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John H. Aldrich

John H. Aldrich

D-Index & Metrics

Political Science

D-Index
49
Citations
19130
World Ranking
248
National Ranking
144

John H. Aldrich 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 John H. Aldrich sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 201 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John H. Aldrich 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 John H. Aldrich sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 49 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% 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 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

John H. Aldrich is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research spans several interdisciplinary fields, primarily focusing on economics, econometrics, and finance.

The main fields of study addressed in their work include:

  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Subfields explored encompass:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Marketing
  • History and Philosophy of Science

The primary research topics covered by Aldrich include:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Social Capital and Networks
  • American History and Culture
  • Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis
  • Economic Theory and Institutions
  • Economic theories and models
  • Game Theory and Voting Systems

Aldrich has contributed multiple papers to academic journals and other venues. Recent publications are:

  • "Party and Policy in Lineland: A Theory of Conditional Party Cartels," 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "The Long Southern Strategy: How Chasing White Voters in the South Changed American Politics. By Angie Maxwell and Todd Shields. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. 560p. $34.95 cloth.," 2020, Perspectives on Politics
  • "DUNCAN BLACK: HEIR TO ADAM SMITH AND THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT," 2023, National Institute Economic Review
  • "Party and Policy in Lineland: A Theory of Conditional Party Cartels," 2024, Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Aldrich are:

  • David W. Rohde (3 publications)
  • Gary W. Cox (2 publications)
  • Mathew D. McCubbins (2 publications)
  • Austin Bussing (1 publication)
  • Arvind Krishnamurthy (1 publication)

Aldrich has published books as well, including:

  • Change and Continuity in the 2016 and 2018 Elections, published by CQ Press eBooks in 2020, cited 33 times

Publication venues frequently used by Aldrich include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Perspectives on Politics
  • National Institute Economic Review
  • Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy

Awards received in recognition of their academic contributions are:

  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2012
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2001

Best Publications

  • Linear probability, logit and probit models

    John Herbert Aldrich;Forrest D. Nelson

  • Why parties? : the origin and transformation of political parties in America

    John Herbert Aldrich

  • Rational Choice and Turnout

    John H. Aldrich

  • The Decline of Electoral Participation in America

    Paul R. Abramson;John H. Aldrich

  • Foreign Affairs and Issue Voting: Do Presidential Candidates “Waltz Before a Blind Audience?”.

    John H. Aldrich;John L. Sullivan;Eugene Borgida

  • FOREIGN POLICY AND THE ELECTORAL CONNECTION

    John H. Aldrich;Christopher Gelpi;Peter Feaver;Jason Reifler

  • A Downsian Spatial Model with Party Activism

    John H. Aldrich

  • “Sophisticated” Voting in the 1988 Presidential Primaries

    Paul R. Abramson;John H. Aldrich;Phil Paolino;David W. Rohde

  • Administrative Procedures and Political Control of the Bureaucracy

    Steven J. Balla;John Aldrich;Bill Bianco;John Brehm

  • A Social Cognitive Model of Candidate Appraisal

    Wendy M. Rahn;John H. Aldrich;Eugene Borgida;John L. Sullivan

  • Change and Continuity in the 1988 Elections

    Paul R. Abramson;John Herbert Aldrich;David W. Rohde

  • Change and Continuity in the 1992 Elections

    Paul R. Abramson;John Herbert Aldrich;David W. Rohde

  • A Method of Scaling with Applications to the 1968 and 1972 Presidential Elections

    John H. Aldrich;Richard D. McKelvey

  • Party politics in America

    Marjorie Randon Hershey;John Herbert Aldrich

  • The Republican Revolution and the House Appropriations Committee

    John H. Aldrich;David W. Rohde

  • Change and Continuity in the 2008 Elections

    Paul R. Abramson;John Herbert Aldrich;David W. Rohde

  • Why Parties?: A Second Look

    John Herbert Aldrich

  • Probing the Bounds of Conventional Wisdom. A Comparison of Regression, Probit, and Discriminant Analysis*

    John Aldrich;Charles F. Cnudde

  • Turnout as a Habit

    John H. Aldrich;Jacob M. Montgomery;Wendy Wood

  • The Transition to Republican Rule in the House: Implications for Theories of Congressional Politics

    John H. Aldrich;David W. Rohde

  • Comparing strategic voting under FPTP and PR

    Paul R. Abramson;John H. Aldrich;André Blais;Matthew Diamond

  • Do Voters Vote For Government Coalitions?: Testing Downs' Pessimistic Conclusion

    André Blais;John H. Aldrich;Indridi H. Indridason;Renan Levine

  • INDIVIDUAL AND CONTEXTUAL VARIATIONS IN POLITICAL CANDIDATE APPRAISAL

    Wendy M. Rahn;John H. Aldrich;Eugene Borgida

  • Conditional Party Government in the States

    John H. Aldrich;James S. Coleman Battista

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. Rohde
David W. Rohde Duke University
Paul R. Abramson
Paul R. Abramson University of California, Los Angeles
Arthur Lupia
Arthur Lupia University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
André Blais
André Blais University of Montreal
Eugene Borgida
Eugene Borgida University of Minnesota
James E. Alt
James E. Alt Harvard University
Daniel J. Lee
Daniel J. Lee Samsung (South Korea)
John L. Sullivan
John L. Sullivan University of Minnesota
Jason Reifler
Jason Reifler University of Southampton
Wendy Wood
Wendy Wood University of Southern California

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