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D-Index
36
Citations
19645
World Ranking
655
National Ranking
356

John M. Carey 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 M. Carey sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 213 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John M. Carey 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 M. Carey sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 36 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

John M. Carey is affiliated with Dartmouth College in the United States and has contributed significantly to research in the social sciences, with a focus on sociology, political science, and related interdisciplinary areas.

The scientist's recent publications include studies on political behavior, misinformation, and public opinion. Notable papers are:

  • Who will defend democracy? Evaluating tradeoffs in candidate support among partisan donors and voters, 2020, Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties
  • The effects of corrective information about disease epidemics and outbreaks: Evidence from Zika and yellow fever in Brazil, 2020, Science Advances
  • The ephemeral effects of fact-checks on COVID-19 misperceptions in the United States, Great Britain and Canada, 2022, Nature Human Behaviour

Carey frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Brendan Nyhan, Jason Reifler, Joseph Phillips, Michael J. Bamshad, and Margaret P Adam.

The primary fields of study encompass social sciences, with subfields such as sociology and political science, political science and international relations, genetics, cognitive neuroscience, and communication.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas, including:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Media Influence and Politics
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy

Frequent publication venues for Carey include Harvard Dataverse, American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C Seminars in Medical Genetics, Science Advances, Journal of Experimental Political Science, and Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties.

In addition to articles, Carey has contributed book publications through Yale University Press, with works such as "A Little History of Poetry" published in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Presidents and Assemblies: Constitutional Design and Electoral Dynamics

    Matthew Soberg Shugart;John M. Carey

  • Incentives to cultivate a personal vote: A rank ordering of electoral formulas☆

    John M Carey;Matthew Soberg Shugart

  • Presidentialism and democracy in Latin America

    Scott Mainwaring;Matthew Soberg Shugart

  • Presidents and Assemblies: Index

    Unknown

  • Competing Principals, Political Institutions, and Party Unity in Legislative Voting

    John M. Carey

  • Executive decree authority

    John M. Carey;Matthew Soberg Shugart

  • Legislative voting and accountability

    John M. Carey

  • Term Limits and Legislative Representation

    John M. Carey

  • The Electoral Sweet Spot: Low‐Magnitude Proportional Electoral Systems

    John M. Carey;Simon Hix

  • Parchment, Equilibria, and Institutions

    John M. Carey

  • Term Limits in State Legislatures

    John M. Carey;Richard G. Niemi;Lynda W. Powell

  • PARTIES, COALITIONS, AND THE CHILEAN CONGRESS IN THE 1990s

    John M. Carey;Scott Morgenstern;Benito Nacif

  • Primary Elections and Candidate Strength in Latin America

    John M. Carey;John Polga-Hecimovich

  • Incumbency and the Probability of Reelection in State Legislative Elections

    John M. Carey;Richard G. Niemi;Lynda W. Powell

  • The Effects of Term Limits on State Legislatures

    John M. Carey;Richard G. Niemi;Lynda W. Powell

  • The Effects of Term Limits on State Legislatures: A New Survey of the 50 States

    John M. Carey;Richard G. Niemi;Lynda W. Powell;Gary F. Moncrief

  • Presidential Agenda Control and Spending Policy: Lessons from General Pinochet's Constitution

    Lisa Baldez;John M. Carey

  • The Reelection Debate in Latin America

    John M. Carey

  • Party System Change: Approaches and Interpretations by Peter Mair

    John Carey

  • The effects of corrective information about disease epidemics and outbreaks: Evidence from Zika and yellow fever in Brazil

    John M. Carey;Victoria Chi;D. J. Flynn;Brendan Nyhan

  • Discipline, Accountability, and Legislative Voting in Latin America

    John M. Carey

  • Who will defend democracy? Evaluating tradeoffs in candidate support among partisan donors and voters

    John Carey;Katherine Clayton;Gretchen Helmke;Brendan Nyhan

  • Parliamentarism versus Presidentialism in the Policy Arena@@@Executive Decree Authority@@@Structure and Policy in Japan and the United States@@@Do Institutions Matter? Government Capabilities in the United States and Abroad

    Kent Eaton;John M. Carey;Matthew Soberg Shugart;Peter F. Cowhey

  • Legislative Autonomy in New Regimes: The Czech and Polish Cases

    John M. Carey;Frantisek Formanek;Ewa Karpowicz

  • Insurance for Good Losers and the Survival of Chile's Concertacion

    John M. Carey;Peter M. Siavelis

  • Compulsory Voting and Income Inequality: Evidence for Lijphart's Proposition from Venezuela

    John M. Carey;Yusaku Horiuchi

  • The Economic Effects of Constitutions

    John M. Carey

  • Presidential Decree Authority in Russia, 1991–95

    Scott Parrish;John M. Carey;Matthew Soberg Shugart

  • Term limits and legislative representation: Term limits and the United States

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Yusaku Horiuchi
Yusaku Horiuchi Dartmouth College
Matthew Soberg Shugart
Matthew Soberg Shugart University of California, Davis
Andrew Reynolds
Andrew Reynolds University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Simon Hix
Simon Hix European University Institute
Brendan Nyhan
Brendan Nyhan Dartmouth College
Mala Htun
Mala Htun University of New Mexico
Susan C. Stokes
Susan C. Stokes University of Chicago
Richard G. Niemi
Richard G. Niemi University of Rochester
Bert A. Rockman
Bert A. Rockman Purdue University West Lafayette
Mathew D. McCubbins
Mathew D. McCubbins Duke University

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