2026 David D. Laitin: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	57	135	118	81	68	252	38715

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
2021 - Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science For his “original and objective explanation of how politics shapes cultural strategies in heterogeneous societies.
2007 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1995 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1995 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

David D. Laitin is a researcher affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their scholarly work spans primarily within the social sciences, with significant contributions to political science, sociology, economics, and clinical psychology.

The main fields of study for this researcher include:

Social Sciences

Laitin's research covers several subfields, notably:

Political Science and International Relations
Sociology and Political Science
Economics and Econometrics
Clinical Psychology
Emergency Medical Services

The primary topics addressed in their work are diverse and focus largely on migration and political participation, as well as economic and health-related issues:

Migration, Health and Trauma
Migration and Labor Dynamics
Electoral Systems and Political Participation
Global Health Workforce Issues
Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
Economic Growth and Development
Economic Policies and Impacts

Selected recent publications by Laitin include:

"Linguistic diversity, official language choice and human capital" (2022), published in the Journal of Development Economics
"Reporting all results efficiently: A RARE proposal to open up the file drawer" (2021), published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Laitin collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

Jens Hainmueller
Michael Hotard
Duncan Lawrence
Ala' Alrababa'h
Jeremy M. Weinstein

The researcher often publishes in venues such as:

American Journal of Political Science
Harvard Dataverse
arXiv (Cornell University)
Journal of Development Economics
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Awards and honors received by Laitin include:

Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science (2021) for their original and objective explanation of how politics shapes cultural strategies in heterogeneous societies
Membership in the National Academy of Sciences (2007)
Fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1995)
Fellowship of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1995)

Best Publications

Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War

James D. Fearon;David D. Laitin

13790
Citations
Anthropology as Cultural Critique: An Experimental Moment in the Human Sciences

George E. Marcus;Michael M. J. Fischer

3232
Citations
Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War

James D. Fearon;David D. Laitin

2670
Citations
Explaining Interethnic Cooperation

James D. Fearon;David D. Laitin

2263
Citations
Identity in formation: the Russian-speaking populations in the near abroad

David D. Laitin

1693
Citations
Ethnic and Nationalist Violence

Rogers Brubaker;David D. Laitin

1202
Citations
Violence and the Social Construction of Ethnic Identity

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978
Citations
Neotrusteeship and the Problem of Weak States

James D. Fearon;David D. Laitin

739
Citations
Promoting Transparency in Social Science Research

E. Miguel;C. Camerer;K. Casey;J. Cohen

605
Citations
Nations, States, and Violence

David D. Laitin

604
Citations
Language Repertoires and State Construction in Africa

David D. Laitin

570
Citations
Identifying barriers to Muslim integration in France

Claire L. Adida;David D. Laitin;Marie-Anne Valfort

474
Citations
Sons of the Soil, Migrants, and Civil War

James D. Fearon;David D. Laitin

456
Citations
Terrorism, Economic Development, and Political Openness: Kto Kogo? : A Cross-Country Study of the Origins and Targets of Terrorism

Alan B. Krueger;David D. Laitin

391
Citations
Ethnic Minority Rule and Civil War Onset

James D. Fearon;Kimuli Kasara;David D. Laitin

374
Citations
Political Culture and Political Preferences

David D. Laitin;Aaron Wildavsky

324
Citations
Politics, Language, and Thought: The Somali Experience

David D. Laitin

315
Citations
Nations, States, and Violence

Unknown

229
Citations
Immigration into Europe: Economic Discrimination, Violence, and Public Policy

Rafaela M. Dancygier;David D. Laitin

224
Citations
What Is a Language Community

David D. Laitin

216
Citations
Protecting unauthorized immigrant mothers improves their children's mental health.

Jens Hainmueller;Duncan Lawrence;Linna Martén;Linna Martén;Bernard Black

200
Citations
Multidimensional measure of immigrant integration.

Niklas Harder;Lucila Figueroa;Rachel M. Gillum;Dominik Hangartner

196
Citations
Hegemony and Culture: Politics and Religious Change among the Yoruba

L. O. Adewole;David D. Laitin

68
Citations
Political Language: Words that Succeed and Policies that Fail.

David D. Laitin;Murray Edelman

61
Citations
Identity in Formation: The Russian-Speaking Populations in the near Abroad

Igor Zevelev;David Laitin

9
Citations
Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (review)

David D. Laitin

3
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

James D. Fearon Stanford University

Jens Hainmueller Stanford University

Dominik Hangartner ETH Zurich

Avner Greif Stanford University

Jacob N. Shapiro Princeton University

Robert O. Keohane Princeton University

Alan B. Krueger Princeton University

Michael Banton University of Bristol

Gary King Harvard University

Brian A. Nosek Center for Open Science

External Links

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