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 Leblang sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 85 publications — 22nd percentile
22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.
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 Leblang sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 39 D-Index — 75th percentile
75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.
David Leblang is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States and specializes in social sciences, contributing extensively to subfields such as sociology and political science, general health professions, economics and econometrics, political science and international relations, and finance.
Their research primarily addresses topics related to migration and labor dynamics, employment and welfare studies, migration, ethnicity, and economy, food security and health in diverse populations, agricultural risk and resilience, culture, economy, and development studies, as well as the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Leblang has authored several papers, including:
Frequent co-authors include Benjamin Helms, Michael D. Smith, Dennis Wesselbaum, Christian Ambrosius, and Jennifer Tobin.
Publishing frequently in venues such as Harvard Dataverse, International Studies Quarterly, World Politics, International Journal for Equity in Health, and Annual Review of Political Science, Leblang's work spans different respected outlets in political and social sciences.
In addition to journal articles, Leblang has a book published by Cambridge University Press titled The Ties That Bind (2023).
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