2026 David J. Houston: 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	24	1665	1525	837	741	43	3828

David J. Houston 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 David J. Houston sits on this spectrum.

36 publications 333+

This scientist: 43 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David J. Houston 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 David J. Houston sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 24 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David J. Houston is affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with a particular focus on topics related to religion and its intersections with society and work.

The scientist's main fields of study include social sciences, with subfields in sociology and political science, health, accounting, and demography. Their work addresses a variety of topics such as religion, spirituality, and psychology; religion, society, and development; religion and society interactions; Islamic finance and banking studies; and workplace spirituality and leadership.

Recent publications by David J. Houston include the following papers:

Religion and Public Administration: American Exceptionalism or Global Norm? (2021) published in the International Journal of Public Administration
Religiosity and work motives among public sector employees (2024) published in the Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration

David J. Houston has collaborated notably with Patricia K. Freeman, with whom they have co-authored at least two publications.

Their research has been featured mostly in the International Journal of Public Administration and the Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, reflecting a concentration on public administration contexts in their investigation of religion-related topics.

Best Publications

Public-Service Motivation: A Multivariate Test

David J. Houston

1241
Citations
“Walking the Walk” of Public Service Motivation: Public Employees and Charitable Gifts of Time, Blood, and Money

David J. Houston

732
Citations
Public Administration Research: An Assessment of Journal Publications

David J. Houston;Sybil M. Delevan

217
Citations
Implications of Occupational Locus and Focus for Public Service Motivation: Attitudes Toward Work Motives across Nations

David J. Houston

201
Citations
Spirituality and Public Service

David J. Houston;Katherine E. Cartwright

188
Citations
Motorcyclist fatality rates and mandatory helmet-use laws.

David J. Houston;Lilliard E. Richardson

134
Citations
Motorcycle Safety and the Repeal of Universal Helmet Laws

David J. Houston;Lilliard E. Richardson

94
Citations
Getting Americans to buckle up: The efficacy of state seat belt laws

David J. Houston;Lilliard E. Richardson

92
Citations
Traffic safety and the switch to a primary seat belt law: The California experience

David J. Houston;Lilliard E. Richardson

87
Citations
Are helmet laws protecting young motorcyclists

David J. Houston

80
Citations
Drinking-and-Driving in America: A Test of Behavioral Assumptions Underlying Public Policy:

David J. Houston;Lilliard E. Richardson

72
Citations
Public Trust in Government Administrators

David J. Houston;Lauren Howard Harding

67
Citations
THE POLITICS OF AIR BAG SAFETY: A COMPETITION AMONG PROBLEM DEFINITIONS

David J. Houston;Lilliard E. Richardson

65
Citations
Legislating Traffic Safety: A Pooled Time Series Analysis

David J. Houston;Lillard E. Richardson Jr.;Grant W. Neeley

53
Citations
Risk Compensation or Risk Reduction? Seatbelts, State Laws, and Traffic Fatalities*

David J. Houston;Lilliard E. Richardson

35
Citations
Reducing Traffic Fatalities in the American States by Upgrading Seat Belt Use Laws to Primary Enforcement.

David J. Houston;Lilliard E. Richardson

34
Citations
Citizen Trust in Civil Servants: A Cross-National Examination

David J. Houston;Nurgul R. Aitalieva;Andrew L. Morelock;Chris A. Shults

32
Citations
Safety belt use and the switch to primary enforcement, 1991-2003.

David J. Houston;Lilliard E. Richardson

31
Citations
Implications of the 65-mph speed limit for traffic safety.

David J. Houston

30
Citations
PUBLIC SERVICE MOTIVATION IN THE POST‐COMMUNIST STATE

David J. Houston

28
Citations
How Naked Is the Public Square? Religion, Public Service, and Implications for Public Administration

David J. Houston;Patricia K. Freeman;David L. Feldman

27
Citations
Safety Belt Use and the Switch to Primary Enforcement

David J. Houston

8
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lilliard E. Richardson Pennsylvania State University

Clifford Winston Brookings Institution

External Links

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