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Joshua D. Clinton 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 Joshua D. Clinton sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 114 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joshua D. Clinton 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 Joshua D. Clinton sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 30 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Joshua D. Clinton is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the social sciences. Their work focuses on political science and international relations, sociology and political science, economics and econometrics, communication, and social psychology.

Their research encompasses a variety of topics including electoral systems and political participation, COVID-19 pandemic impacts, social media and politics, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, social and intergroup psychology, media influence and politics, and health disparities and outcomes.

Joshua D. Clinton has published several academic papers. Notable recent publications include:

  • Partisan pandemic: How partisanship and public health concerns affect individuals' social mobility during COVID-19, 2021, Science Advances
  • Partisan Pandemic: How Partisanship and Public Health Concerns Affect Individuals' Social Distancing During COVID-19, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Polling place changes and political participation: evidence from North Carolina presidential elections, 2008-2016, 2020, Political Science Research and Methods

Other relevant papers in the broader coauthor network or related research fields include work on the effects of media on rural America during the COVID-19 pandemic and the use of synthetic data in political analysis.

Joshua D. Clinton frequently collaborates with several researchers. Key coauthors include:

  • John S. Lapinski
  • Marc Trussler
  • Michael E. Shepherd
  • Michael Sances
  • Gregory A. Huber

Their work has been published in multiple academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • The Journal of Politics
  • Public Opinion Quarterly
  • Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy

Best Publications

  • The Statistical Analysis of Roll Call Data

    Joshua Clinton;Simon Jackman;Douglas Rivers

  • Representation in Congress: Constituents and Roll Calls in the 106th House

    Joshua D. Clinton

  • Expert Opinion, Agency Characteristics, and Agency Preferences

    Joshua D. Clinton;David E. Lewis

  • Separated Powers in the United States: The Ideology of Agencies, Presidents, and Congress

    Joshua D. Clinton;Anthony Bertelli;Christian R. Grose;David E. Lewis

  • Partisan pandemic: How partisanship and public health concerns affect individuals' social mobility during COVID-19.

    J. Clinton;J. Cohen;J. Lapinski;M. Trussler

  • Measuring Legislative Accomplishment, 1877–1994

    Joshua D. Clinton;John S. Lapinski

  • An Evaluation of the 2016 Election Polls in the United States

    Courtney Kennedy;Mark Blumenthal;Scott Clement;Joshua D. Clinton

  • Design, Inference, and the Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism

    Scott Ashworth;Joshua D. Clinton;Adam Meirowitz;Kristopher W. Ramsay

  • The Politics of Policy: The Initial Mass Political Effects of Medicaid Expansion in the States

    Joshua D. Clinton;Michael W. Sances

  • Influencing the Bureaucracy: The Irony of Congressional Oversight

    Joshua D. Clinton;David E. Lewis;Jennifer L. Selin

  • Lawmaking and Roll Calls

    Joshua D. Clinton

  • Agenda Constrained Legislator Ideal Points and the Spatial Voting Model

    Joshua D. Clinton;Adam Meirowitz

  • Using Roll Call Estimates to Test Models of Politics

    Joshua D. Clinton

  • The National News Media’s Effect on Congress: How Fox News Affected Elites in Congress

    Joshua D. Clinton;Ted Enamorado

  • Testing Explanations of Strategic Voting in Legislatures: A Reexamination of the Compromise of 1790

    Joshua D. Clinton;Adam Meirowitz

  • Integrating Voting Theory and Roll Call Analysis: A Framework

    Joshua D. Clinton;Adam Meirowitz

  • More a Molehill than a Mountain: The Effects of the Blanket Primary on Elected Officials’ Behavior from California

    Will Bullock;Joshua D. Clinton

  • To Simulate or NOMINATE

    Joshua D. Clinton;Simon Jackman

  • Does Advertising Exposure Affect Turnout

    Scott Ashworth;Joshua D. Clinton

  • The effect of big-city news on rural America during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Eunji Kim;Michael E. Shepherd;Joshua D. Clinton

  • ''The Most Liberal Senator''?: Analyzing and Interpreting Congressional Roll Calls

    Joshua D. Clinton;Simon Jackman;Doug Rivers

  • Laws and Roll Calls in the U.S. Congress, 1891–1994

    Joshua D. Clinton;John Lapinski

  • Elite Perceptions of Agency Ideology and Workforce Skill

    Mark D. Richardson;Joshua D. Clinton;David E. Lewis

Frequent Co-Authors

David Lewis
David Lewis Princeton University
Simon Jackman
Simon Jackman University of Sydney
Jason A. Grissom
Jason A. Grissom Vanderbilt University
Anthony M. Bertelli
Anthony M. Bertelli Pennsylvania State University
Eric Schickler
Eric Schickler University of California, Berkeley
Ira Katznelson
Ira Katznelson Columbia University
Christopher Wlezien
Christopher Wlezien The University of Texas at Austin
Alan S. Gerber
Alan S. Gerber Yale University
Barry R. Weingast
Barry R. Weingast Stanford University
Christian R. Grose
Christian R. Grose University of Southern California

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