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Michael B. Mackuen 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 Michael B. Mackuen sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 58 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.

Michael B. Mackuen 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 Michael B. Mackuen sits on this spectrum.

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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.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - Heinz I. Eulau Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Overview

Michael B. Mackuen is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research spans several areas within the social sciences, particularly focusing on political science and related interdisciplinary fields.

The main fields of study for Mackuen include Social Sciences, with subfields emphasizing Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, and Artificial Intelligence. This multidisciplinary approach is reflected in the topics covered by their research, which include Social and Intergroup Psychology, Electoral Systems and Political Participation, Populism and Right-Wing Movements, and Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection.

Mackuen has contributed to the following publications:

  • Where Motivated Reasoning Withers and Looms Large: Fear and Partisan Reactions to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2023, American Journal of Political Science
  • Political Judgment Under Uncertainty: Dampening Heuristics and Biases (Appendix), 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Replication Data for: Where Motivated Reasoning Withers and Looms Large: Fear and Partisan Reactions to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2023, Harvard Dataverse

The venues where Mackuen's work has appeared include:

  • American Journal of Political Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Harvard Dataverse

Frequent collaborators in their research are:

  • Isaac D. Mehlhaff
  • Timothy J. Ryan
  • Marc J. Hetherington
  • W. Russell Neuman
  • George E. Marcus

Among notable recognitions, Mackuen was awarded the Heinz I. Eulau Award by the American Political Science Association (APSA) in 1996.

Best Publications

  • Affective Intelligence and Political Judgment

    George E. Marcus;W. Russell Neuman;Michael MacKuen

  • The Macro Polity

    Robert S. Erikson;Michael B. Mackuen;James A. Stimson

  • Peasants or Bankers? The American Electorate and the U.S. Economy.

    Michael B. MacKuen;Robert S. Erikson;James A. Stimson

  • ANXIETY, ENTHUSIASM, AND THE VOTE: THE EMOTIONAL UNDERPINNINGS OF LEARNING AND INVOLVEMENT DURING PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS

    George E. Marcus;Michael B. MacKuen

  • Civic Engagements: Resolute Partisanship or Reflective Deliberation

    Michael MacKuen;Jennifer Wolak;Luke Keele;George E. Marcus

  • Political Drama, Economic Conditions, and the Dy- namics Of Presidential Popularity*

    Michael B. MacKuen

  • The affect effect : dynamics of emotion in political thinking and behavior

    George E. Marcus;W. Russell Neuman;Michael MacKuen;Ann N. Crigler

  • More Than News: Media Power in Public Affairs

    Margaret K. Latimer;Michael Bruce MacKuen;Steven Lane Coombs

  • Political Context and Attitude Change

    Michael B Mackuen;Courtney Brown

  • The Measure and Mismeasure of Emotion

    George E. Marcus;Michael MacKuen;Jennifer Wolak;Luke Keele

  • Social Communication and the Mass Policy Agenda.

    Michael Bruce Mackuen

  • Bankers or peasants revisited:: economic expectations and presidential approval

    Robert S. Erikson;Michael B. MacKuen;James A. Stimson

  • Exposure to Information, Belief Integration, and Individual Responsiveness to Agenda Change

    Michael B Mackuen

  • Parsimony and Complexity: Developing and Testing Theories of Affective Intelligence

    George E. Marcus;Michael MacKuen;W. Russell Neuman

  • 6. The Third Way: The Theory of Affective Intelligence and American Democracy

    Michael Mackuen;George E. Marcus;W. Russell Neuman;Luke Keele

  • Macropartisanship

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  • What Moves Macropartisanship? A Response to Green, Palmquist, and Schickler

    Robert S. Erikson;Michael B. Mackuen;James A. Stimson

  • The Strategic Agenda in Legislative Politics

    Calvin J. Mouw;Michael B. Mackuen

  • Measuring Emotional Response: Comparing Alternative Approaches to Measurement

    George E. Marcus;W. Russell Neuman;Michael B. MacKuen

  • Question Wording and Macropartisanship

    Michael B. Mackuen;Robert S. Erikson;James A. Stimson;Paul R. Abramson

  • 1. Theorizing Affect’s Effects

    W. Russell Neuman;George E. Marcus;Ann N. Crigler;Michael Mackuen

  • The Quality of Democracy: A Review Essay

    Andrew Roberts;Robert S. Erikson;Michael Mackuen;James Stimson

  • The Macro Polity: Macropartisanship: The Permanent Memory of Party Performance

    Robert S. Erikson;Michael B. Mackuen;James A. Stimson

Frequent Co-Authors

James A. Stimson
James A. Stimson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert S. Erikson
Robert S. Erikson Columbia University
George E. Marcus
George E. Marcus Williams College
Luke Keele
Luke Keele University of Pennsylvania
Jennifer Wolak
Jennifer Wolak Michigan State University
Charles W. Ostrom
Charles W. Ostrom Michigan State University
G. Bingham Powell
G. Bingham Powell University of Rochester
Susan C. Stokes
Susan C. Stokes University of Chicago
Adam Przeworski
Adam Przeworski New York University
Paul R. Abramson
Paul R. Abramson University of California, Los Angeles

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