2026 David S. Meyer: 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	38	561	511	310	269	142	12696

Research.com Recognitions

2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2009 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

David S. Meyer is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States and primarily works within the Social Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Communication, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Health.

Their work covers a range of topics with a focus on:

Political Conflict and Governance
Social Media and Politics
Populism, Right-Wing Movements
Electoral Systems and Political Participation
Nuclear Issues and Defense
International Relations and Foreign Policy
Gun Ownership and Violence Research

David S. Meyer has contributed to articles published in notable venues, including:

American Behavioral Scientist
The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements
Mobilization An International Quarterly
Journal of Singing
Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews

Among their recent papers are:

"Protest During a Pandemic: How Covid-19 Affected Social Movements in the United States," 2022, American Behavioral Scientist
"GROWTH AND DECLINE OF OPPOSING MOVEMENTS: GUN CONTROL AND GUN RIGHTS, 1945-2015*," 2021, Mobilization An International Quarterly
"Pathways for diversifying and enhancing science advocacy," 2023, Science Advances
"Tracking the Resistance," 2020, Sociology Compass
"William A. Gamson and His Legacy for Academia and Social Movements," 2021, Contention

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Meyer include:

Alex Maresca
Christian T. Herbst
Kaylin Bourdon
Deana A. Rohlinger
Eulalie Laschever

David S. Meyer is recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor received in 2013. Meyer is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2009.

Best Publications

Protest and Political Opportunities

David S. Meyer

2270
Citations
Movements, Countermovements, and the Structure of Political Opportunity

David S. Meyer;Suzanne Staggenborg

1857
Citations
Conceptualizing Political Opportunity

David S. Meyer;Debra C. Minkoff

1629
Citations
Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements: Framing political opportunity

William A. Gamson;David S. Meyer

1558
Citations
Social Movement Spillover

David S. Meyer;Nancy Whittier

1194
Citations
The social movement society : contentious politics for a new century

Steven E. Barkan;David S. Meyer;Sidney Tarrow

674
Citations
The Politics of Protest: Social Movements in America

David S. Meyer

399
Citations
A Winter of Discontent: The Nuclear Freeze and American Politics

David S. Meyer

386
Citations
The challenge of cultural elites : celebrities and social movements

David S. Meyer

286
Citations
A Research Agenda

David S. Meyer

244
Citations
Missed Opportunities: Social Movement Abeyance and Public Policy

Traci M. Sawyers;David S. Meyer

217
Citations
Social movements : identity, culture, and the state

David S. Meyer;Nancy Whittier;Belinda Robnett

208
Citations
Framing national security: Elite public discourse on nuclear weapons during the cold war

David S. Meyer

195
Citations
Marcos interpretativos de la oportunidad política

David S. Meyer;William A. Gamson

195
Citations
Institutionalizing dissent: The United States structure of political opportunity and the end of the nuclear freeze movement

David S. Meyer

182
Citations
Routing the Opposition: Social Movements, Public Policy, and Democracy

David S. Meyer;Valerie Jenness;Helen M. Ingram

154
Citations
Public Policy for Democracy.

David S. Meyer;Helen Ingram;Steven Rathgeb Smith

151
Citations
Coalitions and Political Context: U.S. Movements Against Wars in Iraq

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131
Citations
Signals and Spillover: Brown v. Board of Education and Other Social Movements

David S. Meyer;Steven Allen Boutcher

113
Citations
Social Movement Spillover

Unknown

67
Citations
The resistance : the dawn of the anti-Trump opposition movement

David S. Meyer;Sidney G. Tarrow;Jacob S. Hacker

41
Citations
How Social Movements Matter

David S. Meyer

32
Citations
Social Protest and Policy Change: Ecology, Antinuclear, and Peace Movements in Comparative Perspective

David S. Meyer

31
Citations
Platform Leadership: Cultivating Support for a Public Profile

Kelsy Noele Kretschmer;David S. Meyer

15
Citations
Inequality and American Democracy: What We Know and What We Need to Learn

David Meyer

4
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sidney Tarrow Cornell University

Helen Ingram University of California, Irvine

Gary Alan Fine Northwestern University

Janet C. Gornick City University of New York

Bert Klandermans Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Christian Davenport University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Ruud Koopmans Social Science Research Center Berlin

Marco Giugni University of Geneva

John D. McCarthy Pennsylvania State University

External Links

Personal website of David S. Meyer

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