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 Desmond King sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 256 publications — 89th percentile
89% 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 Desmond King sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 47 D-Index — 86th percentile
86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.
Desmond King is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily centers around social sciences, with a strong focus on political science and international relations as well as sociology and political science. Additional areas of study include general health professions, finance, and law.
Their scholarly work explores a range of topics including electoral systems and political participation, migration, refugees, and integration, political philosophy and ethics, populism and right-wing movements, employment and welfare studies, housing, finance, and neoliberalism, as well as American constitutional law and politics.
Desmond King has contributed multiple papers to various academic journals. Some recent publications include:
Frequent coauthors include Rogers M. Smith, Gerda Hooijer, Jasper Theodor Kauth, Anna Boucher, and Isabelle Napier.
They have published multiple times in venues such as:
Their academic recognition includes being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017 and becoming a Member of Academia Europaea in 2016.
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