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Emerson M. S. Niou

Emerson M. S. Niou

D-Index & Metrics

Political Science

D-Index
24
Citations
2826
World Ranking
1689
National Ranking
849

Emerson M. S. Niou 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 Emerson M. S. Niou sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 68 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Emerson M. S. Niou 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 Emerson M. S. Niou sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 24 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Emerson M. S. Niou is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields within social sciences, with particular focus on areas intersecting political science, international relations, and economics.

Niou's research interests include:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Game Theory and Voting Systems
  • Gender Politics and Representation
  • Defense, Military, and Policy Studies
  • International Relations and Foreign Policy
  • Political Conflict and Governance

Within the broader academic disciplines, Niou's publications are primarily concentrated in:

  • Social Sciences
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Subfields in which Niou has contributed include:

  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Gender Studies
  • Sociology and Political Science

Niou's recent scholarly publications are:

  • Measuring 'closeness' in 3-candidate elections: Methodology and an application to strategic voting, 2020, Electoral Studies
  • Entente versus Alliance: When Should States Be Friends but Not Allies?, 2023, Defence and Peace Economics

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Niou include:

  • Daniel M. Kselman
  • Austin Horng-En Wang
  • Sean Zeigler

Emerson M. S. Niou's research has been published in venues such as:

  • Electoral Studies
  • Defence and Peace Economics

Best Publications

  • A Theory of Economic Sanctions and Issue Linkage: The Roles of Preferences, Information, and Threats

    Dean Lacy;Emerson M. S. Niou

  • Seat bonuses under the single nontransferable vote system : evidence from Japan and Taiwan

    Gary W. Cox;Emerson Niou

  • Universalism in Congress

    Emerson M.S. Niou;Peter C. Ordeshook

  • A Problem with Referendums

    Dean Lacy;Emerson M.S. Niou

  • The Balance of Power: Stability in International Systems

    Emerson M. S. Niou;Peter C. Ordeshook;Gregory F. Rose

  • Salient Issues in Taiwan's Electoral Politics*

    John Fuh-Sheng Hsieh;Emerson M.S. Niou

  • Protest voting in plurality elections: a theory of voter signaling

    Daniel Kselman;Emerson Niou

  • Understanding Taiwan Independence and Its Policy Implications

    Emerson M. S. Niou

  • “Less Filling, Tastes Great”: The Realist-Neoliberal Debate

    Emerson M. S. Niou;Peter C. Ordeshook

  • Stability in Anarchic International Systems

    Emerson M. S. Niou;Peter C. Ordeshook

  • Managing Nuclear Proliferation: Condemn, Strike, or Assist?

    Peter D. Feaver;Emerson M. S. Niou

  • Strategic Voting under Plurality and Runoff Rules

    Emerson M. S. Niou

  • A Theory of the Balance of Power in International Systems

    Emerson M.S. Niou;Peter C. Ordeshook

  • Realism Versus Neoliberalism: A Formulation

    Emerson M. S. Niou;Peter C. Ordeshook

  • Alliances in Anarchic International Systems

    Emerson M. S. Niou;Peter C. Ordeshook

  • Measuring Taiwanese Public Opinion on Taiwanese Independence

    John Fuh-sheng Hsieh;Emerson M.S. Niou

  • Retrospective and prospective voting in a one-party- dominant democracy: Taiwan’s 1996 presidential election

    John Fuh-Sheng Hsieh;Dean Lacy;Emerson M. S. Niou

  • Issue Voting in the Republic of China on Taiwan's 1992 Legislative Yuan Election

    John Fuh-Sheng Hsieh;Emerson M.S. Niou

  • Return of the Luddites

    Emerson M.S. Niou;Peter C. Ordeshook

  • A note on Nanson's rule

    Emerson M. S. Niou

  • External Threat and Collective Action

    Emerson M. S. Niou;Guofu Tan

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter C. Ordeshook
Peter C. Ordeshook California Institute of Technology
Gary W. Cox
Gary W. Cox Stanford University
Peter D. Feaver
Peter D. Feaver Duke University

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