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Michael P. McDonald

Michael P. McDonald

D-Index & Metrics

Political Science

D-Index
20
Citations
2162
World Ranking
1993
National Ranking
991

Michael P. McDonald publications per year

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1981 2025

110 publications in total across all disciplines

Michael P. McDonald 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 P. McDonald sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 91 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael P. McDonald 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 P. McDonald 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: 20 D-Index — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • The Myth of the Vanishing Voter

    Michael P. McDonald;Samuel L. Popkin

  • Congress and America's Political Development: The Transformation of the Post Office from Patronage to Service

    Samuel Kernell;Michael P. McDonald

  • A Comparative Analysis of Redistricting Institutions in the United States, 2001–02:

    Michael P. McDonald

  • On the Overreport Bias of the National Election Study Turnout Rate

    Michael P. McDonald

  • BARD: Better Automated Redistricting

    Micah Altman;Michael P. McDonald

  • Re-Drawing the Line on District Competition

    Michael P. McDonald

  • A New Look at Split‐Ticket Outcomes for House and President: The Comparative Midpoints Model

    Bernard Grofman;William Koetzle;Michael P. McDonald;Thomas L. Brunell

  • From Crayons to Computers

    Micah Altman;Karin Macdonald;Michael Mcdonald

  • The Return of the Voter: Voter Turnout in the 2008 Presidential Election

    Michael P. McDonald

  • Up, Up and Away! Voter Participation in the 2004 Presidential Election

    Michael P. McDonald

  • Portable Voter Registration

    Michael P. McDonald

  • The Turnout Gap in Surveys: Explanations and Solutions

    Matthew DeBell;Jon A. Krosnick;Katie Gera;David S. Yeager

  • The Turnout Rate among Eligible Voters in the States, 1980–2000

    Michael P. Mcdonald

  • When Boundaries CollideConstructing a National Database of Demographic and Voting Statistics

    Brian Amos;Michael P. McDonald;Russell Watkins

  • Replication with Attention to Numerical Accuracy

    Micah Altman;Michael P. McDonald

  • Validity, Data Sources

    Michael P. McDonald

  • Numerical Issues in Statistical Computing for the Social Scientist: Altman/Statistical Computing

    Micah Altman;Jeff Gill;Michael P. McDonald

  • Is It Time to Draw the Line?: The Impact of Redistricting on Competition in State House Elections

    David Lublin;Michael P. McDonald

  • Small Donors in Congressional Elections

    Tyler Culberson;Michael P. McDonald;Suzanne M. Robbins

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel A. Smith
Daniel A. Smith University of Florida
Gary King
Gary King Harvard University
Paul D. Allison
Paul D. Allison University of Pennsylvania
L. Jackson Roberts
L. Jackson Roberts Vanderbilt University
Randy D. Blakely
Randy D. Blakely Florida Atlantic University
Paul M. Mathews
Paul M. Mathews New York University
Michelle L. Block
Michelle L. Block Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
Lee E. Limbird
Lee E. Limbird Fisk University
Jon A. Krosnick
Jon A. Krosnick Stanford University
David S. Yeager
David S. Yeager The University of Texas at Austin

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