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Jack Andrew Goldstone

Jack Andrew Goldstone

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Political Science 59 117 101 69 57 298 21269

Jack Andrew Goldstone publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jack Andrew Goldstone between 1975 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jack Andrew Goldstone published across 51 years, from 1975 to 2025, averaging 8.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 22 publications in 2014. 7 of the 417 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1975 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 22. Peak 22 publications in 2014. 1975: 1 publication 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 1 publication 1979: 2 publications 1980: 7 publications 1981: 2 publications 1982: 5 publications 1983: 10 publications 1984: 8 publications 1985: 12 publications 1986: 9 publications 1987: 9 publications 1988: 5 publications 1989: 9 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 20 publications 1992: 20 publications 1993: 10 publications 1994: 12 publications 1995: 7 publications 1996: 8 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 11 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 13 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 12 publications 2004: 9 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 14 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 17 publications 2011: 15 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 22 publications 2015: 18 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 21 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 4 publications
1975 2025

417 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jack Andrew Goldstone: publications per year, 1975 to 2025
Year Publications
1975 1
1976 0
1977 0
1978 1
1979 2
1980 7
1981 2
1982 5
1983 10
1984 8
1985 12
1986 9
1987 9
1988 5
1989 9
1990 4
1991 20
1992 20
1993 10
1994 12
1995 7
1996 8
1997 4
1998 6
1999 11
2000 5
2001 13
2002 7
2003 12
2004 9
2005 3
2006 5
2007 2
2008 14
2009 6
2010 17
2011 15
2012 8
2013 7
2014 22
2015 18
2016 7
2017 5
2018 6
2019 9
2020 5
2021 5
2022 7
2023 21
2024 3
2025 4
Total 417
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Jack Andrew Goldstone 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 Jack Andrew Goldstone sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
20 40 60 80
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 36–40 to 333+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 97. Most scientists, 97, have 333+ publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 296–300 publications, is where this scientist sits. 36–40 publications: 10 scientists 41–45 publications: 11 scientists 46–50 publications: 25 scientists 51–55 publications: 27 scientists 56–60 publications: 44 scientists 61–65 publications: 52 scientists 66–70 publications: 62 scientists 71–75 publications: 62 scientists 76–80 publications: 79 scientists 81–85 publications: 71 scientists 86–90 publications: 82 scientists 91–95 publications: 65 scientists 96–100 publications: 85 scientists 101–105 publications: 76 scientists 106–110 publications: 66 scientists 111–115 publications: 78 scientists 116–120 publications: 67 scientists 121–125 publications: 73 scientists 126–130 publications: 73 scientists 131–135 publications: 64 scientists 136–140 publications: 45 scientists 141–145 publications: 53 scientists 146–150 publications: 44 scientists 151–155 publications: 45 scientists 156–160 publications: 33 scientists 161–165 publications: 32 scientists 166–170 publications: 28 scientists 171–175 publications: 31 scientists 176–180 publications: 29 scientists 181–185 publications: 27 scientists 186–190 publications: 36 scientists 191–195 publications: 27 scientists 196–200 publications: 24 scientists 201–205 publications: 16 scientists 206–210 publications: 16 scientists 211–215 publications: 19 scientists 216–220 publications: 16 scientists 221–225 publications: 17 scientists 226–230 publications: 18 scientists 231–235 publications: 23 scientists 236–240 publications: 17 scientists 241–245 publications: 13 scientists 246–250 publications: 17 scientists 251–255 publications: 9 scientists 256–260 publications: 13 scientists 261–265 publications: 8 scientists 266–270 publications: 12 scientists 271–275 publications: 8 scientists 276–280 publications: 10 scientists 281–285 publications: 13 scientists 286–290 publications: 13 scientists 291–295 publications: 5 scientists 296–300 publications: 6 scientists 301–305 publications: 11 scientists 306–310 publications: 9 scientists 311–315 publications: 6 scientists 316–320 publications: 4 scientists 321–325 publications: 4 scientists 326–330 publications: 2 scientists 331–332 publications: 5 scientists 333+ publications: 97 scientists
36–40 publications 333+

This scientist: 298 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Political Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 2,033 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
36–40 10
41–45 11
46–50 25
51–55 27
56–60 44
61–65 52
66–70 62
71–75 62
76–80 79
81–85 71
86–90 82
91–95 65
96–100 85
101–105 76
106–110 66
111–115 78
116–120 67
121–125 73
126–130 73
131–135 64
136–140 45
141–145 53
146–150 44
151–155 45
156–160 33
161–165 32
166–170 28
171–175 31
176–180 29
181–185 27
186–190 36
191–195 27
196–200 24
201–205 16
206–210 16
211–215 19
216–220 16
221–225 17
226–230 18
231–235 23
236–240 17
241–245 13
246–250 17
251–255 9
256–260 13
261–265 8
266–270 12
271–275 8
276–280 10
281–285 13
286–290 13
291–295 5
296–300 6 298
301–305 11
306–310 9
311–315 6
316–320 4
321–325 4
326–330 2
331–332 5
333+ 97
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Jack Andrew Goldstone 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 Jack Andrew Goldstone sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 43 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 20 to 62+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 100. Most scientists, 100, have 62+ D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 59 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 59 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Political Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 2,033 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
20 76
21 79
22 84
23 68
24 88
25 82
26 76
27 75
28 99
29 96
30 96
31 81
32 86
33 81
34 84
35 72
36 58
37 53
38 48
39 40
40 40
41 32
42 26
43 25
44 33
45 33
46 17
47 21
48 22
49 18
50 19
51 19
52 15
53 14
54 10
55 13
56 9
57 11
58 12
59 10 59
60 5
61 7
62+ 100
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Jack Andrew Goldstone is affiliated with George Mason University in the United States and specializes primarily in the social sciences, with a focus on sociology, political science, and economics. Their body of work spans several interconnected subfields, including sociology and political science, general economics, econometrics and finance, political science and international relations, and demography.

