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55
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36793
World Ranking
1941
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927

John Gerring publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John Gerring sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 180 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

John Gerring D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John Gerring sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 55 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

John Gerring is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with significant contributions in sociology and political science, political science and international relations, demography, media technology, and economics and econometrics. Their work addresses various topics within these fields, including electoral systems and political participation, political conflict and governance, social policy and reform studies, culture, economy, and development studies, ICT impact and policies, qualitative comparative analysis research, and international development and aid.

Gerring has a notable presence in academic publishing, contributing frequently to journals and outlets such as Harvard Dataverse, SSRN Electronic Journal, PS Political Science & Politics, Cambridge University Press eBooks, and the Journal of Experimental Political Science.

Recent papers authored by Gerring include:

  • Why Monarchy? The Rise and Demise of a Regime Type, 2020, Comparative Political Studies
  • Does Democracy Matter?, 2022, Annual Review of Political Science
  • V-Dem Codebook v11, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal (co-authored by Michael Coppedge)
  • V-Dem Dataset v11.1, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal (co-authored by Michael Coppedge)
  • V-Dem Codebook V10, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal (co-authored by Michael Coppedge)

Frequent collaborators include Carl Henrik Knutsen, Matthew Maguire, Lee Cojocaru, Jan Teorell, and Jon C. Rogowski, reflecting ongoing partnerships across multiple research projects.

Gerring has published several books through Cambridge University Press, with titles such as:

  • The Production of Knowledge, 2020
  • Why Democracies Develop and Decline, 2022
  • Population and Politics, 2020
  • The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy, 2022
  • Finding Your Social Science Project, 2022
  • A Liberal Education, 2024

In addition, Gerring has a publication with the University of East Anglia titled V-Dem [Country-year/country-date]:Dataset V11. 1 published in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Case Study Research: Principles and Practices

    John Gerring

  • Case Selection Techniques in Case Study Research A Menu of Qualitative and Quantitative Options

    Jason Seawright;John Gerring

  • What Is a Case Study and What Is It Good for

    John Gerring

  • Social Science Methodology: A Unified Framework

    John Gerring

  • Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy: A New Approach

    Michael Coppedge;Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;David Altman;Michael Bernhard

  • Is There a (Viable) Crucial-Case Method?

    John Gerring

  • Democracy and Economic Growth: A Historical Perspective

    John Gerring;Phillip J. Bond;William T. Barndt;Carola Moreno

  • What Makes a Concept Good? A Criterial Framework for Understanding Concept Formation in the Social Sciences

    John Gerring

  • Political Institutions and Corruption: The Role of Unitarism and Parliamentarism

    John Gerring;Strom C. Thacker

  • Ideology: A Definitional Analysis:

    John Gerring

  • Case Selection for Case‐Study Analysis: Qualitative and Quantitative Techniques

    John Gerring

  • V-Dem Dataset V6.2

    Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;Staffan I. I. Lindberg;Svend-Erik Skaaning

  • The Mechanismic Worldview: Thinking Inside the Box

    John Gerring

  • Party Ideologies in America, 1828–1996

    John Gerring

  • Democracy and Human Development

    John Gerring;Strom C. Thacker;Rodrigo Alfaro

  • V-Dem Codebook V8

    Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;Carl Henrik Knutsen;Staffan I. Lindberg

  • Causal Mechanisms: Yes, But…:

    John Gerring

  • Social Science Methodology: A Criterial Framework

    John Gerring

  • Causation A Unified Framework for the Social Sciences

    John Gerring

  • V-Dem: A New Way to Measure Democracy

    Staffan I. Lindberg;Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;Jan Teorell

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Teorell
Jan Teorell Stockholm University
Michael Coppedge
Michael Coppedge University of Notre Dame
Staffan I. Lindberg
Staffan I. Lindberg University of Gothenburg
Svend-Erik Skaaning
Svend-Erik Skaaning Aarhus University
Carl Henrik Knutsen
Carl Henrik Knutsen University of Oslo
Jeffrey K. Staton
Jeffrey K. Staton Emory University
David Altman
David Altman Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
M. Steven Fish
M. Steven Fish University of California, Berkeley
Daniel Ziblatt
Daniel Ziblatt Harvard University
Pamela Paxton
Pamela Paxton The University of Texas at Austin

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