Erik C. Nisbet

Erik C. Nisbet publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

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Erik C. Nisbet 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 Erik C. Nisbet sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Boomerang Effects in Science Communication How Motivated Reasoning and Identity Cues Amplify Opinion Polarization About Climate Mitigation Policies

  P. Sol Hart;Erik C. Nisbet

  1256
  Citations

• Social Structure and Citizenship: Examining the Impacts of Social Setting, Network Heterogeneity, and Informational Variables on Political Participation

  Dietram A. Scheufele;Matthew C. Nisbet;Dominique Brossard;Erik C. Nisbet

  510
  Citations

• The Partisan Brain How Dissonant Science Messages Lead Conservatives and Liberals to (Dis)Trust Science

  Erik C. Nisbet;Kathryn E. Cooper;R. Kelly Garrett

  440
  Citations

• Democracy Based on Difference: Examining the Links Between Structural Heterogeneity, Heterogeneity of Discussion Networks, and Democratic Citizenship

  Dietram A. Scheufele;Bruce W. Hardy;Dominique Brossard;Israel S. Waismel-Manor

  365
  Citations

• Internet Use and Democratic Demands: A Multinational, Multilevel Model of Internet Use and Citizen Attitudes About Democracy

  Erik C. Nisbet;Elizabeth Stoycheff;Katy E. Pearce

  248
  Citations

• Who's Responsible for the Digital Divide? Public Perceptions and Policy Implications

  Dmitry Epstein;Erik C. Nisbet;Tarleton Gillespie

  212
  Citations

• Undermining the Corrective Effects of Media‐Based Political Fact Checking? The Role of Contextual Cues and Naïve Theory

  R. Kelly Garrett;Erik C. Nisbet;Emily K. Lynch

  181
  Citations

• Public Diplomacy, Television News, and Muslim Opinion:

  Erik C. Nisbet;Matthew C. Nisbet;Dietram A. Scheufele;James E. Shanahan

  180
  Citations

• Attitude Change in Competitive Framing Environments? Open-/Closed-Mindedness, Framing Effects, and Climate Change

  Erik C. Nisbet;P. S. Hart;Teresa Myers;Morgan Ellithorpe

  173
  Citations

• Climate change, cultural cognition, and media effects: Worldviews drive news selectivity, biased processing, and polarized attitudes.

  Todd P. Newman;Erik C. Nisbet;Matthew C. Nisbet

  169
  Citations

• Boomerang effects in science communication: How motivated reasoning and identity cues amplify opinion polarization about climate mitigation policies

  Unknown

  152
  Citations

• The Engagement Model of Opinion Leadership: Testing Validity Within a European Context

  Erik C. Nisbet

  125
  Citations

• Public attention to science and political news and support for climate change mitigation

  P. Sol Hart;Erik C. Nisbet;Teresa A. Myers

  117
  Citations

• Challenging the State: Transnational TV and Political Identity in the Middle East

  Erik C. Nisbet;Teresa A. Myers

  110
  Citations

• Public opinion toward Muslim Americans: Civil liberties and the role of religiosity, ideology, and media use

  Erik C. Nisbet;Ronald Ostman;James Shanahan

  84
  Citations

• Anti-American Sentiment as a Media Effect? Arab Media, Political Identity, and Public Opinion in the Middle East

  Erik C. Nisbet;Teresa A. Myers

  83
  Citations

• Media Use, Democratic Citizenship, and Communication Gaps in a Developing Democracy

  Erik C. Nisbet

  80
  Citations

• What’s the Bandwidth for Democracy? Deconstructing Internet Penetration and Citizen Attitudes About Governance

  Elizabeth Stoycheff;Erik C. Nisbet

  79
  Citations

• Ignorance or bias? Evaluating the ideological and informational drivers of communication gaps about climate change.

  Erik C. Nisbet;Kathryn E. Cooper;Morgan Ellithorpe

  78
  Citations

• Green Narratives: How Affective Responses to Media Messages Influence Risk Perceptions and Policy Preferences About Environmental Hazards

  Kathryn E. Cooper;Erik C. Nisbet

  55
  Citations