World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Political Science 31 1055 952 542 469 92 7055

Daniel L. Nielson publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Daniel L. Nielson between 1992 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Daniel L. Nielson published across 34 years, from 1992 to 2025, averaging 3.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 2014. 9 of the 104 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1992 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 13. Peak 13 publications in 2014. 1992: 1 publication 1993: 1 publication 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 0 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 1 publication 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 2 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 1 publication 2010: 4 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 3 publications 2013: 4 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 4 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 2 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 2 publications 2021: 8 publications 2022: 3 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 4 publications
1992 2025

104 publications in total across all disciplines

View publications per year as a table
Daniel L. Nielson: publications per year, 1992 to 2025
Year Publications
1992 1
1993 1
1994 0
1995 0
1996 1
1997 0
1998 1
1999 1
2000 0
2001 0
2002 1
2003 2
2004 0
2005 2
2006 10
2007 4
2008 4
2009 1
2010 4
2011 5
2012 3
2013 4
2014 13
2015 5
2016 4
2017 7
2018 2
2019 4
2020 2
2021 8
2022 3
2023 2
2024 5
2025 4
Total 104
Download as CSV

Daniel L. Nielson 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 Daniel L. Nielson 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, 91–95 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: 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.

View publications distribution as a table
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 92
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
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
Download as CSV

Daniel L. Nielson 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 Daniel L. Nielson 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, 31 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: 31 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
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 31
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
60 5
61 7
62+ 100
Download as CSV

Overview

Daniel L. Nielson is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their work primarily spans the social sciences, with a strong focus on sociology and political science, economics and econometrics, political science and international relations, safety research, and communication. They have published extensively across these fields, contributing notably to the understanding of political accountability, taxation, and local governance.

The researcher has produced a range of recent papers, including:

  • Owning It: Accountability and Citizens' Ownership over Oil, Aid, and Taxes (2021), The Journal of Politics
  • Do Indirect Taxes Bite? How Hiding Taxes Erases Accountability Demands from Citizens (2023), The Journal of Politics
  • Foreign aid, oil revenues, and political accountability: Evidence from six experiments in Ghana and Uganda (2020), The Review of International Organizations
  • Electoral Institutions and Electoral Cycles in Investment Incentives: A Field Experiment on Over 3,000 U.S. Municipalities (2020), American Journal of Political Science
  • Individualized Text Messages about Public Services Fail to Sway Voters: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Ugandan Elections (2021), Journal of Experimental Political Science

Their collaborative work includes frequent partnerships with several scholars, such as Michael G. Findley, J. C. Sharman, Brandon De La Cuesta, Lucy Martin, and Helen V. Milner. These collaborations often intersect with themes in political accountability and governance.

Daniel L. Nielson's publications are frequently found in venues such as:

  • The Journal of Politics
  • The Review of International Organizations
  • American Journal of Political Science
  • Business and Politics
  • Harvard Dataverse

Their research topics cover a variety of themes with particular emphasis on:

  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
  • Taxation and Compliance Studies
  • Local Government Finance and Decentralization
  • Media Influence and Politics
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy

Among their contributions to academic literature is a book titled Signatures for Sale: How Nominee Services for Shell Companies are Abused to Conceal Beneficial Owners, published in 2022 by Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks. This work aligns with their interest in transparency, governance, and regulatory challenges.

Best Publications

  • Delegation and agency in international organizations

    Darren G. Hawkins;David A. Lake;Daniel L. Nielson;Michael J. Tierney

  • Delegation to International Organizations: Agency Theory and World Bank Environmental Reform

    Daniel L. Nielson;Michael J. Tierney

  • More Dollars than Sense: Refining Our Knowledge of Development Finance Using AidData

    Michael J. Tierney;Daniel L. Nielson;Darren G. Hawkins;J. Timmons Roberts

  • Delegation and Agency in International Organizations: Delegation under anarchy: states, international organizations, and principal-agent theory

    Darren Hawkins;David A. Lake;Daniel L. Nielson;Michael J. Tierney

  • Foreign Aid Shocks as a Cause of Violent Armed Conflict

    Richard A. Nielsen;Michael G. Findley;Zachary S. Davis;Tara Candland

  • Bridging the rationalist–constructivist divide: re-engineering the culture of the World Bank

