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D-Index
90
Citations
42886
World Ranking
16
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2010 - Heinz I. Eulau Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Donald P. Green is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the social sciences, with a particular focus on political science, sociology, communication, and gender studies. Their work encompasses various subfields including sociology and political science, political science and international relations, communication, gender studies, and statistics and probability.

Their research topics include:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Media Influence and Politics
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Gender Politics and Representation
  • Media Studies and Communication
  • Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence

Notable recent publications by Donald P. Green feature research on violence against women and mass media experiments, including:

  • "Countering Violence Against Women by Encouraging Disclosure: A Mass Media Experiment in Rural Uganda" (2020) in Comparative Political Studies
  • "Prejudice Reduction: Progress and Challenges" (2020) in Annual Review of Psychology, authored by Elizabeth Levy Paluck but often cited alongside Green's work
  • "The Failings of Conventional Mediation Analysis and a Design-Based Alternative" (2021) in Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science
  • "Place-Based Interventions at Scale: The Direct and Spillover Effects of Policing and City Services on Crime" (2021) in Journal of the European Economic Association
  • "Data-driven choice of a model selection method in joinpoint regression" (2022) in Journal of Applied Statistics

Donald P. Green has collaborated frequently with coauthors such as James Druckman, Costas Panagopoulos, Anna M. Wilke, Jasper Cooper, and Jonathan S. Krasno.

The majority of their publications appear in venues such as Harvard Dataverse, SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Experimental Political Science, The Journal of Politics, and Research & Politics.

In addition to articles, Donald P. Green has authored book publications, including the title Social Science Experiments published by Cambridge University Press in 2022.

The researcher has received professional recognition including the Heinz I. Eulau Award from the American Political Science Association in 2010, and fellowships from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as well as the American Academy of Political and Social Science, both awarded in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Pathologies of Rational Choice Theory: A Critique of Applications in Political Science

    Donald P. Green;Ian Shapiro

  • Partisan Hearts and Minds: Political Parties and the Social Identities of Voters

    Donald P. Green;Bradley Palmquist;Eric Schickler

  • Redefine statistical significance

    Daniel J. Benjamin;James O. Berger;Magnus Johannesson;Magnus Johannesson;Brian A. Nosek;Brian A. Nosek

  • The Effects of Canvassing, Telephone Calls, and Direct Mail on Voter Turnout: A Field Experiment

    Alan S. Gerber;Donald P. Green

  • Social Pressure and Voter Turnout: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment

    Alan S. Gerber;Donald P. Green;Christopher W. Larimer

  • Field Experiments: Design, Analysis, and Interpretation

    Alan S Gerber;Donald P Green

  • Prejudice Reduction: What Works? A Review and Assessment of Research and Practice

    Elizabeth Levy Paluck;Donald P. Green

  • Public Opinion Toward Immigration Reform: The Role of Economic Motivations

    Jack Citrin;Donald P. Green;Christopher Muste;Cara Wong

  • Get Out the Vote!: How to Increase Voter Turnout

    Donald P. Green;Alan S. Gerber

  • Voting May Be Habit-Forming: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

    Alan S. Gerber;Donald P. Green;Ron Shachar

  • Salvation for the Spendthrift Incumbent: Reestimating the Effects of Campaign Spending in House Elections

    Donald Philip Green;Jonathan S. Krasno

  • The contact hypothesis re-evaluated

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  • Measurement error masks bipolarity in affect ratings.

    Donald Philip Green;Susan Lee Goldman;Peter Salovey

  • Presidential Leadership and the Resurgence of Trust in Government

    Jack Citrin;Donald Philip Green

  • How large and long-lasting are the persuasive effects of televised campaign ads? Results from a randomized field experiment

    Alan S. Gerber;James G. Gimpel;Donald P. Green;Daron R. Shaw

  • American Identity and the Politics of Ethnic Change

    Jack Citrin;Beth A. Reingold;Donald P. Green

  • Defended Neighborhoods, Integration, and Racially Motivated Crime

    Donald P. Green;Dara Z. Strolovitch;Janelle S. Wong

  • Referendum contingent valuation, anchoring, and willingness to pay for public goods

    Donald Green;Karen E. Jacowitz;Daniel Kahneman;Daniel McFadden

  • Promoting Transparency in Social Science Research

    E. Miguel;C. Camerer;K. Casey;J. Cohen

  • MISPERCEPTIONS ABOUT PERCEPTUAL BIAS

    Alan Gerber and;Donald Green

  • The Growth and Development of Experimental Research in Political Science

    James N. Druckman;Donald P. Green;James H. Kuklinski;Arthur Lupia

  • Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Political Science

    James N. Druckman;Donald P. Green;James H. Kuklinski;Arthur Lupia

  • Getting Out the Vote in Local Elections: Results from Six Door-to-Door Canvassing Experiments

    Donald P. Green;Alan S. Gerber;David W. Nickerson

  • Instrumental Variables Estimation in Political Science: A Readers’ Guide

    Allison J. Sovey;Donald P. Green

  • Prejudice Reduction: Progress and Challenges

    Elizabeth Levy Paluck;Roni Porat;Roni Porat;Chelsey S. Clark;Donald P. Green

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan S. Gerber
Alan S. Gerber Yale University
Ian Shapiro
Ian Shapiro Yale University
Eric Schickler
Eric Schickler University of California, Berkeley
Costas Panagopoulos
Costas Panagopoulos Northeastern University
Arthur Lupia
Arthur Lupia University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jack Citrin
Jack Citrin University of California, Berkeley
James N. Druckman
James N. Druckman University of Rochester
David W. Nickerson
David W. Nickerson Temple University
Brian A. Nosek
Brian A. Nosek Center for Open Science
Simine Vazire
Simine Vazire University of Melbourne

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