2026 James S. Fishkin: 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	35	730	664	388	337	184	8644

Research.com Recognitions

2014 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1984 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

James S. Fishkin is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in social sciences, with a particular focus on political science and communication. Their work spans a variety of topics within these fields, addressing key issues related to democratic deliberation, polarization, and public opinion.

The main fields of study of James S. Fishkin include:

Social Sciences

More specifically, their research covers the following subfields:

Communication
Sociology and Political Science
Political Science and International Relations
Safety Research
Artificial Intelligence

James S. Fishkin's research topics include:

Social Media and Politics
Electoral Systems and Political Participation
Social and Cultural Dynamics
Social Capital and Networks
Misinformation and Its Impacts
Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
Environmental Education and Sustainability

Frequent publication venues for Fishkin's work include:

Harvard Dataverse
Social Philosophy and Policy
American Political Science Review
British Journal of Political Science
Perspectives on Politics

Their notable recent papers include:

Is Deliberation an Antidote to Extreme Partisan Polarization? Reflections on "America in One Room" (2021) published in American Political Science Review
Does Deliberation Increase Public-Spiritedness? (2020) published in Social Science Quarterly
Deliberative Distortions? Homogenization, Polarization, and Domination in Small Group Discussions (2022) published in British Journal of Political Science
Can Deliberation Have Lasting Effects? (2024) published in American Political Science Review
Democratic Deliberation and the Resource Curse (2022) published in World Politics

Frequent co-authors of James S. Fishkin include:

Alice Siu
Norman M. Bradburn
Robert C. Luskin
Kyu S. Hahn
David Schmidtz

James S. Fishkin has been recognized through awards such as:

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2014)
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1984)

Best Publications

The Voice of the People: Public Opinion and Democracy

James S. Fishkin

3082
Citations
When the People Speak: Deliberative Democracy and Public Consultation

James S. Fishkin

2730
Citations
Experimenting with a Democratic Ideal: Deliberative Polling and Public Opinion

James S Fishkin;Robert C Luskin

1076
Citations
Considered Opinions: Deliberative Polling in Britain

Robert C. Luskin;James S. Fishkin;Roger Jowell

986
Citations
Debating Deliberative Democracy

James S. Fishkin;Peter Laslett

628
Citations
Justice, Equal Opportunity and the Family

James S. Fishkin

442
Citations
The crisis of democracy and the science of deliberation.

John S. Dryzek;André Bächtiger;Simone Chambers;Joshua Cohen

422
Citations
Deliberative polling and public consultation

James S. Fishkin;Robert C. Luskin;Roger Jowell

289
Citations
When the People Speak

Unknown

289
Citations
The Limits of Obligation

A. John Simmons;James S. Fishkin

282
Citations
Democracy When the People Are Thinking

James S. Fishkin

281
Citations
Deliberation, single-peakedness, and the possibility of meaningful democracy: evidence from deliberative polls

Christian List;Robert C. Luskin;James S. Fishkin;Iain McLean

269
Citations
Disaggregating Deliberation’s Effects: An Experiment within a Deliberative Poll

Cynthia Farrar;James S. Fishkin;Donald P. Green;Christian List

269
Citations
Bringing Deliberation to the Democratic Dialogue

James S. Fishkin;Robert C. Luskin

257
Citations
Moral reasoning and political ideology.

James Fishkin;Kenneth Keniston;Catherine McKinnon

247
Citations
The Dialogue of Justice: Toward a Self-Reflective Society

James S. Fishkin

216
Citations
Deliberating across deep divides

Robert C. Luskin;Ian O'Flynn;James S. Fishkin;David Russell

169
Citations
The Limits of Obligation

James S. Fishkin

152
Citations
The quest for deliberative democracy

James S. Fishkin;Robert C. Luskin

148
Citations
Is Deliberation an Antidote to Extreme Partisan Polarization? Reflections on America in One Room

James S. Fishkin;Alice Siu;Larry Diamond;Norman Bradburn

81
Citations
Consulting the public through deliberative polling

James S. Fishkin

79
Citations
Deliberative Democracy in America: A Proposal for a Popular Branch of Government by Ethan J. Leib

James Fishkin

38
Citations
Justice, Equal Opportunity, and the Family

Jeffrey Blustein;James Fishkin

32
Citations
Deliberation Day

Unknown

16
Citations
Democratic Innovations: Designing Institutions for Citizen Participation. By Graham Smith. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. 230p. $88.99 cloth, $28.99 paper.

James Fishkin

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert C. Luskin The University of Texas at Austin

Baogang He Deakin University

Robert E. Goodin Australian National University

Christian List London School of Economics and Political Science

Mark E. Warren University of British Columbia

Peter Laslett University of Cambridge

Benjamin I. Page Northwestern University

Archon Fung Harvard University

Robert Y. Shapiro Columbia University

Larry Diamond Stanford University

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