2026 Josiah Ober: 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	35	720	656	383	334	169	11261

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Political Science

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Research.com Recognitions

1996 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Josiah Ober is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and works primarily within the social sciences. The research encompasses several subfields, including anthropology, safety research, history and philosophy of science, sociology and political science, and cognitive neuroscience. Ober's work covers a range of topics, notably classical antiquity studies, ethics and social impacts of AI, embodied and extended cognition, sustainability and climate change governance, law, economics, and judicial systems, historical studies and socio-cultural analysis, and diverse historical and scientific studies.

The scientist has contributed to multiple research papers across diverse topics. Key publications include:

"THE LYCEUM PROJECT: AI ETHICS WITH ARISTOTLE " (2024, SSRN Electronic Journal)
"Greg Anderson. The Realness of Things Past: Ancient Greece and Ontological History." (2020, The American Historical Review)
"Human Flourishing, Servitude, and Why They Are Incompatible" (2022, IEEE Technology and Society Magazine)
"Democracy, Bargaining, and Education" (2024, Critical Review)

Among the frequent coauthors are Howard Burton, Brook Manville (with two separate coalitions counted), Jeremy Pitt, and Barry Strauss.

The publication venues with repeated contributions include:

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
Princeton University Press eBooks
SSRN Electronic Journal
The American Historical Review
Critical Review

Ober has authored several books, mostly published by Princeton University Press. Notable titles include:

"The Athenian Revolution" (2020) with 47 citations
Three editions of "The Civic Bargain" (2023) with citations ranging from 1 to 3
"Democratic Lessons: What the Greeks Can Teach Us" (2020), published by Open Agenda Publishing eBooks

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1996.

Best Publications

Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved

F. B. M. de Waal;Stephen Macedo;Josiah Ober

1844
Citations
Political Dissent in Democratic Athens

Josiah Ober

910
Citations
Political Dissent in Democratic Athens: Intellectual Critics of Popular Rule

Josiah Ober

897
Citations
Democracy and Knowledge

Josiah Ober

849
Citations
Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens

Josiah Ober

785
Citations
The Athenian Revolution

Josiah Ober

651
Citations
Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved: How Morality Evolved

Stephen Macedo;Josiah Ober

603
Citations
The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece

Josiah Ober

410
Citations
Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece

Kurt A. Raaflaub;Josiah Ober;Robert W. Wallace

329
Citations
Beyond empowerment: building a company of citizens.

Brook Manville;Josiah Ober

295
Citations
Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens

Josiah Ober

262
Citations
Dēmokratia : a conversation on democracies, ancient and modern

Unknown

250
Citations
The Athenian Revolution: Essays on Ancient Greek Democracy and Political Theory

Josiah Ober

233
Citations
The Original Meaning of “Democracy”: Capacity to Do Things, not Majority Rule

Josiah Ober

222
Citations
Political Dissent in Democratic Athens: Intellectual Critics of Popular Rule

Thomas J. Figueira;Josiah Ober

194
Citations
Athenian Legacies: Essays on the Politics of Going On Together

Josiah Ober

159
Citations
Demopolis: Democracy before Liberalism in Theory and Practice

Josiah Ober

125
Citations
Primates and Philosophers

Stephen Macedo;Josiah Ober

125
Citations
Athenian political thought and the reconstruction of American democracy

J. Peter Euben;John R. Wallach;Josiah Ober

123
Citations
Democracy's Dignity

Josiah Ober

108
Citations
The Original Meaning of 'Democracy': Capacity to Do Things, Not Majority Rule

Josiah Ober

107
Citations
A Company of Citizens: What the World's First Democracy Teaches Leaders About Creating Great Organizations

Philip Brook Manville;Josiah Ober

106
Citations
I Besieged That Man

Josiah Ober

101
Citations
Comparing democracies

Unknown

93
Citations
Democracy's Wisdom: An Aristotelian Middle Way for Collective Judgment

Josiah Ober

69
Citations
Fortress Attica: Defense of the Athenian Land Frontier, 404-322 B.C

Josiah Ober

51
Citations
Socrates and Democratic Athens

Josiah Ober

43
Citations
The Craft of the ancient historian : essays in honor of Chester G. Starr

Chester G. Starr;John William Eadie;Josiah Ober

14
Citations
Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens: Rhetoric, Ideology, and the Power of the People

Cynthia Patterson;Josiah Ober

12
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry R. Weingast Stanford University

Walter Scheidel Stanford University

John S. Dryzek University of Canberra

External Links

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