2026 Mark Peffley: 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	28	1321	1200	659	577	57	7200

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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

1105
Citations
Public Perceptions of Race and Crime: The Role of Racial Stereotypes

Jon Hurwitz;Mark Peffley

770
Citations
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

619
Citations
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

502
Citations
A Hierarchical Model of Attitude Constraint

Mark A. Peffley;Jon Hurwitz

478
Citations
Democratization and Political Tolerance in Seventeen Countries: A Multi-level Model of Democratic Learning

Mark Peffley;Robert Rohrschneider

378
Citations
Persuasion and Resistance: Race and the Death Penalty in America

Mark Peffley;Jon Hurwitz

307
Citations
Justice in America: The Separate Realities of Blacks and Whites

Mark Peffley;Jon Hurwitz

273
Citations
The Racial Components of "Race-Neutral" Crime Policy Attitudes

Mark Peffley;Jon Hurwitz

248
Citations
Public Images of the Soviet Union: The Impact on Foreign Policy Attitudes

Jon Hurwitz;Mark Peffley

246
Citations
Explaining the Great Racial Divide: Perceptions of Fairness in the U.S. Criminal Justice System

Jon Hurwitz;Mark Peffley

206
Citations
The voter as juror: Attributing responsibility for economic conditions

Mark Peffley

199
Citations
A Multiple Values Model of Political Tolerance

Mark Peffley;Pia Knigge;Jon Hurwitz

194
Citations
International Events and Foreign Policy Beliefs: Public Response to Changing Soviet-U.S. Relations

Mark Peffley;Jon Hurwitz

188
Citations
Foreign Policy Belief Systems in Comparative Perspective: The United States and Costa Rica

Jon Hurwitz;Mark Peffley;Mitchell A. Seligson

145
Citations
Voter Registration Requirements, Voter Turnout, and Welfare Eligibility Policy: Class Bias Matters:

James M. Avery;Mark Peffley

144
Citations
Models of attitude constraint in foreign affairs

Mark Peffley;Jon Hurwitz

140
Citations
The Means and Ends of Foreign Policy as Determinants of Presidential Support

Jon Hurwitz;Mark Peffley

133
Citations
Priming Theory and Ras Models: Toward an Integrated Perspective of Media Influence

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

127
Citations
The Impact of Persistent Terrorism on Political Tolerance: Israel, 1980 to 2011

Mark Peffley;Marc L. Hutchison;Michal Shamir

123
Citations
Attributing Presidential Responsibility for National Economic Problems

Mark Peffley;John T. Williams

116
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Rohrschneider University of Kansas

Jeffery J. Mondak University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Lee Sigelman George Washington University

Stanley Feldman Stony Brook University

Paul M. Sniderman Stanford University

Mitchell A. Seligson Vanderbilt University

External Links

Personal website of Mark Peffley

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