2026 James Mitchell: 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	30	1209	1095	204	189	226	2726

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

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Political Science

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Overview

James Mitchell is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, specializing in Social Sciences with a particular focus on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics, History, and Public Administration.

Their research covers a range of topics including:

Political Systems and Governance
Scottish History and National Identity
Irish and British Studies
Political and Economic History of UK and US
Social Policy and Reform Studies
Policing Practices and Perceptions
Crime Patterns and Interventions

Mitchell has contributed to various publication venues with peer-reviewed papers appearing in:

Policing A Journal of Policy and Practice
Regional Studies
Journal of Legislative Studies
Parliamentary Affairs
SSRN Electronic Journal

Recent scholarly work includes the following papers:

"Public Policy Reform and Police Prevention Practice: A Journey Upstream?" (2021) published in Policing A Journal of Policy and Practice
"Fiscal devolution and the accountability gap: budget scrutiny following tax devolution to Scotland" (2022) published in Regional Studies
"Questioning scrutiny: the effect of Prime Minister's Questions on citizen efficacy and trust in parliament" (2020) published in Journal of Legislative Studies
"Tribes and Turbulence: The 2019 UK General Election in Scotland" (2020) published in Parliamentary Affairs
"Using Stochastic Hierarchical Aggregation Constraints to Nowcast Regional Economic Aggregates" (2022) published in SSRN Electronic Journal

The frequent collaborators with whom Mitchell has worked include:

Ailsa Henderson
Stuart McIntyre
Graeme Roy
Alan Convery
Nick Bland

Best Publications

The Scottish National Party: Transition to Power

James Mitchell;Lynn G. Bennie;Robert Johns

161
Citations
Devolution in the UK

James Mitchell

128
Citations
Valence Politics in Scotland: Towards an Explanation of the 2007 Election

Robert Johns;James Mitchell;David Denver;Charles Pattie

108
Citations
Europe of the regions : territorial interests and european integration: the scottish experience

S Mazey;James Mitchell

106
Citations
Scotland Decides: The Devolution Issue and the 1997 Referendum

Hugh Bochel;David Denver;James Mitchell;Charles Pattie

102
Citations
Politics and public policy in Scotland

Arthur F. Midwinter;Michael J. Keating;James Mitchell

93
Citations
Strategies for self-government: The campaigns for a Scottish Parliament

James Mitchell

85
Citations
Social constituency and ideological profile: Scottish nationalism in the 1990s

Jack Brand;James Mitchell;Paula Surridge

83
Citations
New parliament, new politics in Scotland

James Mitchell

78
Citations
Constitution or Competence?: The SNP's Re-election in 2011

Robert Johns;James Mitchell;Christopher J. Carman

73
Citations
The dimensionality of the Scottish political space: Results from an experiment on the 2011 Holyrood elections

Jonathan Wheatley;Christopher Carman;Fernando Mendez;James Mitchell

70
Citations
Evolution and devolution: Citizenship, institutions, and public policy

James Mitchell

60
Citations
Strategies for self-government

James Mitchell

59
Citations
How Scotland votes

L Bennie;J Brand;James Mitchell

55
Citations
Pulmonary surfactant lipids inhibit infections with the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in several animal models

Mari Numata;James R. Mitchell;Jennifer L. Tipper;Jeffrey D. Brand

49
Citations
The Narcissism of Small Differences: Scotland and Westminster

James Mitchell

36
Citations
The unfinished business of devolution

James Mitchell

36
Citations
Brexit and Scotland

Aileen McHarg;James Mitchell

35
Citations
Devolution: Between Governance and Territorial Politics

James Mitchell

30
Citations
Governing Scotland: The Invention of Administrative Devolution

James Mitchell

30
Citations
Takeover: Explaining the Extraordinary Rise of the SNP

James Mitchell;Robert Johns

30
Citations
Raising the tone? The impact of ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ campaigning on voting in the 2007 Scottish Parliament election

Charles J. Pattie;David Denver;Robert Johns;James Mitchell

29
Citations
Devolution: New Politics for Old?

Jonathan Bradbury;James Mitchell

25
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David Denver Lancaster University

Charles Pattie University of Sheffield

Dennis R. Voelker National Jewish Health

Ingo Sick University of Basel

Robert C. Murphy University of Colorado Denver

External Links

Personal website of James Mitchell

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