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Mark Peffley 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 Mark Peffley sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 57 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mark Peffley 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 Mark Peffley sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 28 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Mark Peffley is affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States and conducts research primarily within the field of Social Sciences. Their work focuses on subfields including Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Law, and Communication.

Their recent scholarly output includes papers published in several reputable academic journals. These publications are:

  • Populism and Support for Limiting the Power of Constitutional Courts: The Case of Germany, 2024, Political Behavior
  • Left-Right Social Identity and the Polarization of Political Tolerance, 2023, Political Research Quarterly
  • Terrorism and Political Tolerance toward "Fellow Travelers", 2022, Journal of Conflict Resolution

Peffley's research contributions are associated with a variety of topics reflecting political dynamics and social psychology. These topics include:

  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • European and International Law Studies
  • Judicial and Constitutional Studies
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

The frequent collaborators who have worked with Peffley across multiple projects include:

  • Robert Rohrschneider
  • Marc L. Hutchison
  • Omer Yair
  • Michal Shamir

Their research has appeared in venues that specialize in political science and related social science disciplines, including:

  • Political Behavior
  • Political Research Quarterly
  • Journal of Conflict Resolution

Best Publications

  • How are Foreign Policy Attitudes Structured? A Hierarchical Model

    Jon Hurwitz;Mark Peffley

  • Public Perceptions of Race and Crime: The Role of Racial Stereotypes

    Jon Hurwitz;Mark Peffley

  • Racial Stereotypes and Whites' Political Views of Blacks in the Context of Welfare and Crime STOR

    Mark Peffley;Jon Hurwitz;Paul M. Sniderman;Stable Url

  • Playing the Race Card in the Post–Willie Horton Era The Impact of Racialized Code Words on Support for Punitive Crime Policy

    Jon Hurwitz;Mark Peffley

  • A Hierarchical Model of Attitude Constraint

    Mark A. Peffley;Jon Hurwitz

  • Democratization and Political Tolerance in Seventeen Countries: A Multi-level Model of Democratic Learning

    Mark Peffley;Robert Rohrschneider

  • Persuasion and Resistance: Race and the Death Penalty in America

    Mark Peffley;Jon Hurwitz

  • Justice in America: The Separate Realities of Blacks and Whites

    Mark Peffley;Jon Hurwitz

  • The Racial Components of "Race-Neutral" Crime Policy Attitudes

    Mark Peffley;Jon Hurwitz

  • Public Images of the Soviet Union: The Impact on Foreign Policy Attitudes

    Jon Hurwitz;Mark Peffley

  • Explaining the Great Racial Divide: Perceptions of Fairness in the U.S. Criminal Justice System

    Jon Hurwitz;Mark Peffley

  • The voter as juror: Attributing responsibility for economic conditions

    Mark Peffley

  • A Multiple Values Model of Political Tolerance

    Mark Peffley;Pia Knigge;Jon Hurwitz

  • International Events and Foreign Policy Beliefs: Public Response to Changing Soviet-U.S. Relations

    Mark Peffley;Jon Hurwitz

  • Foreign Policy Belief Systems in Comparative Perspective: The United States and Costa Rica

    Jon Hurwitz;Mark Peffley;Mitchell A. Seligson

  • Voter Registration Requirements, Voter Turnout, and Welfare Eligibility Policy: Class Bias Matters:

    James M. Avery;Mark Peffley

  • Models of attitude constraint in foreign affairs

    Mark Peffley;Jon Hurwitz

  • The Means and Ends of Foreign Policy as Determinants of Presidential Support

    Jon Hurwitz;Mark Peffley

  • Priming Theory and Ras Models: Toward an Integrated Perspective of Media Influence

    Robert K. Goidel;Todd G. Shields;Mark Peffley

  • The Impact of Persistent Terrorism on Political Tolerance: Israel, 1980 to 2011

    Mark Peffley;Marc L. Hutchison;Michal Shamir

  • Attributing Presidential Responsibility for National Economic Problems

    Mark Peffley;John T. Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon Hurwitz
Jon Hurwitz University of Pittsburgh
Robert Rohrschneider
Robert Rohrschneider University of Kansas
Michal Shamir
Michal Shamir Tel Aviv University
Jeffery J. Mondak
Jeffery J. Mondak University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Lee Sigelman
Lee Sigelman George Washington University
Stanley Feldman
Stanley Feldman Stony Brook University
Paul M. Sniderman
Paul M. Sniderman Stanford University
Mitchell A. Seligson
Mitchell A. Seligson Vanderbilt University
Todd G. Shields
Todd G. Shields Arkansas State University

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