2026 James D. Fearon: 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	40	472	425	259	221	84	53255

Research.com Recognitions

2012 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2002 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1997 - Heinz I. Eulau Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Overview

James D. Fearon is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields and subfields, with a focus on sociology, political science, agricultural sciences, ecology, and management policies.

Their recent publications cover a broad range of themes including climate, conflict, agricultural practices, and political science. Notable papers include:

Directions for Research on Climate and Conflict (2020, Earth's Future)
Drivers of Adoption of Crop Protection and Soil Fertility Management Practices among Smallholder Soybean Farmers in Tolon District of Ghana (2021, Heliyon)
In Memoriam: Robert L. Powell (2022, International Organization)
In Memoriam: Robert L. Powell (2022, Political Science Today)
Understanding Intimate Partner Violence (2025, Annual Review of Political Science)

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

David A. Lake
Kenneth Schultz
Martha Finnemore
E R Matthews
Managing Editor

The venues where James D. Fearon's work is most frequently published feature international and political science journals such as:

International Organization
Earth's Future
Heliyon
Political Science Today
Annual Review of Political Science

Their research topics include:

Transboundary Water Resource Management
Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
Agricultural Innovations and Practices
Agriculture and Rural Development Research
Agricultural Pest Management Studies

Key subfields relevant to their studies are:

Sociology and Political Science
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Plant Science

Throughout their career, James D. Fearon has received several awards, including:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2012)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002)
Heinz I. Eulau Award, American Political Science Association (1997)

Best Publications

Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War

James D. Fearon;David D. Laitin

13790
Citations
Rationalist explanations for war

James D. Fearon

5749
Citations
DOMESTIC POLITICAL AUDIENCES AND THE ESCALATION OF INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES

James D. Fearon

3644
Citations
Ethnic and Cultural Diversity by Country

James D. Fearon

2777
Citations
Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War

James D. Fearon;David D. Laitin

2670
Citations
Explaining Interethnic Cooperation

James D. Fearon;David D. Laitin

2263
Citations
Signaling Foreign Policy Interests: Tying Hands versus Sinking Costs

James D. Fearon

1662
Citations
Bargaining, Enforcement, and International Cooperation

James D. Fearon

1597
Citations
Why Do Some Civil Wars Last So Much Longer than Others

James D. Fearon

1535
Citations
Primary Commodity Exports and Civil War

James D. Fearon

1395
Citations
Democracy, accountability, and representation

Adam Przeworski;Susan Carol Stokes;Bernard Manin

1382
Citations
Rationalism v. Constructivism: A Skeptical View

James Fearon;Alexander Wendt

1299
Citations
Counterfactuals and Hypothesis Testing in Political Science

James D. Fearon

1172
Citations
Democracy, Accountability, and Representation: Electoral Accountability and the Control of Politicians: Selecting Good Types versus Sanctioning Poor Performance

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1061
Citations
Violence and the Social Construction of Ethnic Identity

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978
Citations
Neotrusteeship and the Problem of Weak States

James D. Fearon;David D. Laitin

739
Citations
Signaling Versus the Balance of Power and Interests An Empirical Test of a Crisis Bargaining Model

James D. Fearon

669
Citations
Climate as a risk factor for armed conflict

Katharine J. Mach;Caroline M. Kraan;W. Neil Adger;Halvard Buhaug;Halvard Buhaug

583
Citations
Commitment Problems and the Spread of Ethnic Conflict

James D. Fearon

571
Citations
DOMESTIC POLITICS, FOREIGN POLICY, AND THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

James D. Fearon

529
Citations
Sons of the Soil, Migrants, and Civil War

James D. Fearon;David D. Laitin

456
Citations
Self-Enforcing Democracy

James D. Fearon

430
Citations
Ethnic Minority Rule and Civil War Onset

James D. Fearon;Kimuli Kasara;David D. Laitin

374
Citations
Ethnic Mobilization and Ethnic Violence

James D. Fearon

157
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David D. Laitin Stanford University

Jeremy M. Weinstein Harvard University

Macartan Humphreys Social Science Research Center Berlin

Halvard Buhaug Peace Research Institute

Marshall Burke Stanford University

Cullen S. Hendrix University of Denver

John O'Loughlin University of Colorado Boulder

Jürgen Scheffran Universität Hamburg

Kenneth A. Schultz Stanford University

Katharine J. Mach University of Miami

External Links

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