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Jeffery A. Jenkins publication distribution in Law in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Law in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jeffery A. Jenkins sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 262+

This scientist: 153 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 262 publications or more.

Jeffery A. Jenkins D-index placement in Law in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Law scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jeffery A. Jenkins sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 16 scientists 21 D-Index: 23 scientists 22 D-Index: 11 scientists 23 D-Index: 20 scientists 24 D-Index: 17 scientists 25 D-Index: 23 scientists 26 D-Index: 19 scientists 27 D-Index: 19 scientists 28 D-Index: 22 scientists 29 D-Index: 14 scientists 30 D-Index: 25 scientists 31 D-Index: 25 scientists 32 D-Index: 20 scientists 33 D-Index: 24 scientists 34 D-Index: 23 scientists 35 D-Index: 12 scientists 36 D-Index: 11 scientists 37 D-Index: 15 scientists 38 D-Index: 14 scientists 39 D-Index: 4 scientists 40 D-Index: 8 scientists 41 D-Index: 9 scientists 42+ D-Index: 92 scientists
20 D-Index 42+

This scientist: 28 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 42 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jeffery A. Jenkins is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the social sciences, with 82 publications, focusing extensively on political science and related subfields. Specifically, Jenkins has produced 49 works in Political Science and International Relations, 22 in Sociology and Political Science, 10 in Marketing, 8 in Economics and Econometrics, and 6 in Strategy and Management.

The topics addressed in Jenkins's research include:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Race, History, and American Society
  • American Constitutional Law and Politics
  • American History and Culture
  • Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
  • Gender Politics and Representation
  • Fiscal Policies and Political Economy

Jenkins has authored recent papers published across a range of academic venues. Some of the notable publications include:

  • "Whiteness and the Emergence of the Republican Party in the Early Twentieth-Century South," 2020, Studies in American Political Development
  • "Natural Disasters, 'Partisan Retrospection,' and U.S. Presidential Elections," 2020, Political Behavior
  • "Polarization Lost: Exploring the Decline of Ideological Voting in Congress after the Gilded Age," 2021, Journal of Historical Political Economy
  • "How Have Members of Congress Reacted to President Trump's Trade Policy?" 2020, The Forum
  • "Messaging, policy and 'credible' votes: do members of Congress vote differently when policy is on the line?" 2022, Journal of Public Policy

The frequent publication venues for Jenkins's work include:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Journal of Historical Political Economy
  • Political Science Research and Methods
  • Studies in American Political Development
  • Journal of Public Policy

Jenkins has collaborated with several researchers throughout their career. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Boris Heersink
  • Thomas Gray
  • Phil Potter
  • Charles Stewart
  • Heonuk Ha

In addition to journal articles, Jenkins has contributed to academic book literature, notably publishing with Cambridge University Press the book titled Republican Party Politics and the American South, 1865-1968 in 2020.

Recognition of Jenkins's scholarly contributions is exemplified by their election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Negative Agenda Control in the Senate and House: Fingerprints of Majority Party Power

    Sean Gailmard;Jeffery A. Jenkins

  • Agency Problems, the 17th Amendment, and Representation in the Senate

    Sean Gailmard;Jeffery A. Jenkins

  • Examining the Bonding Effects of Party: A Comparative Analysis of Roll-Call Voting in the U.S. and Confederate Houses

    Jeffery A. Jenkins

  • Examining the Robustness of Ideological Voting: Evidence from the Confederate House of Representatives

    Jeffery A. Jenkins

  • The Impact of National Tides and District-Level Effects on Electoral Outcomes: The U.S. Congressional Elections of 1862-63

    Jamie L. Carson;Jeffery A. Jenkins;David W. Rohde;Mark A. Souva

  • Fighting for the Speakership: The House and the Rise of Party Government

    Jeffery A. Jenkins;Charles Haines Stewart

  • Buying Negative Agenda Control in the U.S. House

    Jeffery A. Jenkins;Nathan W. Monroe

  • Examining the Electoral Connection Across Time

    Jamie L. Carson;Jeffery A. Jenkins

  • Parties as Procedural Coalitions in Congress: An Examination of Differing Career Tracks

    Jeffery A. Jenkins;Michael H. Crespin;Jamie L. Carson

  • Property Rights and the Emergence of Standing Committee Dominance in the Nineteenth-Century House

    Jeffery A. Jenkins

  • Investigating the Incidence of Killer Amendments in Congress

    Jeffery A. Jenkins;Michael C. Munger

  • Shirking in the Contemporary Congress: A Reappraisal

    Jamie L. Carson;Michael H. Crespin;Jeffery A. Jenkins;Ryan J. Vander Wielen

  • The Spatial Theory of Voting and the Presidential Election of 1824

    Jeffery A. Jenkins;Brian R. Sala

  • Disasters and Elections: Estimating the Net Effect of Damage and Relief in Historical Perspective

    Boris Heersink;Brenton D. Peterson;Jeffery A. Jenkins

  • Partisanship and Contested Election Cases in the House of Representatives, 1789–2002

    Jeffery A. Jenkins

  • A reexamination of salary discrimination in professional basketball

    J. A. Jenkins

  • Race and the Representation of Blacks' Interests During Reconstruction

    Michael D. Cobb;Jeffery A. Jenkins

  • Partisanship, the Electoral Connection, and Lame-Duck Sessions of Congress, 1877–2006

    Jeffery A. Jenkins;Timothy P. Nokken

  • Whiteness and the Emergence of the Republican Party in the Early Twentieth-Century South

    Boris Heersink;Jeffery A. Jenkins

  • Out in the Open: The Emergence of Viva Voce Voting in House Speakership Elections

    Jeffery A. Jenkins;Charles Stewart

  • Distributive politics, the electoral connection, and the antebellum US Congress: The case of military service pensions

    Charles J Finocchiaro;Jeffery A Jenkins

  • On Measuring Legislative Agenda-Setting Power

    Jeffery A. Jenkins;Nathan W. Monroe

  • The Supreme Court and American Political Development

    Jeffery A. Jenkins

  • Why Congressional Reforms Fail: Reelection and the House Committee Systemby E. Scott Adler

    Jeffery A. Jenkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Jamie L. Carson
Jamie L. Carson University of Georgia
Michael H. Crespin
Michael H. Crespin University of Oklahoma
Lee J. Alston
Lee J. Alston Indiana University
Michael C. Munger
Michael C. Munger Duke University
David W. Rohde
David W. Rohde Duke University
Nolan McCarty
Nolan McCarty Princeton University

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