2026 Michael D. Ward: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	36	2755	1535	126	8293

Michael D. Ward publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael D. Ward sits on this spectrum.

42 publications 521+

This scientist: 126 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Michael D. Ward D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael D. Ward sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael D. Ward was affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research spanned multiple disciplines with a notable focus on Medicine and Social Sciences.

The main fields of study in their work included:

Medicine
Social Sciences

Subfields of study encompassed:

Rheumatology
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Sociology and Political Science
Biomedical Engineering
Pharmacology

The primary topics covered in their publications were:

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
Medical Imaging and Analysis
Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Mycobacterium research and diagnosis

Among their recent papers were:

2024 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Guideline for the Screening, Treatment, and Management of Lupus Nephritis, 2025, Arthritis & Rheumatology
Reassessing the Role of Theory and Machine Learning in Forecasting Civil Conflict, 2021, Journal of Conflict Resolution
2024 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Guideline for the Screening, Treatment, and Management of Lupus Nephritis, 2025, Arthritis Care & Research
BORS/BJR TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP: IMAGE-DRIVEN SUBJECT-SPECIFIC SPINE MODELS: DEVELOPING A NOVEL TOOL TO MEASURE IN VIVO LOADING, 2023, Orthopaedic Proceedings
Integration of Consumer Price Indices and the International Comparison Program for the Asia and Pacific Region: How Can They Be Achieved?, 2024, SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent coauthors included:

Lisa R. Sammaritano
Anca Askanase
Bonnie L. Bermas
Maria Dall'Era
Alí Duarte-García

The venues where Michael D. Ward most often published were:

Harvard Dataverse
Arthritis & Rheumatology
Arthritis Care & Research
Journal of Conflict Resolution
Orthopaedic Proceedings

Best Publications

Diffusion and the International Context of Democratization

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;Michael D. Ward

1171
Citations
Spatial Regression Models

Michael Don Ward;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

881
Citations
The perils of policy by p-value: Predicting civil conflicts

Michael D Ward;Brian D Greenhill;Kristin M Bakke

600
Citations
Double Take A Reexamination of Democracy and Autocracy in Modern Polities

Kristian S. Gleditsch;Michael D. Ward

586
Citations
The Diffusion of Democracy, 1946–1994

John O'Loughlin;Michael D. Ward;Corey L. Lofdahl;Jordin S. Cohen

525
Citations
Democratizing for Peace

Michael D. Ward;Kristian S. Gleditsch

421
Citations
War and Peace in Space and Time: The Role of Democratization

Kristian S. Gleditsch;Michael D. Ward

371
Citations
Location, Location, Location: An MCMC Approach to Modeling the Spatial Context of War and Peace

Michael D. Ward;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

303
Citations
Disputes, democracies, and dependencies: A reexamination of the Kantian peace

Michael D. Ward;Randolph M. Siverson;Xun Cao

280
Citations
Modeling Dependencies in International Relations Networks

Peter D. Hoff;Michael D. Ward

259
Citations
Sizing up the Peace Dividend: Economic Growth and Military Spending in the United States, 1948–1996.

Michael D. Ward;David R. Davis

218
Citations
Predicting Conflict in Space and Time

Nils B. Weidmann;Michael D. Ward

214
Citations
A revised list of independent states since the congress of Vienna

Kristian S. Gleditsch;Michael D. Ward

204
Citations
The Separation Plot: A New Visual Method for Evaluating the Fit of Binary Models

Brian Greenhill;Michael D. Ward;Audrey Sacks

188
Citations
Improving Predictions Using Ensemble Bayesian Model Averaging

Jacob M. Montgomery;Florian M. Hollenbach;Michael D. Ward

176
Citations
Military Spending in the United States, Soviet Union, and the People's Republic of China

Thomas R. Cusack;Michael Don Ward

169
Citations
Differential Paths to Parity: A Study of the Contemporary Arms Race

Michael Don Ward

167
Citations
Gravity's Rainbow: A dynamic latent space model for the world trade network

Michael D. Ward;John S. Ahlquist;Arturas Rozenas

155
Citations
Reconciliation in Conflict-Affected Societies: Multilevel Modeling of Individual and Contextual Factors in the North Caucasus of Russia

Kristin M. Bakke;John O'Loughlin;Michael D. Ward

132
Citations
Persistent Patterns of International Commerce

Michael D. Ward;Peter D. Hoff

129
Citations
Cooperation and Conflict in Foreign Policy BehaviorReaction and Memory

Michael Don Ward

126
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch University of Essex

Peter D. Hoff Duke University

Alex Mintz Reichman University

John O'Loughlin University of Colorado Boulder

Nils B. Weidmann University of Konstanz

Randolph M. Siverson University of California, Davis

Randolph T. Stevenson Rice University

Aseem Prakash University of Washington

Emilio Ferrara University of Southern California

David V. Budescu Fordham University

External Links

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