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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Political Science 28 1387 1263 689 605 110 3402

Jennifer L. Merolla publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jennifer L. Merolla between 2001 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jennifer L. Merolla published across 25 years, from 2001 to 2025, averaging 4.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 15 publications in 2009. 6 of the 120 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2001 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 15. Peak 15 publications in 2009. 2001: 1 publication 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 13 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 15 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 2 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 2 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 3 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 7 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 3 publications
2001 2025

120 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jennifer L. Merolla: publications per year, 2001 to 2025
Year Publications
2001 1
2002 0
2003 0
2004 0
2005 4
2006 4
2007 13
2008 5
2009 15
2010 5
2011 8
2012 2
2013 8
2014 3
2015 2
2016 3
2017 3
2018 4
2019 4
2020 10
2021 7
2022 6
2023 7
2024 3
2025 3
Total 120
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Jennifer L. Merolla publications per year - data summary

  • Jennifer L. Merolla, a Political Science scholar from University of California, Riverside, has 120 publications recorded across 25 years, from 2001 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2001 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2009, with 15 publications.
  • The least productive year with any output is 2001, with 1 publication.
  • 3 of the 25 years in the span carry no publications at all (2002, 2003 and 2004).
  • The rate of publication averages 4.8 papers per year over the whole span, or 5.5 per year counting only the 22 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 26 publications, 22% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2001-2009: 42 publications (4.7 per year); 2010-2018: 38 publications (4.2 per year); 2019-2025: 40 publications (5.7 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is broadly steady.

Jennifer L. Merolla 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 Jennifer L. Merolla sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
20 40 60 80
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 36–40 to 333+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 97. Most scientists, 97, have 333+ publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 106–110 publications, is where this scientist sits. 36–40 publications: 10 scientists 41–45 publications: 11 scientists 46–50 publications: 25 scientists 51–55 publications: 27 scientists 56–60 publications: 44 scientists 61–65 publications: 52 scientists 66–70 publications: 62 scientists 71–75 publications: 62 scientists 76–80 publications: 79 scientists 81–85 publications: 71 scientists 86–90 publications: 82 scientists 91–95 publications: 65 scientists 96–100 publications: 85 scientists 101–105 publications: 76 scientists 106–110 publications: 66 scientists 111–115 publications: 78 scientists 116–120 publications: 67 scientists 121–125 publications: 73 scientists 126–130 publications: 73 scientists 131–135 publications: 64 scientists 136–140 publications: 45 scientists 141–145 publications: 53 scientists 146–150 publications: 44 scientists 151–155 publications: 45 scientists 156–160 publications: 33 scientists 161–165 publications: 32 scientists 166–170 publications: 28 scientists 171–175 publications: 31 scientists 176–180 publications: 29 scientists 181–185 publications: 27 scientists 186–190 publications: 36 scientists 191–195 publications: 27 scientists 196–200 publications: 24 scientists 201–205 publications: 16 scientists 206–210 publications: 16 scientists 211–215 publications: 19 scientists 216–220 publications: 16 scientists 221–225 publications: 17 scientists 226–230 publications: 18 scientists 231–235 publications: 23 scientists 236–240 publications: 17 scientists 241–245 publications: 13 scientists 246–250 publications: 17 scientists 251–255 publications: 9 scientists 256–260 publications: 13 scientists 261–265 publications: 8 scientists 266–270 publications: 12 scientists 271–275 publications: 8 scientists 276–280 publications: 10 scientists 281–285 publications: 13 scientists 286–290 publications: 13 scientists 291–295 publications: 5 scientists 296–300 publications: 6 scientists 301–305 publications: 11 scientists 306–310 publications: 9 scientists 311–315 publications: 6 scientists 316–320 publications: 4 scientists 321–325 publications: 4 scientists 326–330 publications: 2 scientists 331–332 publications: 5 scientists 333+ publications: 97 scientists
36–40 publications 333+

