2026 James A. Stimson: 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	35	712	648	376	327	116	17760

Discipline name

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

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Political Science

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327

116

17760

Research.com Recognitions

2006 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
2000 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

James A. Stimson is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research mainly spans the fields of Social Sciences and Business, Management and Accounting, with a focus on several subfields including Political Science and International Relations, Communication, Strategy and Management, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their scholarly work concentrates on topics such as:

Electoral Systems and Political Participation
Social Media and Politics
Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
Misinformation and Its Impacts

James A. Stimson has frequently collaborated with colleagues including Mary Layton Atkinson, K. Elizabeth Coggins, Frank R. Baumgartner, and Emily Wager.

In terms of book publications, Stimson has contributed to works published by Cambridge University Press. Noteworthy titles include:

The Dynamics of Public Opinion (2021)
Converging on Truth (2020)

The researcher has been recognized with fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2006 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2000.

Best Publications

Issue Evolution: Race and the Transformation of American Politics

Edward G. Carmines;James A. Stimson

2767
Citations
The Macro Polity

Robert S. Erikson;Michael B. Mackuen;James A. Stimson

2552
Citations
Public Opinion In America: Moods, Cycles, And Swings

James A. Stimson

1587
Citations
Peasants or Bankers? The American Electorate and the U.S. Economy.

Michael B. MacKuen;Robert S. Erikson;James A. Stimson

1504
Citations
The Two Faces of Issue Voting

Edward G. Carmines;James A. Stimson

1500
Citations
Regression in Space and Time: A Statistical Essay

James A. Stimson

1340
Citations
Tides of consent : how public opinion shapes American politics

James A. Stimson

957
Citations
Ideology in America

Christopher Ellis;James A. Stimson

608
Citations
The Least Dangerous Branch Revisited: New Evidence on Supreme Court Responsiveness to Public Preferences

Kevin T. McGuire;James A. Stimson

488
Citations
Public Support for American Presidents A Cyclical Model

James A. Stimson

482
Citations
Belief Systems: Constraint, Complexity, and the 1972 Election

James A. Stimson

415
Citations
ON THE STRUCTURE AND SEQUENCE OF ISSUE EVOLUTION

Edward G. Carmines;James A. Stimson

394
Citations
Bankers or peasants revisited:: economic expectations and presidential approval

Robert S. Erikson;Michael B. MacKuen;James A. Stimson

194
Citations
Issue Evolution, Population Replacement, and Normal Partisan Change

Edward G. Carmines;James A. Stimson

168
Citations
Macropartisanship

Unknown

160
Citations
Unrealized Partisanship: A Theory of Dealignment

Edward G. Carmines;John P. McIver;James A. Stimson

159
Citations
Public Opinion in America

James Stimson

152
Citations
What Moves Macropartisanship? A Response to Green, Palmquist, and Schickler

Robert S. Erikson;Michael B. Mackuen;James A. Stimson

149
Citations
Racial Issues and The Structure of Mass Belief Systems

Edward G. Carmines;James A. Stimson

124
Citations
The Moving Centre: Preferences for Government Activity in Britain, 1950–2005

John Bartle;Sebastian Dellepiane-Avellaneda;Sebastian Dellepiane-Avellaneda;James Stimson

117
Citations
Interpreting U. S. Congressional Elections: The Exposure Thesis

Unknown

116
Citations
Tides of Consent

James Stimson

89
Citations
Congressional Response to Mandate Elections

David A. M. Peterson;Lawrence J. Grossback;James A. Stimson;Amy Gangl

86
Citations
The Macro Polity: Macropartisanship: The Permanent Memory of Party Performance

Robert S. Erikson;Michael B. Mackuen;James A. Stimson

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert S. Erikson Columbia University

Michael B. Mackuen University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Edward G. Carmines Indiana University

Paul R. Abramson University of California, Los Angeles

Adam Przeworski New York University

Susan C. Stokes University of Chicago

G. Bingham Powell University of Rochester

Charles W. Ostrom Michigan State University

External Links

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