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James Mitchell 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 Mitchell sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 226 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James Mitchell 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 Mitchell sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 76 scientists 21 D-Index: 79 scientists 22 D-Index: 84 scientists 23 D-Index: 68 scientists 24 D-Index: 88 scientists 25 D-Index: 82 scientists 26 D-Index: 76 scientists 27 D-Index: 75 scientists 28 D-Index: 99 scientists 29 D-Index: 96 scientists 30 D-Index: 96 scientists 31 D-Index: 81 scientists 32 D-Index: 86 scientists 33 D-Index: 81 scientists 34 D-Index: 84 scientists 35 D-Index: 73 scientists 36 D-Index: 58 scientists 37 D-Index: 53 scientists 38 D-Index: 48 scientists 39 D-Index: 40 scientists 40 D-Index: 40 scientists 41 D-Index: 32 scientists 42 D-Index: 26 scientists 43 D-Index: 25 scientists 44 D-Index: 33 scientists 45 D-Index: 33 scientists 46 D-Index: 17 scientists 47 D-Index: 21 scientists 48 D-Index: 22 scientists 49 D-Index: 18 scientists 50 D-Index: 19 scientists 51 D-Index: 19 scientists 52 D-Index: 15 scientists 53 D-Index: 14 scientists 54 D-Index: 10 scientists 55 D-Index: 13 scientists 56 D-Index: 9 scientists 57 D-Index: 11 scientists 58 D-Index: 12 scientists 59 D-Index: 10 scientists 60 D-Index: 5 scientists 61 D-Index: 7 scientists 62+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 30 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • Devolution in the UK

    James Mitchell

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

    Robert Johns;James Mitchell;David Denver;Charles Pattie

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

    S Mazey;James Mitchell

  • Scotland Decides: The Devolution Issue and the 1997 Referendum

    Hugh Bochel;David Denver;James Mitchell;Charles Pattie

  • Politics and public policy in Scotland

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

  • Strategies for self-government: The campaigns for a Scottish Parliament

    James Mitchell

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

    Jack Brand;James Mitchell;Paula Surridge

  • New parliament, new politics in Scotland

    James Mitchell

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

    Robert Johns;James Mitchell;Christopher J. Carman

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

    Jonathan Wheatley;Christopher Carman;Fernando Mendez;James Mitchell

  • Evolution and devolution: Citizenship, institutions, and public policy

    James Mitchell

  • Strategies for self-government

    James Mitchell

  • How Scotland votes

    L Bennie;J Brand;James Mitchell

  • 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

  • The Narcissism of Small Differences: Scotland and Westminster

    James Mitchell

  • The unfinished business of devolution

    James Mitchell

  • Brexit and Scotland

    Aileen McHarg;James Mitchell

  • Devolution: Between Governance and Territorial Politics

    James Mitchell

  • Governing Scotland: The Invention of Administrative Devolution

    James Mitchell

  • Takeover: Explaining the Extraordinary Rise of the SNP

    James Mitchell;Robert Johns

  • 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

  • Devolution: New Politics for Old?

    Jonathan Bradbury;James Mitchell

Frequent Co-Authors

David Denver
David Denver Lancaster University
Charles Pattie
Charles Pattie University of Sheffield
Dennis R. Voelker
Dennis R. Voelker National Jewish Health
Ingo Sick
Ingo Sick University of Basel
Robert C. Murphy
Robert C. Murphy University of Colorado Denver

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