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Colin Hay

Colin Hay

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Political Science
France
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Political Science 59 119 103 1 1 259 19746

Colin Hay publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Colin Hay between 1992 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Colin Hay published across 34 years, from 1992 to 2025, averaging 8 papers a year. Output peaked at 25 publications in 2020. 6 of the 272 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1992 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 25. Peak 25 publications in 2020. 1992: 2 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 6 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 11 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 13 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 13 publications 2010: 16 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 16 publications 2014: 15 publications 2015: 16 publications 2016: 14 publications 2017: 12 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 25 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 2 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 2 publications 2025: 4 publications
1992 2025

272 publications in total across all disciplines

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Colin Hay: publications per year, 1992 to 2025
Year Publications
1992 2
1993 0
1994 3
1995 6
1996 4
1997 4
1998 6
1999 11
2000 6
2001 6
2002 13
2003 2
2004 7
2005 6
2006 5
2007 7
2008 5
2009 13
2010 16
2011 5
2012 9
2013 16
2014 15
2015 16
2016 14
2017 12
2018 11
2019 12
2020 25
2021 5
2022 2
2023 2
2024 2
2025 4
Total 272
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Colin Hay 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 Colin Hay sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
20 40 60 80
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 36–40 to 333+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 97. Most scientists, 97, have 333+ publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 256–260 publications, is where this scientist sits. 36–40 publications: 10 scientists 41–45 publications: 11 scientists 46–50 publications: 25 scientists 51–55 publications: 27 scientists 56–60 publications: 44 scientists 61–65 publications: 52 scientists 66–70 publications: 62 scientists 71–75 publications: 62 scientists 76–80 publications: 79 scientists 81–85 publications: 71 scientists 86–90 publications: 82 scientists 91–95 publications: 65 scientists 96–100 publications: 85 scientists 101–105 publications: 76 scientists 106–110 publications: 66 scientists 111–115 publications: 78 scientists 116–120 publications: 67 scientists 121–125 publications: 73 scientists 126–130 publications: 73 scientists 131–135 publications: 64 scientists 136–140 publications: 45 scientists 141–145 publications: 53 scientists 146–150 publications: 44 scientists 151–155 publications: 45 scientists 156–160 publications: 33 scientists 161–165 publications: 32 scientists 166–170 publications: 28 scientists 171–175 publications: 31 scientists 176–180 publications: 29 scientists 181–185 publications: 27 scientists 186–190 publications: 36 scientists 191–195 publications: 27 scientists 196–200 publications: 24 scientists 201–205 publications: 16 scientists 206–210 publications: 16 scientists 211–215 publications: 19 scientists 216–220 publications: 16 scientists 221–225 publications: 17 scientists 226–230 publications: 18 scientists 231–235 publications: 23 scientists 236–240 publications: 17 scientists 241–245 publications: 13 scientists 246–250 publications: 17 scientists 251–255 publications: 9 scientists 256–260 publications: 13 scientists 261–265 publications: 8 scientists 266–270 publications: 12 scientists 271–275 publications: 8 scientists 276–280 publications: 10 scientists 281–285 publications: 13 scientists 286–290 publications: 13 scientists 291–295 publications: 5 scientists 296–300 publications: 6 scientists 301–305 publications: 11 scientists 306–310 publications: 9 scientists 311–315 publications: 6 scientists 316–320 publications: 4 scientists 321–325 publications: 4 scientists 326–330 publications: 2 scientists 331–332 publications: 5 scientists 333+ publications: 97 scientists
36–40 publications 333+

This scientist: 259 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Political Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 2,033 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
36–40 10
41–45 11
46–50 25
51–55 27
56–60 44
61–65 52
66–70 62
71–75 62
76–80 79
81–85 71
86–90 82
91–95 65
96–100 85
101–105 76
106–110 66
111–115 78
116–120 67
121–125 73
126–130 73
131–135 64
136–140 45
141–145 53
146–150 44
151–155 45
156–160 33
161–165 32
166–170 28
171–175 31
176–180 29
181–185 27
186–190 36
191–195 27
196–200 24
201–205 16
206–210 16
211–215 19
216–220 16
221–225 17
226–230 18
231–235 23
236–240 17
241–245 13
246–250 17
251–255 9
256–260 13 259
261–265 8
266–270 12
271–275 8
276–280 10
281–285 13
286–290 13
291–295 5
296–300 6
301–305 11
306–310 9
311–315 6
316–320 4
321–325 4
326–330 2
331–332 5
333+ 97
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Colin Hay 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 Colin Hay sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 43 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 20 to 62+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 100. Most scientists, 100, have 62+ D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 59 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 59 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Political Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 2,033 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
20 76
21 79
22 84
23 68
24 88
25 82
26 76
27 75
28 99
29 96
30 96
31 81
32 86
33 81
34 84
35 72
36 58
37 53
38 48
39 40
40 40
41 32
42 26
43 25
44 33
45 33
46 17
47 21
48 22
49 18
50 19
51 19
52 15
53 14
54 10
55 13
56 9
57 11
58 12
59 10 59
60 5
61 7
62+ 100
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Political Science in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Political Science in France Leader Award

Overview

Colin Hay is affiliated with Sciences Po in France and specializes in the social sciences, with a particular focus on political science and international relations. Their research spans various subfields, including sociology and political science, finance, general health professions, and social psychology.

