2026 Jennifer Wolak: 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	27	1461	1333	732	646	98	3260

Jennifer Wolak 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 Wolak sits on this spectrum.

36 publications 333+

This scientist: 98 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jennifer Wolak 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 Wolak sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 27 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jennifer Wolak is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of social sciences, particularly within political science and related subfields.

The main fields of study for their research focus largely on social sciences, with subfields including political science and international relations, sociology and political science, gender studies, communication, and economics and econometrics.

Their research covers a range of topics, notably electoral systems and political participation, gender politics and representation, social media and politics, populism and right-wing movements, social and intergroup psychology, social capital and networks, and fiscal policies and political economy.

Jennifer Wolak has published in various academic venues, with frequent publications in:

Harvard Dataverse
Political Behavior
American Politics Research
State Politics & Policy Quarterly
Political Research Quarterly

Coauthors frequently collaborating with Wolak include:

David A. Peterson
Carey E. Stapleton
Jacob Oliver
Damon C. Roberts
Anand E. Sokhey

Recent papers by Jennifer Wolak showcase research in diverse aspects of political behavior and trust in governance. These include:

Self-Confidence and Gender Gaps in Political Interest, Attention, and Efficacy (2020), published in The Journal of Politics
Conflict Avoidance and Gender Gaps in Political Engagement (2020), published in Political Behavior
The Dynamic American Dream (2020), published in American Journal of Political Science
Why Do People Trust Their State Government? (2020), published in State Politics & Policy Quarterly
Do Voters Care about the Age of their Elected Representatives? (2022), published in Political Behavior

Best Publications

Civic Engagements: Resolute Partisanship or Reflective Deliberation

Michael MacKuen;Jennifer Wolak;Luke Keele;George E. Marcus

579
Citations
Explaining Public Confidence in the Branches of State Government

Christine A. Kelleher;Jennifer Wolak

247
Citations
The Measure and Mismeasure of Emotion

George E. Marcus;Michael MacKuen;Jennifer Wolak;Luke Keele

215
Citations
The roots of trust in local government in western Europe

Jennifer Fitzgerald;Jennifer Wolak

169
Citations
The Roots of the Gender Gap in Political Knowledge in Adolescence

Jennifer Wolak;Michael McDevitt

168
Citations
When Do the Ends Justify the Means? Evaluating Procedural Fairness

David Doherty;David Doherty;Jennifer Wolak

140
Citations
Contextual Sources of Ambivalence

Luke Keele;Jennifer Wolak

118
Citations
Explaining change in party identification in adolescence

Jennifer Wolak

91
Citations
Value Conflict and Volatility in Party Identification

Luke Keele;Jennifer Wolak

87
Citations
The Consequences of Presidential Battleground Strategies for Citizen Engagement

Jennifer Wolak

86
Citations
The Dynamics of Public Confidence in U.S. State and Local Government

Jennifer Wolak;Christine Kelleher Palus

82
Citations
Compromise in an Age of Party Polarization

Jennifer Wolak

76
Citations
Priming Presidential Approval: The Conditionality of Issue Effects

Christine A. Kelleher;Jennifer Wolak

65
Citations
Feelings of Political Efficacy in the Fifty States

Jennifer Wolak

64
Citations
Personality and Emotional Response: Strategic and Tactical Responses to Changing Political Circumstances

Jennifer Wolak;George E. Marcus

61
Citations
Conflict Avoidance and Gender Gaps in Political Engagement

Jennifer Wolak

61
Citations
Self-Confidence and Gender Gaps in Political Interest, Attention, and Efficacy

Jennifer Wolak

38
Citations
The Roots of Citizens’ Knowledge of State Politics:

Jeffrey Lyons;William P. Jaeger;Jennifer Wolak

32
Citations
Candidate Gender and the Political Engagement of Women and Men

Jennifer Wolak

31
Citations
Reconsidering The Counter-Mobilization Hypothesis: Health Policy Lobbying In The American States

David Lowery;Virginia Gray;Jennifer Wolak;Erik Godwin

29
Citations
Descriptive Representation and the Political Engagement of Women

Jennifer Wolak

29
Citations
Much of Politics Is Still Local: Multi‐State Lobbying in State Interest Communities

Jennifer Wolak;Adam J. Newmark;Todd Mcnoldy;David Lynn Lowery

22
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Luke Keele University of Pennsylvania

David Lowery Pennsylvania State University

Virginia Gray University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

George E. Marcus Williams College

Michael B. Mackuen University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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