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D-Index
37
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5984
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645
National Ranking
351

Donald R. Songer publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

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 R. Songer sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 103 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

Donald R. Songer D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

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 R. Songer sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 76 scientists 21 D-Index: 79 scientists 22 D-Index: 84 scientists 23 D-Index: 68 scientists 24 D-Index: 88 scientists 25 D-Index: 82 scientists 26 D-Index: 76 scientists 27 D-Index: 75 scientists 28 D-Index: 99 scientists 29 D-Index: 96 scientists 30 D-Index: 96 scientists 31 D-Index: 81 scientists 32 D-Index: 86 scientists 33 D-Index: 81 scientists 34 D-Index: 84 scientists 35 D-Index: 72 scientists 36 D-Index: 58 scientists 37 D-Index: 53 scientists 38 D-Index: 48 scientists 39 D-Index: 40 scientists 40 D-Index: 40 scientists 41 D-Index: 32 scientists 42 D-Index: 26 scientists 43 D-Index: 25 scientists 44 D-Index: 33 scientists 45 D-Index: 33 scientists 46 D-Index: 17 scientists 47 D-Index: 21 scientists 48 D-Index: 22 scientists 49 D-Index: 18 scientists 50 D-Index: 19 scientists 51 D-Index: 19 scientists 52 D-Index: 15 scientists 53 D-Index: 14 scientists 54 D-Index: 10 scientists 55 D-Index: 13 scientists 56 D-Index: 9 scientists 57 D-Index: 11 scientists 58 D-Index: 12 scientists 59 D-Index: 10 scientists 60 D-Index: 5 scientists 61 D-Index: 7 scientists 62+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

Overview

Donald R. Songer was affiliated with the University of South Carolina in the United States during their academic career. They contributed to the scientific community through research and publications, engaging in scholarly activities related to their institutional role.

No records of recent papers, co-authors, publication venues, or specific fields of study were documented in the available data. Similarly, information about conference participation, awards, or book publications was not provided.

There is no detailed information regarding the main research topics, subfields, or thematic areas covered by their work in the provided data.

Donald R. Songer is deceased. The summary focuses on factual aspects based on available information without additional interpretation or subjective commentary.

Best Publications

  • The Hierarchy of Justice: Testing a Principal-Agent Model of Supreme Court-Circuit Court Interactions

    Donald R. Songer;Jeffrey A. Segal;Charles M. Cameron

  • Strategic Auditing in a Political Hierarchy: An Informational Model of the Supreme Court's Certiorari Decisions

    Charles M. Cameron;Jeffrey A. Segal;Donald Songer

  • Who Wins on Appeal? Upperdogs and Underdogs in the United States Courts of Appeals

    Donald R. Songer;Reginald S. Sheehan

  • Ideology, Status, and The Differential Success of Direct Parties Before the Supreme Court

    Reginald S. Sheehan;William Mishler;Donald R. Songer

  • A Reappraisal of Diversification in the Federal Courts: Gender Effects in the Courts of Appeals

    Donald R. Songer;Sue Davis;Susan Haire

  • Integrating Alternative Approaches to the Study of Judicial Voting: Obscenity Cases in the U.S. Courts of Appeals

    Donald R. Songer;Susan Haire

  • Supreme Court Impact On Compliance and Outcomes: Miranda and New York Times in the United States Courts of Appeals

    Donald R. Songer;Reginald S. Sheehan

  • Continuity and Change on the United States Courts of Appeals

    Donald R. Songer;Reginald S. Sheehan;Susan B. Haire

  • Interest Group Success in the Courts: Amicus Participation in the Supreme Court

    Donald R. Songer;Reginald S. Sheehan

  • Appellate Court Supervision in the Federal Judiciary: A Hierarchical Perspective

    Susan B. Haire;Stefanie A. Lindquist;Donald R. Songer

  • Do the "haves" come out ahead over time? Applying Galanter's framework to decisions of the U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1925-1988

    Donald R. Songer;Reginald S. Sheehan;Susan Brodie Haire

  • Does judge gender matter? Decision making in state supreme courts

    Donald R. Songer;Kelley A. Crews-Meye

  • Not the whole story: The impact of justices' values on supreme court decision making

    Donald R. Songer;Stefanie A. Lindquist

  • The Impact of Party and Region On Voting Decisions in the United States Courts of Appeals, 1955-1986:

    Donald R. Songer;Sue Davis

  • Law and Politics in Judicial Oversight of Federal Administrative Agencies

    Martha Anne Humphries;Donald R. Songer

  • Consensual and Nonconsensual Decisions in Unanimous Opinions of the United States Courts of Appeals

    Donald R. Songer

  • An Empirical Test of the Rational Actor Theory of Litigation

    Donald R. Songer;Charles M. Cameron;Jeffrey A. Segal

  • PRESIDENTIAL EFFECTS ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY IN THE LOWER FEDERAL COURTS: THE REAGAN JUDGES

    C. K. Rowland;Donald Songer;Robert A. Carp

  • Nonpublication in the Eleventh Circuit: An Empirical Analysis

    Donald R. Songer;Danna Smith;Reginald S. Sheehan

  • The Impact of the Supreme Court on Trends in Economic Policy Making in the United States Courts of Appeals

    Donald R. Songer

  • Assessing the Impact of

    Donald R. Songer;Martha Humphries Ginn

  • Making Law in the United States Courts of Appeals

    Donald R. Songer

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey A. Segal
Jeffrey A. Segal Stony Brook University
Thomas G. Hansford
Thomas G. Hansford University of California, Merced
William Mishler
William Mishler University of Arizona

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