Their main topics of work cover the political and economic history of the UK and US, social policy and reform studies, housing, finance, and neoliberalism, political economy and Marxism, water governance and infrastructure, economic theory and policy, and employment and welfare studies.

Hay has published extensively in several academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • British Politics
  • Review of International Political Economy
  • New Political Economy
  • Comparative European Politics
  • Journal of European Integration

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Hay include:

  • Inclusive growth: the challenges of multidimensionality and multilateralism (2020), Cambridge Review of International Affairs
  • Blind spots in IPE: marginalized perspectives and neglected trends in contemporary capitalism (2020), Review of International Political Economy
  • Seeing and Not-seeing Like a Political Economist: The Historicity of Contemporary Political Economy and its Blind Spots (2020), New Political Economy
  • Introduction: the politicisation of permanent crisis in Europe (2020), Journal of European Integration
  • The antinomies of sovereigntism, statism and liberalism in European democratic responses to the COVID-19 crisis: a comparison of Britain and France (2022), Comparative European Politics

Hay collaborates frequently with a number of coauthors who contribute to their research, including:

  • Cyril Benoît
  • Genevieve LeBaron
  • Daniel Mügge
  • Jacqueline Best
  • Stephen Farrall

In addition to articles, Hay has published books, such as What is Politics? The definitive guide to politics in our polarized times, forthcoming in 2025 from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

Best Publications

  • Political Analysis: A Critical Introduction

    Colin Hay

  • Why We Hate Politics

    Colin Hay

  • Structure, Agency and Historical Institutionalism

    Colin Hay;Daniel Wincott

  • Globalization, European integration and the discursive construction of economic imperatives

    Colin Hay;Ben Rosamond

  • The political economy of new labour : labouring under false pretences?

    Colin Hay

  • Introduction: Demystifying Globalization

    Colin Hay;David Marsh

  • Re-stating social and political change

    Colin Hay

  • Narrating Crisis: The Discursive Construction of the `Winter of Discontent'

    Colin Hay

  • Crisis and the structural transformation of the state: interrogating the process of change

    Colin Hay

  • Structure and Agency

    Colin Hay

  • Ideas and the Construction of Interests

    Colin Hay

  • The normalizing role of rationalist assumptions in the institutional embedding of neoliberalism

    Colin Hay

  • The discourse of globalisation and the logic of no alternative : rendering the contingent necessary in the political economy of New Labour

    Matthew Watson;Colin Hay

  • The State: Theories and Issues

    Colin Hay;Michael Lister;David Marsh

  • Common trajectories, variable paces, divergent outcomes? Models of European capitalism under conditions of complex economic interdependence

    Colin Hay

  • INTERPRETING INTERPRETIVISM INTERPRETING INTERPRETATIONS: THE NEW HERMENEUTICS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

    Colin Hay

  • The Political Economy of European Welfare Capitalism

    Colin Hay;Daniel Wincott

  • The tangled webs of Westminster and Whitehall : the discourse, strategy and practice of networking within the British core executive

    Colin Hay;David Richards

  • Thatcher’s Children, Blair’s Babies, Political Socialization and Trickle-down Value Change: An Age, Period and Cohort Analysis

    Maria Teresa Grasso;Stephen Farrall;Emily Gray;Colin Hay

  • Ideas, interests and institutions in the comparative political economy of great transformations

    Colin Hay

  • Pathology Without Crisis? The Strange Demise of the Anglo‐Liberal Growth Model

    Colin Hay

  • REVITALISING POLITICS: HAVE WE LOST THE PLOT?

    Colin Hay;Gerry Stoker

  • Good in a crisis: the ontological institutionalism of social constructivism

    Colin Hay

  • Anti-Politics, Depoliticisation and Governance in Late-Modernity

    Paul Fawcett;Matthew Flinders;Colin Hay;Matthew Wood

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Farrall
Stephen Farrall University of Sheffield
Will Jennings
Will Jennings University of Southampton
Daniel Wincott
Daniel Wincott Cardiff University
Gerry Stoker
Gerry Stoker University of Southampton
Peter Taylor-Gooby
Peter Taylor-Gooby University of Kent
David Marsh
David Marsh University of Canberra
Matthew Flinders
Matthew Flinders University of Sheffield
Maria T. Grasso
Maria T. Grasso Queen Mary University of London
David Richards
David Richards University of Bristol
Martin J. Smith
Martin J. Smith University of York

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