2026 Michael L. Ross: 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	31	1036	935	530	458	67	19614

Michael L. Ross 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 L. Ross sits on this spectrum.

36 publications 333+

This scientist: 67 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael L. Ross 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 L. Ross sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% 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

2009 - Heinz I. Eulau Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Overview

Michael L. Ross is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, as well as Energy. Within these broad areas, subfields of study include Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Sociology and Political Science, and Safety Research.

The main topics addressed in their work include Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies, Climate Change Policy and Economics, Natural Resources and Economic Development, Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Income, Poverty, and Inequality, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, and Agricultural risk and resilience.

Michael L. Ross has contributed to a range of recent research publications. These include:

"Diversification in resource-rich Africa, 1999-2019" (2023), published in Resources Policy
"Political leadership has limited impact on fossil fuel taxes and subsidies" (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Why Do Governments Tax or Subsidize Fossil Fuels?" (2022), published in The Journal of Politics
"What Drives Successful Economic Diversification in Resource-Rich Countries?" (2020), published in The World Bank Research Observer
"Where has democracy helped the poor? Democratic transitions and early-life mortality at the country level" (2020), published in Social Science & Medicine

The scientist has worked frequently with several co-authors, including Peter S. Fader, Bruce G. S. Hardie, Paasha Mahdavi, Cesar B. Martinez-Alvarez, and Chad Hazlett.

Michael L. Ross's research has been published multiple times in several recurring publication venues such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Climate Change, SSRN Electronic Journal, Harvard Dataverse, and The World Bank Research Observer.

In addition to journal articles, Michael L. Ross has authored books published by Wharton School Press eBooks and McGill-Queen's University Press eBooks. Titles include "The Customer Centricity Ebook Collection" (2024), "The Customer-Base Audit" (2022), and "Words in Collision" (2023).

Recognition of their work includes the Heinz I. Eulau Award from the American Political Science Association (APSA), awarded in 2009.

Best Publications

Does Oil Hinder Democracy

Michael Lewin Ross

3827
Citations
The Political Economy of the Resource Curse

Michael Lewin Ross

3100
Citations
The Oil Curse: How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations

Michael L. Ross

2074
Citations
What Do We Know about Natural Resources and Civil War

Michael L. Ross

1549
Citations
A Closer Look at Oil, Diamonds, and Civil War

Michael Ross

1158
Citations
Oil, Islam, and Women

Michael L. Ross

1006
Citations
How Do Natural Resources Influence Civil War? Evidence from Thirteen Cases

Michael L. Ross

983
Citations
What Have We Learned about the Resource Curse

Michael L. Ross

850
Citations
Is Democracy Good for the Poor

Michael Ross

824
Citations
Timber Booms and Institutional Breakdown in Southeast Asia

Michael Lewin Ross

640
Citations
Does Taxation Lead to Representation

Michael L. Ross

474
Citations
The big oil change: a closer look at the Haber-Menaldo analysis

Jørgen Juel Andersen;Michael L. Ross

294
Citations
Timber Booms and Institutional Breakdown in Southeast Asia: Conclusion: Rent Seeking and Rent Seizing

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255
Citations
The Oil Curse

Michael L. Ross

219
Citations
The effects of vehicle model and driver behavior on risk.

Thomas P. Wenzel;Thomas P. Wenzel;Michael Ross;Michael Ross

137
Citations
Global progress and backsliding on gasoline taxes and subsidies

Michael L. Ross;Chad Hazlett;Paasha Mahdavi

98
Citations
Natural Resources and Civil War: An Overview with Some Policy Options

Michael Ross

96
Citations
The Big Oil Change: A Closer look at the Haber-Menaldo Analysis

Michael L. Ross;Jørgen Juel Andersen

72
Citations
What Drives Successful Economic Diversification in Resource-Rich Countries?

Addisu A Lashitew;Michael L Ross;Eric Werker

62
Citations
What do we know about export diversification in oil-producing countries?

Michael L. Ross

57
Citations
The “Resource Curse” in MENA? Political Transitions, Resource Wealth, Economic Shocks, and Conflict Risk

Michael Ross;Kai Kaiser;Nimah Mazaheri

31
Citations
Institutional Pathways to Equity: Addressing Inequality Traps

Anthony J. Bebbington;Dani, , Anis A.;Arjan de Haan;Michael Walton

31
Citations
The Politics of the Resource Curse: A Review

Michael L Ross

31
Citations
Oil and International Cooperation

Michael L. Ross;Erik Voeten

25
Citations
Will Oil Drown the Arab Spring

Michael L. Ross

24
Citations
The Politics of the Resource Curse

Michael L. Ross

15
Citations
What Do We Know About Economic Diversification in Oil-Producing Countries?

Michael L. Ross

14
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik Voeten Georgetown University

Armando Barrientos University of Manchester

Anthony Bebbington Clark University

External Links

Personal website of Michael L. Ross

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