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Merilee S. Grindle

Merilee S. Grindle

D-Index & Metrics

Political Science

D-Index
32
Citations
8207
World Ranking
969
National Ranking
500

Merilee S. Grindle 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 Merilee S. Grindle sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 99 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Merilee S. Grindle 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 Merilee S. Grindle 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: 32 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Merilee S. Grindle is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their academic contributions include work documented in book publications, specifically with Harvard University Press.

One notable book authored by Merilee S. Grindle is In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl, published in 2023. This work is associated with Harvard University Press.

While no specific recent papers, frequent co-authors, or publication venues have been listed for this researcher, the connection to a major university press indicates engagement in scholarly publishing at an institutional level.

No awards or recognitions have been recorded in the data available.

Best Publications

  • Good Enough Governance: Poverty Reduction and Reform in Developing Countries

    Merilee S. Grindle

  • Public Choices and Policy Change: The Political Economy of Reform in Developing Countries

    Merilee Serrill Grindle;John W. Thomas

  • Good Enough Governance Revisited

    Merilee S. Grindle

  • Getting good government : capacity building in the public sectors of developing countries

    Merilee Serrill Grindle

  • Politics and Policy Implementation in the Third World

    Merilee Serrill Grindle

  • Building sustainable capacity in the public sector: What can be done?

    Merilee S. Grindle;Mary E. Hilderbrand

  • After the decision: Implementing policy reforms in developing countries

    John W. Thomas;Merilee S. Grindle

  • Going Local: Decentralization, Democratization, and the Promise of Good Governance

    Merilee Serrill Grindle

  • Divergent Cultures? When Public Organizations Perform Well in Developing Countries

    Merilee S. Grindle

  • Public Choices and Policy Change

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  • Challenging the state : crisis and innovation in Latin America and Africa

    Merilee Serrill Grindle

  • Audacious Reforms: Institutional Invention and Democracy in Latin America

    Merilee Serrill Grindle

  • Policy makers, policy choices, and policy outcomes: the political economy of reform in developing countries

    Merilee S. Grindle;John W. Thomas

  • Despite the Odds: The Contentious Politics of Education Reform

    Merilee Serrill Grindle

  • Jobs for the Boys: Patronage and the State in Comparative Perspective

    Merilee Serrill Grindle

  • Good Governance: The Inflation of an Idea

    Merilee Serrill Grindle

  • In Quest of the Political: The Political Economy of Development Policy Making

    Merilee Grindle

  • State and Countryside: Development Policy and Agrarian Politics in Latin America

    Merilee Serrill Grindle

  • The new political economy : positive economics and negative politics

    Merilee S. Grindle

  • Bureaucrats, Politicians, and Peasants in Mexico: A Case Study in Public Policy.

    Joseph A. Kahl;Merilee S. Grindle

  • Good Governance, R.I.P.: A Critique and an Alternative

    Merilee S. Grindle

  • Searching for Rural Development: Labor Migration and Employment in Mexico

    Merilee Serrill Grindle

  • Proclaiming revolution : Bolivia in comparative perspective

    Kenneth Maxwell;Merilee S. Grindle;Pilar Domingo

  • Governance Reform: The New Analytics of Next Steps

    Merilee S. Grindle

  • Bureaucrats, Politicians, and Peasants in Mexico: A Case Study in Public Policy

    Merilee Serrill Grindle

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