Goldstone's recent publications demonstrate engagement with a range of topics related to social movements, historical processes, democracy, and revolutionary theory. Notable papers include:

  • The paradox of victory: social movement fields, adverse outcomes, and social movement success (2021, Theory and Society)
  • Dating the Great Divergence (2021, Journal of Global History)
  • Demography and the Future of Democracy (2020, Perspectives on Politics)
  • You can't always get what you want: why revolutionary outcomes so often diverge from revolutionary goals (2023, Public Choice)
  • The Generations of Revolutionary Theory Revisited: New Works and the Evolution of Theory (2024, Critical Sociology)

Throughout their career, Goldstone has contributed frequently to several academic journals. The most recurrent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Global History
  • Critical Sociology
  • Perspectives on Politics
  • Полис Политические исследования
  • Cliodynamics The Journal of Quantitative History and Cultural Evolution

Goldstone's research covers thematic areas such as economic development and digital transformation, economic and technological innovation, world systems and global transformations, political conflict and governance, historical studies and socio-cultural analysis, historical economic and social studies, and global maternal and child health.

  • Economic Development and Digital Transformation
  • Economic and Technological Innovation
  • World Systems and Global Transformations
  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis
  • Historical Economic and Social Studies
  • Global Maternal and Child Health

Frequent collaborators in Goldstone's work include Леонид Гринин, Andrey Korotayev, John F. May, Андрей Коротаев, and Bert Useem. These partnerships have resulted in several coauthored publications contributing to the fields of history, political science, and sociology.

In recognition of scholarly contributions, Goldstone was named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2014.

Best Publications

  • A Global Model for Forecasting Political Instability

    Jack A. Goldstone;Robert H. Bates;David L. Epstein;Ted Robert Gurr

  • Revolution and Rebellion in the Early Modern World

    David Faure;Jack A. Goldstone

  • Toward a Fourth Generation of Revolutionary Theory

    Jack Andrew Goldstone

  • THREAT (AND OPPORTUNITY): POPULAR ACTION AND STATE RESPONSE IN THE DYNAMICS OF CONTENTIOUS ACTION

    Jack Andrew Goldstone;Charles Tilly

  • Population and Security: How Demographic Change Can Lead to Violent Conflict

    Jack Andrew Goldstone

  • Efflorescences and Economic Growth in World History: Rethinking the "Rise of the West" and the Industrial Revolution

    Jack Andrew Goldstone

  • Democratic Transitions

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  • Initial Conditions, General Laws, Path Dependence, and Explanation in Historical Sociology1

    Jack A. Goldstone

  • States, parties, and social movements

    Jack Andrew Goldstone

  • Understanding the Revolutions of 2011: Weakness and Resilience in Middle Eastern Autocracies

    Jack Andrew Goldstone

  • Structure and Change in Economic History [Book review]

    Jack A. Goldstone;Douglass C. North

  • More social movements or fewer? Beyond political opportunity structures to relational fields

    Jack Andrew Goldstone

  • Silence and Voice in the Study of Contentious Politics

    Ronald R. Aminzade;Jack A. Goldstone;Doug McAdam;Elizabeth J. Perry

  • Theories of Revolution: The Third Generation

    Jack Andrew Goldstone

  • INTRODUCTION: BRIDGING INSTITUTIONALIZED AND NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POLITICS

    Jack Andrew Goldstone

  • One effect to rule them all? A comment on climate and conflict

    H. Buhaug;H. Buhaug;J. Nordkvelle;T. Bernauer;T. Böhmelt

  • Revolutions: Theoretical, Comparative, and Historical Studies

    Jack Andrew Goldstone

  • The new population bomb: The four megatrends that will change the world

    Jack Andrew Goldstone

  • State Failure Task Force Report: Phase II Findings

    Daniel C. Esty;Jack A. Goldstone;Ted Robert Gurr;Barbara Harff

  • The Problem of the “Early Modern” World

    Jack Andrew Goldstone

  • Prison Riots as Microrevolutions: An Extension of State-Centered Theories of Revolution

    Jack Andrew Goldstone;Bert Useem

  • Political Demography: How Population Changes Are Reshaping International Security and National Politics

    Jack A. Goldstone;Eric P. Kauffman;Monica Duffy Toft

  • The Coming Chinese Collapse

    Jack A. Goldstone

  • Demography, Environment, and Security

    Jack Andrew Goldstone

  • Phases of global demographic transition correlate with phases of the Great Divergence and Great Convergence

    Andrey V. Korotayev;Jack Andrew Goldstone;Jack Andrew Goldstone;Julia Zinkina

  • How to Construct Stable Democracies

    Jack Andrew Goldstone;Jay Ulfelder

  • Revolution and Rebellion in the Early Modern World

    Jack Andrew Goldstone

Frequent Co-Authors

Ted Robert Gurr
Ted Robert Gurr University of Maryland, College Park
Erik Gartzke
Erik Gartzke University of California, San Diego
Nils Petter Gleditsch
Nils Petter Gleditsch Peace Research Institute
Robert H. Bates
Robert H. Bates Harvard University
Doug McAdam
Doug McAdam Stanford University
Halvard Buhaug
Halvard Buhaug Peace Research Institute
Richard S. J. Tol
Richard S. J. Tol University of Sussex
Sidney Tarrow
Sidney Tarrow Cornell University
Jürgen Scheffran
Jürgen Scheffran Universität Hamburg

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