This scientist: 110 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Political Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 2,033 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
36–40 10
41–45 11
46–50 25
51–55 27
56–60 44
61–65 52
66–70 62
71–75 62
76–80 79
81–85 71
86–90 82
91–95 65
96–100 85
101–105 76
106–110 66 110
111–115 78
116–120 67
121–125 73
126–130 73
131–135 64
136–140 45
141–145 53
146–150 44
151–155 45
156–160 33
161–165 32
166–170 28
171–175 31
176–180 29
181–185 27
186–190 36
191–195 27
196–200 24
201–205 16
206–210 16
211–215 19
216–220 16
221–225 17
226–230 18
231–235 23
236–240 17
241–245 13
246–250 17
251–255 9
256–260 13
261–265 8
266–270 12
271–275 8
276–280 10
281–285 13
286–290 13
291–295 5
296–300 6
301–305 11
306–310 9
311–315 6
316–320 4
321–325 4
326–330 2
331–332 5
333+ 97
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Jennifer L. Merolla publication distribution in Political Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 2,033 Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 61 ranges running from 36–40 to 333+ publications.
  • Jennifer L. Merolla, a Political Science scholar from University of California, Riverside, records 110 publications - the 40th percentile of the discipline.
  • 40% of ranked Political Science scientists score the same or lower than Jennifer L. Merolla, and about 60% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 121–125 publications range, and Jennifer L. Merolla ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 333+ publications, holding 97 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 44% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 111–115 publications), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 333 publications or more, 97 scientists in all (5% of the field).

Jennifer L. Merolla 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 Jennifer L. Merolla sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 43 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 20 to 62+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 100. Most scientists, 100, have 62+ D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 28 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 72 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: 28 D-Index — 36th percentile

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

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

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Number of Political Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 2,033 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
20 76
21 79
22 84
23 68
24 88
25 82
26 76
27 75
28 99 28
29 96
30 96
31 81
32 86
33 81
34 84
35 72
36 58
37 53
38 48
39 40
40 40
41 32
42 26
43 25
44 33
45 33
46 17
47 21
48 22
49 18
50 19
51 19
52 15
53 14
54 10
55 13
56 9
57 11
58 12
59 10
60 5
61 7
62+ 100
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Jennifer L. Merolla D-index placement in Political Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 2,033 Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 43 ranges running from 20 to 62+ D-Index.
  • Jennifer L. Merolla, a Political Science scholar from University of California, Riverside, records 28 D-Index - the 36th percentile of the discipline.
  • 36% of ranked Political Science scientists score the same or lower than Jennifer L. Merolla, and about 64% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 32 D-Index range, and Jennifer L. Merolla ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 62+ D-Index, holding 100 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 45% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 30 D-Index), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more, 100 scientists in all (5% of the field).

Overview

Jennifer L. Merolla is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their work primarily spans the field of social sciences, with a focus on a variety of subfields including sociology and political science, political science and international relations, gender studies, communication, and economics and econometrics.

The research topics covered by Jennifer L. Merolla reflect a diverse engagement with key issues in political behavior and society. These topics include:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Gender Politics and Representation
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
  • Religion and Society Interactions

Jennifer L. Merolla has contributed to numerous publications, including journal articles and books. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Political Research Quarterly
  • Political Behavior
  • California Journal of Politics and Policy
  • Journal of Experimental Political Science

Recent significant papers include:

  • The Trump Effect: An Experimental Investigation of the Emboldening Effect of Racially Inflammatory Elite Communication (2020), published in British Journal of Political Science
  • The Curious Case of Theresa May and the Public That Did Not Rally: Gendered Reactions to Terrorist Attacks Can Cause Slumps Not Bumps (2021), American Political Science Review
  • Reducing mask resistance among White evangelical Christians with value-consistent messages (2021), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • America's electorate is increasingly polarized along partisan lines about voting by mail during the COVID-19 crisis (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Emotional Responses Shape the Substance of Information Seeking under Conditions of Threat (2020), Political Research Quarterly

The researcher has also published books through established publishers. Notable works include:

  • The Hillary Effect (2020), published by I.B.Tauris eBooks
  • Change and Continuity in the 2020 and 2022 Elections (2023), published by Rowman & Littlefield

Jennifer L. Merolla collaborates frequently with a core group of co-authors, including:

  • Elizabeth J. Zechmeister
  • Stephanie L. DeMora
  • Mackenzie Lockhart
  • Seth J. Hill
  • Mindy Romero

Best Publications

  • Democracy at Risk: How Terrorist Threats Affect the Public

    Jennifer Lee Merolla;Elizabeth J. Zechmeister

  • “Illegal,” “Undocumented,” or “Unauthorized”: Equivalency Frames, Issue Frames, and Public Opinion on Immigration

