2026 Frank R. Baumgartner: 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	62	93	81	57	47	235	36030

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
2017 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2008 - Gladys M. Kammerer Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Overview

Frank R. Baumgartner is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with significant contributions in sociology and political science, political science and international relations, strategy and management, safety, risk, reliability and quality, and general health professions.

Their work covers a range of topics that include:

Crime Patterns and Interventions
Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
Policing Practices and Perceptions
Electoral Systems and Political Participation
Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
Traffic and Road Safety
Urban Transport and Accessibility

Baumgartner has published extensively, with recent selected papers that illustrate their research interests:

Intersectional Encounters, Representative Bureaucracy, and the Routine Traffic Stop (2020), Policy Studies Journal
Race, Place, and Context: The Persistence of Race Effects in Traffic Stop Outcomes in the Face of Situational, Demographic, and Political Controls (2020), The Journal of Race Ethnicity and Politics
Re-prioritizing traffic stops to reduce motor vehicle crash outcomes and racial disparities (2020), Injury Epidemiology
Fines, Fees, Forfeitures, and Disparities: A Link Between Municipal Reliance on Fines and Racial Disparities in Policing (2020), Policy Studies Journal
Racial Resentment and the Death Penalty (2022), The Journal of Race Ethnicity and Politics

Frequent co-authors include:

Kelsey Shoub
Derek A. Epp
Leah Christiani
Kevin Roach
Laura Chaqués-Bonafont

Baumgartner's publications often appear in venues such as:

UNC Libraries
The Journal of Race Ethnicity and Politics
Policy Studies Journal
Injury Epidemiology
Politics Groups and Identities

The scientist has also contributed to book publications, which include:

The Dynamics of Public Opinion (2021), published by Cambridge University Press
Verbandsmanagement (2022), published by Schäffer-Poeschel eBooks

Among professional recognitions, Baumgartner was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017. They also received the Gladys M. Kammerer Award from the American Political Science Association in 2008.

Best Publications

Agendas and instability in American politics

Frank R. Baumgartner;Bryan D. Jones

11232
Citations
The Politics of Attention: How Government Prioritizes Problems

Bryan D. Jones;Frank R. Baumgartner

3003
Citations
Basic Interests: The Importance of Groups in Politics and in Political Science

Frank R. Baumgartner;Beth L. Leech

1845
Citations
Lobbying and Policy Change: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why

Frank R. Baumgartner;Jeffrey M. Berry;Marie Hojnacki;Beth L. Leech

1826
Citations
Agenda Dynamics and Policy Subsystems

Frank R. Baumgartner;Bryan Davidson Jones

1772
Citations
Punctuated-Equilibrium Theory : Explaining Stability and Change in Public Policymaking

James L. True;Bryan D. Jones;Frank R. Baumgartner

1447
Citations
Punctuated-Equilibrium Theory

James L. True;Bryan D. Jones;Frank R. Baumgartner

1308
Citations
Punctuated Equilibrium in Comparative Perspective

Frank R. Baumgartner;Christian Breunig;Christoffer Green-Pedersen;Bryan D. Jones

690
Citations
Interest Niches and Policy Bandwagons: Patterns of Interest Group Involvement in National Politics

Frank R. Baumgartner;Beth L. Leech

679
Citations
From There to Here: Punctuated Equilibrium to the General Punctuation Thesis to a Theory of Government Information Processing

Bryan D. Jones;Frank R. Baumgartner

634
Citations
The Decline of the Death Penalty and the Discovery of Innocence

Frank R. Baumgartner;Suzanna L. De Boef;Amber E.Q. Boydstun

574
Citations
Representation and agenda-setting

Bryan D. Jones;Frank R. Baumgartner

433
Citations
A General Empirical Law of Public Budgets: A Comparative Analysis

Bryan Davidson Jones;Frank R. Baumgartner;Christian Breunig;Christopher Wlezien

418
Citations
Comparative studies of policy agendas

Frank R. Baumgartner;Christoffer Green-Pedersen;Bryan D. Jones

370
Citations
A Model of Choice for Public Policy

Bryan Davidson Jones;Frank R. Baumgartner

367
Citations
The Politics of Information: Problem Definition and the Course of Public Policy in America

Frank R. Baumgartner;Bryan D. Jones

344
Citations
The Politics of Information

Frank R. Baumgartner;Bryan D. Jones

338
Citations
A Failure to Communicate: Agenda Setting in Media and Policy Studies

Michelle Wolfe;Bryan D. Jones;Frank R. Baumgartner

318
Citations
Studying Organizational Advocacy and Influence: Reexamining Interest Group Research

Marie Hojnacki;David C. Kimball;Frank R. Baumgartner;Jeffrey M. Berry

274
Citations
THE DESTRUCTION OF ISSUE MONOPOLIES IN CONGRESS

Bryan D. Jones;Frank R. Baumgartner;Jeffery C. Talbert

256
Citations
Policy punctuations: U.S. budget authority, 1947-1995

Bryan Davidson Jones;Frank R. Baumgartner;James L. True

252
Citations
Comparative Studies of Policy Dynamics

Frank R. Baumgartner;Bryan Davidson Jones;John Wilkerson

239
Citations
Measuring the size and scope of the EU interest group population

Arndt Wonka;Frank R Baumgartner;Christine Mahoney;Joost Berkhout

238
Citations
Ideas and Policy Change

Frank R. Baumgartner

228
Citations
Survey Research and Membership in Voluntary Associations

Frank R. Baumgartner;Jack L. Walker

228
Citations
Drawing Lobbyists to Washington: Government Activity and the Demand for Advocacy

Beth L. Leech;Frank R. Baumgartner;Timothy M. La Pira;Nicholas A. Semanko

204
Citations
After Disaster: Agenda Setting, Public Policy, and Focusing Events by Thomas A. Birkland

Frank R. Baumgartner

154
Citations
Agendas and Instability in American Politics, Second Edition

Frank R. Baumgartner;Bryan D. Jones

143
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Bryan D. Jones The University of Texas at Austin

Jeffrey M. Berry Tufts University

Christian Breunig University of Konstanz

Sylvain Brouard Sciences Po

Martial Foucault Sciences Po

Ansgar Belke University of Duisburg-Essen

David Lowery Pennsylvania State University

Peter John King's College London

Stefaan Walgrave University of Antwerp

John D. McCarthy Pennsylvania State University

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