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D-Index
35
Citations
7443
World Ranking
738
National Ranking
391

James G. Gimpel 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 James G. Gimpel sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 98 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James G. Gimpel 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 James G. Gimpel sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 35 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

James G. Gimpel is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broader field of Social Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Communication, Strategy and Management, and Gender Studies.

The research topics covered by Gimpel encompass Electoral Systems and Political Participation, Social Media and Politics, Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies, Media Studies and Communication, Migration, Refugees, and Integration, Social and Cultural Dynamics, and Political Influence and Corporate Strategies.

Among recent publications authored by Gimpel are:

  • The Urban-Rural Gulf in American Political Behavior (2020) published in Political Behavior
  • The urban-rural divide and residential contentment as antecedents of political ideology (2023) published in Cities
  • Conflicting Goals of Redistricting: Do Districts That Maximize Competition Reckon with Communities of Interest? (2020) published in Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy

Frequent coauthors in Gimpel's work include Andrew Reeves, Daron R. Shaw, Nathan Lovin, Bryant Moy, and SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor.

Gimpel's research has been published repeatedly in venues that include Harvard Dataverse, Political Geography, Political Behavior, American Politics Research, and the Journal of Political Marketing.

Best Publications

  • Economic Insecurity, Prejudicial Stereotypes, and Public Opinion on Immigration Policy

    Peter Burns;James G. Gimpel

  • How large and long-lasting are the persuasive effects of televised campaign ads? Results from a randomized field experiment

    Alan S. Gerber;James G. Gimpel;Donald P. Green;Daron R. Shaw

  • Cultivating Democracy: Civic Environments and Political Socialization in America

    James G. Gimpel;J. Celeste Lay;Jason E. Schuknecht

  • The congressional politics of immigration reform

    James G. Gimpel;James R. Edwards

  • Residential Concentration, Political Socialization, and Voter Turnout

    Wendy K. Tam Cho;James G. Gimpel;Joshua J. Dyck

  • Political participation and the accessibility of the ballot box

    J.G. Gimpel;J.E. Schuknecht

  • Distance, Turnout, and the Convenience of Voting*

    Joshua J. Dyck;James G. Gimpel

  • Voter Migration and the Geographic Sorting of the American Electorate

    Wendy K. Tam Cho;James G. Gimpel;Iris S. Hui

  • The Check Is in the Mail: Interdistrict Funding Flows in Congressional Elections

    James G. Gimpel;Frances E. Lee;Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz

  • Patchwork Nation: Sectionalism and Political Change in American Politics

    James Graydon Gimpel;Jason E. Schuknecht

  • The Political Geography of Campaign Contributions in American Politics

    James G. Gimpel;Frances E. Lee;Joshua Kaminski

  • Clarifying the Role of SES in Political Participation: Policy Threat and Arab American Mobilization

    Wendy K. Tam Cho;James G. Gimpel;Tony Wu

  • A Promise Fulfilled? Open Primaries and Representation

    Karen M. Kaufmann;James G. Gimpel;Adam H. Hoffman

  • Self-Interest, Symbolic Politics, and Public Attitudes Toward Gun Control

    Robin M. Wolpert;James G. Gimpel

  • Seeking politically compatible neighbors? The role of neighborhood partisan composition in residential sorting

    James G. Gimpel;Iris S. Hui

  • Ecologies of Unease: Geographic Context and National Economic Evaluations

    Andrew Reeves;James G. Gimpel

  • REGISTRANTS, VOTERS, AND TURNOUT VARIABILITY ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS

    James G. Gimpel;Joshua J. Dyck;Daron R. Shaw

  • Distance-decay in the political geography of friends-and-neighbors voting

    James G. Gimpel;Kimberly A. Karnes;John M. Mctague;Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz

  • The Urban–Rural Gulf in American Political Behavior

    James G. Gimpel;Nathan Lovin;Bryant Moy;Andrew Reeves

  • Separate Destinations: Migration, Immigration, and the Politics of Places

    James Graydon Gimpel

  • Battleground States versus Blackout States: The Behavioral Implications of Modern Presidential Campaigns

    James G. Gimpel;Karen M. Kaufmann;Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Daron R. Shaw
Daron R. Shaw The University of Texas at Austin
Frances E. Lee
Frances E. Lee Princeton University
Scott L. Althaus
Scott L. Althaus University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Donald P. Green
Donald P. Green Columbia University
Alan S. Gerber
Alan S. Gerber Yale University
Paul S. Herrnson
Paul S. Herrnson University of Connecticut

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