    Daniel L. Nielson;Michael J. Tierney;Catherine Elizabeth Weaver

  • Supplying Trade Reform: Political Institutions and Liberalization in Middle‐Income Presidential Democracies

    Daniel L. Nielson

  • Field experiments in strategy research

    Aaron K. Chatterji;Michael Findley;Nathan M. Jensen;Stephan Meier

  • Delegation and Agency in International Organizations: Who delegates? Alternative models of principals in development aid

    Mona M. Lyne;Daniel L. Nielson;Michael J. Tierney

  • Global Shell Games: Experiments in Transnational Relations, Crime, and Terrorism

    Michael G. Findley;Daniel L. Nielson;Jason Campbell Sharman

  • Controlling coalitions: Social lending at the multilateral development banks

    Mona M. Lyne;Daniel L. Nielson;Michael J. Tierney

  • Yielding Sovereignty to International Institutions: Bringing System Structure Back In1

    Scott Cooper;Darren Hawkins;Wade Jacoby;Daniel Nielson

  • Theory, Data, and Hypothesis Testing: World Bank Environmental Reform Redux

    Daniel L. Nielson;Michael J. Tierney

  • Constitutional Change in Colombia Policy Adjustment Through Institutional Reform

    Daniel L. Nielson;Matthew Soberg Shugart

  • Voter information campaigns and political accountability: Cumulative findings from a preregistered meta-analysis of coordinated trials.

    Thad Dunning;Guy Grossman;Macartan Humphreys;Susan D. Hyde

  • Dodging Adverse Selection: How Donor Type and Governance Condition Aid’s Effects on School Enrollment

    Zachary Christensen;Dustin Homer;Daniel L. Nielson

  • Who Controls Foreign Aid? Elite versus Public Perceptions of Donor Influence in Aid-Dependent Uganda

    Michael G. Findley;Adam S. Harris;Helen V. Milner;Daniel L. Nielson

  • Citizen preferences and public goods: comparing preferences for foreign aid and government programs in Uganda

    Helen V. Milner;Daniel L. Nielson;Michael G. Findley

  • Using Field Experiments in International Relations: A Randomized Study of Anonymous Incorporation1

    Michael G. Findley;Daniel L. Nielson;Jason Campbell Sharman

  • Dependence Networks and the International Criminal Court

    Jay Goodliffe;Darren Hawkins;Christine Horne;Daniel L. Nielson

  • The choice among aid donors: The effects of multilateral vs. bilateral aid on recipient behavioral support

    Michael G. Findley;Helen V. Milner;Daniel L. Nielson

  • Global Shell Games: List of Figures

    Michael G. Findley;Daniel L. Nielson;J. C. Sharman

  • Foreign Aid Shocks as a Cause of Violent Armed Conflict

    Michael Findley;Rich Nielsen;Tara Candland;Daniel L. Nielson

  • Foreign Aid Shocks as a Cause of Violent Armed Conflict Supporting Information Appendix

    Richard A. Nielsen;Michael G. Findley;Zachary S. Davis;Tara Candland

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael G. Findley
Michael G. Findley The University of Texas at Austin
Jason Campbell Sharman
Jason Campbell Sharman University of Cambridge
Helen V. Milner
Helen V. Milner Princeton University
Darren Hawkins
Darren Hawkins Brigham Young University
Stephan Meier
Stephan Meier Columbia University
David A. Lake
David A. Lake University of California, San Diego
Nathan M. Jensen
Nathan M. Jensen The University of Texas at Austin
Stephen Knack
Stephen Knack World Bank
Scott Morgenstern
Scott Morgenstern University of Pittsburgh
Aaron K. Chatterji
Aaron K. Chatterji Duke University

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Exploring Political Science in the USA opens up a range of flexible online education options and career routes. Many students look at specialized programs like online MA history programs to gain deeper knowledge and transferable research skills that complement political science backgrounds.

If you’re considering a shorter path to employment, there are also easy certifications to get online that pay well. These can help you quickly enter government, public policy, or administrative roles without committing to a full degree program.

Time and affordability are crucial factors. For those who want to fast-track their education, there are quick masters degrees online that allow you to finish graduate studies more efficiently. If you are budget-conscious, choosing one of the cheapest online degrees can help reduce your tuition costs while earning a recognized credential.

Whether you’re balancing work or looking to save on costs, these alternative online pathways can expand your political science expertise and career opportunities.

Best Scientists Citing Daniel L. Nielson

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles