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D. Sunshine Hillygus

D. Sunshine Hillygus

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Political Science

D-Index
29
Citations
5573
World Ranking
1240
National Ranking
624

D. Sunshine Hillygus 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 D. Sunshine Hillygus sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 92 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

D. Sunshine Hillygus 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 D. Sunshine Hillygus sits on this spectrum.

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: 29 D-Index — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • THE MISSING LINK: Exploring the Relationship Between Higher Education and Political Engagement'

    D. Sunshine Hillygus

  • The Persuadable Voter

    D. Sunshine Hillygus;Todd G. Shields

  • The Nature of Political Ideology in the Contemporary Electorate

    Shawn Treier;D. Sunshine Hillygus

  • Voter Decision Making in Election 2000: Campaign Effects, Partisan Activation, and the Clinton Legacy

    D. Sunshine Hillygus;Simon Jackman

  • Internet Use, Interpersonal Relations, and Sociability: A Time Diary Study

    Norman H. Nie;D. Sunshine Hillygus;Lutz Erbring

  • Campaign Effects and the Dynamics of Turnout Intention in Election 2000

    D. Sunshine Hillygus

  • Moral Issues and Voter Decision Making in the 2004 Presidential Election

    D. Sunshine Hillygus;Todd G. Shields

  • The National Sleep Foundation's Sleep Health Index

    Kristen L. Knutson;Julie Phelan;Michael J. Paskow;Anita Roach

  • Assessing the Russian Internet Research Agency's impact on the political attitudes and behaviors of American Twitter users in late 2017.

    Christopher A. Bail;Brian Guay;Emily Maloney;Aidan Combs

  • The Evolution of Election Polling in the United States

    D. Sunshine Hillygus

  • The Dynamics of Health Care Opinion, 2008–2010: Partisanship, Self-Interest, and Racial Resentment

    Michael Henderson;D. Sunshine Hillygus

  • Professional respondents in nonprobability online panels

    D. Sunshine Hillygus;Natalie Jackson;McKenzie Young

  • Making Young Voters

    Unknown

  • Making Young Voters: The Impact of Preregistration on Youth Turnout

    John B. Holbein;D. Sunshine Hillygus

  • The National Sleep Foundation's Sleep Satisfaction Tool.

    Maurice M Ohayon;Michael Paskow;Anita Roach;Christine Filer

  • Looking Beyond Demographics: Panel Attrition in the ANES and GSS

    Laura Lazarus Frankel;D. Sunshine Hillygus

  • Why So Serious?: Survey Trolls and Misinformation

    Jesse Lopez;D. Sunshine Hillygus

  • All the Best Polls Agree with Me: Bias in Evaluations of Political Polling

    Gabriel J. Madson;D. Sunshine Hillygus

  • Ideology, The Affordable Care Act Ruling, and Supreme Court Legitimacy

    Christopher D. Johnston;D. Sunshine Hillygus;Brandon L. Bartels

  • The Hard Count: The Political and Social Challenges of Census Mobilization

    D. Sunshine Hillygus;Norman H. Nie;Kenneth Prewitt;Heili Pals

Frequent Co-Authors

Todd G. Shields
Todd G. Shields Arkansas State University
Daniel J. Hopkins
Daniel J. Hopkins University of Pennsylvania
David W. Rohde
David W. Rohde Duke University
Nicholas A. Valentino
Nicholas A. Valentino University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Kevin Arceneaux
Kevin Arceneaux Sciences Po
Caroline J. Tolbert
Caroline J. Tolbert University of Iowa
John H. Aldrich
John H. Aldrich Duke University
Alan S. Gerber
Alan S. Gerber Yale University
Sudhansu Chokroverty
Sudhansu Chokroverty Seton Hall University
Kenneth L. Lichstein
Kenneth L. Lichstein University of Alabama

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