2026 Emerson M. S. Niou: 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	24	1689	1547	849	751	68	2826

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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

311
Citations
Seat bonuses under the single nontransferable vote system : evidence from Japan and Taiwan

Gary W. Cox;Emerson Niou

232
Citations
Universalism in Congress

Emerson M.S. Niou;Peter C. Ordeshook

199
Citations
A Problem with Referendums

Dean Lacy;Emerson M.S. Niou

194
Citations
The Balance of Power: Stability in International Systems

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

150
Citations
Salient Issues in Taiwan's Electoral Politics*

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

139
Citations
Protest voting in plurality elections: a theory of voter signaling

Daniel Kselman;Emerson Niou

125
Citations
Understanding Taiwan Independence and Its Policy Implications

Emerson M. S. Niou

122
Citations
“Less Filling, Tastes Great”: The Realist-Neoliberal Debate

Emerson M. S. Niou;Peter C. Ordeshook

97
Citations
Stability in Anarchic International Systems

Emerson M. S. Niou;Peter C. Ordeshook

94
Citations
Managing Nuclear Proliferation: Condemn, Strike, or Assist?

Peter D. Feaver;Emerson M. S. Niou

89
Citations
Strategic Voting under Plurality and Runoff Rules

Emerson M. S. Niou

79
Citations
A Theory of the Balance of Power in International Systems

Emerson M.S. Niou;Peter C. Ordeshook

79
Citations
Realism Versus Neoliberalism: A Formulation

Emerson M. S. Niou;Peter C. Ordeshook

75
Citations
Alliances in Anarchic International Systems

Emerson M. S. Niou;Peter C. Ordeshook

68
Citations
Measuring Taiwanese Public Opinion on Taiwanese Independence

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

65
Citations
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

64
Citations
Issue Voting in the Republic of China on Taiwan's 1992 Legislative Yuan Election

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

64
Citations
Return of the Luddites

Emerson M.S. Niou;Peter C. Ordeshook

63
Citations
A note on Nanson's rule

Emerson M. S. Niou

36
Citations
External Threat and Collective Action

Emerson M. S. Niou;Guofu Tan

28
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter C. Ordeshook California Institute of Technology

Gary W. Cox Stanford University

Peter D. Feaver Duke University

External Links

Personal website of Emerson M. S. Niou

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