    Jennifer Merolla;S. Karthick Ramakrishnan;Chris Haynes

  • Framing Immigrants: News Coverage, Public Opinion, and Policy

    Chris Haynes;Jennifer Merolla;S. Karthick Ramakrishnan

  • Terrorist Threat, Male Stereotypes, and Candidate Evaluations

    Mirya R. Holman;Jennifer L. Merolla;Elizabeth J. Zechmeister

  • Sex, Stereotypes, and Security: A Study of the Effects of Terrorist Threat on Assessments of Female Leadership

    Mirya R. Holman;Jennifer L. Merolla;Elizabeth J. Zechmeister

  • Crisis, Charisma, and Consequences: Evidence from the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election

    Jennifer L. Merolla;Jennifer M. Ramos;Elizabeth J. Zechmeister

  • Terrorist Threat, Leadership, and the Vote: Evidence from Three Experiments

    Jennifer L. Merolla;Elizabeth J. Zechmeister

  • Strategic voting in Canada: A Cross Time Analysis

    Jennifer L. Merolla;Laura B. Stephenson

  • It's Not Easy Being Green: Minor Party Labels as Heuristic Aids

    Travis G. Coan;Jennifer L. Merolla;Laura B. Stephenson;Elizabeth J. Zechmeister

  • Vota por tu Futuro: Partisan Mobilization of Latino Voters in the 2000 Presidential Election

    Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto;Jennifer L. Merolla

  • Can Canadians Take a Hint? The (In)Effectiveness of Party Labels as Information Shortcuts in Canada

    Jennifer L. Merolla;Laura B. Stephenson;Elizabeth J. Zechmeister

  • What Is the Difference Between a Hockey Mom and a Pit Bull?: Presentations of Palin and Gender Stereotypes in the 2008 Presidential Election

    Sarah Burns;Lindsay Eberhardt;Jennifer L. Merolla

  • Can experience overcome stereotypes in times of terror threat

    Mirya R. Holman;Jennifer L. Merolla;Elizabeth J. Zechmeister

  • The Curious Case of Theresa May and the Public That Did Not Rally: Gendered Reactions to Terrorist Attacks Can Cause Slumps Not Bumps

    Mirya R. Holman;Jennifer L. Merolla;Elizabeth J. Zechmeister

  • Reducing mask resistance among White evangelical Christians with value-consistent messages.

    Stephanie L. DeMora;Jennifer L. Merolla;Brian Newman;Elizabeth J. Zechmeister

  • Emotions, Terrorist Threat, and Drones: Anger Drives Support for Drone Strikes:

    Kerstin Fisk;Jennifer L. Merolla;Jennifer M. Ramos

  • Descriptive Representation, Political Efficacy, and African Americans in the 2008 Presidential Election

    Jennifer L. Merolla;Abbylin H. Sellers;Derek J. Fowler

  • Evaluating Political Leaders in Times of Terror and Economic Threat: The Conditioning Influence of Politician Partisanship

    Jennifer L. Merolla;Elizabeth J. Zechmeister

  • America's electorate is increasingly polarized along partisan lines about voting by mail during the COVID-19 crisis.

    Mackenzie Lockhart;Seth J Hill;Jennifer Merolla;Mindy Romero

  • Oxytocin and the Biological Basis for Interpersonal and Political Trust

    Jennifer L. Merolla;Guy Burnett;Kenneth V. Pyle;Sheila Ahmadi

  • Finding Her Voice: Hillary Clinton's Rhetoric in the 2008 Presidential Campaign

    Michelle C. Bligh;Jennifer Merolla;Jean Reith Schroedel;Randall Gonzalez

  • What is the Difference between a Hockey Mom and a Pit Bull? Presentations of Palin and Gender Stereotypes in the 2008 Presidential Election

    Lindsay Eberhardt;Sarah Burns;Jennifer L. Merolla

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth J. Zechmeister
Elizabeth J. Zechmeister Vanderbilt University
Laura B. Stephenson
Laura B. Stephenson University of Western Ontario
Mirya R. Holman
Mirya R. Holman University of Houston
Seth J. Hill
Seth J. Hill University of California, San Diego
Thad Kousser
Thad Kousser University of California, San Diego
Matt A. Barreto
Matt A. Barreto University of California, Los Angeles
S. Karthick Ramakrishnan
S. Karthick Ramakrishnan University of California, Riverside
Fabrice Lehoucq
Fabrice Lehoucq University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Michael C. Munger
Michael C. Munger Duke University
Paul J. Zak
Paul J. Zak Claremont Graduate University

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