2026 David E. Campbell: 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	37	616	562	339	296	123	10904

Research.com Recognitions

2011 - Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Overview

David E. Campbell is affiliated with the University of Notre Dame in the United States. Their scholarly work primarily focuses on social sciences, with specific contributions in sociology and political science, political science and international relations, gender studies, education, and communication.

Their research encompasses a variety of topics including:

Religion and Society Interactions
American Constitutional Law and Politics
Electoral Systems and Political Participation
Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
Social Media and Politics
Religion, Society, and Development
Global Education and Multiculturalism

David E. Campbell has contributed articles to several academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
The Forum
Public Opinion Quarterly
Political Behavior
Perspectives on Politics

Recent papers authored by David E. Campbell include:

Religion and the 2020 Presidential Election: The Enduring Divide (2020), published in The Forum
The Perils of Politicized Religion (2020), published in Daedalus
Fair opportunity and responsibility (2022), published in Jurisprudence

Co-authorship is a notable part of their research career, with frequent collaborators being:

Geoffrey C. Layman
John C. Green
Dian Dong
Carol D. Lee
Christina Wolbrecht

David E. Campbell has also produced book-length scholarship. One publication with Cambridge University Press is titled Secular Surge (2020).

The scholar has received recognition such as the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award from the American Political Science Association in 2011.

Best Publications

American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us

Robert D. Putnam;David E. Campbell;Shaylyn Romney Garrett

3177
Citations
See Jane Run: Women Politicians as Role Models for Adolescents

David E. Campbell;Christina Wolbrecht

757
Citations
Why We Vote: How Schools and Communities Shape Our Civic Life

David E. Campbell

746
Citations
Voice in the Classroom: How an Open Classroom Climate Fosters Political Engagement Among Adolescents

David E. Campbell

652
Citations
Why We Vote

David E. Campbell

618
Citations
Leading by Example: Female Members of Parliament as Political Role Models

Christina Wolbrecht;David E. Campbell

551
Citations
School Vouchers and Academic Performance: Results from Three Randomized Field Trials

William G. Howell;Patrick J. Wolf;David E. Campbell;Paul E. Peterson

309
Citations
Social Networks and Political Participation

David E. Campbell

267
Citations
The Religion Card Gay Marriage and the 2004 Presidential Election

David E. Campbell;J. Quin Monson

261
Citations
Acts of Faith: Churches and Political Engagement

David E. Campbell

246
Citations
Civic Engagement and Education: An Empirical Test of the Sorting Model

David E. Campbell

223
Citations
VectorBase: improvements to a bioinformatics resource for invertebrate vector genomics

Karine Megy;Scott J. Emrich;Daniel Lawson;David Campbell

197
Citations
The Party Faithful: Partisan Images, Candidate Religion, and the Electoral Impact of Party Identification

David E. Campbell;John C. Green;Geoffrey C. Layman

194
Citations
Sticking Together Classroom Diversity and Civic Education

David E. Campbell

188
Citations
Social Capital and Service Learning

David E. Campbell

141
Citations
School Vouchers: Results from Randomized Experiments

William G. Howell;Paul E Peterson;Patrick J. Wolf;David E. Campbell

140
Citations
Religious “Threat” in Contemporary Presidential Elections

David E. Campbell

139
Citations
Making Civics Count: Citizenship Education for a New Generation

David E. Campbell;Meira Levinson;Frederick M. Hess

121
Citations
A Matter of Faith: Religion in the 2004 Presidential Election

David E. Campbell

112
Citations
Testing Civics: State-Level Civic Education Requirements and Political Knowledge

David E. Campbell;Richard G. Niemi

102
Citations
Participation in a national, means‐tested school voucher program

David E. Campbell;Martin R. West;Paul E. Peterson

100
Citations
What Social Scientists Have Learned about Civic Education: A Review of the Literature.

David E. Campbell

99
Citations
Charters, vouchers, and public education

Paul E. Peterson;David E. Campbell

91
Citations
The Young and the Realigning: A Test of the Socialization Theory of Realignment

David E. Campbell

77
Citations
The Civic Side of School Choice: An Empirical Analysis of Civic Education in Public and Private Schools

David E. Campbell

71
Citations
Black Politics in the South: A Descriptive Analysis

David Campbell;Joe R. Feagin

71
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul E. Peterson Harvard University

John C. Green University of Akron

Robert D. Putnam Harvard University

Francis Green University College London

Patrick J. Wolf University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

Martin R. West Harvard University

William G. Howell Johns Hopkins University

Geoffrey C. Layman University of Notre Dame

Harry Campbell University of Edinburgh

Joe R. Feagin Texas A&M University

External Links

Wikipedia of David E. Campbell Personal website of David E. Campbell

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