2026 Janice Gross Stein: 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	770	698	34	34	171	5071

Research.com Recognitions

2005 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1989 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences

Overview

Janice Gross Stein is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research spans fields primarily within the social sciences and medicine, with a focus on infectious diseases, sociology and political science, cognitive neuroscience, political science and international relations, and social psychology.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
Social and Intergroup Psychology
International Relations and Foreign Policy
Cultural Differences and Values
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Recent publications authored by Janice Gross Stein include:

"How not to think like a hegemon," 2022, International Affairs
"Testing Deterrence by Denial: Experimental Results from Criminology," 2020, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism

Coauthors frequently collaborating with the scientist are:

Martha Finnemore
Kenneth F. Scheve
Kenneth Schultz
Ḿanaging Editor
Judith Goldstein

Their work has been published in several academic venues, including:

International Organization
JAMA
Science Advances
International Affairs
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism

Janice Gross Stein has been recognized with fellowships in major scholarly societies, such as:

Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 1989 (Academy of Social Sciences)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2005

Best Publications

We All Lost the Cold War

Richard Ned Lebow;Janice Gross Stein

601
Citations
Rational Deterrence Theory: I Think, Therefore I Deter

Richard Ned Lebow;Janice Gross Stein

422
Citations
God Gave Physics the Easy Problems: Adapting Social Science to an Unpredictable World

Steven Bernstein;Richard Ned Lebow;Janice Gross Stein;Steven Weber

339
Citations
DETERRENCE: The Elusive Dependent Variable

Richard Ned Lebow;Janice Gross Stein

308
Citations
Deterrence: A Conceptual Analysis

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256
Citations
A framework for research on foreign policy behavior

Michael Brecher;Blema Steinberg;Janice Stein

178
Citations
Political learning by doing: Gorbachev as uncommitted thinker and motivated learner

Janice Gross Stein

156
Citations
Building Politics into Psychology: The Misperception of Threat

Janice Gross Stein

117
Citations
Deterrence and Compellence in the Gulf, 1990-91: A Failed or Impossible Task?

Unknown

112
Citations
The credibility of transnational NGOs : when virtue is not enough

Peter Alexis Gourevitch;David A. Lake;Janice Gross Stein

105
Citations
The Unexpected War: Canada In Kandahar

Janice Gross Stein;Eugene Lang

104
Citations
Sacred Aid: Faith and Humanitarianism

Michael N. Barnett;Janice Gross Stein

102
Citations
We All Lost the Cold War

Unknown

96
Citations
Beyond Deterrence

Unknown

93
Citations
Choosing to co-operate : how states avoid loss

Janice Gross Stein;Louis W. Pauly

90
Citations
Resolve, Accept, or Avoid: Effects of Group Conflict on Foreign Policy Decisions

Charles F. Hermann;Janice Gross Stein;Bengt Sundelius;Stephen G. Walker

90
Citations
The Micro-Foundations of International Relations Theory: Psychology and Behavioral Economics

Janice Gross Stein

88
Citations
Rational decision-making: Israel's security choices, 1967

Janice Gross Stein;Raymond Tanter

85
Citations
Threat Perception in International Relations

Janice Gross Stein

85
Citations
Getting to the Table: The Triggers, Stages, Functions, and Consequences of Prenegotiation:

Janice Gross Stein

80
Citations
Reassurance in International Conflict Management

Janice Gross Stein

69
Citations
Beyond Deterrence: Building Better Theory

Richard Ned Lebow;Janice Gross Stein

66
Citations
Detection and Defection: Security ‘régimes’ and the Management of International Conflict

Janice Gross Stein

51
Citations
Getting to the Table: The Processes of International Prenegotiation

Andrew J. Pierre;Janice Gross Stein

50
Citations
Background knowledge in the foreground

Janice Gross Stein;Emanuel Adler;Vincent Pouliot

40
Citations
Psychology and Deterrence

Andrew J. Pierre;Robert Jervis;Richard Ned Lebow;Janice Gross Stein

20
Citations
Getting to the Table: Processes of International Prenegotiation:

Janice Gross Stein

14
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Ned Lebow King's College London

David A. Lake University of California, San Diego

Robert Jervis Columbia University

John C. Campbell University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Dilip Soman University of Toronto

Francis Fukuyama Stanford University

Joseph S. Nye Harvard University

Robert O. Keohane Princeton University

Craig McIntosh University of California, San Diego

Stephen D. Krasner Stanford University

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