2026 Jeffrey A. Segal: 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	46	311	276	178	150	128	17956

Jeffrey A. Segal 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 Jeffrey A. Segal sits on this spectrum.

36 publications 333+

This scientist: 128 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jeffrey A. Segal 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 Jeffrey A. Segal sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2011 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Jeffrey A. Segal is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States. Their research spans primarily the social sciences, with a focus on law, sociology and political science, as well as economics and econometrics.

The main topics covered in their work include judicial and constitutional studies, law, rights and freedoms, and legal and constitutional studies.

Frequent coauthors include Lee Epstein, Harold J. Spaeth, Tom Walker, Albert H. Rivero, and Ellen Key.

Segal has contributed to academic journals such as the Justice System Journal and the Medical Research Archives. Notable recent papers include:

Invisible Constitutions: Concurring Opinions and Plurality Judgments under Marks v. United States (2022), published in Justice System Journal
Aspects on the Constitutional Imperative and Domestic Legislation in Context of Mental Health Care Law in South Africa (2025), published in Medical Research Archives

In addition to journal articles, Segal has authored books published by CQ Press eBooks. One example is The Supreme Court Compendium: Two Centuries of Data, Decisions, and Developments (2021).

Jeffrey A. Segal has been recognized with awards including Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012 and Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2011.

Best Publications

The Supreme Court and the Attitudinal Model Revisited

Jeffrey Allan Segal;Harold J. Spaeth

2701
Citations
The Supreme Court and the Attitudinal Model

Harold J Spaeth;Jeffrey A. Segal

1578
Citations
Ideological Values and the Votes of U.S. Supreme Court Justices

Jeffrey A. Segal;Albert D. Cover

799
Citations
Measuring Issue Salience

Lee Epstein;Jeffrey A. Segal

794
Citations
Separation-of-Powers Games in the Positive Theory of Congress and Courts

Jeffrey A. Segal

756
Citations
The Judicial Common Space

Lee Epstein;Andrew D. Martin;Andrew D. Martin;Jeffrey A. Segal;Chad Westerland

712
Citations
The Hierarchy of Justice: Testing a Principal-Agent Model of Supreme Court-Circuit Court Interactions

Donald R. Songer;Jeffrey A. Segal;Charles M. Cameron

684
Citations
The Supreme Court Compendium: Data, Decisions, and Developments

Lee Epstein;Jeffrey Allan Segal;Harold J. Spaeth;Thomas G. Walker

622
Citations
Supreme Court decision making

Jeffrey A. Segal;Harold J. Spaeth;Sara C. Benesh

577
Citations
Advice and Consent: The Politics of Judicial Appointments

Lee Epstein;Jeffrey Allan Segal

555
Citations
Predicting Supreme Court Cases Probabilistically: The Search and Seizure Cases, 1962-1981

Jeffrey A. Segal

546
Citations
Strategic Auditing in a Political Hierarchy: An Informational Model of the Supreme Court's Certiorari Decisions

Charles M. Cameron;Jeffrey A. Segal;Donald Songer

477
Citations
The Influence of Stare Decisis on the Votes of United States Supreme Court Justices

Jeffrey A. Segal;Harold J. Spaeth

397
Citations
Ideological Drift Among Supreme Court Justices: Who, When, and How Important?

Lee Epstein;Andrew D. Martin;Kevin M. Quinn;Jeffrey A. Segal

381
Citations
Senate Voting on Supreme Court Nominees: A Neoinstitutional Model

Charles M. Cameron;Albert D. Cover;Jeffrey A. Segal

369
Citations
A Spatial Model of Roll Call Voting: Senators, Constituents, Presidents, and Interest Groups in Supreme Court Confirmations

Jeffrey A. Segal;Charles M. Cameron;Albert D. Cover

345
Citations
Supreme Court Justices as Strategic Decision Makers: Aggressive Grants and Defensive Denials on the Vinson Court

Robert L. Boucher;Jeffrey A. Segal

304
Citations
The Supreme Court During Crisis: How War Affects only Non-War Cases

Lee Epstein;Daniel E. Ho;Gary King;Jeffrey A. Segal

278
Citations
Ideological Values and the Votes of U.S. Supreme Court Justices Revisited

Jeffrey A. Segal;Lee Epstein;Charles M. Cameron;Harold J. Spaeth

257
Citations
The Supreme Court and the Attitudinal Model Revisited: Frontmatter

Unknown

243
Citations
Popular influence on supreme court decisions

Helmut Norpoth;Jeffrey A. Segal;William Mishler;Reginald S. Sheehan

224
Citations
Buyer Beware? Presidential Success through Supreme Court Appointments

Jeffrey A. Segal;Richard J. Timpone;Robert M. Howard

211
Citations
Amicus Curiae Briefs By the Solicitor General During the Warren and Burger Courts: a Research Note:

Jeffrey A. Segal

208
Citations
Separation-of-Powers Games in the Positive Theory of

Jeffrey A. Segal

27
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lee Epstein Washington University in St. Louis

Andrew D. Martin Washington University in St. Louis

Donald R. Songer University of South Carolina

Gary King Harvard University

Alan I. Abramowitz Emory University

Helmut Norpoth Stony Brook University

Steven S. Smith Washington University in St. Louis

William Mishler University of Arizona

External Links

Personal website of Jeffrey A. Segal

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