tilly

1471
Citations
Coercion, Capital, and European States, A.D. 990-1990

Charles Tilly

1346
Citations
Approaches to the State: Alternative Conceptions and Historical Dynamics@@@On the Autonomy of the Democratic State@@@Negara: The Theatre State in Nineteenth Century Bali@@@Building a New American State: The Expansion of National Administrative Capacities@@@The Formation of National States in Western Europe@@@Crises of Political Development in Europe and the United States@@@Revolution from Above: Military Bureaucrats and Development in Japan, Turkey, Egypt, and Peru

Stephen D. Krasner;Eric Nordlinger;Clifford Geertz;Stephen Skowronek

1132
Citations
From contention to democracy

Marco Giugni;Doug McAdam;Charles Tilly

866
Citations
How Social Movements Matter

Marco Giugni;Doug Mcadam;Charles Tilly

821
Citations
THREAT (AND OPPORTUNITY): POPULAR ACTION AND STATE RESPONSE IN THE DYNAMICS OF CONTENTIOUS ACTION

Jack Andrew Goldstone;Charles Tilly

814
Citations
Social Movements, 1768-2004

Charles Tilly

760
Citations
The Contentious French

Charles Tilly

728
Citations
MECHANISMS IN POLITICAL PROCESSES

Charles Tilly

678
Citations
Work Under Capitalism

Chris Tilly;Charles Tilly

601
Citations
Democracy

Unknown

601
Citations
Popular Contention in Great Britain

Mike Savage;Charles Tilly

584
Citations
Regimes and Repertoires

Charles Tilly

557
Citations
Popular contention in Great Britain, 1758-1834

Charles Tilly

522
Citations
Stories, Identities, and Political Change

Charles Tilly

466
Citations
The Rebellious Century, 1830-1930

Charles Tilly;Louise Tilly;Richard H. Tilly

466
Citations
Identities, Boundaries, and Social Ties

Charles Tilly

463
Citations
Citizenship, Identity and Social History

Charles Tilly

414
Citations
The Oxford Handbook of Contextual Political Analysis

Robert E. Goodin;Charles Tilly

355
Citations
The Strategy of Social Protest.@@@The Rebellious Century 1830-1930.

Daniel J. Monti;William A. Gamson;Charles Tilly;Louise Tilly

244
Citations
The Colonial Present: Afghanistan, Palestine, Iraqby Derek Gregory. Malden, MA

Charles Tilly

158
Citations
Warmaking and Statemaking as Organized Crime

Charles Tilly

17
Citations
Big Structures, Large Processes, Huge Comparisons

William H. McNeill;Charles Tilly

17
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sidney Tarrow Cornell University

Doug McAdam Stanford University

Joe R. Feagin Texas A&M University

Robert E. Goodin Australian National University

Marco Giugni University of Geneva

Jack Andrew Goldstone George Mason University

Theda Skocpol Harvard University

Mark Granovetter Stanford University

J. Craig Jenkins The Ohio State University

Philip E. Tetlock University of Pennsylvania

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