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57
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136
National Ranking
82

M. Kent Jennings 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 M. Kent Jennings sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 171 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

M. Kent Jennings 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 M. Kent Jennings sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 76 scientists 21 D-Index: 79 scientists 22 D-Index: 84 scientists 23 D-Index: 68 scientists 24 D-Index: 88 scientists 25 D-Index: 82 scientists 26 D-Index: 76 scientists 27 D-Index: 75 scientists 28 D-Index: 99 scientists 29 D-Index: 96 scientists 30 D-Index: 96 scientists 31 D-Index: 81 scientists 32 D-Index: 86 scientists 33 D-Index: 81 scientists 34 D-Index: 84 scientists 35 D-Index: 72 scientists 36 D-Index: 58 scientists 37 D-Index: 53 scientists 38 D-Index: 48 scientists 39 D-Index: 40 scientists 40 D-Index: 40 scientists 41 D-Index: 32 scientists 42 D-Index: 26 scientists 43 D-Index: 25 scientists 44 D-Index: 33 scientists 45 D-Index: 33 scientists 46 D-Index: 17 scientists 47 D-Index: 21 scientists 48 D-Index: 22 scientists 49 D-Index: 18 scientists 50 D-Index: 19 scientists 51 D-Index: 19 scientists 52 D-Index: 15 scientists 53 D-Index: 14 scientists 54 D-Index: 10 scientists 55 D-Index: 13 scientists 56 D-Index: 9 scientists 57 D-Index: 11 scientists 58 D-Index: 12 scientists 59 D-Index: 10 scientists 60 D-Index: 5 scientists 61 D-Index: 7 scientists 62+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% 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

  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
  • 1982 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1977 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

M. Kent Jennings is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. The academic's work spans multiple areas within their discipline, engaging with various research topics and fields of study.

Throughout their career, Jennings has been recognized with notable awards, including being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1982. Earlier, in 1977, they were also honored as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

While detailed information about recent papers, co-authors, publication venues, book publications, fields and subfields of study, as well as specific research topics, is not available, these awards indicate a significant contribution to their academic field over several decades.

Best Publications

  • Generations and Politics

    M. Kent Jennings;Richard G. Niemi

  • Generations and Politics: A Panel Study of Young Adults and Their Parents

    M. Kent Jennings;Richard G. Niemi

  • Politics across Generations: Family Transmission Reexamined

    M. Kent Jennings;Laura Stoker;Jake Bowers

  • Political Character of Adolescence: The Influence of Families and Schools

    M. Kent Jennings;Richard G. Niemi

  • The Transmission of Political Values from Parent to Child

    M. Kent Jennings;Richard G. Niemi

  • Political Socialization and the High School Civics Curriculum in the United States

    Kenneth P. Langton;M. Kent Jennings

  • Internet Use and Civic Engagement: A Longitudinal Analysis

    M. Kent Jennings;Vicki Zeitner

  • Issues and Inheritance in the Formation of Party Identification

    Richard G. Niemi;M. Kent Jennings

  • Partisan Orientations over the Long Haul: Results from the Three-Wave Political Socialization Panel Study

    M. Kent Jennings;Gregory B. Markus

  • Pathways to Participation

    Paul Allen Beck;M. Kent Jennings

  • Social Trust and Civic Engagement across Time and Generations

    M Kent Jennings;Laura Stoker

  • Continuities in Political Action

    M. Kent Jennings;Jan W. van Deth

  • LIFE-CYCLE TRANSITIONS AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION: THE CASE OF MARRIAGE

    Laura Stoker;M. Kent Jennings

  • The Political character of adolescence

    M. Kent Jennings;Richard G. Niemi

  • Continuities in Political Action: A Longitudinal Study of Political Orientations in Three Western Democracies

    M. Kent Jennings;Jan W. van Deth

  • Family Traditions, Political Periods, and the Development of Partisan Orientations

    Paul Allen Beck;M. Kent Jennings

  • POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE OVER TIME AND ACROSS GENERATIONS

    M. Kent Jennings

  • The Political Character of Adolescence: The Influence of Families and Schools.

    David Gottlieb;M. Kent Jennings;Richard G. Niemi

  • IDEOLOGICAL THINKING AMONG MASS PUBLICS AND POLITICAL ELITES

    M. Kent Jennings

  • Governing American schools: Political interaction in local school districts

    L. Harmon Zeigler;M. Kent Jennings;G. Wayne Peak

  • Residues of a Movement: The Aging of the American Protest Generation

    M. Kent Jennings

  • Generation Units and the Student Protest Movement in the United States: An Intra- and Intergenerational Analysis

    M. Kent Jennings

  • Of Time and the Development of Partisan Polarization

    Laura Stoker;M. Kent Jennings

  • Political Involvement in the Later Years: A Longitudinal Survey

    M. Kent Jennings;Gregory B. Markus

  • Parents as “Middlepersons” in Political Socialization

    Paul Allen Beck;M. Kent Jennings

  • Gender Roles and Inequalities in Political Participation: Results from an Eight-Nation Study:

    M. Kent Jennings

  • Political Similarity And Influence Between Husbands And Wives

    M. Kent Jennings;Laura Stoker

  • Another Look at the Life Cycle and Political Participation

    M. Kent Jennings

  • Cultivating Democracy: Civic Environments and Political Socialization in America

    M. Kent Jennings

  • Political Character of Adolescence

    M. Kent Jennings;Richard G. Niemi

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard G. Niemi
Richard G. Niemi University of Rochester
Paul Allen Beck
Paul Allen Beck The Ohio State University
Jan W. van Deth
Jan W. van Deth University of Mannheim
Ronald Inglehart
Ronald Inglehart University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Warren E. Miller
Warren E. Miller Arizona State University
Thomas E. Mann
Thomas E. Mann Brookings Institution
Jacques J.A. Thomassen
Jacques J.A. Thomassen University of Twente
Aaron Wildavsky
Aaron Wildavsky University of California, Berkeley
Kay Lehman Schlozman
Kay Lehman Schlozman Boston College
Jerald G. Bachman
Jerald G. Bachman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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