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31
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12593
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1041
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Daniel N. Posner 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 N. Posner sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 147 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Daniel N. Posner 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 N. Posner sits on this spectrum.

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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.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Heinz I. Eulau Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Overview

Daniel N. Posner is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans across various interdisciplinary fields, with notable contributions in sociology, political science, demography, economics, econometrics, safety research, and statistics.

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • Pre-Analysis Plans: An Early Stocktaking, 2021, Perspectives on Politics
  • Do Pre-analysis Plans Hamper Publication?, 2020, AEA Papers and Proceedings
  • Measuring Ethnic Bias: Can Misattribution-Based Tools from Social Psychology Reveal Group Biases that Economics Games Cannot?, 2021, Political Analysis
  • Can Citizen Pressure Be Induced to Improve Public Service Provision?, 2025, The Journal of Politics
  • Does decentralization encourage pro-poor targeting? Evidence from Kenya's constituencies development fund, 2022, World Development

Frequent co-authors associated with Daniel N. Posner are:

  • Kjetil Bjorvatn
  • Simon Galle
  • Lars Ivar Oppedal Berge
  • Edward Miguel
  • Bertil Tungodden

The scientist regularly publishes in several scholarly venues, including:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Journal of Experimental Political Science
  • Perspectives on Politics
  • AEA Papers and Proceedings
  • The Journal of Politics

Main fields of study for Daniel N. Posner encompass:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Demography
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Safety Research
  • Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty

The following subfields and topics are frequently addressed in their work:

  • Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research
  • Media Influence and Politics
  • Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Scientometrics and Bibliometrics Research
  • Local Government Finance and Decentralization

Daniel N. Posner received the Heinz I. Eulau Award from the American Political Science Association (APSA) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Institutions and Ethnic Politics in Africa

    Daniel N. Posner

  • Why Does Ethnic Diversity Undermine Public Goods Provision

    James Habyarimana;Macartan Humphreys;Daniel N. Posner;Jeremy M. Weinstein

  • Measuring ethnic fractionalization in Africa

    Daniel N. Posner

  • The Political Salience of Cultural Difference: Why Chewas and Tumbukas Are Allies in Zambia and Adversaries in Malawi

    Daniel N. Posner

  • Social Capital: Explaining Its Origins and Effects on Government Performance

    Carles Boix;Daniel N. Posner

  • Institutions and Ethnic Politics in Africa

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  • Political Competition and Ethnic Identification in Africa

    Benn Eifert;Edward Miguel;Daniel N. Posner

  • Coethnicity Diversity And The Dilemmas Of Collective Action

    Jeremy M. Weinstein;James Habyarimana;Macartan Humphreys;Daniel N. Posner

  • The Institutionalization of Political Power in Africa

    Daniel N. Posner;Daniel J. Young

  • Who Benefits from Distributive Politics? How the Outcome One Studies Affects the Answer One Gets

    Eric Kramon;Daniel N. Posner

  • Ethnic Favoritism in Education in Kenya

    Eric Kramon;Daniel N. Posner

  • Economic Conditions and Incumbent Support in Africa's New Democracies: Evidence from Zambia

    Daniel N. Posner;David J. Simon

  • Regime Change and Ethnic Cleavages in Africa

    Daniel N. Posner

  • The Colonial Origins of Ethnic Cleavages: The Case of Linguistic Divisions in Zambia

    Daniel N. Posner

  • Who’s Asking? Interviewer Coethnicity Effects in African Survey Data

    Claire L. Adida;Karen E. Ferree;Daniel N. Posner;Amanda Lea Robinson

  • Kenya's New Constitution

    Eric Kramon;Daniel N. Posner

  • Capital social y democracia

    Carles Boix;Daniel Posner

  • Why does ethnic diversity undermine public goods provision? An experimental approach

    James P. Habyarimana;Macartan Humphreys;Daniel N. Posner;Jeremy Weinstein

  • Why Does Ethnic Diversity Undermine Public Goods Provision? An Experimental Approach

    James P. Habyarimana;Macartan Humphreys;Daniel N. Posner;Jeremy M. Weinstein;Jeremy M. Weinstein

  • Malawi's New Dawn

    Daniel N Posner

  • Measuring Ethnic Fractionalization in Africa

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  • Ethnic Favoritism in Primary Education in Kenya

    Eric Kramon;Daniel N. Posner

  • (Under What Conditions) Do Politicians Reward Their Supporters? Evidence From Kenya's Constituencies Development Fund*

    J. Andrew Harris;Daniel N. Posner

  • Pre-analysis plans: an early stocktaking

    George K. Ofosu;Daniel N. Posner

  • African Borders as Sources of Natural Experiments Promise and Pitfalls

    John F. McCauley;Daniel N. Posner

  • Who Benefits from Distributive Politics? How the Outcome One Studies Affects the Answer One Gets

    Daniel N. Posner;Eric Kramon

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeremy M. Weinstein
Jeremy M. Weinstein Harvard University
Macartan Humphreys
Macartan Humphreys Social Science Research Center Berlin
Edward Miguel
Edward Miguel University of California, Berkeley
Bertil Tungodden
Bertil Tungodden Norwegian School of Economics
Carles Boix
Carles Boix Princeton University
Christopher Clapham
Christopher Clapham University of Cambridge
Robert I. Rotberg
Robert I. Rotberg Harvard University
Susan Rose-Ackerman
Susan Rose-Ackerman Yale University
Jeffrey Herbst
Jeffrey Herbst Princeton University

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