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Michael McFaul 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 McFaul sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 240 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael McFaul 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 McFaul sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 42 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael McFaul is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily addresses issues within the social sciences, focusing especially on political science and international relations.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies
  • Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics
  • International Relations and Foreign Policy
  • Russia and Soviet political economy
  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • European Politics and Security

McFaul's publications appear frequently in the following venues:

  • International Security
  • Journal of democracy
  • The Washington Quarterly

Recent papers authored by McFaul include:

  • Putin, Putinism, and the Domestic Determinants of Russian Foreign Policy (2020, International Security)
  • Russia's Road to Autocracy (2021, Journal of democracy)
  • Cold War Lessons and Fallacies for US-China Relations Today (2020, The Washington Quarterly)

They have collaborated with several coauthors, notably:

  • Robert Person
  • Elias Götz

McFaul's work addresses developments in European and Russian strategic military policies as well as the dynamics of post-Soviet political transitions. Their focus extends to questions of political conflict, governance, and the economic dimensions of Russia and the Soviet legacy.

Best Publications

  • The Fourth Wave of Democracy and Dictatorship: Noncooperative Transitions in the Postcommunist World

    Michael McFaul

  • Transitions from Postcommunism

    Michael A. McFaul

  • Russia's unfinished revolution

    Michael McFaul

  • Russia's Unfinished Revolution: Political Change from Gorbachev to Putin

    Michael A. McFaul

  • A tale of two worlds: core and periphery in the post-cold war era

    James M. Goldgeier;Michael McFaul

  • Democracy Promotion as a World Value

    Michael McFaul

  • State Power, Institutional Change, and the Politics of Privatization in Russia

    Michael McFaul

  • Power and Purpose: U.S. Policy toward Russia After the Cold War

    James M. Goldgeier;Michael McFaul

  • Popular Choice and Managed Democracy: The Russian Elections of 1999 and 2000

    Timothy J. Colton;Michael McFaul

  • Ukraine Imports Democracy: External Influences on the Orange Revolution

    Michael McFaul

  • Between Dictatorship and Democracy: Russian Post-Communist Political Reform

    Michael A. McFaul;Nikolai Petrov;Andrei Ryabov

  • Promoting democracy and the rule of law : American and European strategies

    Amichai A. Magen;Thomas Risse-Kappen;Michael McFaul

  • Advancing Democracy Abroad: Why We Should and How We Can

    Michael A. McFaul

  • Russia's 1996 Presidential Election: The End of Polarized Politics

    Michael A. McFaul

  • One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

    Michael McFaul

  • Armageddon Averted: The Soviet Collapse

    Robert Legvold;Stephen Kotkin;Michael McFaul

  • A Precarious Peace: Domestic Politics in the Making of Russian Foreign Policy

    Michael A. McFaul

  • Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Postcommunist World

    Valerie Bunce;Michael McFaul;Kathryn Stoner-Weiss

  • Revolution in orange : the origins of Ukraine's democratic breakthrough

    Anders Åslund;Michael Anthony McFaul

  • Explaining Party Formation and Nonformation in Russia: Actors, Institutions, and Chance

    Michael McFAUL

  • “Managed Democracy” in Russia: Putin and the Press

    Masha Lipman;Michael McFaul

  • Russia's 1996 Presidential Elections

    Michael McFaul

  • Introduction: American and European Strategies to Promote Democracy — Shared Values, Common Challenges, Divergent Tools?

    Amichai Magen;Michael A. McFaul

  • Who Lost Russia (This Time)? Vladimir Putin

    Kathryn Stoner;Michael McFaul

  • Promoting Democracy and the Rule of Law

    Amichai Magen;Thomas Risse;Michael A. McFaul

  • The Troubled Birth of Russian Democracy: Parties, Personalities, and Programs

    Michael McFaul;Sergei Markov

  • Putin, Putinism, and the Domestic Determinants of Russian Foreign Policy

    Michael A. McFaul

  • Should Democracy Be Promoted or Demoted

    Francis Fukuyama;Michael McFaul

  • Bringing the Russian State Back in: Explanations of the Derailed Transition to Market Democracy@@@Kremlin Capitalism: Privatizing the Russian Economy@@@Democracy from Scratch@@@Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation@@@Russia's 1996 Presidential Election: The End of Polarized Politics

    Cynthia Roberts;Thomas Sherlock;Joseph R. Blasi;Maya Kroumova

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry Diamond
Larry Diamond Stanford University
Francis Fukuyama
Francis Fukuyama Stanford University
Thomas Risse
Thomas Risse Freie Universität Berlin
Douglas L. Kruse
Douglas L. Kruse Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Anders Åslund
Anders Åslund Peterson Institute for International Economics
Juan J. Linz
Juan J. Linz Yale University
Daniel Byman
Daniel Byman Georgetown University
Robert Legvold
Robert Legvold Columbia University
Barry R. Weingast
Barry R. Weingast Stanford University
M. Steven Fish
M. Steven Fish University of California, Berkeley

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