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 Donald F. Kettl sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 130 publications — 55th percentile
55% 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 Donald F. Kettl sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 38 D-Index — 73rd percentile
73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.
Donald F. Kettl is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their primary field of study is Social Sciences, with a strong focus on Political Science and International Relations and Public Administration. Other relevant subfields include Sociology and Political Science, Strategy and Management, and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.
The research topics covered in their work encompass Public Policy and Administration Research, Policy Transfer and Learning, Social Policy and Reform Studies, Weber, Simmel, and Sociological Theory, Management and Organizational Studies, Political and Economic History of the UK and US, and Political Systems and Governance.
Frequent publication venues for this researcher include Public Administration Review, Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, Governance, Leader to Leader, and the International Journal of Public Administration.
Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Donald F. Kettl include:
Additional collaborative work includes papers coauthored with Andrew Podger and William D. Eggers, with topics exploring politicized public service and new visions of government.
Frequent coauthors of Donald F. Kettl include Andrew Podger, William D. Eggers, Melvin J. Dubnick, Mary E. Guy, and Pan Suk Kim.
There are also book publications under their name from prominent academic presses. Cambridge University Press published Experts in Government in 2023, and Princeton University Press published The Divided States of America in 2020.
Awards received include the John Gaus Award from the American Political Science Association (APSA) in 2008, and they are recognized as a Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration.
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