2026 Edward D. Mansfield: 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	48	271	240	155	131	154	18990
Economics and Finance	47	1544	1379	929	809	152	19535

Overview

Edward D. Mansfield is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research predominantly falls within the social sciences, with a specific focus on political science and international relations, sociology and political science, development, general economics, econometrics and finance, as well as gender studies.

Their research covers several main topics including:

Populism, Right-Wing Movements
International Development and Aid
Global Trade and Economics
Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism
Political Conflict and Governance
Social Policy and Reform Studies
Migration, Refugees, and Integration

Mansfield's recent scholarly output includes:

"The Globalization Backlash: Exploring New Perspectives" (2021) published in Comparative Political Studies
"Embedded Liberalism in the Digital Era" (2021) published in International Organization
"Nationalism, Populism, and Trade Agreements" (2022) published in International Studies Review
"Embedded Liberalism in the Digital Era" (2020) published in SSRN Electronic Journal

Their frequent co-authors include Witold J. Henisz, Nita Rudra, Jon Pevehouse, Diana C. Mutz, and Omer Solodoch.

Mansfield's work has been published in venues with recurring contributions such as Harvard Dataverse, SSRN Electronic Journal, International Organization, Comparative Political Studies, and International Studies Review.

In addition to journal publications, Mansfield has contributed to the academic book landscape. Notable books include:

Power, Trade, and War (2021), published by Princeton University Press
The Nexus of Economics, Security, and International Relations in East Asia (2020), published by Stanford University Press eBooks

Best Publications

Democratization and the Danger of War

Reinhard Wolf;Erich Weede;Andrew J. Enterline;Edward D. Mansfield

1784
Citations
Electing to Fight: Why Emerging Democracies Go to War

Edward D. Mansfield;Jack L. Snyder

1338
Citations
Why Democracies Cooperate More: Electoral Control and International Trade Agreements

Edward D. Mansfield;Helen V. Milner;B. Peter Rosendorff

1205
Citations
The New Wave of Regionalism

Edward D. Mansfield;Helen V. Milner

1197
Citations
Support for Free Trade: Self-Interest, Sociotropic Politics, and Out-Group Anxiety

Edward D. Mansfield;Diana C. Mutz

893
Citations
POWER POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Joanne Gowa;Edward D. Mansfield

842
Citations
Free to Trade: Democracies, Autocracies, and International Trade

Edward D. Mansfield;Helen V. Milner;B. Peter Rosendorff

830
Citations
Industrial Research and Technological Innovation: An Econometric Analysis

Edwin Mansfield

775
Citations
Democratization and War

Edward D. Mansfield;Jack Snyder

672
Citations
Democratic Transitions, Institutional Strength, and War

Edward D. Mansfield;Jack L. Snyder

634
Citations
Power, Trade, and War

Edward D. Mansfield

613
Citations
Trade Blocs, Trade Flows, and International Conflict

Edward D. Mansfield;Jon C. Pevehouse

571
Citations
Multilateral Determinants of Regionalism: The Effects of GATT/WTO on the Formation of Preferential Trading Arrangements

Edward D. Mansfield;Eric Reinhardt

506
Citations
Democratization and International Organizations

Edward D. Mansfield;Jon C. Pevehouse

485
Citations
The political economy of nontariff barriers: a cross-national analysis

Edward D. Mansfield;Marc L. Busch

414
Citations
The Study of Interdependence and Conflict Recent Advances, Open Questions, and Directions for Future Research

Edward D. Mansfield;Brian M. Pollins

367
Citations
Alliances, Preferential Trading Arrangements, and International Trade

Edward D. Mansfield;Rachel Bronson

366
Citations
Votes, Vetoes, and the Political Economy of International Trade Agreements

Edward D. Mansfield;Helen V. Milner

357
Citations
Economic Interdependence and International Conflict: New Perspectives on an Enduring Debate

Edward Deering Mansfield;Brian M. Pollins

294
Citations
International Institutions and the Volatility of International Trade

Edward D. Mansfield;Eric Reinhardt

287
Citations
Votes and Vetoes: The Political Determinants of Commercial Openness

Witold J. Henisz;Edward D. Mansfield

263
Citations
Democracy, Veto Players and the Depth of Regional Integration

Edward D. Mansfield;Helen V. Milner;Jon C. Pevehouse

256
Citations
The political economy of regionalism

Edward D. Mansfield;Helen V. Milner

226
Citations
Three Waves of BITs: The Global Diffusion of Foreign Investment Policy

Srividya Jandhyala;Witold J. Henisz;Edward D. Mansfield

210
Citations
Democratization and the Varieties of International Organizations

Edward D. Mansfield;Jon C. Pevehouse

196
Citations
Incomplete Democratization and the Outbreak of Military Disputes

Edward D. Mansfield;Jack Snyder

170
Citations
Conflict, security, and political risk: International business in challenging times

Witold J Henisz;Edward D Mansfield;Mary Ann Von Glinow

130
Citations
US versus Them: Mass Attitudes toward Offshore Outsourcing

Edward D. Mansfield;Diana C. Mutz

121
Citations
Democratization and the Danger of War

Edward D. Mansfield;Jack Snyder

107
Citations
Preferential trading arrangements and military disputes

Edward D. Mansfield;Jon C. Pevehouse;David H. Bearce

105
Citations
Fragmenting Protection: The Political Economy of Trade Policy in the Post-Communist World

Timothy Frye;Edward D. Mansfield

104
Citations
Pathways to War in Democratic Transitions

Edward D. Mansfield;Jack Snyder

87
Citations
Free to Trade: Democracies, Autocracies and International Trade Negotiations

Edward D. Mansfield;Edward D. Mansfield;Helen V. Milner;Bryan Peter Rosendorff

17
Citations
Law [Review of: (2011) World trade report 2011: the WTO and preferential trade agreements: from co-existence to coherence]

Pravin Krishna;Edward D. Mansfield;James H. Mathis

2
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Helen V. Milner Princeton University

Jon C. Pevehouse University of Wisconsin–Madison

Jack Snyder Columbia University

Diana C. Mutz University of Pennsylvania

Witold J. Henisz University of Pennsylvania

B. Peter Rosendorff New York University

Emilie Marie Hafner-Burton University of California, San Diego

Timothy Frye Columbia University

Beth A. Simmons University of Pennsylvania

Mary Ann Von Glinow Florida International University

External Links

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