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26
Citations
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1496
National Ranking
745

Eric Foner 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 Eric Foner sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 114 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Eric Foner 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 Eric Foner 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: 26 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1975 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Eric Foner is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on social sciences with significant contributions to business, management, and accounting. Key subfields of study include sociology and political science, political science and international relations, and marketing.

Their main topics of work cover race, history, and American society; American constitutional law and politics; and American history and culture.

Eric Foner has published research in the venue Civil War history. A recent paper includes "The Causes of the American Civil War: Recent Interpretations and New Directions (1974 Reprint)" published in 2023 in Civil War history.

Frequent coauthors of Eric Foner include:

  • James R. McPherson
  • David M. Oshinsky
  • Daniel Bordoni
  • Kenneth Obel
  • Shannon Verner

Throughout their career, Eric Foner has received several recognitions:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1989
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1975
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2020

Best Publications

  • Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution - 1863-1877

    Eric Foner

  • Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men : The Ideology of the Republican Party Before the Civil War

    Unknown

  • The Story of American Freedom

    Eric Foner

  • Tom Paine and Revolutionary America

    Eric Foner

  • A Short History of Reconstruction

    Eric Foner

  • Nothing But Freedom: Emancipation and Its Legacy

    Eric Foner

  • Politics and ideology in the age of the Civil War

    Eric Foner

  • The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

    Eric Foner

  • The New American History

    Eric Foner

  • Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction

    Eric Foner;Joshua Brown

  • Why is there no socialism in the United States

    Eric Foner

  • Who Owns History?: Rethinking the Past in a Changing World

    Eric Foner

  • The Reader's Companion to American History

    David Barrow;Eric Foner;John A. Garraty

  • The Meaning of Freedom in the Age of Emancipation

    Unknown

  • Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders during Reconstruction

    Eric Foner

  • American History Now

    Lisa McGirr;Eric Foner

  • Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877.

    Unknown

  • The Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

    Unknown

  • Rights and the Constitution in Black Life during the Civil War and Reconstruction

    Eric Foner

  • Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men: The Ideology of the Republican Party Before the Civil War.

    Unknown

  • The Meaning of Freedom in the Age of Emancipation

    Eric Foner

  • A short history of Reconstruction, 1863-1877

    Eric Foner

  • The Story of American Freedom

    Mark Tushnet;Eric Foner

  • American Freedom in a Global Age

    Eric Foner

  • Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men: The Ideology of the Republican Party before the Civil War

    Unknown

  • America's Reconstruction: People and Politics After the Civil War

    Eric Foner;Olivia Mahoney

  • Nothing but Freedom

    Eric Foner

  • The Strange Career of the Reconstruction Amendments

    Eric Foner

  • Tom Paine and Revolutionary America

    Unknown

  • Politics and Ideology in the Age of the Civil War

    Richard Twomey;Eric Foner

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