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Jacob S. Hacker

Jacob S. Hacker

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Political Science 33 872 788 461 395 157 12287

Jacob S. Hacker publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jacob S. Hacker between 1976 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jacob S. Hacker published across 50 years, from 1976 to 2025, averaging 6.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 168 publications in 2020. 3 of the 345 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
50 100 150
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1976 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 168. Peak 168 publications in 2020. 1976: 1 publication 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 20 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 15 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 2 publications 2020: 168 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 3 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 1 publication 2025: 2 publications
1976 2025

345 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jacob S. Hacker: publications per year, 1976 to 2025
Year Publications
1976 1
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 1
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 3
1997 5
1998 2
1999 5
2000 0
2001 5
2002 20
2003 3
2004 5
2005 7
2006 7
2007 10
2008 9
2009 9
2010 8
2011 4
2012 8
2013 8
2014 3
2015 4
2016 5
2017 15
2018 8
2019 2
2020 168
2021 9
2022 3
2023 5
2024 1
2025 2
Total 345
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Jacob S. Hacker 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 Jacob S. Hacker 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, 156–160 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: 157 publications — 67th percentile

67% 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 33 157
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
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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Jacob S. Hacker 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 Jacob S. Hacker 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, 33 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: 33 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% 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 33
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
60 5
61 7
62+ 100
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2014 - Heinz I. Eulau Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Overview

Jacob S. Hacker is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields including political science and international relations, economics and econometrics, general health professions, finance, and sociology and political science.

The topics of their work focus heavily on social policy and reform studies, political and economic history of the UK and US, electoral systems and political participation, housing, finance, and neoliberalism, employment and welfare studies, healthcare policy and management, and policy transfer and learning.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Jacob S. Hacker include:

  • The Political Effects of Policy Drift: Policy Stalemate and American Political Development (2020), published in Studies in American Political Development
  • The American Political Economy: Markets, Power, and the Meta Politics of US Economic Governance (2021), published in Annual Review of Political Science
  • Reducing Risk as well as Inequality: Assessing the Welfare State's Insurance Effects (2020), published in British Journal of Political Science
  • Bridging the Blue Divide: The Democrats' New Metro Coalition and the Unexpected Prominence of Redistribution (2023), published in Perspectives on Politics
  • Between the Waves: Building Power for a Public Option (2021), published in Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law

Frequent co-authors with whom Hacker has collaborated include Philipp Rehm, Paul Pierson, Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Kathleen Thelen, and Sam Zacher.

Publication venues where Hacker's work has frequently appeared are:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Perspectives on Politics
  • Studies in American Political Development
  • Annual Review of Political Science
  • British Journal of Political Science

In addition to papers, Jacob S. Hacker has contributed to books published by notable academic presses. Their books include "The American Political Economy," published by Cambridge University Press in 2021, and "Unequal Democracies," published by Cambridge University Press in 2023. Another book, "The Road to Nowhere," was published by Princeton University Press in 2020.

Recognitions received by Hacker include election as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017 and the Heinz I. Eulau Award from the American Political Science Association in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer--and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class

    Jacob S. Hacker;Paul Pierson

  • The Great Risk Shift: The New Economic Insecurity and the Decline of the American Dream

    Jacob S. Hacker

  • Privatizing Risk without Privatizing the Welfare State: The Hidden Politics of Social Policy Retrenchment in the United States

    Jacob S. Hacker

  • The great risk shift : the assault on American jobs, families, health care, and retirement and how you can fight back

    Jacob S. Hacker

  • The Divided Welfare State

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  • Winner-Take-All Politics: Public Policy, Political Organization, and the Precipitous Rise of Top Incomes in the United States:

    Jacob S. Hacker;Paul Pierson

  • Business Power and Social Policy: Employers and the Formation of the American Welfare State

    Jacob S. Hacker;Paul Pierson

  • Insecure Alliances: Risk, Inequality, and Support for the Welfare State

    Philipp Rehm;Jacob S. Hacker;Mark Schlesinger

  • Winner-Take-All Politics and Political Science: A Response:

    Jacob S. Hacker;Paul Pierson

  • The Historical Logic of National Health Insurance: Structure and Sequence in the Development of British, Canadian, and U.S. Medical Policy

    Jacob S. Hacker

  • After the “Master Theory”: Downs, Schattschneider, and the Rebirth of Policy-Focused Analysis

    Jacob S. Hacker;Paul Pierson

  • The Road to Nowhere: The Genesis of President Clinton's Plan for Health Security

    Jacob S. Hacker

  • Market-Driven Health Care: Who Wins, Who Loses in the Transformation of America’s Largest Service Industry

    Jacob S. Hacker

  • American Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper

    Jacob S. Hacker;Paul Pierson

  • The Economic Security Index: A New Measure for Research and Policy Analysis

    Jacob S. Hacker;Gregory Alain Huber;Austin Nichols;Philipp Rehm

  • Policy Drift: The Hidden Politics of US Welfare State Retrenchment

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  • Drift and Conversion: Hidden Faces of Institutional Change

    Jacob S. Hacker;Paul Pierson;Kathleen Ann Thelen;Kathleen Ann Thelen

  • Ideas, private institutions and American welfare state ‘exceptionalism’: the case of health and old‐age insurance, 1915–1965

    Daniel Béland;Jacob S Hacker

  • Review Article: Dismantling the Health Care State? Political Institutions, Public Policies and the Comparative Politics of Health Reform

    Jacob S. Hacker

  • Abandoning the Middle: The Bush Tax Cuts and the Limits of Democratic Control

    Jacob S. Hacker;Paul Pierson

  • The Policy Scientist of Democracy: The Discipline of Harold D. Lasswell

    James Farr;Jacob S. Hacker;Nicole Kazee

  • The Road to Somewhere: Why Health Reform Happened: Or Why Political Scientists Who Write about Public Policy Shouldn't Assume They Know How to Shape It

    Jacob S. Hacker

  • Solutions to Political Polarization in America: Confronting Asymmetric Polarization

    Jacob S. Hacker;Paul Pierson

  • The resistance : the dawn of the anti-Trump opposition movement

    David S. Meyer;Sidney G. Tarrow;Jacob S. Hacker

  • Off center : the Republican revolution and the erosion of American democracy : with a new afterword

    Jacob S. Hacker;Paul Pierson

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Pierson
Paul Pierson University of California, Berkeley
Mark Schlesinger
Mark Schlesinger Yale University
Jonathan Oberlander
Jonathan Oberlander University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gregory A. Huber
Gregory A. Huber Yale University
Theda Skocpol
Theda Skocpol Harvard University
Robert G. Valletta
Robert G. Valletta Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Henry J. Aaron
Henry J. Aaron Brookings Institution
Arnold M. Epstein
Arnold M. Epstein Harvard University
Christopher Wildeman
Christopher Wildeman Duke University

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