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Political Science
USA
2023

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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Political Science D-index 67 Citations 16,832 215 World Ranking 33 National Ranking 17

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award

1989 - Heinz I. Eulau Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Politics
  • Democracy

James L. Gibson focuses on Law, Politics, Political economy, Supreme court and Democracy. His Legitimacy, Public policy and Economic Justice study are his primary interests in Law. In most of his Politics studies, his work intersects topics such as Social psychology.

James L. Gibson interconnects Civil society, Democratization, Social identity theory, Gender studies and Political culture in the investigation of issues within Political economy. The study incorporates disciplines such as Institution, Salience, Public opinion and Variables in addition to Supreme court. His work deals with themes such as Socioeconomic development, Development economics, Persuasion and Civil liberties, which intersect with Democracy.

His most cited work include:

  • Evidence-Based Medicine: A New Approach to Teaching the Practice of Medicine (3122 citations)
  • On the Legitimacy of National High Courts (376 citations)
  • The Etiology of Public Support for the Supreme Court (374 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Law, Politics, Legitimacy, Supreme court and Democracy. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Social psychology, Political economy and Public administration. The concepts of his Political economy study are interwoven with issues in Political repression, Self-expression values and Soviet union.

The various areas that he examines in his Legitimacy study include Acquiescence, Judicial independence, Legislature, Legal realism and Impartiality. His studies deal with areas such as Institution and Ideology as well as Supreme court. His Democracy research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Development economics, Political culture and Human rights.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Law (53.68%)
  • Politics (38.10%)
  • Legitimacy (33.33%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2020)?

  • Law (53.68%)
  • Legitimacy (33.33%)
  • Supreme court (29.87%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Law, Legitimacy, Supreme court, Politics and Ideology are his primary areas of study. In his research, James L. Gibson undertakes multidisciplinary study on Law and African american. His Legitimacy research incorporates elements of Law of the case, Legal realism, Public opinion and Majority opinion.

His study in Supreme court is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Rhetoric and Politics of the United States. His study in Politics focuses on Democracy in particular. James L. Gibson has included themes like Political culture and Political sophistication in his Political economy study.

Between 2015 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Reconsidering Positivity Theory: What Roles do Politicization, Ideological Disagreement, and Legal Realism Play in Shaping U.S. Supreme Court Legitimacy? (18 citations)
  • THE POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF RELIGIOSITY Does Religion Always Cause Political Intolerance (14 citations)
  • Change in Institutional Support for the US Supreme Court Is the Court’s Legitimacy Imperiled by the Decisions it Makes? (11 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Politics
  • Social science

James L. Gibson mainly investigates Supreme court, Law, Legitimacy, Politics and Political economy. His Supreme court research includes themes of Rhetoric, Public opinion and Ideology. The Public opinion study combines topics in areas such as Institution and Political communication.

His Law study is mostly concerned with Law of the case and Majority opinion. He combines subjects such as Social science and Criminology with his study of Politics. His work carried out in the field of Political economy brings together such families of science as Dissent, Conformity, Democracy and Political culture.

This overview was generated by a machine learning system which analysed the scientist’s body of work. If you have any feedback, you can contact us here.

Best Publications

Evidence-Based Medicine: A New Approach to Teaching the Practice of Medicine

Gordon Guyatt;John Cairns;David Churchill;Deborah Cook.
JAMA (1992)

3345 Citations

Democratic Values and the Transformation of the Soviet Union

James L. Gibson;Raymond M. Duch;Kent L. Tedin.
The Journal of Politics (1992)

532 Citations

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